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*[[William A. Alcott]] (1798-1859), author of advice books for newlyweds and cousin to Amos and Louisa
*[[William A. Alcott]] (1798-1859), author of advice books for newlyweds and cousin to Amos and Louisa


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Revision as of 20:25, 11 November 2007

English: ostensibly a topographic name containing Middle English cott, cote ‘cottage’. In fact, however, it is generally if not always an alteration of Alcock, in part at least for euphemistic reasons.

FOREBEARS: Louisa May Alcott (1832-88), author of Little Women (1869), was the daughter of Amos Bronson Alcott (1799-1888), who had changed the family name from Alcox. The family trace their descent from an Alcocke family who emigrated from England to MA with John Winthrop in 1629.

Alcott is a surname and may refer to:

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