Polycarp (Alcock) Allcock (1776 - abt. 1871)

Born 20 Jan 1776 in Redditch, Worcestershire, England [uncertain]

Husband of Susanna (Mogg) Alcock — married 29 Mar 1796 in Studley, Warwickshire, England

Died about 1871 at about age 94 in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England

Biography

Polycarp Allcock was the son of William Alcock, needle-maker of Redditch, Worcestershire and his wife Elizabeth. He was born on 20th January 1776, and baptised the following day at the Roman Catholic chapel of SS Peter & Paul & St Elizabeth, Coughton, Worcestershire (approximately 6 miles south-easth of Reddich). His godparents were William and Blondall of Coughton and the witness is Jno Simpson OSB Con Ang.nee (presumably Order of Saint Benedict). His mother Elizabeth is noted as a convert to Catholicism ^[1].

Polycarp married Susannah Mogg on 29th March 1796 at the church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Studely, Warwickshire (between Reddich and Coughton ^[2].

Their son, William, was baptised on 23rd September 1798 at the church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Studely ^[3].

Susannah died and was buried at the church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Studely on 13 December 1807 ^[4].

Polycarp died aged 96 in the Bromsgrove Registration District in the June quarter of 1871 ^[5].

Research notes

The name of church given to the register by Find My Past may be incorrect, as https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1355381 notes this church was built in the 1850s.

Polycarp may have had a second marriage to Elizabeth Thornton at Saint Bartholomew, Tardebigg, Worcester, England c 15 miles ne of Studeley ^[6].

Polycarp (of Harborne) may have had a second/third marriage, as a widower, to Ann Mole, widow of Halesowen in St Peter's Church, Halesowen (c. 20 miles to the north-east of Studely, 3 miles ne of Tardebigge ^[7].

A Polycarpe (born c. 1790) appears on the 1841 census in Easemore Lane, Tardebigg, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England(with a possible wife Ann aged 50=54) born in Tardebigge aged 65 (ie born c 1776-1780) ^[8].

Possible son, Polycarp, died in same place/quarter - aged 56 (born c. 1815) https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=RR9Ae8zzY16Oz%2Bd4bOVkOg&scan=1.

Sources

1. ↑ Find My Past, original viewed 4 Jul 2021
2. ↑ Warwickshire : Studley : Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary : Parish Register : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5ec000e7f493fdbe12168c6c : viewed 4 Jul 2021) marriage Polycarp Alcock to Susannah Mogg 29 Mar 1796
3. ↑ Warwickshire : Studley : Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary : Parish Register : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5c3876b2f493fd2673180745 : viewed 4 Jul 2021) baptism William Allcock 23 Sep 1798
4. ↑ Warwickshire : Studley : Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary : Parish Register : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5c07ddd2f493fd2b79711606 : viewed 4 Jul 2021) burial Sasannah Allcock 13 Dec 1807
5. ↑ GRO Death Registration Index June quarter 1871 Bromsgrove Registration District, volume 6c page 277 https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=RR9Ae8zzY16Oz%2Bd4bOVkOg&scan=1
6. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N29P-T3G : 13 March 2020), Polycarp Alcock, 1808.
7. ↑ Staffordshire : Harborne : St Peter : Parish Register : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5e56eb1df493fd4732a67ad1 : viewed 4 Jul 2021) marriage Polycarp Allcock to Ann Mole 24 Aug 1829
8. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ5R-WX4 : 23 May 2019), Polycarp Allcock, Tardebigge, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Ben Wright for creating Alcock-247 on 24 Dec 13.