Brock
Brock Family History
Descendants of William Brooke
Brock is a surname derived from the nickname for the badger, and appears in the hundred rolls of 1273 as "leBrok." The Brock family were apparently yoeman tenants of the Davenports of Bramhall, Cheshire, England, but must have been of importance in the village during the seventeenth century, for there was only one other inhabitant who owned as many hearths. {note: Taxation was based on the number of hearths in the home} In the records of Bramhall this name is variously recorded Brock, Brook, & Brooke, but in later years Brock seems to have been the form more generally used.
Name Origin Source: Colonial & Revolutionary Lineages of America, vol 15 pp553-9
Generation 1
WILLIAM1 BROOKE was born 1565 in Bramhall, Cheshire, England.
Notes for WILLIAM BROOKE:
First member of this family mentioned in parish records of Bramhall, Cheshire, England
Children of WILLIAM BROOKE are:
i. RAPHE2 BROOKE, b. 1585.
ii. WILLIAM BROOKE, b. April 13, 1585; d. February 16, 1585/86.(twins?)
Generation 2
RAPHE2 BROOKE (WILLIAM1) was born 1585.
Children of RAPHE BROOKE are:
i. RICHARD3 BROCK, b. May 31, 1611, Bramhall, Cheshire, England; d. May 22, 1682, Bramhall, Cheshire, England.
ii. DOTTIE BROCK, b. January 07, 1612/13.
iii. ANNE BROCK, b. July 05, 1616.
iv. ROBERT BROCK, b. March 1620/21.
v. WILLIAM BROCK, b. April 13, 1621; d. April 13, 1621, Stillborn.
vi. MARIE BROCK, b. March 21, 1618/19.
vii. ELIZABETH BROCK, b. October 28, 1625.
Notes: Name change to Brock spelling.
Generation 3
RICHARD3 BROCK (RAPHE2 BROOKE, WILLIAM1) was born May 31, 1611 in Bramhall, Cheshire, England, and died May 22, 1682 in Bramhall, Cheshire, England. He married MARY.
Child of RICHARD BROCK and MARY is:
i. JOHN4 BROCK, b. 1657.
John Brock preceeded William Penn to the colonies. He arrived on the ship "Friend’s Adventure", Capt Thomas Wall. He was accompanied by 3 servants.
He later became prominent in the affairs of the Quaker colony on the Deleware River. He was commissioned Sheriff of Bucks Co in 1683. He filled that position for 3 years. He was commissioned Justice of the Peace of Bucks County a position he held from January 1689 until his death. He was a member of the Society of Friends [Quaker]. He married at the Philladelphia Monthly Meeting, 5 June 1684 to Elizabeth Rowden. They had many children.
Generation 4
JOHN4 BROCK (RICHARD3, RAPHE2 BROOKE, WILLIAM1) was born 1657.
Child of JOHN BROCK is:
i. JOHN5 BROCK, b. 1677.
Generation 5
JOHN5 BROCK ( JOHN4 BROCK (RICHARD3, RAPHE2 BROOKE, WILLIAM1) was born 1677.
Child of JOHN BROCK is:
i. Oliver "Oddie"6 Brock b.1690
Generation 6
OLIVER "ODDIE"6 BROCK (JOHN5, JOHN4, RICHARD3, RAPHE2 BROOKE, WILLIAM1) was born 1690. He married MARTHA (FANNY) WRIGHT in 1720
Children of OLIVER BROCK and MARTHA WRIGHT are:
i. JOHN BROCK
ii. BURBRIDGE BROCK, b. 1725.
iii. THOMAS BROCK
iv. MILLICENT (MILLY) BROCK
Generation 7
BURBRIDGE BROCK (OLIVER "ODDIE"6, JOHN5, JOHN4, RICHARD3, RAPHE2 BROOKE, WILLIAM1) was born 1725. He married (1) MARY POTTER in 1754. Mary's father was William Potter, whose father founded the Universlist church. They settled near what is now Ashbury Park, New Jersey in 1667.
Children of BURBRIDGE BROCK and MARY POTTER are:
i. WILLIAM BROCK (1) b. 12/27/1755 - died in infancy
ii. LEVI BROCK, b. 11/17/1756
iii. EMLEY (FANNY) BROCK b. 5/14/1759
iv. WILLIAM POTTER BROCK, b. 8/1762 d. 12/25/1837
v. MILLY BROCK, b.4/26/1765
vi. JOSEPH BROCK, b. 1768
vii. SIMEON BROCK, B. 05/14/1771 d. 9/20/1796
Generation 8
WILLIAM POTTER BROCK (BURBRIDGE7, OLIVER "ODDIE"6, JOHN5, JOHN4, RICHARD3, RAPHE2 BROOKE, WILLIAM1) was born 1762. He married MARGARET DUNN b. 4/21/1769 d. 3/21/1845
Children of WILLIAM BROCK and MARGARET DUNN are:
i. BURBRIDGE9 BROCK, b. 1795; d. November 09, 1869. m. ELIZABETH THRALLS
ii. JOSEPH BROCK, b. November 12, 1791; d. April 29, 1858. m. HANNAH KECK
iii. CYNTHIA BROCK, b. 1793; d. April 29, 1858. m. THOMAS KENNEN
iv. THOMAS BROCK, b. March 17, 1799; d. July 04, 1858. m. ANNIE MUNION
v. WILLIAM BROCK, b. May 10, 1800; d. April 25, 1816, Died same day as brother Frances.
vi. FRANCES BROCK, b. January 25, 1802; d. April 25, 1816.
vii. MARGARET BROCK, b. 1804. m. JOHN SWAN moved to Iowa.
viii. FLETCHER BROCK, b. 5/ 5/1807; d. 5/ 2/1859. m. RACHEL STEPHENSON 1/24/1829. She was b. 12/16/1809 d.5/1/1850
ix. WESLEY BROCK, b.11/27/1809; d. 4/12/1859 m. CATHARINE CHALFANT b. 5/2/1815 d. 3/21/1889.
x. SIMEON BROCK, b. 4/12/1812 d.7/3/1884 m. SUSANNA CONAWAY 1835. She was b. 4/9/1813 d. 12/15/1888
***Many family members in Generation 8 are buried in Brock Cemetery in Blacksville, WV****
****This Brock Cemetery is located on Route 218 at the PA/WV State Line****
Generation 9
BURBRIDGE9 BROCK (WILLIAM POTTER8, BURBRIDGE7, OLIVER "ODDIE"6, JOHN5, JOHN4, RICHARD3, RAPHE2 BROOKE, WILLIAM1) was born 1795, and died November 09, 1869. He married ELIZABETH THRALLS, daughter of RICHARD THRALLS and ANN JOHNSON.
Children of BURBRIDGE BROCK and ELIZABETH THRALLS are:
i. JOSEPH S.10 BROCK, b. August 12, 1815; d. January 26, 1887; m. SARAH ELIZABETH FREEMAN.
ii. WILLIAM BROCK.
iii. RICHARD OLIVER BROCK. (1818-1898) m. Jemima Chalfant (1817)
iv. ELIZABETH BROCK, b. 1820.
v. JONATHAN BROCK, b. 1825.
vi. DAVID BROCK.
vii. MARY BROCK.
viii. MARGARET BROCK, b. 1827; d. April 10, 1891.
Generation 10
JOSEPH S.10 BROCK (BURBRIDGE9, WILLIAM POTTER8, BURBRIDGE7, OLIVER "ODDIE"6, JOHN5, JOHN4, RICHARD3, RAPHE2 BROOKE, WILLIAM1) was born August 12, 1815, and died January 26, 1887. He married SARAH ELIZABETH FREEMAN.
Children of JOSEPH BROCK and SARAH FREEMAN are:
i. JACOB11 BROCK, b. June 03, 1845; d. WFT Est. 1882-1951.
ii. ISSAC BROCK, b. 1844.
iii. BURBRIDGE BROCK, b. 1837.
iv. ASA BROCK, b. 1848.
v. THOMAS BROCK, b. 1854; d. 1953; m. Mary Mason b.8/10/1860 d. 3/22/1890; m. Margaret Lemasters
vi. ELIZABETH BROCK, b. May 13, 1849; d. November 30, 1922; m. J. L. LEMASTERS.
vii. HANNAH MARGARET BROCK, b. 1859; m. J. A. DULANEY.
viii. SARAH ELLEN BROCK, b. 1851; m. Hezekiah TAYLOR.
ix. MARY FRANCES BROCK, b. 1859.
x. ABRAHAM BROCK, b. 1838.
xi. JANE BROCK, b. 1841; d. 1870.
Generation 11
JACOB BROCK (JOSEPH S.10, BURBRIDGE9, WILLIAM POTTER8, BURBRIDGE7, OLIVER "ODDIE"6, JOHN5, JOHN4, RICHARD3, RAPHE2 BROOKE, WILLIAM1)1 was born June 03, 1845, and died October 5, 1918. He married HANNAH ELIZABETH HAWKINS WFT Est. 1858-19081, daughter of SAMUEL HAWKINS and HANNAH WATERS.
Children of JACOB BROCK and HANNAH HAWKINS are:
i. BERTHA ALVERTA12 BROCK, b. January 23, 1882; d. September 09, 1948.
ii. SARAH ELIZABETH BROCK, b. August 06, 1893; d. WFT Est. 1907-1986.
iii. TRIXIE BROCK, b. June 12, 1897; m. SAM STOUT.
iv. MARY BELLE (MOLLIE) BROCK, b. September 12, 1878.
v. JESSIE MAE BROCK, b. February 10, 1880; d. 1920.
vi. WILSON FREEMAN BROCK.
vii. HANNAH ELIZABETH BROCK, b. January 26, 1886; d. December 25, 1941.
viii. SAMUEL JACOB BROCK, b. June 22, 1888.
ix. JOHN EDGAR BROCK, b. November 06, 1893.
Generation 12
12. BERTHA ALVERTA BROCK (JACOB11, JOSEPH S.10, BURBRIDGE9, WILLIAM POTTER8, BURBRIDGE7, OLIVER "ODDIE"6, JOHN5, JOHN4, RICHARD3, RAPHE2 BROOKE, WILLIAM1)1 was born January 23, 18821, and died September 09, 19481. She married WINFIELD F. HOWELL1 October 22, 1905 in Wetzel County, WV, son of WILLIAM HOWELL and THEODOSIA PASCO.