Information is from papers prepared by Juliette Boyers Baker. She brought us to Oliver Brock who
married Jemima Chalfant. I, Lou Reynolds, put this information together. The lists of names came
from censuses.
Oliver or Oddy Brock, early head of family in N.J. b. about 1690. Married about 1720 to Martha. He
died about 1781.
Children: John
Burbridge
Thomas
Millicent
John Born Ca. 1723 Mar. Mercy Hillier
Children: Uriah
John Mar. Mary Brockney
Daniel Mar. Deborah Deacon
Burbridge Born about 1725 Mar. about 1754 to Mary Potter, Daughter of William Potter (Early settler in
Asbury Park
Children: William b. Dec. 27, 1755 died an infant
Levi b. Nov. 17, 1756
Fanny b. May 14, 1759 Mar. Emley (We have her letters written to brother, William on Whitely
creek in Western PA)
William Potter Brock b. Aug. 17, 1762 (Traveled to PA and WV)
Milly b. Apr,. 26, 1765
Joseph B. 1768
Simeon b. May 14, 1771 d. Sept. 20, 1796
William Potter Brock b. 1762-1838 Mar. Margaret Dunn b. 1769-1845
Buried in Blacksville Cem. Monongalia Co. WV
Children: Joseph Brock (1791-1864)
Burbridge Brock (1795-1869) Mar. Elizabeth Thralls (1793-1855) Daug. Of Richard Thralls of
Prince Georges Co. MD
Thomas (1799-1857) Mar. Anna B. (1801-1854)Children: Frances (1827) Thomas F.(1829)
William S. (1833), Mana L. 1835, Elizabeth 1838.
Wesley (1809-1878) Mar. Catherine Chalfant (1815-1889) sister to Jemima, wife of Oliver. Children: Casander 1834, Margaret 1836, Alice 1838, Cynthia A. 1840, Rebecca 1842, Robert 1844,
John F. 1845, William 1847 and Thomas E. 1849
Fletcher (1807-1859) mar. Rachel Day Stevenson (1810-1850)
Children: Hugh MD in Morgantown
Luther Samson MD Civil War
Elizabeth Mar. Hezikiah Boyers. Minister -moved to Iowa
Daug. Juliette Boyers Baker who gathered Brock History.
Juliette married George Coleman Baker, Monongalia Co. VA. Their son was Judge Charles Baker
Morgantown, WV
Cynthia Glenn
Harriett Showalter
Martha Brock (Music School WVU)
Simeon (1812-1884 Mar. Susana Conaway (1813-1888)
Children: Mary. J. 1837, Rachel 1836 mar. Enos Amos, Elizabeth 1840, Hester A.
1844, Margaret 1845, John W. 1848, and Harvey (daug. Dorothy)
Cynthia Mar. Thomas Hennen
Margaret Mar. John Swan
2nd son: Burbridge (1795-1869) mar Elizabeth Thralls (1793-1855)
Children: Joseph b. 1815 mar May 19, 1836 to Sarah Freeman Daug. Of Peter and Jane
Children: Burbridge 1837 died May 30 in Civil War Grave 2730 Section H
National Cem. Washington, DC
Abraham 1830
Jane 1840
Isaac 1843 son, Wilson, Freda’s father
Jacob 1845 son, John, Dick’s father
Asa 1847 Civil War
Elizabeth 1849
Sarah 1851
Thomas 1853
Hanah 1855
Mary 1859
James 1860, son of Jane
2nd son, William
(Other brothers and sisters were: Margaret, David, Elizabeth, Mary , Jonathan and Polly)
Our line of Brocks
3rd son of Burbridge (1795-1869) and Elizabeth Thralls (1793-1855)
Richard Oliver Brock (1818-1898) Mar. Jemima Chalfant (1817) (daug. Of Robert Chalfant and
granddaughter of Solomon Chalfant of Chester Co. PA Oliver was born in 1818 in Greene Co. PA.
Oliver and Jemima Chalfant married Oct. 22, 1838 in Monongalia Co. VA. She was born in 1817.
They followed Oliver’s brother, Joseph, to Wetzel Co. WV between 1850 and 1860. Oliver died
May 17, 1898. His death notice was found at New Martinsville, WV.
Children: Asby 1839-
Louisa 1841
Salathiel (1849-
Mary b. 1851
Levi b. 1855 (had a son, Micar Richard, but known as Carl Brock)
Benjamin b. 1858
This family lived in Greene Co. PA in 1850. In 1860 they lived on Brock Ridge in WV Wetzel Co.
Procter Dist. Same in 1870. In 1887 they moved to Shenango, Greene Dist. Wetzel Co. WV.
Salathiel, of Monroe Co. OH married Mary Ellen Watson b. 1850 and died March 25, 1927. She was
from Tyler Co. VA Lone Tree 8 mile Ridge from Reader to Middlebourne. Salathiel and Mary Ellen
were married Aug. 14, 1873 and lived on Brock Ridge until 1887, when they moved to Shenango.
Their children were: George Thomas (1874-1945) mar. Ida Davis. They had a daug. Mary
(Marie Firoved) she married Landis Firoved from Shelby, Ohio: Children: John, Robert, Marilyn and
Lou Ellen
Roseanne
Jemima (1880-1907 Dec. 23. Her children were Irvin (8 when she died)
and Bernice (7 when she died)
Ira C. (1882-1975) Mar. Lea (born Mar. 4, 1903) Children were Virgie, I
sabella and Floyd
Martha mar. a Cross
Estella mar. Harry Noland
Irvin Earl Brock, son of Jemima, was born Mar. 12, 1899 on Shenango. He left there to work for the
Hope gas company. He went to Oklahoma as a very young man. He returned to Wetzel co. and
married Gail McAllister. They lived in Clarksburg, WV. She became very ill and returned to her home
to die. (Apr. 1921). Irvin met Asia Mildred Donham in 1923, married Dec. 15, 1923. They lived in
Fairmont, WV. And then built a stone house on Rt. 73 toward Morgantown. Moved into the house in
1940.