Jeffrey Brock (1746 - 1815)

Ancestors

Died 1815 at about age 68 in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England

Biography

JEFFREY BROCK OF BASFORD NOTTS, ESQUIRE. He was the eldest son of Thomas Broughton Brock and eldest brother of Thomas Brock of Jamaica, and inherited the family estate in Basford. He died at Mansfield, Notts. His Will was probated 15th July 1815.

He married 24th September, 1777 to Letitia Hardwick at Mansfield, Notts. His only child, Letitia, was born Sept. 10th, 1783. She married Major General John Hall, and died May 14th, 1870 leaving two sons and one daughter.

The sons were - Francis Brock Hall of Park Hall, Notts., and Colonel Geoffrey Brock Hall of Guelph, Canada, whose son, Francis Brock Hall of Park Hall, Notts., has inherited the family estate including the Basford Property of the Brocks.

The following inscription is on a cenotaph in the Parish Church of Mansfield, Woodhouse, Notts.:

"In the family vauld below this place lie the earthly remains of Major General John Hall of Park Hall in the Parish of Woodhouse. Born Apr. 10, 1770, died July 26th, 1820, and of Letitia his wife only child of Jeffrey Brock, Esquire of Basford in the County of Nottingham. Born Sept. 10th, 1783, died May 14th, 1870. "Because thou hast been my helper Therefore under the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice." Psalm 63. v. 8.

"To the dear memory of her parents this tablet is placed by their only daughter, Letitia Mary Welfitt."

For a great deal of the researches, especially amongst the Parish records, we are indebted in the painstaking industry of Mr. A. Stapleton late of 39 Burford Road, Nottingham. A learned local antiquarian and genealogist.

Sources

• http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BROCK/1998-12/0913510809