William Brock (1643 - 1685)

Born 1643 in Great Leighs, Essex, England

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Polly Brock — married 1670 in Virginia

Descendants

Died 14 May 1685 at about age 42 in St George Parish, Spotsylvania, Virginia

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Biography

VA Land Patent Posted 09 Dec 2012 by CarolynBallinger

William Brock was in Lower Norfolk Co, VA by 1664 with 2 patents, the first for 420 acres, the 2nd for 100 acres for transporting 2 persons to the Colony; ^{[citation needed]}

:Land grant 27 September 1680. Brock, William. grantee. Creation Date 1680 - 0927 Description Location: Lower Norfolk County. Description: 1000 acres in the parish of Lynhaven at the fresh ponds, to the Southward of Rudee - Bounded &c. 350 acres of it in the Dam neck at the head of the fresh ponds. Source: Land Office Patents No. 7, 1679-1689 (v.1 & 2 p.1-719), p. 60 (Reel 7). ^[1]

William made a will dated 13 February 1686, probated 17 May 1687. He left the Lynhaven land to his son, Thomas. The abstract does not name a wife. ^[2]

Research Notes

There is much conflicting and unclear information regarding William Brock. See the following web links ... - https://www.genealogy.com/forum/general/topics/ai/27844/ - https://www.flickr.com/groups/358607@N24/discuss/72157600319313278/ - wikitree ... Brock-653

Sources

1. ↑ digitized at Library of Virginia, grant
2. ↑ abstracted at Ancestry.com with the following note: The will abstracts for Isle of Wight and Norfolk counties were taken from microfilmed copies of the original Will Books. Some of these records may be found at the Family History Library as well as other libraries and archives. The originals may be found at the appropriate county courthouses."

• WikiTree profile Brock-285 created through the import of Rhodes 2011_2011-07-09_01_01.ged on Jul 9, 2011 by Tom Rhodes. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Tom and others.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 30 June 2018, 14:33), entry for Lord William Brock(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LHT6-TVC); contributed by various users.

• FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree, FamilySearch, Ancestry Family Trees, Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry memb, Page number: Ancestry Family Trees.