Ann (Brock) Fales (abt. 1637 - 1712)

Born about 1637 in Syleham, Suffolk, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of James Fales — married 28 May 1655 in Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 22 Dec 1712 at about age 75 in Dedham, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Anne (Brock) Fales immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

ANN BROCK Fales 1637-1712'
AKA: BROCKE, BROKE

Ann Brock was the daughter of Henry Brock and his wife, Elizabeth Aldous who emigrated to Dedham Massachusetts in 1638^{[1] [2][3]}. Ann is noted in her father's will^[4]

On May 28, 1655, Ann Brock married James Fales or Vales, whose parents are not known, in Dedham^{[5][6] [7]}. ^{[2] [3] [8] [1]}

The children of James Fales and Ann (Brock) Fales were all born in Dedham, including:

1. James, born July 4, (baptized July 5) 1656, who married Deborah Fisher, and who died in 1742^{[2] [3] [8]}
2. John, born October 5, baptized October 17, 1658, who married Abigail Hawes, and who died in 1706^[3], or 1735^[2]
3. Mary, born August 30 1664, nfrf^{[2] [3]}, who died in 1729
4. Peter, who was probably born circa 1668, who married Abigail Robbins, daughter of William^[2], and who died in 1725^[3]
5. Hannah, born January 16, 1672, who married married Thomas Bacon, and who died April, 1711^{[2] [3]}
6. Martha, born October 28, 1675, who married Joseph Cowell^[2], and who died in 1737^[3]
7. Rachel, born June 19, 1680, nfrf^{[2] [3]}, and who died in 1749
8. Ebenezer, born February 1, 1681, who married Deborah and Sarah and was referred to as Deacon^[2]. He died in 1755^[3]

Ann (Brock) Fales died December 22, 1712^{[9] [2] [3]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} The Dedham historical register by Tuttle, Julius Herbert, 1857-; Dedham Historical Society (Mass.); Publication date 1890; Publisher Dedham, Mass., The Dedham Historical Society. On page 107 it states that Anne Brock, who married James Fales on May 28, 1655, was the daughter of Rev. Henry Brock and the daughter of Rev. John Brock, and the mother of James Fales who married Deborah Fisher
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10} The Fales Family of Bristol, Rhode Island; Ancestry of Haliburton Fales of New York by DeCoursey Fales, (n.p.: privately printed, 1919). This source is also available on ancestry.com. See pages 9-22 for James and Ann
3. ↑ ^{3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10} Descendants of Thomas Farr of Harpswell, Maine and Ninety Allied Families by Edith Bartlett Sumner (Los Angeles: American Offset Printers, 1959). See page 42 for Ann Brock and page 95 for James
4. ↑ Abstracts of the Earliest Wills upon Record in the County of Suffolk, Mass; Henry Brock 1850 published in Volume 4, page 288 of The New England Historical and Genealogical Register Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.)
5. ↑ Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts Vital Records, Volumes 1 & 2, page 127 found in Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016), which states 1655, James Vales & Ann Brock, was married the 28 of the 3 mo
6. ↑ The early records of the town by Dedham (Mass. : Town); Hill, Don Gleason, 1847-1914; Slafter, Carlos, 1825-1909; Publication date 1886; Publisher Dedham, Mass., Dedham Transcript Press, see page 127
7. ↑ Torrey's New England Marriages Volume I, page 527 found in New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015, which states FALES/VALES, James (-1708) & Ann BROCK (-1712); 28 May 1655; Dedham {Dedham VR 127; Fales 15; Farr Anc. 42, 95; Gen. Bulletin 1:155; Reg. 83:481}
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Memoirs of Deceased Members of the New England Historic Genealogical Society : Haliburton Fales found in Volume 83, page 481 of the New England Historical and Genealogical Register Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.)
9. ↑ Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts Volumes 1 & 2, page 37 of the Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016), which states Ann Falls, deceased December the 22, 1712

There is also considerable secondary information about Ann Brock, including:

• Ancestry.com family trees showing various birth dates & places contributed by others - including: C. 1624-1630 in Stradbroke, Suffolk, England; Birthplace also given as Cranbrrok, Kent, England; and Dedham, Massachusetts (if her parents arrived in 1638, its possible). Some provide no sources, but a number cite the Boston Transcript and American Records before 1699 by William Montgomery Clemens, which are noted below.
• Genealogy Column of the Boston Transcript 1906-1941; 12 Jun 1912, #2470. Found on Ancestry.com, and NEHGS. This secondary information provides no sources. For Ann, it states (ancestry wanted) and is not the basis for any birth date or parents. Further, it provides information about her husband that is inconsistent with the record (ie Not a useful source).
• American marriage records before 1699 Main Author: Clemens, William Montgomery, 1860-1931; Published:Pompton Lakes, N.J., The Biblio company, 1926. Also available on Ancestry.com. On page 45, this reference repeats the marriage record noted here, and is not the basis for any birth date or parents.
• Sons of the American Revolution Member App Vol 4 P53 James Fales states that his home in Dedham was on Sprague St opposite Greenlodge St He married there, Anna Brock, sis of Rev John Brock of the Isle of Shoals, they the parents of Rev Henry Brock. Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA: ancestry.com
• Karen Farnbach RootsWeb 9 Jan 2005; My Ancestry ; RootsWeb/9 Jan 2005 Note: Author appears to have done conscientious research. Provides many sources under Notes*. Where no other sources are noted, author uses LDS sources. in the case of the Fales line, it is clear that the LDS source is based on the book, "The Fales Family of Bristol, Rhode Island" by D.C. Fales
• Jeff Timmons 19 Oct 2011, Electronic Repository; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Title: International Genealogical Index Family History Library Address: 35 N. West Temple Street CONT Salt Lake City, Utah 84150

Acknowledgments

Carole Anne Brown-44556 18 October 2016
Bio and sources entered by hand not gedcom by 8th Great Granddaughter, Carole Anne Brown-44556 Whittemore on 18 October 2016.

Created Profile 14 Feb 2013
Thank you to Bob Nichol for creating WikiTree profile Brock-710 through the import of Nichol Ancestry.GED on Feb 14, 2013.