Thomas Nock (1738 - 1784)

Born 1738 in Duck Creek, Kent, Delaware

Ancestors

Biography

Thomas Nock was named as a son and heir in his father's 1749 will. He predeceased his mother's writing of her will in 1784.

He had three children:^[1]

1. Thomas Nock
2. Mary Nock
3. Barthia Nock

He was called "Thomas Nock Jr." to distinguish him from his uncle Thomas Nock, Sr.

He died in 1784. The original profile includes "Mothers will, states, Hessen, Germany" for death place.

Slaves

In 1775, he manumitted two enslaved people that he owned jointly with his mother

Matthew, aged "upwards" of 21 years old

Glasgow, aged 13 years and 7 months (born October 1762).

Then in August, 1777, Thomas Nock emancipated sixteen enslaved people that he himself owned. Some of them had been freed informally, but the formal document was signed and filed with Duck Creek monthly meeting in 1777

Sarah, age 59

Alice, age near 41

George, age 39

Mingo, age 31

Jonathan, age 28 and 7 months

Lydia, age 25 ½

Richard, born 11 Feb 1772, child of Lydia

Mary, born 29 March 1774, child of Lydia

Mingo, born 9 Feb 1775 (since Lydia was at lliberty)

Demby, age 24 and 10 months

Bett, age 23

Ann, born 27 Sept 1773, child of Bett

James, born 19 May 1775, child of Bett

Nell, age 20

Anthony, born 11 November 1776, chld of Nell, born since she was freed

Avis, age 16

In 1779, he released two additional African American boys who were not technically enslaved. They had been indented to him until age 25, under his father's will.^[2]

Aaron, age 12

Isaiah, born April 1770

Sources

• Calendar of Kent County, Delaware probate records, 1680-1800, page 137. database and images at Ancestry.com Image accessed 27 Apr 2021.

NOCK, DANIEL. Will. made Dec. 6, 1749. Duck Creek. Heirs: wife Barthia; sons Thomas, Daniel; dau. Ann; other child or children unnamed. Exec’x, wife Barthia. Trustees, bro. Ezekiel Nock, Thomas Nock & Henry Farson. Wits., William Farson, Richard Johns, John Woodall. Prob. Feb. 14, 1749/50. Arch. vol. A38, pages 18-19. Reg. of Wills, Liber K, folios 14-16.

• De Valinger, Leon, Calendar of Kent County, Delaware probate records, 1680-1800. Page 234 [1]

HAZELL, ISAAC. Will. Made Feb. 10, 1768. Duck Creek Hd. Heirs: wife Barthia: nephew George Hill; George Hazell; Joseph Nock; Mary Nock; Isaac Curry; Jonathan Hazell; Moses Shelly; Thomas Nock Jr.; Thomas Nock, son of Thomas Nock, Jr. Exec’x, wife Barthia. Wits. Molleston Correy, Andrew Jamison, Mary Farsons, Jr. Prob. March 22, 1768. Arch. vol A23, pages88-91. Reg. of wills, Liber L, folio 43

U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935: Delaware: Kent: Duck Creek Monthly Meeting: Manumissions 1774-1792. Database and images at Ancestry.com. Image

4 May 1775, Manumission and Reparation – Thomas Nock to Matthew and to Glasgow

I Thomas Nock, Junior, of Kent County on Delaware, do manumit

Matthew, ages upward of 21

Glasgow, a boy, aged about 13 years and 7 months, when he arrives at age 21.

And I do hereby bind myself my Heirs Ex’s Adm.’s and every of them in the penal sum of one hundred pounds unto each the aforesaid negroes to wit Matthew and Glasgow. Wits. John Cowgill, Warner Mifflin, Benj’a. Danson

• Calendar of Kent County, Delaware probate records, 1680-1800, page 395. database and images at Ancestry.com Image accessed 27 Apr 2021.

HAZEL, BARTHIA. Widow. Will. Made Dec. 29, 1784. Duck Creek Hd. Heirs: sons Joseph Nock; grandson Thomas Nock, son of son Thomas Nock; granddaus. Mary & Barthia Nock, daus. of son Thomas Nock. Exec’r, son Joseph Nock. Wits., John Brown, William Farson, Mary Smith. Prob. Aug. 13, 1787. Arch. vol. A23, page 74. Reg. of Wills, Liber M, folios 148-149.

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• U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935: Delaware: Kent: Duck Creek Monthly Meeting: Manumissions 1774-1792. Database and images at Ancestry.com. Image accessed 1 May 2021.

25 August 1777, Manumission by Thomas Nock of Murtherkiln Hundred, Kent, Delaware. Wits., James Nock, Joseph Jenkins

1. ↑ as named in the will of Barthia Hazel, Decembe 1784
2. ↑ U.S. Quaker Meeting Records: Duck Creek Manumissions Image

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Sandy Harris for creating WikiTree profile Nock-76 through the import of Clark Goudy Odenbaugh Price Family Tree_2013-02-04.ged on Feb 4, 2013.

Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Sandy and others.