Brock Family
First GenerationEnoch Brock (1782-1861) was the son of Nathaniel Brock and Mary Huddleston of Princess Anne Co. VA. He married Sarah Etheridge (1786-1830) in 1804, the daughter of James Etheridge and Mary Williams. In 1808 or 1809 Enoch and Sarah, his parents and other relatives moved to Rowan (now Davie) County. Quite a few other families made the same move in the early 19th century, from coastal Virginia or adjacent Currituck Co. NC. A plausible explanation is that there were several years of severe hurricane damage on the coast, and that these families wanted to make a fresh start far enough west to escape this threat.
Second GenerationChildren of Enoch Brock and Sarah EtheridgeDaniel E. Brock m. Catherine Cornell Mary Brock (1808-?) James Nathaniel Brock (1810-1886) m. 1) Mariah Maxwell (1814-1849), 2) Margaret Ann Cuthrell (1818-1910), widow of John Hudson Chinn Nathaniel Taylor Brock (1812-1873) m. Clarissa Smith (1816-1883), d/o Levi Kitely Smith and Martha Holden Enoch Silver Brock (1815-?) moved to Weakley Co. TN Sally E. Brock (1817-?) Francis M. Brock (1819-?) William Harrison Brock (1822-1890) m. 1) Eliza Allen, 2) Sallie C. Shouse; moved to Weakley Co. TN Benjamin Franklin Brock (1824-?) Malissa Brock (1826-?) Thomas Gregory Brock (1828-?)
Third GenerationChildren of James Nathaniel Brock and Mariah MaxwellJohn W. Brock (1835-1864) m. Sarah Ward (ca. 1840-aft. 1880) Enoch Brock (1837-1861) Thomas Maxwell Brock (1839-1920) m. Beulah C Brunt (1844-1912) Sarah Elizabeth Brock (1840-aft. 1900) m. Benjamin T. Naylor (ca. 1840-aft. 1900), moved to Iowa, then Texas James Victor Brock (1842-1870) moved to Alabama Mary M. Brock (1845-1846)
Children of James Nathaniel Brock and Margaret Cuthrell ----------
Children of Nathaniel Taylor Brock and Clarissa Smith
Children of William Harrison Brock and Eliza Allen
Children of William Harrison Brock and Sallie C. House
Fourth GenerationChildren of John W. Brock and Sarah WardCarmilla Ann Brock (ca. 1859-1930) m. Weldon Ellis Foster (1860-1912) William Edwin Brock (ca. 1861-?) John Enoch Brock (1862-1934) m. Cora Athon (1865-1949) ----------
Children of Thomas Maxwell Brock and Beulah Brunt Maxwell Moses Brock's death certificate gives his birth date as 1882, but he is in the 1880 census, age 2. ----------
Children of Moses B. Brock and Henrietta Coley
J. Wade Brock (1889-1933) m. Dorothy Steindorf ----------
Child of Richard Emerson Brock and Mary A. Howell William Emerson Brock was the owner of the Brock Candy company and a prominent citizen of Chattanooga TN. He was appointed to fill out a term in the U.S. Senate in 1929, ran in 1930 and was elected for a short term, but did not run again. from biography by C.G. Tomlinson, copied from Brock file in Davie Co. library
SourcesThe Heritage of Currituck County NCDavie County NC census, wills and cemetery records Brock family files, Davie County Library Thanks also to Len Ponder for information on this family.
Additional ResourcesBROCK family DNA projectIf you're a male line descendant of the Davie Co. Brock family, please consider participating in the DNA project.
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Elizabeth Harris, ncgen@mindspring.com