Brock, of Swiss origin, originally spelled Brach, Brack
My grandmother was a Brock – Mamie Catherine Brock. Mamie was the daughter of Benjamin Franklin
Brock and Louise Ellen Sellers.
The progenitor of all the Brock in Chesterfield
County, South Carolina is Johan Valentine Brock. Johan Valentine who was born abt
1712 in Oberhochstadt (now called
Hochstadt) Pfaltz, Germany. He came to America in 1751 with his first wife
Anna. His father is Hans Jacob Brack of Switzerland.
Sometime between leaving Germany and arriving
in America, his first wife passed away and he remarried on Nov 11, 1760, in Germantown,
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. His second wife was a young lady named Susanna
Bleaster.
By 1790, Johan Valentine and Susanna
had migrated southward to Richmond County, North Carolina. They can be found in
the 1790 U. S. Population census.
Generation
1
1. Mary Catherine
"Mamie" Brock: born 21 Sep 1889 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South
Carolina; died 17 Jun 1938 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.
Generation
2
2. Benjamin
Franklin Brock: born 17 Jan 1851 in
Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married 1870; died 13 Jul 1924 in
Cheraw, Chesterfield, South Carolina.
3. Louise Ellen
Sellers: born Sep 1850 in Madison County,
Tennessee; died 15 Dec 1928 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.
Generation
3
4. Hezekiah Brock: born 28 Feb 1827 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South
Carolina; married abt 1850 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; died
12 Jun 1865 in Pt. Lookout, St. Mary's, Maryland.
5. Sarah Sally
Morris: born 27 Jan 1829 in Chesterfield,
Chesterfield, South Carolina; died 21 Oct 1902 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield,
South Carolina.
8. Benjamin Brock: born 1790 in SC; married abt 1814 in Chesterfield,
Chesterfield, South Carolina; died bef 1870.
Up to this point, the line is well proven and documented. The loss
of records during the Civil War has made this lineage a works-in-progress searching
for any available document to prove the line.
DNA testing[1] of this line has proven it
back to Johan Valentine Brack and the Swiss Brack families.
In
1818 when the Gilbert Purvis clan moved; going through Georgia to Clarke
County, Alabama and later settling around Simpson and Hinds County,
Mississippi; later divided up into Rankin and Copiah Counties. His line has
also been DNA tested and proven back to the Swiss Brack families.
Generation
6
32. Johan
Valentine Brock: born abt 1723 in
Oberhochstadt, Germany; married 11 Nov 1760 in Germantown, Lancaster County,
PA.
32.
Hans Jacob Brock:
born abt 1691 in Canton, Bern, Switzerland.
33.
Maria: ?
Germantown Pa is philadelphia not Lancaster county. My Brock line is Pennsylvania, Lancaster county to be exact.
ReplyDeleteThis was so informative.my great great grandfather was Mamies sibling Charles Riley. Thank you for this. His son Wade Hampton was my grandpa and my dad was Roy Lee. Wow. Info to 6 great grands. Fun
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DeleteHi! My 3rd Great Grandpa was Alexander Brock born in South Carolina in 1813.He lived in Anderson County as a child. He later moved to Alabama with other Brock
ReplyDeleteI'm trying to trace his family and my Brock maiden name lineage. Can you please tell me who Alexander Brock Father was please? Some say it was James Brock. Another person said Ben.Alexander Brock later had a son he named William Alexander Jackson Brock he lived in Louisana.
I am trying to trace my husband's family. The last entry I have is James Albert Brock born December 6, 1829 in Chesterfield, SC. He moved from Chesterfield SC to Florida between 1857 and 1860. His first wife was Mary Jane White who was believed to die in 1869 giving birth to a daughter Jane Brock. James Albert Brock and Mary Jane White were the parents of Squire Lafayette Brock born September 7, 1857 in Chesterfield, SC. He married Mary M. Silas. He died February 19, 1934 in Chiefland, Levy County, Florida. Squire and Mary Silas were the parents of my husband's Grandparents Moses Ephraim and Ruby Mae Ward Brock of Levy County, Florida. Do you know who the parents of James Albert Brock were?
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