| Information is from papers prepared by Juliette Boyers Baker. She brought us to Oliver Brock who married Jemima Chalfant. I, Lou Reynolds, put this information together. The lists of names came from censuses. Oliver or Oddy Brock, early head of family in N.J. b. about 1690. Married about 1720 to Martha. He died about 1781. Children: John Burbridge Thomas Millicent John Born Ca. 1723 Mar. Mercy Hillier Children: Uriah John Mar. Mary Brockney Daniel Mar. Deborah Deacon Burbridge Born about 1725 Mar. about 1754 to Mary Potter, Daughter of William Potter (Early settler in Asbury Park Children: William b. Dec. 27, 1755 died an infant Levi b. Nov. 17, 1756 Fanny b. May 14, 1759 Mar. Emley (We have her letters written to brother, William on Whitely creek in Western PA) William Potter Brock b. Aug. 17, 1762 (Traveled to PA and WV) Milly b. Apr,. 26, 1765 Joseph B. 1768 Simeon b. May 14, 1771 d. Sept. 20, 1796 William Potter Brock b. 1762-1838 Mar. Margaret Dunn b. 1769-1845 Buried in Blacksville Cem. Monongalia Co. WV Children: Joseph Brock (1791-1864) Burbridge Brock (1795-1869) Mar. Elizabeth Thralls (1793-1855) Daug. Of Richard Thralls of Prince Georges Co. MD Thomas (1799-1857) Mar. Anna B. (1801-1854)Children: Frances (1827) Thomas F.(1829) William S. (1833), Mana L. 1835, Elizabeth 1838. Wesley (1809-1878) Mar. Catherine Chalfant (1815-1889) sister to Jemima, wife of Oliver. Children: Casander 1834, Margaret 1836, Alice 1838, Cynthia A. 1840, Rebecca 1842, Robert 1844, John F. 1845, William 1847 and Thomas E. 1849 Fletcher (1807-1859) mar. Rachel Day Stevenson (1810-1850) Children: Hugh MD in Morgantown Luther Samson MD Civil War Elizabeth Mar. Hezikiah Boyers. Minister -moved to Iowa Daug. Juliette Boyers Baker who gathered Brock History. Juliette married George Coleman Baker, Monongalia Co. VA. Their son was Judge Charles Baker Morgantown, WV Cynthia Glenn Harriett Showalter Martha Brock (Music School WVU) Simeon (1812-1884 Mar. Susana Conaway (1813-1888) Children: Mary. J. 1837, Rachel 1836 mar. Enos Amos, Elizabeth 1840, Hester A. 1844, Margaret 1845, John W. 1848, and Harvey (daug. Dorothy) Cynthia Mar. Thomas Hennen Margaret Mar. John Swan 2nd son: Burbridge (1795-1869) mar Elizabeth Thralls (1793-1855) Children: Joseph b. 1815 mar May 19, 1836 to Sarah Freeman Daug. Of Peter and Jane Children: Burbridge 1837 died May 30 in Civil War Grave 2730 Section H National Cem. Washington, DC Abraham 1830 Jane 1840 Isaac 1843 son, Wilson, Freda�s father Jacob 1845 son, John, Dick�s father Asa 1847 Civil War Elizabeth 1849 Sarah 1851 Thomas 1853 Hanah 1855 Mary 1859 James 1860, son of Jane 2nd son, William (Other brothers and sisters were: Margaret, David, Elizabeth, Mary , Jonathan a nd Polly) Our line of Brocks 3rd son of Burbridge (1795-1869) and Elizabeth Thralls (1793-1855) Richard Oliver Brock (1818-1898) Mar. Jemima Chalfant (1817) (daug. Of Robert Chalfant and granddaughter of Solomon Chalfant of Chester Co. PA Oliver was born in 1818 in Greene Co. PA. Oliver and Jemima Chalfant married Oct. 22, 1838 in Monongalia Co. VA. She was born in 1817. They followed Oliver�s brother, Joseph, to Wetzel Co. WV between 1850 and 1860. Oliver died May 17, 1898. His death notice was found at New Martinsville, WV. Children: Asby 1839- Louisa 1841 Salathiel (1849- Mary b. 1851 Levi b. 1855 (had a son, Micar Richard, but known as Carl Brock) Benjamin b. 1858 This family lived in Greene Co. PA in 1850. In 1860 they lived on Brock Ridge in WV Wetzel Co. Procter Dist. Same in 1870. In 1887 they moved to Shenango, Greene Dist. Wetzel Co. WV. Salathiel, of Monroe Co. OH married Mary Ellen Watson b. 1850 and died March 25, 1927. She was from Tyler Co. VA Lone Tree 8 mile Ridge from Reader to Middlebourne. Salathiel and Mary Ellen were married Aug. 14, 1873 and lived on Brock Ridge until 1887, when they moved to Shenango. Their children were: George Thomas (1874-1945) mar. Ida Davis. They had a daug. Mary (Marie Firoved) she married Landis Firoved from Shelby, Ohio: Children: John, Robert, Marilyn and Lou Ellen Roseanne Jemima (1880-1907 Dec. 23. Her children were Irvin (8 when she died) and Bernice (7 when she died) Ira C. (1882-1975) Mar. Lea (born Mar. 4, 1903) Children were Virgie, Isabella and Floyd Martha mar. a Cross Estella mar. Harry Noland Irvin Earl Brock, son of Jemima, was born Mar. 12, 1899 on Shenango. He left there to work for the Hope gas company. He went to Oklahoma as a very young man. He returned to Wetzel co. and married Gail McAllister. They lived in Clarksburg, WV. She became very ill and returned to her home to die. (Apr. 1921). Irvin met Asia Mildred Donham in 1923, married Dec. 15, 1923. They lived in Fairmont, WV. And then built a stone house on Rt. 73 toward Morgantown. Moved into the house in 1940. |