The Brock and Shepherd families, related by marriage to the Whitehurst, Atwood, and Nimmo families, are old names in Princess Anne County. William Shepherd's daughter Elizabeth (1770-1800) married Henry
Brock (1766-1818) on August 8, 1793. After her death in 1800, Henry Brock married Elizabeth Prichard (d.1836), widowed daughter of Jonathan Whitehurst, in 1802. The younger
Henry Brock was born in 1805, married Eliza Jane Spratley (1819-1903) in 1838, and died in
1866. Henry Brock, Sr., Henry Brock, Jr., and William Shepherd were land and slave owners,
and served in the Virginia militia. |
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| 1773: Land Indenture,
William Shepherd
| May 14, 1836: Commission, Henry Brock, Virginia Militia |
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| 1840:
Hire of Negro Isaac
by T. Brock
| August 10, 1841:
Sale of Negro, Betty,
and Her Son, Jim,
to Henry Brock |
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| 1850: Land Survey
| February 2, 1859:
Sale of Coffin for
Elenora V. Brock |
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August 31, 1865:
Sale of Horse to Henry Brock,
Virginia Militia | |
