Person:William Brock (60)

Name: Edward Brocke
Will Date: 5 Mar 1712
Will Place: Prince George's, Maryland, British America
Probate Date: 19 Jun 1714
Death Year: Abt 1714

Text: Brocke, Edward, Prince George's Co., 5th Mch., 1712; 19th June, 1714. To granddau. Mary Nicholls and hrs., that part of “Brock,” or “Rock Hall” on e. side Collington branch. To grandson Mathew Mogbee and hrs., 100 A., being other part of “Rock Hall” on w. side Collington. To grandson Brock Mogbee and hrs., dwelling plantation and land adjoining that devised his brother Mathew afsd. Should granddau. Mary Nicholls die, land devised to her to go to her brother Mathew, and he dying without issue, to grandson Brock Mogbee afsd. To grandchild. by dau. Offet, viz., Edward, William, James and Thos. Offett, sons of William Offett and dau. Mary, his wife, residue of “Brock Hall” on n. side Brock branch. Should any of grandsons afsd. die, his portion of sd. land to pass to other grandson, John Offett, and hrs. Ex.: Son-in-law Wm. Offett afsd. Personal estate to be used for education of grandsons Mogbee afsd. Overseers: Alexander Beale and Jno. Gerrard. Test: Mareen Duvall, Sr., Ninian Beall, Jno. Wall. 13. 723.

Original Source Name: Land Office
Original Source Location: Annapolis, Maryland, USA
Original Source Series: Will books
Original Source Book: 13
Original Source Page: 723

There came a greate party of Indians, about one hundred and fifty of them, to the house of Edward Brock, which Indians did him much damage in breakeing open his two hogsheads of tobacco, three greate hogs they killed, and have taken away about Six barrels of Corne out of his Loft, and about three barrels of Corne out of the field, and made several attempts to have broke into his house to have robbed him. And the Indians lay sore upon Brock from twelve a Clock on the tenth Day untill nine a Clock on the eleventh Day