Janet Brock

Daughter of James Brock, owner of Industry plantation in St Ann, Jamaica, and his housekeeper Margaret Gibb, a 'free woman of colour'. Helen Brock, a 'free quadroon', age 3 years, was baptised in Trelawney, Jamaica, 15/11/1816, the same day as Sidney Gibb, a 'free mulatto' age 3 years and Jane [sic - Janet] Brock, a 'free quadroon' aged 1 year and 2 months. Five of her siblings were baptised in Jamaica, 06/09/1829: Elizabeth Gibb Brock, Margaret Jane Brock, John Alexander Brock, James Robert Brock and Sidney Henderson Brock. James Brock died in 1829 and after his death Margaret Gibb moved with their 7 surviving children to Denny in Stirlingshire, Scotland, James's birthplace. James bequeathed Industry plantation and a house in Scotland to Margaret Gibb and her children.

Janet died in 1818 and is listed on the same grave as her father James Brock.

Familysearch.org batch no. I03817-7.

Copy of last will and Settlement of James Brock, Jamaica, 21/02/1829 (copy is dated 1857) supplied by Claire Callender.

Email from Claire Callender 18/01/2017.

We are grateful to Claire Callender for her assistance with compiling this entry.