Not sure there is any connection but I'm looking at a 1769 tax list from Dobbs County. Many of the surnames formerly found in Dobbs Co. showed up later in Duplin/Sampson counties, and then, later, in Robeson Counties. There is a name Brock, Joseph ......paid taxes for himself and one other in Dobbs County in 1769. Traditionally, (at that time) the first male child was named after the paternal grandfather, and the second male child was named after the maternal grandfather. > [Original Message] > From: dotnfl@juno.com <dotnfl@juno.com> > To: <NCROBESO@rootsweb.com> > Date: 4/8/07 9:32:49 PM > Subject: [NCROBESO] BROCK and MERCER families > > My ancestors: Leonard BROCK and Catherine MERCER, his wife were both > born about 1798-1805 in NC. Their sons, Henry, Joshua, Jacob, John and > Joseph were all born in NC before 1826. Some of them claimed to be born > in Robeson County. I have looked online but can find little information > to support this. Last ditch effort to see if anyone else on the list > has a connection to BROCK or MERCER in the Robeson area. > Thanks, > DotnFL@Juno.com > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Interested in getting caught up on today's news? > Click here to checkout USA TODAY Headlines. > http://track.juno.com/s/lc?s=198954&u=http://www.usatoday.com/news/front.htm ?csp=24 > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCROBESO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message