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Individual Record
Name
Surname:
Nock
Given Name:
William
Variant Surname Spellings:
Knock
Soundex Code:
N200
Birth, Christening and Other Information
Gender:
Male
Date of Birth or Christening:
about 1644
Occupation(s):
Blacksmith
Religion(s):
Quaker
Orphan:
Unknown
Position in Parent's Family:
Unknown
Landowner:
Unknown
Literate:
Unknown
Convict:
Unknown
Port of Departure
Town:
Bristol
County:
Gloucestershire
Nation:
England
Length of Indenture
Year of Indenture:
1665
Years:
4
Year of Freedom:
after 1668
Place of Indenture
County:
Accomack
Colony:
Virginia
Master
Surname:
Smith
Given name:
Henry
Research Notes
Proof of Immigrant Servant Status:
"Deposition of Jean Powell aged about 22 years, 17 March 1668/69: Her fellow servant Rich. Chambers bargained with his master, Mr. Hen. Smith, at Bristol to come to Virginia as his servant for four years, to work only as a blacksmith, and that he was to have every Saturday afternoon during his time of service; in lieu of this time, Smith would give Chambers five pounds sterling a year. The rest of the week he was to work from six in the morning till six at night. When he was free, Chambers was to have the tools. Then Wm. Nock came to Smith and made the same bargain, only upon his freedom, he was to have the worth of the tools. Signed, Jean (squiggle) Powell." (1)
Headright:
Headright claimed in 1670 by Henry Smith.
Comments:
The IGI includes a patron submission for William Nocke, christened 17 Oct 1644 at Kington St. Michael, Wiltshire, England, the son of William and Elizabeth Nocke. Other researchers have also asked if this could be a record of the christening of William Nock of Virginia. (6) This could certainly be the American immigrant; however, additional verification should be sought. The author of "Descendants of William Nock," places his origins in Scotland; however, provides no sources.
Family:
Elizabeth Nock, his fellow servant, was William's sister.
Source Citations:
(1) JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack County, Virginia Court Order Abstracts, 1666-1670, Vol. II (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, Inc., 1996), 96, 111, 121, 154, 164, 183, quoting Accomack County, Virginia Order Book 2:58b, 60b-61a, 67-75, 81-90, 128-137, 142, 169; (2) Jill Nock Jeffery, "'More Like A Monster Than A Man,' The Case of Henry Smith and the Accomack County Court," DelmarvaSettlers.org, http://www.delmarvasettlers.org/profiles/smith.html; (3) Registers of Servants Sent to Foreign Plantations, Virtual Jamestown, Virginia Center for Digital History, University of Virginia, http://www.virtualjamestown.org/indentures/search_indentures.html; (4) "Descendants of William Knock," Eastern Shore Public Library, http://www.espl-genealogy.org/mearscol/pagendxn/nock/nock.htm; (5) Grady Gordon Brickhouse, "Eastern Shore Quakers," Brickhouse Family Association, http://www.brickhousefamily.com/quakers.asp; (6) HnDHertzog, "William Nock, 1665 Emigrant," WILTSHIRE-EMI-L Archives, http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/WILTSHIRE-EMI/2001-11/1006801405; (7) International Genealogical Index, www.familysearch.org; (8) Noel Currer-Briggs, "Indentured Servants from Bristol to America: 1654-1686," Genealogical Journal, Vol. 7, No. 3 (Sep 1978): 125-127.