Samuel Brockman

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  • WorldConnectProject: Samuel was a "Southern Planter" and owned much land in King & Queen, Orange, and Albermarle Counties in Virginia. His will was written the 3rd day of November 1762 and probated in September of 1766. President James Madison witnessed the will of Samuel Brockman. In Virginia, the Brockmans and Madisons were friends; the President and his father were their neighbors.
    
    Research mytree.FTW ID I2018 Name Samuel BROCKMAN Sex M Birth 1690 in St. Marys,MD Death 25 SEP 1766 in Orange Co.,VA Burial Orange Co.,VA Note The Brockmans, Brockmanns, are of English and German origin. Positive proof of the family being lineal descendants of John Brockman of Essex, England, is still lacking. Documentary evidence of the family in America starts with Henry Brockman of Maryland and Samuel Brockman who lived in Drysdale Parish, King and Queen County, Virginia, in 1731, and Samuel and William Brockman, who witnessed the will of Edward Pigg in St. Goorge s Parish, Spotsylvania, in 1739. A land grant was issued by Governor Gooch, dated August 5, 1731, for 22 shillings, William Mays acquired from the Commonwealth a grant for, 500 acres lying in Drysdale Parish, on both sides of Port Tobago Road. Of this amount, 100 acres was a gift from Daniel Coleman, 150 acres was acquired from Henry Shackleford, from James Ambrose, and 250 acres from surplus land of the state. Description shows that it adjoined Samuel Brockman, Richard Milliner, Craddocks, Rose, Ryan and Halls. Thomas Madison had 300 acres next to Rev. John Mays, minister, which may have been acquired by Samuel Brockman, who traded his 300 acres in King and Queen to John Henderson for 300 acres in Spotsylvania, plus 1,200 pounds of tobacco as a premium. Thomas Salmon of St. Marie s County patented land in St. George Parish in 1727. Samuel Brockman who lived in King & Queen, Spotsylvania and Orange, left a will at Orange, probated 1766. His wife is known onlv as Mary, but there are indications that she was Mary Madison, (or Mary Mason) daughter of John Madison, Jr. and sister of Ambrose Madison wife Frances Taylor . His children by his will. 1 Samuel, wife Rebecca. I have thought that possibly she was Rebecca Salmon, and that perhaps she was confused with the wife of Henry also, there are indications that this Rebecker, wife of Samuel, was daughter of John Graves. 2 William must have been born by 1718, as he witnessed a deed In 1739. His wife was Betty. William left a will at Albemarle giving the names of his children. John Brockman, third son presumed to have married Mary Collins, daughter of Joseph.  Elizabeth married Anthony Street.  Sarah married John Henderson.  Rachael, married John Rogers and she was a widow by 1776 when her mother died.  Another daughter deceased at the time her father wrote his will, 1762, married a Haley, and John Haley was legatee when the estate of Samuel's wife was closed in 1776.  A James Haley and wife Susannah deed land to Samuel I in 1746, and Samuel Brockman II in 1749, but this is not proof of the parents of John Haley as Henry Chiles also had a daughter Susannah who married a Haley, and there was a Susannah Haley who witnessed a will of John Haley in Louisa in 1760. Mary Collins, wife of John Brockman, was daughter of Capt. Joseph Collins, whose father was John Collins.  John Collins married a daughter of Mrs. Amy Wyatt of Lower Norfolk County. I have always felt that Amy Brockman, wife of Thomas, was a Gatewood or a Wyatt. Many of the Collins family named their children Wyatt as a Christian name, so that it appears that John Collins married Mary Wyatt, and was father of Joseph and others. Samuel Brockman of King and Queen County, VA was probably the son of Henry Brockman of Barbados, Maryland and Virginia and wife Rebecca Salmon. He was living on Port Tobago Road, Drysdale Parish, King and Queen County in 1731. In 1732 he bought land in Spotsylvania later Orange , where he moved and built a home naming it the White House . His will, dated Nov 3, 1762, was probated Sept. 25, 1766. Final deposition of his estate was made January 15, 1776, when his widow died. His daughter Mary signed her name Mary M., so we assume her mother's maiden name began with M. The Brockman Scrapbook by William Everett Brockman c1952. Change Date 13 SEP 2000 at 00 24 45 Marriage 1 Mary MADISON b 1695 in Orange Co.,VA Married 1731 in King & Queen,VA Children John BROCKMAN b Abt 1715 in Orange Co.,VA Elizabeth BROCKMAN b Abt 1727 in Orange Co.,VA Mary M. BROCKMAN b Abt 1718 in Orange Co.,VA Samuel BROCKMAN b Abt 1719 in Orange Co.,VA William BROCKMAN b Abt 1718 in King & Queen Co.,VA Sarah BROCKMAN b Abt 1720 in Orange Co.,VA Rachel BROCKMAN b Abt 1729 in Orange Co.,VA
    
    Source: "Orange County (Va.) Families and Their Marriages" by William Everett Brockman.  Much of the following information comes from that piece which was published by Burgess Publishing Ct. of Minneapolis.
    
    It is suggested in Orange County Families that Henry died while Samuel was still a boy. His mother remarried Mr. Pettie and they moved to Orange County Virginia. The families Pettie, Madison, Henderson, Woolfolk and Sim all had land adjoining in Orange County and their sons and daughters married each other.
    
    Samuel married Mary M. In 1704 he was believed to be living on the estate of his In-laws. She was either Mary Madison, sister to John Madison, or Mary Minor, sister of Isabelle Minor, wife of John Madison. Either way she was the aunt of President James Madison. They had seven children according to W.E. Brockman. They were:
    1. Samuel Brockman, born about 1706, wed Rebecker (maybe) Salmon by 1744. He died 1790.
    2. William Brockman, born 1708, wed Elizabeth Mason by 1748. His will was proved 1809. He was "of Albemarle".
    3. Elizabeth Brockman, born about 1710, wed Anthony Street. She died after 1800.
    4. John Brockman, born about 1712, wed Mary Collins by 1734. He died 1756.
    5. Mary Brockman born about 1715 wed Richard Hunt Singleton.
    6. Rachel Brockman, born about 1717, wed John Rogers
    7. daughter (maybe Susanna) born about 1720, Mr. Haley
    
    The Orange county VA Deed Books 1 & 2 for 1735 - 1738 compiled by John Frederick Dorman places Samuel. Daniel Cook of St. Mark's Parish sold land in the fork of Purmunky (Pamunkey) River.   It bordered on Samuel Brockmans' land.
    
    Samuel Brockman wrote his will in November 1762. It was proved in 1766 and names "my daughter Elizabeth Street". It is listed in Pamunkey Neighbors, a history of early Orange County VA.
    
    His wife was still alive and the division of the estate was not to take place until her death. On January 15, 1776 that division took place and can be found in Orange County Will Book 3, page 123. It was divided thus:
    Anthony Street 1 negro Jinney
    Samuel Brockman 1 negro Dinah
    John Webb 1 negro Milley at (attendant)
    Samuel Brockman Jr.1 negro Fan
    Jonathan Haley 1 negro Jack at
    William Brockman 2 negros Rubin & Selah
    Rachel Roger 1 negro David
    Jonathan Henderson 1 negro Lewis at
    
    Then it stated that a number of negroes were sold and the value divided among the family.
    
    The original order to settle and divide the estate was given in Orange County Court on Sept 27, 1775. We must assume that Mary had shortly before that. Samuel and William Brockman were executors.
    
    It is not known where Samuel and Mary Brockman are buried.
    
    

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