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- The following is from Steve Coulter:
GEORGE MOCK, believed to be a son of Henry Mauck, born John George Mauck in
Germany before 1743; died 1808 near Middletown, Frederick Co., VA; will
written 13 Sept 1803; proved 4 Oct 1808 at Winchester, Frederick Co., VA.
George Mock also arrived at Port Philadelphia on 18 Sept 1749 aboard the ship
Ann. He settled in Lancaster County, PA, where he married on 21 April 1761
at Warwick Settlement in Clay Township to Sophia Muller, 4th child of Johann
Leonhardt Muller & Ana Maria ________; b. 6 May 1737 in Lancaster Co., PA;
christened 30 May 1737 at East Cocalico, Lancaster Co., PA; died about 1821
in Frederick Co., VA. George and Sophia belonged to the Emmanuel Lutheran
church located near present-day Brickerville; at that time the church was
known as the Warwick Congregation.
About 1775, George & Sophia moved to the area of Middletown, Frederick Co.,
VA. On 8 Sept 1775, he purchased 307-1/2 acres of land on Cedar Creek from
William Vance. In his will, written 13 Sept 1803, and proved 4 Oct 1808 at
Winchester, Frederick Co., VA, George Mock states his son George married a
woman contrary to his wishes and was otherwise disobedient; he then leaves
George Jr. only one dollar. This was a common practice when disinheriting
children. If the child was not mentioned at all, he or she could sue the
estate, claiming he or she was accidently omitted. George Jr's first child,
our grandmother Rebecca, was born 8 May 1803. If George Sr. saw this baby
granddaughter before he wrote his will four months later, you wonder how he
could be so hard-hearted. He also disinherited his son Daniel, leaving him
only one dollar. George Sr. mentioned owning land in both Frederick and
Shenandoah Counties in Virginia. The remaining son, Christopher Mock,
evidently didn't agree with the way his father's estate was divided. When
Christopher died the following year, leaving a widow but no children, he
bequeathed property to both his disinherited brothers.
George's children are identified by his will as: Christopher, who died
without children about 1809; GEORGE, who moved on to Montgomery Co., VA for
several years, then died in Harrison Co., IN in 1837; Daniel, who moved on to
Fairfield Co., OH, where he died by 1830; Catherina who married Jeremiah
Eberly and whose descendants remain in the Shenandoah Valley to this day,
Susannah who married Philip Setzer and settled in Warren Co., VA, dying
before 1850; Christina who married Jacob Harmon and moved to Montgomery Co.,
VA where she died in 1839. The descendants of brothers Daniel and George Jr.
retained the surname spelling of Muck.
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