Jacob Brock


Jacob Brock was a prominent steamboat captain and a pioneer in the early establishment of Enterprise, Florida.

Early life

Jacob Brock was born in Hartford, Connecticut on July 5, 1810. He was the third of twelve children born to Jacob Brock and Abigail Sanders.

Florida

In 1853, Brock bought a steamship that he named the Darlington. In 1860, he built a second steamboat which he named the Hattie after one of his daughters.