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In memory of Bob Bock (1925- 2015) This house at 101 Rockwell Road was where
Enfield Town Justice of Peace held a part of Enfield town court from 1944 to the mid
1960’s. Bob Bock's father Fred, started out in 1944 as JP and then when he retired Bob
was elected to serve as JP and Town Board Member (1962). Bob retired in 1989 as JP.
The Ithaca Journal published two articles on the Bock family tradition of town service -
June 13, 1986 and December 26, 1989.
Thanks...Notes from the Dave Bock Family: The Harveys moved to Enfield in 1807.
They settled on what is now Harvey Hill Road. Each of the sons was given land to farm
when they came of age. Silas Harvey II got our place what is now Rockwe ll Road. Not
sure of the exact year, but the first house there burned down. The current house was
built in 1854, I believe. It had been continuously inhabited by Harvey descendants until
my Bocks sold it to the Elrods. Fred moved there when he got married, in the early
1920s. Grandma Martha Bock was a Harvey, although her maiden name was Gray
because it was her mother that was born Harvey. Bob Bock was the 5th generation in
the Harvey (then Bock) lineage to work that farm. This is why we named the forest
preserve Bock-Harvey (More details at Finger Lakes Land Trust - www.fllt.org.) The
other branch of the original Harveys became the Stevensons, and the Stevenson
preserve is another part of the original land holdings in Enfield.