Pembroke Creek

… rises in Pollock Swamp, E Chowan County, and flows S and SE into the W side of the head of Edenton Bay. Formerly known as the W branch of Mattacomack Creek and later Queen Anne's Creek. Took its present name from Thomas Barker's plantation, Pembroke, which was named for his birthplace, Pembroke, Mass. Barker bought his property from Edmund Gale about 1751. See also Ramushawn River.