 1683 - 1748 (~ 64 years)
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| Name |
Rudolph Hoch |
| Born |
Jul 1683 |
Liestal, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Baptism |
08 Jul 1683 |
Liestal, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland |
| Immigration |
1717 |
| Died |
18 Jan 1748 |
Oley Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania |
| Buried |
Hoch Farm Cemetery, Oley Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania |
| Notes |
- This story is mixed up. It is unlikely that Rudolph was 17 when John was born. Another source said he married in 1717. If so, Veronica is not the children's mother.
Rudolph Hoch, his wife Veronica and sons, John and Samuel, came to Philadelphia in 1717, from Switzerland. They were of Mennonite faith and as such they probably came to Penn's "holy experiment", to escape harassment and persecution in Europe. They settled first at Swedeland on the "Skoolkill", near present day Pottstown. The family later moved with son Johannes when he obtained a 220 acre tract of land, north of Friedensburg (Now Oley) in 1725. This was one of the first tracts of land issued by William Penn.
Initial source for this info has a marriage to Veronica in 1717; which of course would mean Veronica is a second wife. There is also thought to be a daughter Mary, about which nothing is known. And I have a Sybilla Hoch from the Rothermel book, who married Johann Peter Rothermel, she was born circa 1715. I would think she belongs to this family.
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| Person ID |
I000670 |
Strausstown Roots | KaMaMaBaHe |
| Last Modified |
9 Aug 2008 |
| Family |
Veronica (Hoch), b. about 1683, Switzerland , d. about 1728, Oley Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (Age ~ 45 years) |
| Children |
| + | 1. Johannes Hoch, b. about 1700, Liestal, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland , d. 11 Jul 1777, Oley Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (Age ~ 77 years) |
| + | 2. Samuel Hoch, b. about 1702, Switzerland , d. Apr 1762, Oley Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (Age ~ 60 years) |
| | 3. Mary Hoch, b. about 1704, Switzerland |
| + | 4. Philip Hoch, b. about 1706, Switzerland |
| + | 5. Veronica Hoch, b. about 1706, Switzerland , d. after 1753, Oley Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (Age ~ 48 years) |
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| Family ID |
F00274 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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 | Buried - - Hoch Farm Cemetery, Oley Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania |
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| Sources |
- [S151] Montgomery Bios, Morton L. Montgomery, (. H. Beers & Company of Chicago, 1909), p. 1582.
Early in 1717 Rudolph and Melchior Hoch, Moravians, left their home in Switzerland for America on account of religious persecution. Tradition says they were without much money when they landed. These two were the ancestors of all of the name in Berks and surrounding territory. The first spelling of the name was "Hoy" the final "h" being added later; some members of the family preferred the spelling "High" to "Hoch," and as early as 1744 Samuel, a grandson of Rudolph, spelled his name High. After wandering about for some time, Rudolph Hoch settled near what is now Pottsgrove, Montgomery county, Pa., while Melchior settled in Bucks county, same State, all of the Hochs or Highs now in Bucks county being descended from his two sons, Philip and Jacob. In 1725 Rudolph Hoch removed from near Pottsgrove, then known as Swedeland, to Oley, and became the owner of a farm of 300 acres two miles northeast of Friedensburg, the land being still in the possession of the Hochs. In 1728 he laid out a burial place, about eighty feet square, and here he and seven generations are buried. Several interesting relics of the two emigrants are still preserved by the family. The large German Bible is owned by Gideon A. D. Hoch. Books brought from over the sea are still at the Hoch farm, the elder Hochs making this provision in their wills. There is also a very ornamental, small open-face watch, which though 266 years old is in excellent condition and keeps perfect time. Philip D. Hoch has a piece of petrified wood brought over by Rudolph Hoch, and used as a whet stone, one of its principal uses being to sharpen razors. Rudolph Hoch was married when he came to America, and his son John was born in Switzerland. His wife died in 1728, and was the first to be buried in the family cemetery. He died in 1748. His sons numbered five, among them being John and Samuel.
In Prof. Daniel Rupp's "History of Berks County," published in 1844, is a letter written by Maria De Turck (born Hochen), of Oley township, which bears date May 14, 1718. It was addressed to her brother, sisters and friends in her native country, and it reflects her profound piety.
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