Hocker Family

More research on the Hocker family.  The following is extrapolated from Perrin's History of Kentucky.

Col. Hecker ca. 1500 - ca. 1600

The name was originally Hecker, and was known as such in the day of William Tell (1534), and as "e" in German has the same sound as short "o" in English, the name was pronounced and spelled Hocker.  

Col. Hecker rendered material aid to William Tell, that distinguished man, in freeing his country from Austrian tyranny. 

Undetermined number of generations 

Nicholas Hocker b. ca. 1686 Switzerland, d. Maryland, married Sophia

immigrated to the U.S. from the Republic of Switzerland in colonial times, settled near Baltimore, MD.  

Philip Hocker baptized July 15, 1716 St. Barnabas Church, Queen Anne Parish, Prince Georges Co., MD, will Oct. 1774 Frederick Co., MD married Margaret Snowden, daughter of William & Abigail (Woolly) Snowden.  She was born ca. 1720, d. ? 

Nicholas Hocker b. March 5, 1752, Montgomery Co. MD, d. Feb. 15, 1813, Lincoln Co., KY, married Nov. 15, 1773 Sarah Barnes in Montgomery Co., MD, daughter of Weaver & Elizabeth (Waters) Barnes.  Sarah born April 11, 1751 Montgomery Co., MD, d. Sep. 11, 1838 Lincoln Co., KY.

moved to Kentucky ca. 1785 and settled in Lincoln Co. near Stanford; children: Alfred, Elizabeth, Margaret, Mary, Nicholas Jr., Philip "Long", Dorcas & George [see below]

? Hocker b. ca. 1790 d. ca. 1890, md. Elizabeth Dunn of Garrard Co. ca. 1810

probably Alfred [above]

J.M. Hocker b. June 28, 1822 Lincoln Co., KY md. Harriet Morrison b. March 14, 1829, daughter of John Morrison

R.W. Hocker b. Dec. 9, 1853, Lincoln Co. KY, md. Sep. 1, 1875 Mary A. Handy daughter of Walter & Mary (Moore) Handy.

second son; attended Bethany College in West Virginia; member of Christian Church; farmer in Jessamine County, KY, near Wilmore.

5 children: Mattie H., Walter H., Richard Wesley, Harriet M. and unnamed child

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George Hocker b. ca. 1786 Maryland, d. Nov. 1860 Lincoln Co., KY married May 6, 1806 Nancy Hocker in Lincoln Co., KY.  

children: Mary, Artemesia, Emily, Owen, Newton, George, Julia Ann, Joseph, Richard Weaver, Sarah Ann

Emily  b. 1808 Lincoln Co., KY d. ca. 1832, married Nov. 7, 1826 Michael Young in Lincoln Co., KY.  Michael son of Jacob & Rachel (Goodnight) Young.

children: Nancy Louisa, Julia Ann Elston, William Nathan