Rudolph Hoch

Rudolph Hoch¹

• Birth*: 8 July 1683; Liestal, Basel, Switzerland; birth or baptism²
• Marriage*: Spouse=Veronica (?)¹
• Death*: 8 January 1748; Oley Twp., Berks Co., Pennsylvania³
• Burial*: Hoch Family Cemetery, Oley Twp., Berks Co., Pennsylvania⁴

Family:

Veronica (?) b. c 1685, d. 1728

• Marriage*: Spouse=Veronica (?)¹

Children:

Johannes Hoch² b. 1700, d. 11 Jul 1777
Samuel Hoch² b. 1702, d. 24 Apr 1747
Veronica Hock+ ⁵ b. c 1706, d. a 7 Jan 1763
Sybilla Hoch² b. 1715, d. 1803

Notes

• Immigration*: circa 1717¹
• Note*: Origins:
  " 'In the year 1717 the Hochs came to this County, mainly, Rudolph and Melchior, two brothers. Rudolph settled at first this side of Pottsgrove, at that time called Swedeland. Melchoir settled in Bucks County.'
  Thus begins a memorandum on the Hoch family, prepared in 1824 by Abraham Hoch, a grandson of Rudolph Hoch...
  Rudolph and Melchior Hoch were of the Mennonite faith...'Swedenstettel' on the Schuylkill, near the present Pottstown, was their location in 1720. Early tax records for Chester County have these entries:
  'Rudey Hoch upon Schoolkill above the french Creek in 1720 paid tax of two shillings and siz pence.'
  'Rodger Hi of Skoolkill' in 1721.
  'Rode Hie of Scoolkil' in 1722 paid tax of one shilling."
  "Johannes or John Hoch, son of Rudolph...located in Oley about 1725, It appears that when John Hock removed to Oley his parents Rudolph and Veronica Hoch, and his brother Samuel Hoch, came with him. It was probably one of the first white settlements in the Oley Valley..."¹
• Note: No probate of Rudolph Hoch is listed in the "Hoch - High Family in America" manuscript, which has probates of many other family members. Probate record not found by compiler in Philadelphia, Berks or Chester County indexes.
• Note: Additional sources:
  
  An earlier version of the "Hoch - High Family in America" manuscript can be viewed on FamilySearch: "The children and the children's children of Rudolph Hoch and Melchior Hoch : Swiss refugees who came to the province of Pennsylvania in 1717 and settled in the Oley Valley", arranged by John Baer Stoudt.
  
  The descendants of Rudolph's sons are compiled in "Descendants of Rudolph Hoch and his wife Veronica : and related families" by Patricia L. Alford. Digital version in FamilySearch catalog.
• Note: Additional biographical material can be found in "Genealogical and Biographical Annals of Northumberland County, (J.L. Floyd Co., 1911) p. 305.
  
  Numerous web postings state that Rudolph Hock was born 8 Jul 1683 Liestal, Bezirk Liestal, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland. This compiler has not found any source for these statements citing contemporary records.