Herbert Hockenbury

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Herbert Hockenbury is not in my direct ancestry. He is possibly a brother or cousin of Peter Hockenberry, b. (~1718)

THE HOCKENBERRY NAME & EARLY IMMIGRANTS
The name Hockenberry is one of several Anglicized forms of Hachenburger (such as Hachenberger, Hockenbury, Hillberry, etc.) In earlier times when individuals did not have set surname spellings, immigrants were often distinguished from others in their new location by a name reflecting their place of origin. Thus, anyone from Hachenburg could be know as a Hachenburger. This appelation was probably applied more than once, and to individuals not necessarily related.
Records indicate several early immigrants to America with variants of this name; their relationship, if any, is not yet established.
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	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	(~1690) questionable	Hackenburg,Germany	see Source Notes below
Marriage			to Margaret unknown
Death	will probated 13 June, 1769	Hunterdon Co., NJ

Children

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Spouse	Children	Notes	Sources
John Hockenbury	M		Sarah unknown	John; Uly wf of Benj. Walker; Mary wf of __Gary; grandsons John Walker, John Gary	will prob. 6 Feb 1805
Peter Hockenbury	M		Elisabeth unknown	granddau. Betsey Van Nest	will prob. 5 Dec 1804 names Herbert & John Rodenbough
Jost (George) Hockenbury	M		A. Margaret unknown	Anna b. 2 Mar. 1773; Peter b. 2 May 1778
Henry Hockenbury	M	prob.b. 1750	Elisabeth unknown	Peter b. 26 Jan 1773; Margaret b. 9 Apr 1776 m. Dan Sweazy; grandson Henry Sweazy	of Bethlehem Twp., Hunterdon Co.; d.27 Aug 1815; will prob.1815
Christopher Hockenbury	M
Harmon/Harman Hockenbury	M		Anna Margaret unknown	Jacob b. 10 Apr 1779	Prob.it was of his estate that Anna & Peter were administrators, 5 Apr 1808, Newton NJ
Anney Eve/Eve Hockenbury	F
Anney Elsie Hockenbury	F
Margaret/Margie Hockenbury	F
Anna Elizabeth Hockenbury	F
Catren Hockenbury	F
Mary Hockenbury	F

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Germany	1690-1720
New Jersey	1720-1769
Hunterdon Co., NJ	1769

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	Manuscript: Peter Hockenberry and Descendants of his Son, John Hockenberry by Edith and Horace Renick, 1975, gives an overview of the early Hockenberry immigrants to America. Their information on Herbert Hockenbury came from the research of Fred & Ruth Hockenbary, Matawan, NJ.
2	Personal correspondence of Lee Elmer Vaughan, 1991. Herbert Hockenbury b. ca. 1690 in Hackenburg, Germany, married to Margaret unknown, died June 1769 Lebanon Twp., Hunterdon Co., NJ. Their son Harmon Hockenbury b. 1744 in Lebanon Twp., Hunterdon Co. NJ, d. ca. 1834 Sussex Co. NJ, wife unknown. Harmon's son Christopher Hockenberry b. 3 Apr 1816, d. 14 Apr 1898 Juniata Co., PA.
3	Early Germans of New Jersey, Their History, Churches and Genealogy,by Hermann Theodore F. Chambers (1895), p. 406. Contributed here by Chuck Owens, Apr 2015 (Contributors link at left) Herbert Hockenbery, will prob.1769, lists wife Margaret, six sons, six daughters, several grandchildren.
4	Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams.	N/A

Source notes

• The 1690 birth date of Herbert Hockenbury, given in the Renick research (Source 1 above) is unlikely, as his listed grandchildren were born in the 1770's, thus suggesting his children were born in the late 1740's-1750's. This birthdate would make Herbert age ~50 when the younger children were born. If there is a Herbert Hockenbury of this birth date, he is possibly not the person described on this page.

Conjecture

There are more than one Harmon Hockenbury/Hockenberry of similar age in the record. One of these may have been related to our direct line ancestor Peter Hockenberry (b. 1718). A Harmon Hockenberry is known to have lived near Peter in Franklin Co. PA for a time. However, Harmon Hockenbury son of Herbert lived in Sussex Co., NJ and was buried there at LaFayette, near Newton, NJ.
See also Harmon L. Hockenberry, born 1744 in Albany, NY, and living in Sussex Co., NJ by 1774.