Peter Hockenberry

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 surnames, 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. Some degree of relationship between Herbert Hockenbury (b. ~1690) and Peter Hockenberry (b. ~1718) is indicated by the fact that Herbert's son Harmon Hockenbury left Sussex Co. NJ in 1799 and went to live among the Peter Hockenberry clan in Franklin Co., PA until 1833. Many of the descendants of Harmon remain in this area today. He returned to Sussex Co., NJ at some point and was buried in LaFayette Nj, near Newton NJ.
Peter Hockenberry, b. ~1718 in Germany, settled in what is now Fannett Twp., Franklin Co. PA about 1750. His will was probated in Chambersburg, PA on 20 Feb. 1811.
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	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	1718	Germany, possibly Hackenburg
Marriage			1st) Unknown; 2nd) Alice unknown
Death	Feb. 1811	Franklin Co., PA

Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 8           Generation 9           
  
                   +-- Peter Hockenberry
                   |   (1718-1811))
John Hockenberry --+
  (1741-1839)      |
                   +-- [unknown]
                        (????-????)
               

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Children

(all children with Hannah Kelly)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Henry Hockenberry	M	1740	Germany
John Hockenberry, Jr.	M	1741	Germany	Hannah Kelly	Direct line
Mary Hockenberry	F	1744	Germany
Margaret Hockenberry	F	1746	Germany
James Hockenberry	M	1748	Germany
Jeremiah Hockenberry	M	1760
Peter Hockenberry, Jr.	M	1790
Catherine Hockenberry	F
Nancy Hockenberry	F
Samuel Hockenberry	M	1795
Robert Hockenberry	M	1797

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	Thirty Thousand Names of Immigrants... by Israel D. Rupp. Johann Peter Hockenbert, passenger on Capt. Kerr's ship, the Jennifer, landed at Port of Philadelphia Pa,6 Nov. 1764. This source provided by Ardath Hillberry Yehle, The Hockenberry-Hillberry Family, p. ii.
2	Manuscript: Peter Hockenberry and Descendants of his Son, John Hockenberry by Edith and Horace Renick, 1975, gives a detailed genealogical record of Peter Hockenberry.	transcript
3	Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams.	N/A