Johann Peter Hachenberg

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Johann Peter Hachenberg is not in my direct ancestry. No relationship is currently known to exist. Johan Peter is one of four early immigrants to America (1720-1764) found to have name variants of Hachenburg or the Anglicized Hockenberry.

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Germany	1741-1764
Bucks Co., PA	>1764
Snyder Co. PA	"after the war" (>1783?

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. "Johann Peter Hachenberg was born in Germany in 1741, arrived in Philadelphia in 1764 on the English ship "Janeffer"; settled in Bucks Co., Pa; fougnt in the American Rev. War and became an officer just before becoming a prisoner of war. After the war he and his family moved to an area which later became Snyder Co., PA. His will named his children: Catherine, Christina, Peter Jr., John, Michial, and Micheal." The Renecks' information on Johann Peter Hachenberg came from Mrs. Harold Albrecht of Manhatten, Kansas.
2	Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams.	N/A

Conjecture

Johann Peter Hachenberg was 23 years younger than our direct line ancestor Peter Hockenberry, and arrived in America 14 years after Peter arrived. Based solely on surname, it is thought that the two may have come from the same town (Hachenburg)in Germany. If he was related to Peter Hockenberry b. 1718, he was likely a cousin or nephew rather than a brother.