Note about parents

DNA says that it is likely that Friederich and Rev. Johann Jacob Hoke were either siblings or close cousins. Since Jacob came from Mannheim, one presumes, therefore, that Friederich also did.

The parents of these two probable siblings has been differently attributed. I have retained the family that is most closely aligned with "Jacob from Mannheim", but it may not be the correct family.

Life

Johann Friedrich and Anna Catharine (Fortbach) Höck's (later spelled Hake) family arrived in America on two ships in 1748 and 1749. The two oldest children Jacob and Anna Catharina came first arriving in Philadelphia on September 15, 1748 aboard the ship "Two Brothers." Almost exactly a year later, on September 26, 1749, they were joined by their parents and younger siblings Anna Philippina and Johann Conrad who arrived aboard the ship "Ranier."

Unless traveling alone, women's names were not included ships' lists but other records confirm their presence. An example is a list of communicants for the Trinity Lutheran Church in Lancaster, Pennsylvania for Apr 14, 1750 which includes:

Johann Friedrich Höck, the father
Catharina Hoekin, the mother
Philippina Hoeckin, the daughter Johann Conrad Höck, the son Valentin Hamen Anna Catharina Hamen, the older daughter

Jacob and his sister Anna Catharina had already married by the time the rest of the family arrived. This brother and sister married another pair of siblings: Susanna Dorothea and Johann Valentine Hamme.

Johann Friedrich died sometime before Sep 9, 1770 when letters of administration were granted to his son Jacob Hake for the "estate of Frederick Hake, late of York County, yeoman, deceased." The location of his grave has not been determined.

• Updated from Find A Grave Memorial via daughter Anna Catharina Hamme (born Hake) by SmartCopy: Mar 7 2015, 4:18:15 UTC

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