When Hans Jacob Vogt was born about 1716, in Kassel, Hesse, Germany, his father, Jonas Vogt, was 34 and his mother, Magdalena Wittstich, was 31. He had at least 9 sons with Mrs. Hans Jacob Fite. He died about 1772, in Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, at the age of 58.
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Some characteristic forenames: German Otto, Kurt, Hans, Armin, Erna, Fritz, Gerhard, Gunter, Helmut, Alois, Erwin, Guenther.
German: occupational name for a reeve, a bailiff, a farm manager, or other person with supervisory authority, Middle High German voget, Late Latin vocatus, from Latin advocatus, past participle of advocare ‘to call upon (to help)’. The term originally denoted someone who appeared before a court on behalf of some party not permitted to make direct representations, often an ecclesiastical body which was not supposed to have any dealings with temporal authorities. In some parts of central Europe, the word came to mean ‘village headman’. This surname is also found in France (mainly Alsace and Lorraine), the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, and Poland. See also Fath , Focht , Vaeth , Voigt , and Voit , compare Faught , Fought , Vaught , Voght , Voight , Vote , and Vought .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesHeinrich, Johannes, and Hans Jacob Vogt were born in the independent state of Hesse-Kassel (which was merged into Hesse-Nassau as a consequence of the Austro-Prussian War of 1866. In the past, Jonas ( …
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