When Addison Felton Hockett was born on 13 March 1862, in New Garden Township, Wayne, Indiana, United States, his father, Warner Mifflin Hockett, was 30 and his mother, Matilda Caroline or Carrie Dennis, was 26. He married Sarah Letta Frazier on 1 September 1883. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Fountain City, New Garden Township, Wayne, Indiana, United States in 1900 and Richmond, Wayne Township, Wayne, Indiana, United States in 1910. He died on 27 May 1931, at the age of 69, and was buried in Richmond, Wayne Township, Wayne, Indiana, United States.
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English:
from the Middle English personal name Hoket, apparently a diminutive (Hocc-et) of Old English Hocca; see Hock 7.
variant of Hoggett, itself either a variant of Hoggard or a diminutive of Hogge, a Middle English pet form of Roger .
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