Brief Life History of Philip
When Philip Hoch was born on 9 March 1755, in East Nantmeal, East Nantmeal Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, his father, Johann Jacob Hoch, was 47 and his mother, Elisabeth Langenegger, was 46. He married Anna Bechtel in 1785, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. He lived in Hereford, Hereford Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States for about 30 years. He died on 4 September 1828, in Colebrookdale Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Charming Forge, Marion Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Philip High, "United States Census, 1800"
- Phillip Hoch, "Find A Grave Index"
- Philip Hoch Hoch, "Pennsylvania Cemetery Records, ca. 1700-ca. 1950"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Name Meaning
German: from Middle High German hōch ‘high’; a habitational name from any of various places called Hoch, or a topographic name for someone who lived in an area of high land, or a descriptive nickname for a tall man, from a different sense of the same word.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a tall person, from German hoch ‘tall’, Yiddish hoykh.
Czech: from a pet form of the Old Czech personal name Hodislav (see Hosek ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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