When Sarah Hockett was born on 1 June 1826, in Guilford, North Carolina, United States, her father, John Jehu Hockett, was 26 and her mother, Hannah Wilson, was 29. She married Zimeriah Addison Hodgin on 28 December 1846, in Guilford, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Guilford, Guilford, North Carolina, United States in 1850 and Fentress Township, Guilford, North Carolina, United States for about 10 years. She died on 28 May 1889, in Center MM, Guilford, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Centre Friends Meeting Cemetery, Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, 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 .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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