Penny’s Family Tree - Person Sheet
Penny’s Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameJohn Hockenberry/Hockenbury
Birthabt 1780
BurialBrady Township
Misc. Notes
Vol 13 page 45: I think it’s an Ohio Valley collection but I forgot to write down the name.
[I think it says he’s buried with his unnamed wife]
died at the age of 99
remarks: ca 1804 [arrived in county] from E. PA and (???? R S. PA ????)
1883 History of Butler County - Chapter 39 -- Brady Township - Typed by Ed Book
http://www.rootsweb.com/~pabutler/1883/83-39.htm#f4
John HOCKENBERRY came from Eastern Pennsylvania with his family about the year 1804 [4]. He died in the neighborhood where he first settled, in the ninety-ninth year of his age. Names of his children: John, Caspar, Joseph, Jonathan, Betsey (BUCHANAN), Jane (McCANDLESS), Anna (WOOLUM) and Ellen GRAHAM, Caspar married Margaret SHAFFER. He died in Worth Township. Six of his children are living in this county.
[4] According to the 1895 History, he settled in 1803 and later moved to Cherry Twp.

1803 Tax List, Slippery Rock Twp., Butler Co., Pa.
This is possibly John JR
http://www.rootsweb.com/~pabutler/1803slip.htm
261 taxables, Transcribed by Ed Book
In 1803 Slippery Rock Twp. was much bigger than the current Slippery Rock Twp. It included the portion of the county north of an east-west line drawn from the northern corner of the western boundary of the County. In regards to the current townships, this area includes all of Slippery Rock, Allegheny, Cherry, Marion, Mercer, Parker, Venango, and Washington Townships, portions of Brady, Clay, Concord, Fairview and Worth Townships, the Boroughs of Bruin, Cherry Valley, Eau Claire, Fairview, Harrisville, Petrolia, Slippery Rock, and West Sunbury, and parts of the Boroughs of Karns City and West Liberty.

see also http://www.rootsweb.com/~pabutler/1895/95x59.htm
see also son Casper and/or:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~pabutler/1895/95x58.htm
Spouses
Unmarried
ChildrenJohn (1820-)
 Casper (~1805-)
 Joseph (1813-)
 Jonathan (1807-)
 Betsey (~1808-)
 Ellen (~1808-)
 Jane (~1808-)
 Margaret “Anna” (1810-<1860)
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