Enligt en tidig utredning om släkten gjord på 1950-60 talet av Erik Olof Vilhelm Stockhaus (f. 1887), [1] kom smeden Hans Stockhaus från Münster i Westfalen till Sverige 1582. Han värvades sannolikt till Stensta Bruk i Fellingsbro sn, som var en av de första hammarsmedjorna som inrättades av Gustaf Vasa.
I roterings och utskrivningslängd för Fellingsbro förekommer sönerna Adam och Anders. Adams söner Hans och Johan kallas ännu 1647 för tyskar.[2]
Research by Erik Olof Vilhelm Stockhaus (b. 1887) in the 1950-60's indicates that Hans Stockhaus came from Münster in Westfalen to Sweden 1582. He was probably recruited to Stensta bruk (forge) in Fellingsbro parish, a forge that the King Gustav Vasa had established.[1][2].
There are two known sons of Hans Stockhaus in Fellingsbro: Adam and Anders. Adam's sons are still called Germans in 1647.
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