Nicholas Houk
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Nicholas Houk (1740 - 1841)

Nicholas Houk aka Houke, Houck, Houke
Born in Lancaster, Pennsylvaniamap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of [half], [half], , , , , , and
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of — married 1772 (to 1841) in United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , and
Died at age 100 in Renfro Valley, Rockcastle, Kentucky, United Statesmap
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Biography

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Nicholas Hauck aka Houk / Hauk / Hawk etc was born November 26, 1749 in either Berks or Lancaster, Pennsylvania to parents Johan Hauck and Anna Maria Schwedner.


He married Sarah Mouser about 1772 in Lincoln County, North Carolina.

They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Rockcastle, Kentucky, United States for about 20 years. He registered for military service in 1777.



He passed away on August 6 1841 in Renfro Valley, Rockcastle, Kentucky, United States; he was 100 years old!

buried in Hiatt Cemetery, Renfro Valley, Rockcastle, Kentucky, United States. I


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1820 N was enumerated in Rockcastle, Kentucky.[1]

  • Nicholas was in a military record on 1 June 1840 in Rockcastle, Kentucky.[2]
  • In 1840 Nicholas was enumerated in Rockcastle, Kentucky.[3]
  • Nicholas died on 6 August 1841 and was buried in Renfro Valley, Rockcastle, Kentucky.[4]




" NICHOLAS HOUK, Private, North Carolina Line, Revolutionary War
Mr. John Lair mentions in his book, Rockcastle Roots, “there is a tradition that the progenitors of the Houk family in America were four brothers who came from Holland to Pennsylvania in 1733. One of these, George, is believed to have been the father of Nicholas Houk, the first of the name to reach Rockcastle County, Kentucky”.
According to his pension application, Nicholas states he was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania in 1740. Nicholas moved to North Carolina where he married Sarah Mauser in Lincoln County, 1772. Nicholas and Sarah had been married 4 or 5 years and had two children (Rebecca and Fredrick) before Nicholas was drafted into the Army of the United States in Polk County, North Carolina. The Houks came to Kentucky and first lived in what was then Washington County, where they lived on a farm of 100 acres that was purchased in 1814. They sold their land in Washington County to Thomas Christian for $30 and moved to Rockcastle County, January 23, 1819. Nicholas and Sarah had eight children altogether, but now only five can be confirmed and who were still living in September 1845.

(1)Rebecca Mary “Polly” married Cooney Adams (2)Frederick married Elizabeth Reden (?)Elizabeth “Betsy” married Joseph Husbands (?)Sarah “Sally” married William Roberts (8)Catherine “Caty” married Richison Roberts

Nicholas applied for his military pension in Rockcastle County, September 1833 and stated that he was 93 year old. He was the oldest veteran living in Rockcastle County in the 1840 Census at the age of 100.

Hauk, Hauck, Hook, Houk, Houck, Houcke, House

Revolutionary War Pension #R.5257 DAR Ancestor #A057241 NSAR Patriot #P-1855588

Notes from external profile

Father: Johan Peter HOUK b: 13 Feb 1720 in Lagenbach, Palatintate, Germany
Mother: Ann Maria SCHWEDENER
  • Fact: Burial Hiatt Cemetery, Renfro Valley, Rockcastle County, Kentucky, USA
  • Fact: Census (1840) Rockcastle, Kentucky, United States

Sources

  1. ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, (FamilySearch Record: XHGF-Q2S : accessed 12 April 2024) FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9YBS-9KGL, N Houk in Rockcastle, Kentucky, United States; citing Page: 79; Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: M33; Digital film/folder number: 005156982; FHL microfilm: 0186187; Image number: 107.
  2. ↑ "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, (FamilySearch Record: QLFT-LSRH : accessed 12 April 2024) FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSFF-LT8W, Name Nicholas Houke, Military Service Date 1 Jun 1840, Military Service Place Rockcastle, Kentucky, United States, Birth Date 1740, Age 100 years, Record Nbr 51, Vis Status VISIBLE, System Of Record SLS; citing Page: 166; Digital film/folder number: 103140737; Image number: 170.
  3. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, (FamilySearch Record: XHTP-3KJ : accessed 12 April 2024) FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9YB7-T8Q, Nicholas Houke (100) in Rockcastle, Kentucky, United States; citing Page: 9; Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: M704; Digital film/folder number: 005154539; FHL microfilm: 0007832; Image number: 22.
  4. ↑ "Find a Grave Index," database, (FamilySearch Record: QVVQ-Z9F9 : accessed 12 April 2024) Find A Grave: Memorial #5863245, Nicholas Houk burial (died on 6 Aug 1841) in Renfro Valley, Rockcastle, Kentucky, United States of America. Born in Nov 1740; citing record ID 5863245, Find a Grave.
See [3]


  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5863245/nicholas-houk: accessed April 23, 2024), memorial page for Nicholas Houk (Nov 1740–6 Aug 1841), Find a Grave Memorial ID 5863245, citing Hiatt Cemetery, Renfro Valley, Rockcastle County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Michael Adams (contributor 48511357).
Memorial Page Here: [4]
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Simmons-11603 Becky Simmons
Needs new website:

Lair, John, "Rockcastle Recollections," The Mount Vernon Signal, 23 May 1974, p. 6. RockcastleLibrary.org, Mount Vernon Signal Online (http://www.rockcastlelibrary.org/libraryarchives/mvsignal/1974/MVS19740523A06.pdf: accessed 23 February 2018),

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Simmons-11603 Becky Simmons
I am proposing g a merge as this is another profile of a well established individual with lots of descendents...I mention this because when a person was born in the 18th century or before it is even more reason to triple check for established profiles. Thanks!
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A. Creighton
Houk-38 and Hauck-82 appear to represent the same person because: They have the same wife, birth date, and date of death.
posted on Hauck-82 (merged) by A. Creighton

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