Philip Hoch (1712 - 1802)

Born 13 Apr 1712 in Canton Zurich, Switzerland

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Died 10 Mar 1802 at age 89 in Blooming Glen, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Philip was born in 1712 and died in 1802. ^[1]

Philip Hoch moved from Hanover Twp., Philadelphia Co. (now Montgomery Co.) to Hilltown Twp., Bucks Co., PA in 1751. He was a weaver and a farmer like his father. He and Ann were among the founders of the Blooming Glen Mennonite Congregation in Bucks Co. started in 1753.

On April 9, 1751 he and his wife purchased 310 acres of land in Hilltown Twp. when they moved to Bucks County, Pennsylvania. ^[2]

On June 18, 1798 Philip conveyed all his land to his sons on an equal basis. He is shown on the Tax Lists of Hilltown Twp. for the years 1779-1796. His estate was administered by his sons Jacob, Philip & John and by Abraham Dursten. ^[3]

Philip was Overseer of the Poor in New Hanover Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 06 March 2020), memorial page for Philip Hoch (13 Apr 1712–1802), Find A Grave: Memorial #110254602, citing Blooming Glen Mennonite Meetinghouse, Blooming Glen, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Kim Myers High (contributor 47489285) .
2. ↑ Bucks County Deed Book 30, pp. 510-13.
3. ↑ Bucks County Deed Book B, pp. 13 & 83.
4. ↑ Hoch, J. Hampton. Hoch-High Family in United States and Canada (Charleston, South Carolina, 1962) p. B-9.

• Egle, William Henry. Proprietary and other tax lists of the county of Bucks for the years 1779, 1781, 1782, 1783, 1784, 1785, 1786 (William Stanley Ray, Pennsylvania, 1897) p. 186, p. 376, p. 444, p. 680, p. 779.