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John Henrich STRACK: Birth: 1735 in Germany. Death: 1795 in Reistsville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Henrick STRACK: Birth: 1737.
Joseph Yost STRACK: Birth: 1748 in Germany. Death: 1832 in Canfield, Ohio
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Title: Ken Strock [email protected] Author: Ken Strock |
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Note: John W. Fisher The following information is information I received my my Cousin Carroll Strock of Cumberland County, before his death. He and Edwin Strock were corresponding back and forth in the early 1960's, the following is information from those letters I received in 1984, I no longer have them but all my information stems from them. I know there may be contra- dictions to the following but this is what I know. There where one family of Stracks near Wurtemburg with seven sons: Johann, Johannes, Henrich, Anthony, Samuel, John and Joseph. These brothers had a cousin who lived near Puderbach by the name of Johann Jost Strack. According to the story I got the father of the seven brothers in Wurtemburg fell out with his overlord, whos last name was Ludwick or resembled that name. I have heard that the falling out was either over gold or over a duel which was illegal and may have involved one of the overlords sons. At any rate the father of the six in Wurtemburg was beheaded and the remaining Stracks fled for there lives. They spent some time in Alsace and Holstein, in Switzerland. The mother of the six brothers married a man by the name of Sassman to get out of Europe. But it seems there main goal was to get to the colonies. I have the following information on the six brothers and there cousin. In 1753 Henrich, Johann, Samuel and Anthony sailed from Rotterdam on the Ship Edinburgh, under the Command of Captain James Russell. In the ships manifest Henrich is listed the others were under sixteen years of age. Henrich Strack or Henry Strock settled in the area of Heidelberg Township, Dauphin County, Pa. Here he married Roseann they had the following children:Henry, John, Maria who married George Kochendeffer, Magdaleane who married Jacob Knower, Catherine who married Peter Bower, Barbera, Susanne, Elizabeth, Margaret, Roseane, Anna, Angelica, Philipen, Jacob, Yost, Michael, Peter, Chrisitan. Thats alot of kids. Johan Strack have not found much information on him. Samuel Strock ended up in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. It was here that his brother Josephs Strocks first wife died in childbirth. Joseph disowned the child and Samuel and his wife raised it. Anthony Strack ended up in the area of Perkiomenville, this is near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. He married and had three sons. At one time him and his family moved to Spain. Anthony died and is buried there. The wife and sons returned to the farm at Perkiomenville. In 1757 John and Joseph made it to the colonies. John settled in the area of Elloree, South Carolina. Joseph sailed with his mother and Mr. Sassman. He was an indentured servent, this is how he paid for his passage over. John ended up in South Carolina tried to do research on him but I was informed that tons of infomation were burnt during the Civil War. Joseph of course is a book in his own was one of the early pioneers of the Ohio Territory. In 1764 Johann Jost sailed to the colonies from Rotterdam on the Ship Sarah, under the Command of Captain Frances Stanfell. Johann Jost of course married Catherine and settled in the area of Trindle Springs, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. In 1764 Johannes sailed to the colonies from Rotterdam on the Ship Prince of Wales. What I have learned of Johannes is that he lived in the Middletown area of Cumberland County in the late 1700's. Edwin in his letter stated that he returned to Germany and tried to make peace with the overlord that had his father beheaded. 1 The place of origin stated here as Wurtemburg should be the area of WittegensteinerLand. Just notice part of the Count�us name. The following is from a marriage record:the records of the Millbach Reformed Church which states that John Henry Strack,youngest son of John Yost Strack, from Germany, County Wittgenstein, married AnnaElizabeth Hoffman, daughter of Henry Hoffman on 6 Aug 1762. There are other listsand records that Stracks�u were found in the Wittgenstein area as early as 1581 from amarriage record. Amtshausen, Bermershausen, Erndtebr�uck, Feudingen, Holzhausen,Oberndorf, R�uckershausen, Volkholz and (Bad) Laasphe are some of the villages in thisWittgenstein area that have had a Strack connection at one time. One line of Strack�usthat is not reported in the following is a line of 5 brothers that arrived in the Spring,Texas area ca 1850. They are reported as being from Feudingen. Then also there areStrack�us who stated there place of origin as the area of Alsace, France and the village ofSoufflenheim there. (Robert E. Strock Jul 2002)The following is from the into to Ronald W. Strock�us book The Descendants of JosephStrock of 1757 published in 1984. This book is out of print. Additions and corrections arebeing collected by Robert E. Strock, 242 N Church St, Dalton, OH 44618 [email protected] Strack/Strock By Ronald W. Strock (1927-2002) I did promise earlier to reveal some of the things my father, EDWIN E. STROCK hadput together on the STROCKS in America. His source of much of this I can not verify. As I doknow there were some of his papers missing when I took up This work, some of this may wellbe true. I do note however that he did use a very broad use of who were indeed STROCKS, hefeeling that many of the variations should be included such as STROCK, STRACK, STRAUCH,and STROUCH. Others he also may have included. If not completely accurate, it may be ofsome use or interest and even help towards a more complete record of our families in America. JOSEPH (STRACK) STROCK, was born in Wurtemburg, Germany in 1748.At this time, Wurtemburg was a part of Germany known as the LowerPalatinate District. It varied in size from time to time depending on whether ithad Catholic or Protestants as the rules, and at times was torn by strife betweenthe Rulers and the people of the District. This strife caused many of the peopleto flee for the safety of their lives around 1750. A dispute arose between twobrothers named Strack and their Over- Lord, one Imperial Lord and Count ofSayn, Hohenstein and Wittegenstein, Lord of Hamburg, Vallender, Clottenbergand Lohra, also ducal Wurtemberger Knight of the Great Order of the Chase.(His family name was John Ludig the Family name is never used in Giving theTitles, but some how it got into some of the old records, and by having theFamily name explains some of the action taken by Joseph Strock of 1757 towardtwo of his daughters). In this dispute, the two brothers lost their lives, theirproperty and the lives of their families became forfeit, so they had to flee fromGermany in order to save their lives. (The names of these two men has not cometo light). The Families split up and went in two directions, one group 2 consisting of four brothers of one family fled to the town of Holstein, Canton ofBasel in Switzerland, they were Heinrich, later known as Henry Strock of 1753and another of the older brothers named Johan with two of the youngerbrothers, Samuel and Anthony. In 1753 they made their way to Rotterdam, andsailed from there on the Ship Edinburgh, commanded by Capt. James Russell,Heinrich and Johan being over the age of Sixteen had to take the Oath ofAllegiance to the English Crown, this they did at Portsmouth, England, Samueland Anthony being under sixteen years of age did not have to take the Oath.This party of four brothers landed at Philadelphia, Pa. on September 14, 1753.All four of them settled in Pennsylvania. All four married, and with theexception of Samuel had a family. It is not known at this time how manychildren Johan had or their names; Anthony had three sons, the family of oneson, Henry is known and that of the other two, Joseph and David are notknown, having been lost track of by brother Henry's family. However, it isknown that both Joseph and David moved to the vicinity of Carlisle,Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania.Heinrich or Henry Strack settled in Heidelberg Twp. Dauphin Co.,Pennsylvania. He married Roseane Warner, and to them were born ' nineteenchildren. While the exact order of birth or dates is not known, some of theirdescendants are well recorded. Henry's family is Maria Elizabeth(Kochenderfer); Magdalene (Knower), Catherine (Bower), Barbara, Susanna,Elizabeth, Margaret, Roseanne Anna Maria, Annegelia and Philippine were thedaughters. His sons were George (the oldest), Henry, John, Jacob, Yost,Michael, Peter and Christian. While dates of birth are not known, it is knownthat Henry and Michael were born in the 1760's. Heinrich died in 1795- Johan Strack of 1753, was known to have been married and having a family, asyet the names and number of the children are not known, so no genealogicaldata can be given on them. He is known to have settled in Pennsylvania.Samuel Strack (Strock) of 1753 under the age of sixteen on his arrival inAmerica, settled near Lebanon, Pennsylvania. He was married but had nochildren of his own. (He however raised a nephew, Henry Strock, born in 1771,who was the child of Joseph (Strack) Strock by his marriage to Susan Bensingerin 1769. Susan died at the birth of Henry, Joseph did not re-marry until severalyears later, and to Susan's sister, (Betsy) Elizabeth Bensinger, possibly around1776 or 1777. Henry Strock, born 1771 has his descendants listed fairly well upto date.At this point, 1, Ronald W. Strock have come into some disagreementwith the part of this Henry Strock. I have not listed him as a child of our JOSEPH for the reason I believe this Henry was a son of the Henry (Heinrich of1753) and not of our line. Anthony Strack-Strock of 1753, the youngest of thefour to arrive in 1753. He settled at Perkiomenville, Montgomery Co.,Pennsylvania. He was a butcher and drover, supplying meat to Philadelphia.He was at Valley Forge, under General George Washington during the winter of1777-1778. Was married and had three sons, Henry, Joseph, and David. Anthonybecame discouraged over the worthlessness of the Continental money anddecided to settle in Switzerland, not daring to return to Germany. He sold his 3 farms and set out for Europe, on reaching Spain, the entire family became ill,Anthony died and is buried there. His widow and three boys returned toAmerica and she took back one of the farms they had owned, and raised themto manhood. Henry the oldest is the only one of the boys that has any familyhistory available. Joseph and David having went to near Carlisle, Pennsylvaniaand the descendants of them I so far have no knowledge of. Many of Henry'sdescendants live around Springtown, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania near Bethlehem.The others of this Family group fleeing Germany in 1750 consisted of thewidowed mother and her two youngest sons, John and our Joseph, who was twoyears old at this time, by Johannes, one of her older sons and a nephew Johann Jost Strock whose father was one of the two killed before they got out ofGermany. They went to a small villa 8 in the Voseges Mts. in Alsace-Lorraine,then part of France . (This by some fleeing to Switzerland and some to Alsace-Lorraine has caused the debated question as to whether the Strack-Strocks wereSwiss, French or of German Descent.In order for the widowed Mrs. Strock to get to America to be near thefour sons already in America, it was necessary that she would re-marry. Thisshe did to a man that we know as a Mr. Sassaman. When they set out forAmerica, they took only the youngest boy, our Joseph with them. The other son John was sent to Charleston, South Carolina with either friends of the family orrelations of another name.. After the arrival of Mr. & Mrs. Sassaman with our Joseph, the Sassamans dropped completely out of sight, there is no mention ofthem. Joseph Strack-Strock was bound out until he was 21 years of age to payfor his passage to America, to whom he was bound is not known, but said tohave been a farmer that lived near Philadelphia. Joseph was married twice, andmarried sister by the name of Bensinger. His first marriage was in 1?69 to SusanBensinger who died at the birth of their first child, Henry on 27 March 1771 inLebanon Co., Pennsylvania near the home of Joseph's brother Samuel. Samuelraised Henry, as Joseph did not remarry for several years. Joseph's children ofhis second marriage did not of Henry as a brother but most likely as a cousin. Joseph must have been living at Valley Forge, Pa. at the time of his secondmarriage, he also served under Gen. Washington at Valley Forge, Joseph alsoowned a farm near by, and sold produce from his farm to the camp there. Joseph often told his sons of his seeing Gen. Washington at Prayer in a littlegrove, and of his stealing quietly away so as in no way disturb the prayer. Joseph Strock was married to Betsy-(Elizabeth) Bensinger in 1777 or 1778, theirfirst child was born in 1780, they had eleven Children. Six of these were born atValley Forge, and the other five were born in Cumberland Co., Pa. nearChurchtown (now Allen). Mary or Maria Strock born at Valley Forge, Pa. 1780.Single-died in Medina Co., Ohio. John Henry Strock born Nov. 14, 1781 atValley Forge, Pa. Veteran of War of 1812-died Dec. 11, 1830 in Ohio.Mollie Strock-Ludwick later Lodwick, was changed first from Ludigto Ludwick, was a relative of John Ludig, Count of Sayn, Hohenstein andWittgenstein,. with the father of Joseph and his brothers had the dispute thatcost him his life and that of his brother, the father of Johann Jost Strock of 1764.Betsy (Elizabeth) born 1784 at Valley Forge, Pa., died in Ohio. Married a Mr.Clinger. George Strock born Apr. 23, 1786 Valley Forge, Pa., died May 11, 1867 4 at Newton Falls, Ohio. Married Elizabeth Lotman-12 children. Veteran of Warof 1812. Joseph Strock Jr. born July 7, 1788 Valley Forge, Pa. died Nov. 7, 1851in Mahoning Co., Ohio. Jacob Strock born Apr 1, 1793 in Cumberland Co., Pa.died Apr. 3, 1872 near Canfield, Ohio. Hannah Strock born 1795 in CumberlandCo., Pa., date of death unknown, buried at West Salem, Ohio, Married JosephStitle. Samuel Strock born May 7, 1799 in Cumberland Co., Pa., died June 29,1878 near Pricetown, Ohio. William Strock born June 21, 1801 Cumberland Co.,Pa. died Mar. 20, 1858 near Canfield, Ohio. John Strock, the youngest child of Joseph and Betsy (Bensinger) Strock born 1804 in Cumberland Co., Pa. came toOhio about 1815, the dates of birth and death not known. Lived in Ohio andMichigan. Married and had 13 children, three died of fever at Lordstown, Ohio. John Strock, born in Wurtemberg, Germany about 1746 was taken by hismother along with his youngest brother Joseph to Alsace-Lorraine, France in1750. In 1757 instead of being taken by his mother and step-father Mr.Sassaman along with Joseph, John was taken to Charleston, South Carolina byeither friends of the family or by relatives of another name. (The reason for notgiving the exact dates on John and Joseph and the names of Ships they arrivedon, stems from the fact that this recording was not kept from 1755 to 1762 bythe English, due to trouble between France and England at that time). Theserecords were kept by the English from 1729 to 1776 giving names of 30,000 menbought from Germany during those years. Only males of over the age sixteenwere recorded, so it is not possible to give the exact number of people whocame from Germany to America at that time. As the listings are for only EnglishShips, sailing mostly from the port of Rotterdam to first English Ports then toAmerica. Nothing is known of people arriving on Ships from other countriesduring this period. John Strock arrived in 1757 at Charleston is best that can bedone. John settled in the North Orangeburg District of South Carolina nearElloree. The 1790 census lists him as having five daughters and one son undersixteen at home. Through correspondence to descendants, a large amount of hisfamily through the son are known. Johannes Strack-Strock of the seven brothers to come to America, leavingAlsace-Lorraine for Rotterdam, he sailed on the Ship Prince of Wales,commanded by Capt. James Edgar, being over six- teen took the Oath ofAllegiance to the English Crown at Cowes, England. He arrived at Philadelphiaon Nov. 5, 1764. Settled in Pennsylvania, known to have married and havingfamily. Sad to state however there is no data on his descendants. (One thing notmentioned is whether these seven men had any sisters, and if they did, there isno record of them. Johann Jost Strack-Strock, a first cousin to the seven brothers, and with Johanes Strock helped escort the widowed Mrs. Strock, his aunt and her twoyoungest sons to Alsace-Lorraine, remained in Alsace-Lorraine until 1764,going back to his old home town of Puderbach, and was granted permission toleave for America by the old Over-Lord with the provision that he nor any ofhis kin that had fled Germany because of the dispute ever return to Germany,and as long as the edict was obeyed, as he was concerned, the incident was closed. 5 Johann Jost Strack-Strock sailed from Rotterdam on the Ship Sarah commandedby Capt. Francis Stanfield, Johann Jost took the Oath of Allegiance to theEnglish at Portsmouth, England, and he arrived in Philadelphia on Sept. 20,1764. After landing, he went directly to Cumberland Co., Pa. and settled nearChurchtown (now Allen) near Carlisle, Pa. He became known as the JosephStrock of 1764. He donated land for a school and a church at Churchtown. Hemarried the daughter of a fellow passenger on the Ship Sarah, whose namewas Wiese (Wise). This Mr. Wise was a veteran of the Revolutionary War andthrough Joseph's wife, the descendants are entitled to the D.A.R. or S.A.R.. Joseph had three children, a daughter, the oldest named Elizabeth and twosons, Joseph and Jacob. Descendants of Elizabeth still live in the Carlisle, Pa.area. A great deal of Data on the families of the sons has been collected.Four other Strack-Strocks settled in Philadelphia around 1785, they beingfour brothers, Joseph, Christian, Samuel and John Daniel Strack. Christian wasa Catholic by religion, the other three were protestants. Joseph, Christian and John Daniel were in what is known as the Kensington District of Philadelphiaand that Samuel moved to Chamberburg, Pa. All married and had families, butI have no data on the descendants of Joseph or Christian. On John Daniel thereis some data, and on the descendants of Samuel of 1785 there is quite a lot thatis up to date. I can not say just how closely related these four men were to theeight already named. (Much of the older data being lost or misplaced makes itimpossible to give exact relationships.)Besides these twelve known closely related families of Strack- Strock,there are other families of Strack-Strock that are related to them, as they cameat Different dates, one earlier and two much later. (Information from Germany,says that all Immigrants from Germany bearing the name Strack-Stracke are allfrom the same family line. (Stracke) is a variation of the spelling Strack.Many Stracks have come to America, but never changed the spelling, so fromthat it can be seen that the Strack-Strocks many relatives they know nothingabout, and it probably is the cause of many of us to remark that person looks just like so and so of their own family.The first known Strack-Strock to Arrive in America was Johann PeterStrack, coming from the Lower Palatinate District of Old Germany, he sailedfrom Rotterdam on the Ship Pennsylvania, commanded by Capt. John Stedman. Johann Peter Strack took the Oath of Allegiance to the English Crown atPlymouth, England. He arrived in Philadelphia on Sept. 11, 1732, settled inPennsylvania. Nothing is known of any descendants.Philip Stracke-Strock came from Germany in 1860, and settledfirst near Lancaster, Ohio then Union City, Indiana. His oldest child, adaughter was born in Germany and six other children in Ohio. Names of thesechildren are not known but three grand children are Ray Strock of Union City,Indiana and Ira and Earl Strock, brothers that live in Anderson, Indiana.In 1870, a Henry Strack-Strock with his wife and four sons, Jacob, John,Alfred and Daniel came to America and settled first somewhere in westernIllinois. The four sons later left Illinois, one going to Storm Lake, Iowa and theothers to Yates Center, Kansas. The only member of this family that has been 6 contacted is Charles R. Strock of Covina, California. Charles could not givemuch data on this family as his mother died when he was young and he wasraised by different families and lost touch with relatives. He did saythat his grand father left two sons and a daughter in Germany but could givelittle on them except one sons was named Louis and the daughter was namedElizabeth.There were several other families now bearing the name Strock, but usinga different spelling, all came from the same locality of Old Germany, the LowerPalatinate District, and at near the same times as the Strack-Strock werecoming. Not having enough data on any of them I can not, and will not attemptto say that they are related to the Strack-Strocks. I am listing them so if any oftheir descendants see this Sketch, it is my hope that they may contact me andhelp clear the subject up, or give me as much data as possible so all will have achance to establish a firm line of Descent.Adam Strauch, from the Lower Palatinate District, sailed fromRotterdam on the Ship Saint Andrews Galley, commanded by Capt. JohnStedman. Adam Strauch took the Oath of Allegiance to the English Crown atCowes, England, arriving in Philadelphia Sept. 26, 1737. Settled inPennsylvania. No other data.Simon Peter Strauch from the Lower Palatinate District of Old Germany,sailed from Rotterdam on the Ship Windsor commanded by Capt. James Good.Simon Peter Strauch took the Oath of Allegiance to the English Crown atCowes, England arriving at Philadelphia on Sept. 27, 1753. Settled inPennsylvania. Jacob Strach from the Lower Palatinate district. Sailed from Rotterdam onthe Ship Halifax, commanded by Capt. Thomas Coatem. Took Oath ofAllegiance at Cowes, England and arrived Philadelphia on Oct. 22, 1754. Settledin Pennsylvania. Johan Heinrich Strauch from the Lower Palatinate District, sailed fromRotterdam on the Ship Pallas commanded by Capt. RichardMilner. Took Oath of Allegiance at Cowes, England and arrived at Philadelphiaon Nov. 25, 1763. Settled in Pennsylvania.In 1802, a Wilhelm Strock arrived at Philadelphia and settled there. Noother data.About 1805 or 1807, two families by the name Strock arrived in Boston,Mass. and settled there. While many descendants are known, have found noname for the heads of these two families or number of children each had.A Charles A. Strock born Aug. 25, 1813 Hanover, Germany; died Oct. 11,1855. His wife, Caroline W. Funk born June 18, 1806 in Lobenstein, Germany,died Apr. 18, 1892 at York, Pa. They came to America in the late 1830's. Theirfour children born after they settled at York, Pa. are Mary Elizabeth Strock-Deitth born Jan. 29 1840; C. Sophia Strock-Craver born Nov. 4, 1848; Charles A. 7 Strock Jr. born Mar. 4, 1843 and Augustus C. Strock born Feb. 4, 1845- Somedata on the children and grand children till about 1912.The last addition to the Strock family is that of Richard Strock He wasborn Richard Strzok of Polish Descent in Wisconsin. (Strzok is pronouncedStrock). He is an Officer in the US Army, Dental Corp. In order to avoidconfusion over spelling-pronunciation, he legally changed name to Strock in1960.This lists contains only names of people that used the spelling Strock thatare known to the writer of this sketch, and is not claimed to be fully complete,as after 1776 it is possible that others of the Family name came to America, andmade their homes and have been missed or never contacted.Edwin E. Strock518-32nd StreetSouth Bend, Indiana 46615Now as I stated at the beginning of these pages, this is the thoughts ofmy father. I myself have not as yet attempted to spread my knowledge on theseother Strock families. I have however found some errors on the part of oour own linewhich I have corrected in my write up such as where our Joseph lived and more on each of hischildren than was known a few years back. I have also in my census searching turned up someother Strack-Strock families unknown to Edwin. If there is any relationship near orfar among all these other families and ours, I have yet to uncover it.Edwin so wanted our ancestor Joseph to be living near Valley Forge as tradition says he didbusiness with the Army there. Ithas been found out however that many who did supply food and other items were notnecessarily only ones who lived close by but some traveled many miles. As our Joseph did livewell within a distance that he could have covered, it may so then be true that he did so bringsome supplies. There are many questions that come to mind on our ancestor, Joseph, andhopefully some day more will be answered.So we will leave you with that thought and maybe someone will take up the search for morethat is out there someplace. |
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