The name Huber, is derived from an old German word "hutre" meaning the possessor or guardian of a small tract of land or a farm. which would indicate that the family is descened from a clan of Swiss farmers, as the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, was the original home of the Hubers many of them still residing there, with record that date back more than 800 years. In the course of time the spelling has been changed in various sections, so that we now have the variations of Huver, Hover, Hoober, Hoover, and Hooper. Hans (John) Huber, was one of 1st immigrants to PA, came between 1710 and 1715 settled near the present village of New Holland, Lancaster, then Chester County. There he died in 1750. Jacob, son of Hans, on Jan 10, 1754, deeded his land to his two eldest sons, John and Martin, and took up the land in Southern Lancaster County, the Martie, now Providence township. He married and had children; 1. John, married and had; John and Martin, who remained in Lancaster county; Jacob, who went to Rockingham County, VA. 2. Martin, married and had children, John who settled in Franklin County, PA., Jacob who settled in Adams County, Christian of Ohio. Joseph of Lancaster,David of Lancaster. 3. Christian died without issue. 4 Matthias, ol TN., and had 3 sons (Martin, Christian, and Jacob). 5. Jacob lived in Lancaster County. 6. Anna who married Yost Kendrick. 7. Barbara who married Philip Stetzler. 8. Maria who married Jacob Eberly. 9. Margaret who married John Winter. 10. Magdalena, married Adam Filler, 11. Catharie, who married Abraham Ladshaw Huber, Jacob now spelled Hoover, left Rotterdam, Holland in the summer of 1732, with his brothers, Christian, Hans and Hans Martin. One of these settled in Lancaster, one in Bedford County and one in the state of GA.. Jacob Huber settled in Bucks County, married, and left a number of children. One of his sons, Henry, born in 1751, moved from Bucks to Montgomery Co in 1797 and he died there April 8, 1809. He had children; Christian, Jacob, Philip, Elizabeth, who married John Rile, Mary, married William Kneedler. The Hubers have alway been men of high principle and have ever been ready to give their lives in the defence of what they considered the right. In reference to this we may mention a few of those who lost their lives in defence of their civil or religious rights. Among the honored martyrs of this name, who suffered in the caus of religion, we find, Wolfgang Bandhuber, a minister of Passau, in 1529; Hans Huber, of Waserburg, Bavaria who was burned at the stake in 1542, Wolfgang Huber, of Lutzenberg, perished by the sword in 1559; Hans Huber, of Horgerberg, was thrown into prision in the Othenburg, Switzerland, where he was kept in chains for life, having been taken there in 1645; Ulrich Huber, was beheaded in the north of Holland in 1797. Following in the list of Hubers from PA, who served in the Rev. War, John Huber, Berks County, Albright Huber, Lancaster County, Felix Huber, Lancaster County, Henry Hoover, living in Mifflin County. Jacob Huber, was born on S.7th street, Allentown, he married Barbara Nagle, d/o Peter and Hannah; Children, Lucinda, married Samuel Wenner, William, Peter,, Henry of Newark, NJ., Mary, Rebecca, and Francis who went west. Huber, Conrad, was born in what is now Lehigh County, the part that used to be Northamptonn. Peter Huber, son of Conrad, was born in the village of Allentown. He married 1st Anna who died in 1827, a d/o Abraham Worman. They had 3 children, Rebecca who married W. Wagner, Anna who died at 19. one not named. Mr. Huber married 2nd Mary Worman, the sister of his 1st wife. They had 7 sons. He died in Allentown in 1884. Walter Peter Huber, son of Peter and Anna, was born Aug 22, 1825. He married 1st in 1848 to Mary A. Ritter, in 1848, a d/o Charles Ritter, she died in 1868 and had one daughter, who died in 1865 at the age of 16. He married 2nd in 1869 to Anna R. Egge, d/o W.J. Egge. Hoover, John M., was born in Northampton County, in 1814. About 1840 he moved to Ohio, and in 1859 he settled in Hanson township, Hillsdale County, Michigan. He marred in 1839 to Elizabeth Fatzinger, who lived in Hanover township, now Lehigh County. The had one son, Franklin, born Dec 10, 1846, he married July Hart, was came from VT. Children; Emma, Nora, William, Gertrude, Alfred, Lizzie, Grace, Fern, and Robert R. York County History Huber, Jacob H., who died in York Counth in 1875, was born in Wrightsville, in 1845, s/o Jacob. Jacob H. Huber married Susan Lochman, d/o the Rev. Augustus Lochman, a Lutheran clergyman, who preached in Christ church for 46 years. Jacob and Susan had one daughter, Annie L.,(two died as infants). Mr. Huber was a member of the First Presbyterian Church at York. Best Wishes, Geri