Diana and others interested: An excerpt from "Hough and Huff Families" written by Granville Hough: "Hough families came from England, Germany, Austria, Ireland, Scotland, Norway, and Canada. The name is pronounced as Huff, Hoff, How, Hoe, Hoaf, Hoak, and Houk. Sometimes the family pronunciation of the name indicateds its ethnic origin. Huff and How familiies are usually English. Hoaf, Hoak, and Houk are German. Hoff may be either German or Dutch. Hoe may be a shortening of Houghtaling, a common Dutch name in New York and New Jersey. Huff families came from England, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia, and Canada. The simple spelling and pronouncing of this name has caused many families to adopt it from more complex Germanic and Scandinavian names such as Hufstadler. Then too, Hoff and Hof are pronounced as Huff in some German or Norwegian dialects. Even English Hough families sometimes gave up and changed their name to the simpler spelling. The families which are phonetically surnamed Huff may spell their name as Huff, Huf, Huffe, Hough, Houf, Houff, Hof, Hoff, Hufe, Hofe,Hoffe, Hoof, and Hooff, to include the most common dialects. The English versions are usually Huff, Hough, and Huffe." My father was a Huff. His emigrant ancestor waa in PA/NJ before 1700. They migrated PA-NJ-NC-OH. I have several books on the various Hough/Huff/Hoff, etal lines and will be happy to do some lookups. I will need the area, date/period and family connection. For Diana, I would just mention that Dugan/Dungan and Jones are famiies that were associated with the Huff family in PA and NJ. Sharon sharon@jesa.net >Is there a site which lists some of the German surnames and their variations? I have a HUFF from MaidenCreek area of Berks County in >1760's and wonder if there were alternate surnames such as HOFF or other similar surnames to search. Thank you. >Diana Searching for SAVAGE/LANDIS/RITTER/MARCH/KERST/GELBACH/MOHR/NEUKIRCH/BERTOLET/DUGAN/JONES in Chester, >Berks, and Montgomery Cos., PA

A Peter HUFF was a passenger on the ship "Griffin" which arrived on the Jersey shore of the Delaware River about 1675-77. The site of landing is the present city of Salem. This was known as "Fenwick's Colony". Peter HUFF seems to have been English. I'm not a HUFF researcher, but do enjoy reading the history of the settlement of the Delaware Valley. Elida in SC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Ann Kåsa" <sharon@jesa.net> To: <PENNA-DUTCH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 11:01 AM Subject: [PADutch] Re: Huff, Hoff, etal > Diana and others interested: > > An excerpt from "Hough and Huff Families" written by Granville Hough: > > "Hough families came from England, Germany, Austria, Ireland, Scotland, > Norway, and Canada. The name is pronounced as Huff, Hoff, > How, Hoe, Hoaf, Hoak, and Houk. Sometimes the family pronunciation of the > name indicateds its ethnic origin. Huff and How familiies are > usually English. Hoaf, Hoak, and Houk are German. Hoff may be either > German or Dutch. Hoe may be a shortening of Houghtaling, a > common Dutch name in New York and New Jersey. > > Huff families came from England, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia, > and Canada. The simple spelling and pronouncing of this name has caused > many families to adopt it from more complex Germanic and Scandinavian names > such as Hufstadler. Then too, Hoff and Hof are pronounced as Huff in some > German or Norwegian dialects. Even English Hough families sometimes gave up > and changed their name to the simpler spelling. > > The families which are phonetically surnamed Huff may spell their name as > Huff, Huf, Huffe, Hough, Houf, Houff, Hof, Hoff, Hufe, Hofe,Hoffe, Hoof, > and Hooff, to include the most common dialects. The English versions are > usually Huff, Hough, and Huffe." > > My father was a Huff. His emigrant ancestor waa in PA/NJ before 1700. They > migrated PA-NJ-NC-OH. I have several books on the various Hough/Huff/Hoff, > etal lines and will be happy to do some lookups. I will need the area, > date/period and family connection. > > For Diana, I would just mention that Dugan/Dungan and Jones are famiies > that were associated with the Huff family in PA and NJ. > > Sharon > sharon@jesa.net > > > >Is there a site which lists some of the German surnames and their > variations? I have a HUFF from MaidenCreek area of Berks County in >1760's > and wonder if there were alternate surnames such as HOFF or other similar > surnames to search. Thank you. > > >Diana Searching for > SAVAGE/LANDIS/RITTER/MARCH/KERST/GELBACH/MOHR/NEUKIRCH/BERTOLET/DUGAN/JONES > in Chester, >Berks, and Montgomery Cos., PA > > > ==== PENNA-DUTCH Mailing List ==== > The official webstie for this list is at: > http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/~padutch/ > > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >