History of York County PA John Gibson, Historical Editor Chicago FA Battey Publishing Co. 1886 ...From this document I have been able to find these different spellings of the HÖCH name from Germany ...For new people on the list... in the German language: the Ö has the sound of e as in get, and the ch has the sound of K as in katsup ...now this is not absolute it is simply information that I have gleamed from this document and shared with the list... use it accordingly... Hake Hock Höck (always written thus in German) Hanau Land, Holzhausen, Germany Houck ---Michael started this spelling -- 1775 Heck – Frederick Obland started this spelling –1767 Hick – Christian started this spelling – about 1785 Heek -- Jacob started this spelling – 1762 Hack – Andrew and John started this spelling (in Baltimore,MD) -- +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Ed Hake bear@centercomp.com | | Alden-VT,NY,MN/ Denney/Denny-VA,KY,IN,OR/ Farwell-NY,MN/ | | Hoech/Höch/Hock/Hake-Hanau H.Germany,PA,WI,MN/ | | Hathaway-MN,WA,OR,Australia/ Hicklin-VA,IN,OR/ | | King-IN,OR/ Walling/Wallen-MA,CT,NY,VA,IL,OR/ | | http://www.centercomp.com/bear/ | +-----------------------------------------------------------+