Person:Rudolph Hockman (1)

Court Records

August 1772, Dunmore County [later Shenandoah], VA Order Book;

Benjamin Hockman is by the Court appointed Guardian to Catherine, Barbary & Betty Hockman, orphans of Rudolph Hockman Dec'd., whereupon he together with Henry Funk his seciruty entered into and acknowledged their bond for securing the Estates of the said Orphans.

Ordered that Phillip Huffman, Lawrence Snapp, Leonard Battice & Valentine Smith or any three of them being first sworn before a Justice of the Peace for this County as appraisor in Current monty the slaves (if any) and personal Estate of Rudolph Hockman dec'd and return the appraisement thereof to the next Court.

Decr. 1772: Dunmore County [later Shenandoah], VA Order Book;

Mary Hockman Plft. vs. John Maar, Deft., By Petition. This day came the Parties by their attorneys and the Plaintiff proved her account against the Defendant for Four Pounds her debt in this Petition mentioned, Therefore it is considered by the Court that the Plaintiff recover against the Defendant the same, and her costs by here about her suit in this behalf Expended ~. [Note: Relationship to Mary Hockman is undetermined. Additional research needed].

On motion of Leonard Battice a Witness for Mary Hockman against John Marr, It is ordered that the said Mary pay him one hundred pounds of tobacco for attending this Court four days according to Law.

Rudolph Hockman's four daughters are mentioned in the will of his brother Benjamin Hockman, written in 1788 in Shenandoah County, VA, as follows:

First I give unto my Beloved wife Barbara all my Estate Real and personal during his natural life and after here decease, it is my will that all my Land whereon I now live shall be sold by my Executor hereinafter mentioned or his survivor at publick Auction, and my Executors as aforesaid it is hereby impowered to make a good Lawfull and Sufficient Title for the same to the purchaser or purchasers, and the Money arising from the sale thereof I give and devise to the three Daughters of my Brother Rudolph Hochman Dec'd (Viz) to Catharine Hockman now the wife of Frederick Dull, Barbara Hockman now the wife of Henry Daring, Elisabeth Hockman now the wife of Henry Fravel, Jr., and Rebeckah Colvel now the wife of Adolph Miller, to be the Divided amongst them as follows (viz) the said Catharine, Barbara and Elisabeth and their Heirs to have Equal Shares only the said Catharine to have Twenty pounds Current Money more than one of the others and the said Rebeckah to have an Equal Share with the said Barbara and Elisabeth, but if the said Rebeckah should die before the Decease of my said Beloved Wife Barbara, Then in that case her share shall not devolve on her Heirs but her Share shall then be Equally divided amongst the other three (viz) the said Catharine, Barbara & Elizabeth of their Heirs, and if any part of my personal Estate shall Remain after my said Beloved wife Barbara's Decease Then I give and devise the same to the said Catharine, Barbara, Elisabeth and Rebeckah and their Heirs to be Equally Divided amongst them.

1.   Wikitree.com.

   Rudolph Hockman
   Born about 1736
   Son of Jacob (Hagmann) Hockman Sr.
   
   Biography
   
   Rudolph is the son of Jacob Hagmann. [1] Rudolph Hockman purchased lot # 71 and a five acre outlot in the new town of Strasburg, Virginia, March 1, 1763.[2] He sold this lot to his brother-in-law, Baltzer Hoover in August, 1765. [3] Rudolph died in the spring of 1768 and his widow, Margaret, qualified as his administrator, on May 7, 1768. [4] Benjamin Hockman became guardian of his three daughters in 1772, with Henry Funk co-signing the bonds.[5] In April 1783, his three daughters sold the remaining outlot in Strasburg to Abraham Hockman.[6]
   
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