Schuck, Johannes Georg "Hans" der Junger

Surname Schuck
Given Name Johannes Georg
Alias Hans
Gender Male
Born 11-MAR-1724 in Mosbach, Neckar-Odenwald, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Died 29-JUL-1814 in Lyles Creek, Lincoln County, North Carolina
Father Johannes Georg SCHUCK, der Elder (14-MAR-1695 DEU - DEC-1767 PA)
Mother Anna Maria WHITTER (1697 DEU - 23-JAN-1772 PA)
Ancestry.com Profile of Johannes Georg "Hans" Schuck, der Junger

Family Line

Johannes Georg "Hans" Schuck, der Junger-> Johannes Georg Schuck, der Elder (f)-> Wilhem Ludwig Schuck (gf)-> Hans Peter Schuck (g-gf)-> Daniel Schuck (2g-gf).

Surname

Recorded documents show Johannes Georg "Hans" Schuck, der Junger (John George "Hans" Shook, Jr.) used the German surname Schuck. In contrast, his children switched to the English surname of Shook. Note that the suffix "der Junger" is equivalent to "Junior" in English.

Given Name

Johannes Georg is spelled his middle name with the 'e' left off (the German way) as Georg. In English, the 'e' is appended the way we are familiar with in the United States of America; that is, George. During immigration, his name is recorded as Hans (nickname) and George (the English way) in his father's will.

Immigration

Johannes Georg "Hans" Schuck arrived in the United States of America on 17-OCT-1732. He landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the ship "John & William" via Rotterdam with his family. He is recorded in the ship's registry as Hans Shooken.

Marriage

08-AUG-1748 in Old Williams Church, Williams Township, Northampton, Pennsylvania to Maria Elisabeth GRUB; born: 17-MAR-1733 near Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany; died: After OCT-1799 in Lincoln County, North Carolina; immigrated: 1738; father: Johanne Casper GRUB (28-FEB-1703 DUE - 1758 PA); mother: Susanna Gertrude SCHREINER (1700 DEU - 1733 DEU).

Children

  • Johanne Jacob SHOOK (19-APR-1749 PA - 01-SEP-1839 NC)
  • Michael Jacob SHOOK; born: 10-SEP-1751 in Williams Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania; died: 14-SEP-1829 in Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina
  • John SHOOK (iii) (15-MAY-1754 PA - 10-JUL-1829 OH)
  • Andreas "Andrew" SHOOK; born: 21-APR-1756 in Williams Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania; died: 03-SEP- 1833 in Clyde, Haywood County, North Carolina; married: Mary UNKNOWN
  • Johanne George SHOOK (1758 PA - 29-JUL-1814 NC)
  • Jerimiah SHOOK; born: 1760 in Williams Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania; died: Burke County, North Carolina; married: Nancy UNKNOWN
  • Sybila SHOOK; born: 1762 in Williams Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania; died: 06-JUL-1841; married: Christopher FINDER
  • Frederick SHOOK (03-SEP-1763 PA - 04-APR-1839 NC)
  • Abraham SHOOK (03-FEB-1765 PA - 04-AUG-1842 NC)

1 Greater Than the Mountain Was He, Wilma Hicks Simpson, Tate Publishing, 2013

2 Micheal Eugene Reynolds

3 Pennsylvania German Pioneers, A list of ships arriving in Philadelphia 1727 to 1808, Vol. 1, 1727 to 1775, by Ralph Beaver Strassburger, LL.D. edited by William John Hinke, Ph.D., D.D., 1934