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Early Origins of the Yock family

The surname Yock was first found in Kent where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the 14th century when Roger Yoke held estates in that county in 1317.

Early History of the Yock family

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Yock Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Yoke, Yokes, Joke, Jokes, Joach, Yoak, Yoach and many more.

Early Notables of the Yock family

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United States Yock migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Yock Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Martin Yock, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1761 [1]
Yock Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Simon W Yock, who landed in Ohio in 1853 [1]
  • Ine Yock, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1857 [1]

Contemporary Notables of the name Yock (post 1700) +

  • Gordon A. Yock, American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1956 [2]


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  2. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 8) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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