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Where did the Scottish Bock family come from? What is the Scottish Bock family crest and coat of arms? When did the Bock family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Bock family history?
The story of the Bock family stretches back through time to the Viking settlers who populated the rugged shores of Scotland in the Medieval era. The Bock name comes from a place named by these Vikings and was used by a family who lived in a place noted for the presence of a ridge that formed a boundary between two distinct areas. It comes from a variant of the word boak or balk, of the same meaning. While historians generally agree upon the aforementioned topographical derivation, most believe that this name actually came from the area called Boak in the parish of Kirkholm.
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- First settlers to North America
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In the Middle Ages, no real standards were established to judge the accuracy of spelling and translation. They were done mostly by ear and intuition, and enormous numbers of spelling variations were the unsurprising result. Bock has appeared as Boag, Boig, Book, Boack, Boge, Bogue, Boak, Bouk, Bouck, Bogues, Bogg, Boggs and many more.First found in Berwickshire, where they held a family seat from ancient times, long before the Norman Conquest in 1066.
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Some of the Bock family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. Another 261 words(19 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products.
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North America was far from Britain's oppressive monarchy. There, the Scottish found land and freedom, and many even the opportunity to pay back England in the American War of Independence. This brave heritage survives today largely in Clan societies and other patriotic Scottish organizations. Research into passenger and immigration lists has brought forth evidence of the early members of the Bock family in North America:
Bock Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
- Nicklaus Bock, who landed in Delaware in 1643
- Wm Bock, who landed in Virginia in 1665
Bock Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Leonard Bock, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1731
- Maria Elizabeth Bock, aged 2, arrived in Pennsylvania in 1731
- Maria Katherina Bock, aged 10, landed in Pennsylvania in 1731
- Maria Palma Bock, aged 8, arrived in Pennsylvania in 1731
- Leonhard Bock settled in Philadelphia in 1731
Bock Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- John Bock, who arrived in Charleston, SC in 1813
- Karl Bock, who arrived in Brazil in 1825
- Joh Jos Henr Bock, who landed in America in 1830
- Mr Bock, who landed in North America in 1832
- Mr. Bock, who arrived in North America in 1832
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- Jerry Bock (1928-2010), American composer of musicals, recipient of the Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama with Sheldon Harnick for their 1959 musical Fiorello! and the Tony Award for Best Composer and Lyricist for the 1964 musical Fiddler on the Roof with Harnick
- Richard Bock (1865-1949), American sculptor
- Alfred Bock (1859-1932), who composed stories and novels in the Hessian tradition
- Fritz Bock (b. 1911), Austrian Vice-Chancellor and Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry
- Carl Ernst Bock (1809-1874), German anatomist
- Thomas Bock (1793-1855), Australian artist
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- The Descendants of Frederick and Maria (Reichard) Bock by Melvin Bock.
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- Browne, James. The History of Scotland it's Highlands, Regiments and Clans 8 Volumes. Edinburgh: Francis A Niccolls & Co, 1909. Print.
- Shaw, William A. Knights of England A Complete Record from the Earliest Time to the Present Day of the Knights of all the Orders of Chivalry in England, Scotland, Ireland and Knights Bachelors 2 Volumes. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print. (ISBN 080630443X).
- Leyburn, James Graham. The Scotch-Irish A Social History. Chapel Hill: UNC Press, 1962. Print. (ISBN 0807842591).
- Martine, Roddy, Roderick Martine and Don Pottinger. Scottish Clan and Family Names Their Arms, Origins and Tartans. Edinburgh: Mainstream, 1992. Print.
- Best, Hugh. Debrett's Texas Peerage. New York: Coward-McCann, 1983. Print. (ISBN 069811244X).
- Burke, Sir Bernard. Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, The Privy Council, Knightage and Compainonage. London: Burke Publishing, 1921. Print.
- Le Patourel, John. The Norman Empire. New York: Oxford University Press, 1976. Print. (ISBN 0-19-822525-3).
- Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard and David Faris. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 7th Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0806313676).
- Bolton, Charles Knowles. Scotch Irish Pioneers In Ulster and America. Montana: Kessinger Publishing. Print.
- Colletta, John P. They Came In Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.
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