First found in Alsace and Franconia, where the name could be considered to have made a great early contribution to the feudal society which became the backbone of early development of Europe. The name became prominent in local affairs and branched into many houses which played important roles in the savage tribal and national conflicts, each group seeking power and status in an ever changing territorial profile. The Bock branch of Strasbourg enjoyed prestige in this city; Cunz Bock was knighted by King Albrecht I of Germany in 1298, and his descendant Georg Jacob was leader of the city in 1587. Sigmund von Bock was Bishop of Cammin in Pomerania in 1446.

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Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: a number of Bocks, who landed from 1730 to 1769 in Philadelphia, such as Georg Peter Bock in 1754; Johann Heinrich Bock in 1744; and Leonhard Bock in 1731.

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