| ![Show Contents]() Bocke History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Etymology of BockeWhat does the name Bocke mean? The Bocke family name comes from a place named by the Viking settlers who arrived in the shores of Scotland in the Middle Ages. The Bocke name comes from someone having 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. 1 Another source claims the name is "probably a variant of boak, a northern form of balk, a ridge (as a boundary.)" (Weekley) Early Origins of the Bocke familyThe surname Bocke was first found in Boak in the parish of Kirkcolm, Dumfries and Galloway, part of the former county of Wigtownshire. Early entries for the family are relatively rare as we must look to the 16th century to find the first recorded entry, that of Andrew Boog who witnessed instrument of sasine in 1550. David Book was a merchant in Edinburgh, 1610 and Thomas Baok was a merchant burgess of Stirling in 1622. 1 Early History of the Bocke familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bocke research. Another 321 words (23 lines of text) covering the years 1523, 1546, 1576, 1595, 1605, 1613, 1626, 1629, 1632, 1636, 1643, 1652, 1664, 1666, 1668, 1683, 1685, 1688, 1697, 1709, 1775, 1786, 1793, 1797, 1812, 1863 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Bocke History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Bocke Spelling VariationsContemporary spellings of ancient Scottish names often bear little resemblance to the original recorded versions. These spelling variations result from the fact that medieval scribes spelled words and names alike according to their sounds. Bocke has been spelled Boag, Boig, Book, Boack, Boge, Bogue, Boak, Bouk, Bouck, Bogues, Bogg, Boggs and many more. Early Notables of the Bocke familyJohn Boag (1775-1863), Scottish compiler of the ‘Imperial Lexicon,’ born at Highgate in the parish of Beith, Ayrshire, on 7 Jan. 1775. He matriculated at the university of Glasgow in 1797, and completed his academical course with a view to taking orders in the church of Scotland, but joined the body of independents or Congregationalists, who in 1812 formed themselves into the Congregational Union of Scotland. He acted for many...
Another 69 words (5 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Bocke Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Bocke family to IrelandSome of the Bocke family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 57 words (4 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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The colonies on the fertile east coast of North America soon had many farms run by Scots. These hardy settlers provided a backbone for the great nations of the United States and Canada that would emerge in the next centuries. Early North American immigration records have revealed a number of people bearing the Scottish name Bocke or a variant listed above, including:
Bocke Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Jerome Bocke, who landed in New Netherland(s) in 1663 2
- Thomas Bocke, who arrived in Maryland in 1665 2
Bocke Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Rachel Bocke, who arrived in America in 1762 2
- Matheus Bocke, who landed in America in 1762 2
- Rahel Bocke, who arrived in America in 1762 2
- Rosina Bocke, who landed in America in 1762 2
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Bocke Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century- H Bocke, who landed in Quebec in 1850
- Black, George F., The Surnames of Scotland Their Origin, Meaning and History. New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Print. (ISBN 0-87104-172-3)
- 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)
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