Johann Philip Hoy

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Johann Philip Hoy

(Philip Hoy)

Born - November 8, 1742

Rohrbach, Pfalzland, Bavaria, Germany

Note: It is rumored that Philip's real parents died on board the
ship to America and Carle raised Philip as his own.

Philip was about 6 yrs old
when he arrived in America!

Married - 1764

Lebanon, Union County, Pennsylvania

Died - September 1809

Bloom Township, Fairfield County, Ohio

Wife - Barbara Hoy

Born / Died - 1751 - 1850

Lewisburg, Union County, Pennsylvania

To This Union 6 Children Were Born

Fun Facts About Johann Philip Hoy:

Philip Hoy was one of the earliest settler's in Buffalo Valley, Union County, Pennsylvania. His House is was one of the early preaching places of Jacob Albright, the founder of the Evangelical Association.

- SOURCE: A History of the Wolfe Family, by Herbert M. Turner -

Philip was a farmer. "He was personally acquainted with Daniel Boone, the great hunter and Indian fighter of the 'Dark and Bloody Ground,' and served under 'Mad' Anthony Wayne, when that illustrious and valiant fighter was sent in 1794 to quell the Indians of the Northwest."

- SOURCE: Biography & History of Schuylkill County, p. 329 -

Daughter - Barbara (Hoy) Rearick/Rarick

Born - 1765 - Pennsylvania

Died - 1831 - Fairfield County, Ohio

Husband - Anthony Rearick/Rarick

To This Union 14 Children Were Born