Shockey Name Study

Profile managers: Sharon Wetzel [send private message], Jeffrey Niles [send private message], One Name Studies WikiTree [send private message], Charlotte Shockey [send private message], Stacie Briggs [send private message], Kaylene Silvester [send private message], and Michelle Shockey [send private message]

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Welcome to the Shockey One Name Study

About the Project

The Shockey Name Study project serves as a collaborative platform to collect information on the Shockey name. The hope is that other researchers like you will join the study to help make it a valuable reference point for other genealogists who are researching or have an interest in the Shockey name.

As a One Name Study, this project is not limited to persons who are related biologically. Individual team studies can be used to branch out the research into specific methods and areas of interest, such as geographically (Switzerland Schackes), by time period (18th Century Shockeys), or by topic (Shockey DNA, Shockey Occupations, Shockey Statistics). These studies may also include a number of family branches which have no immediate link with each other. Some researchers may even be motivated to go beyond the profile identification and research stage to compile fully sourced, single-family histories of some of the families they discover through this name study project.

Also see the related surnames and surname variants.

... ... ... is a member of the Shockey Name Study Project.

Once you are ready to go, you can also show your project affiliation with the ONS Member Sticker:

If a team does not yet exist for your particular area of interest, please contact the Name Study Coordinator: Charlotte Shockey for assistance.

Teams / Research Pages

• Abraham Shockey (1788-1863) Research

I've also created a website: Shockey Roots and Shockey Family Memorial Fellowship Inc

Add the following to the top of your profile if you'd like to be part of the study: {{One Name Study|name=Shockey}}

Project Leader: Charlotte Shockey

Team Members: Sharon Wetzel, Kaylene Silvester, Stacie Briggs, Michelle Shockey, Jeffrey Niles

Shockey One Name Study Goals

The objective of this study is to identify all Shockey cousins. The sort out the brickwalls and find solutions.

Johann Christoffel Schacke Descendant's List.

What You Can Do

1. Work cooperatively together with other Shockey profile managers to create the best Shockey tree possible.
2. Search out original rather than derivative documentation and add sources to.
3. Write comprehensive, well-sourced biographies for Shockey profiles.
4. Check for duplicates and request merges.
5. Contact Sarah to request PPP status for those profiles that meet the criteria for project protection. This will protect them from an incorrect merge.
6. If you are a male with the Shockey surname or a variant and haven't already, please consider testing your yDNA through the Shockey Family Tree DNA Project (link below) so that we can all have a better understanding of our heritage and possibly make new discoveries.

Shockey Sources

• Shockey Births
• Shockey Marriages
• Shockey Deaths
• Abraham Shockey 1755-1861 Report

Shockey Brickwalls

• John Valentine Shockey (1819-1899) - c.1819 - 1899 - Shockey History & Genealogy includes this man as the son of Valentine Shockey (1785-1865), son of Christian Shockey (1756-1829). The Shockey Chronicles argue against this view but decline to place him in a family and suggest he may have been the son of Valentine’s brother, William Shockey (1786-). The 1820 and 1830 census records seems to indicate the he was not the son of Valentine for Elias was the only son that age in the family. DNA evidence does indicate that he was probably the grandson of Christian, so William is a good possibility for his father.

• Elizabeth Shockey b. abt 1741 - Milford, Bucks, PA, d. bet. 1755-1835, md. U.K. Hollin. Would like to find out what happened to her and find descendants.

• Barbara Shockey b. abt 1745 - Milford, Bucks, PA, md. Mr. Fried. Would like to find out what happened to her and find descendants.

The Shockey Name

The current spelling of the Shockey name came to be when Johann Christoffel Schäcke immigrated from Germany to America. He Americanized his name to John Christopher Shockey. Prior to the Schäcke spelling in Germany was three other versions due to different dialects in Switzerland. A couple of Shockey lines surname changed spellings to Shawkey after the teacher thought they were spelling their name wrong by the way it was pronounced due to their accent.

Name Variations

Shawkey

Shockey

Schäcke

Jäggi

Jäcky

Jäcob

Notable Shockeys

• Shannon Miller, Grandmother is a Shockey
• Branlin Shockey
• Ella Shockey
• Eva Shockey
• Hal Shockey
• Jim Shockey
• Craig Vogtsberger
• Bailey Wesberry
• Chelsea Vincent

Infamous Shockeys

• Shockey Gang

• Valentine Felty Shockey, counterfeiter; Leader
• Isaac Shockey Sr., counterfeiter
• Abraham Shockey, counterfeiter

Shockey Place Names

• Shockeysville, Virginia

Shockeysville, VA was becoming settled after the Civil War. The 358 acres of land was deeded to Elizabeth, wife of John Shockey for her sole use, a payment from Daniel Daily for taking care of his father, Samuel. The historic sites on the land are the Shockeysville United Methodist Church and Maggie Shockey’s Old Homestead which was also a post office at one time.^[2]

• Shockey Knob, Virginia

Shockeys Knob is located northeast of Shockeysville, named after the small town when the survey team didn’t want to hike back up the mountain so named it after the closest Post Office. There is a Shockeys Knob trail that branches off of the Appalachian Trail.^[3]

• Shockey Fork, Kentucky

Shockey Fork is located in Wolfe County. There is a stream and a road called Shockey Fork that a post office was named after. (37.7000894, -83.3349018). ^[4]

• Shockey, Kansas

Shockey in Kansas was a small town that originally was called Laport established in Nov 1886 with a post office. Local settler, William Shockey, became the new postmaster in Apr 1887 and the town was renamed. Locals sometimes called it Shockeysville that boasted a lumber and hardware store, two general stores, a blacksmith, and other businesses that had about 50 people living there. The post office closed in 1906 and the only thing that remains is a cemetery. Located on Bear Creek northwest of Ulysses on S29-T27-R38.^[5]

• Ramsey-Shockey Open Space, Colorado

Ramsay-Shockey Open Space in Colorado is made up of 177-acres which features a four-mile natural surface trail, great for hikers and mountain bikers. There is also a boardwalk. The area was purchased in 1997 to protect an important wildlife habitat, and provide a Pinewood Reservoir. In 1999, Mr. Bob Ramsay donated, enough to reimburse the County for the acquisition, in honor of his wife, Mary Kathryn Ramsay, her mother, Florence Shockey, and her brother, Phil Shockey.^[6]

• Elkhart, Illinois

The town of Elkhart, Illinois may not bear the name Shockey but was laid out by John Shockey of Franklin County, Pennsylvania in 1855. There is even a Shockey Street.^[7]

Shockey Businesses, Etc

• Shockeys Motel, Butler, Pennsylvania
• Shockey's Furniture, Hagerstown, Maryland
• Shockey House, Ohio
• Shockey Furniture Co., Lexington, North Carolina
• Shockey & Landes Hardware, Abilene, Kansas

Shockey DNA Studies

Shockey-Schacke Family Tree DNA Group

Some surnames found in Y-DNA connection are: Baysinger

Shockey, Isaac N, 1773 - 1847, AncestryDNA Circle

Shockey Items

• Shockey Quilt 2016-17
• Shockey Quilt 2017-18
• Shockey Quilt 2018-19
• Shockey Quilt 2019-20
• Shockey Quilt 2020-21

Books Written By Shockey's

The following are books written by Shockey's and descendants that are not of a genealogical matter.

• Fermented Veggies, Kirsten & Christopher Shockey
• Greencastle-Antrim Revisited, Ken & Bonnie Shockey
• It's Not About Perfect, Shannon Miller
• Taking Aim: Daring to Be Different, Happier, and Healthier in the Great Outdoors, Eva Shockey

Shockey Resources

• Shockey Family Fellowship Inc. Newsletters, etc.
• Shockey Message Boards
• Twenty-five years fighting fate, or, Thrilling reminiscences; by Samuel W. Shockey (free ebook on Google).
• Shockey, Ralph N. & Marie F., Author. Shockey History & Genealogy. 2 Volumes. U.S.A., Congressional Library No. 82-136313: HBP, 1981.
• Lt. Col. Donald E. Shockey, A US Ret. and Thelma I. (Peterson) Shockey. The Shockey Chronicles Vol. 1-2. Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore 1986; Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 86-80678.
• Havens-Austin Genealogy; Author: Woodworth-Barnes, Esther Littleford (1956).
• Annals of the Harbaugh family in America: from 1736 to 1856; Author: H. Harbaugh (1856).
• History of Twelve Generations of the Ellis Family, 1636 to 1974; Author: Ann Ellis Sheek (1974).
• Alexander Mack, the Tunker, and descendants; Author: Freeman Ankrum (1985).
• Book of the family and lineal descendants of Medad Butler; Author: William Allen Butler.
• Christian Schwartzentruber, Magdelena Shoenbeck, 1743-1956; Author: P. Swartzentruber (1956).
• The Fisher-Stombaugh families; Author: Florence Hepp Peterson (1950).
• Genealogical memoranda: Stouffer, 1579-1943; Author: Kate S. Snively (1943).
• George Shawyer family tree; Author: Lonnie D. Shawyer (1927).
• Our Paddleford descendants; Author: Frank Stewart Kinsey (1960).
• Descendants of Jacob Hochstetler the immigrant of 1736; Author: Harvey Hostetler (1912).
• Wicked Carlisle: The Dark Side of the Cumberland Valley; Author: Joseph David Cress (2012).
• The Potomac Street Irregulars Vol. 1; Author: Antietam Historical Association (2014).
• Morgan County During the Civil War and "Stonewall" Jackson's Bath Campaign, January 1862; Author: The Morgan County Historical and Genealogical Society (2006).
• Wikipedia:Shockeysville,_Virginia
• Wikipedia:Elkhart,_Illinois
• Shockey Landmarks Map

1. ↑ Insert reference here
2. ↑ Shockeysville, Virginia; Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shockeysville,_Virginia), accessed 19 Nov 2017. Shockeysville United Methodist Church Cemetery, 139 Holiday Road, Shockeysville, VA; FindAGrave (https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2169030/Shockeysville-United-Methodist-Church-Cemetery) accessed 19 Nov 2017. Scott Luttrell, researched papers for the Shockey Tours at Shockeysville, VA; received Jul 2012.
3. ↑ Scott Luttrell, researched papers for the Shockey Tours at Shockeysville, VA; received Jul 2012.
4. ↑ Shockey Fork in Wolfe County KY (KY HomeTownLocator); (https://kentucky.hometownlocator.com/maps/feature-map,ftc,1,fid,503405,n,shockey%20fork.cfm); accessed 19 Nov 2017.
5. ↑ Grant County Extinct Towns - Page 2; Shockey/Laport (1886-1906); (http://www.legendsofkansas.com/grantcountyextincttowns2.html); accessed 19 Nov 2017. Shockey Cemetery, Grant County, Kansas; FindAGrave (https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/93783/shockey-cemetery); accessed 19 Nov 2017.
6. ↑ Supplemental Resource Management Plan for Pinewood Reservoir: Ramsay-Shockey Open Space; Larimer County Parks and Open Lands, March 2000 (http://www.larimer.org/sites/default/files/uploads/2017/ramsay_shockey_plan.pdf), accessed on 19 Nov 2017; Page 1-1.
7. ↑ Elkhart, Illinois; Wikipedia; (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elkhart,_Illinois#Early_history); “Early History”, accessed 19 Nov 2017.