Adam
Hoobler and
his brother John Hubler
sailed to
America
in 1755. The brothers landed
in
Pennsylvania
aboard the good ship Virtuous Grace of Rotterdam, John Bull Master. The German
name "Hubler" in the following generation was changed to "Hoobler".
It should be remembered that in these early pioneer days in
America
, very few people were literate. Many public officials spelled largely by sound.
James E. Hoobler of
Clarkston
,
Washington
says that as he remembers it, the name was spelled "Hoobler" by
mistake on the brother’s naturalization papers, and this spelling was then
adapted. This accounts for the various spelling of names of many early families.
Accounts of John, the Brother of Adam, have not been found. We assume that John
was born around the same time frame of Adam, sometime between 1732 and 1738.
Upon arrival in
America
, Adam became a buyer and shipper of horses. Adam transported horses between
Pennsylvania
and the
Atlantic
Coast
but on one of these trips he was robbed and killed. Adam was survived by three
Sons; William, Jacob, and Samuel. The family of William Hoobler is
continued but we do not have information about Jacob and Samuel the
other two sons of Adam.