Biographical Sketch of Ulrich and Peter ZOOK (ZUG) (1881); Chester County, PA

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From THE HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY, by Futhey and Cope (1881);

pg. 781

ZOOK.-Ulrich and Peter Zug, brothers, came from Switzerland in 1719, family 
tradition says from the neighborhood of Lake Zug, and that the cause of their 
leaving home was religious persecution.  Ulrich settled near Elizabeth, in 
Lancaster County, and Peter near Germantown.  Peter brought with him a German 
family Bible, of Luther's translation, which was printed in Zurich in 1589, and 
is still preserved in the family.  He belonged to the religious sect termed 
Amish, or Omish, and for several generations his descendants remained of the 
same faith.
  In 1770, Morritz Zug, son of Peter, purchased and removed to the property in 
West Whiteland township now owned by his descendant, Jacob M. Zook.  The family 
record of Morris Zug, as found in the old German Bible, is John, born 1748; 
Christian, 1750; Henry, Ascension-day, 1752; Jacob, 1757; Ein Dochter ist 
geboren, 1759; Abraham, 1761; Francis, 1763.
  Jacob Zug, son of Morritz, on the death of his father, became the owner of the 
property.  In his time the spelling of the name was anglicized to Zook.  he was 
the father of thirteen children,-Magdaline, born 1780; Francis and a twin, who 
died an infant; Nancy; John, born April 1, 1786; Charity, Leah, Rachel, 
Elizabeth, Christian, and a twin, who died an infant; Jacob, born 1803; and 
Phebe, born 1808.  The mother of these children, and first wife of Jacob Zook, 
was Gertrude Kenege.  His second wife was Mary Willauer, by whom he had one son, 
Maurice, who died in infancy.
  John Zook, the eldest son of Jacob, inherited the farm of his father.  He 
married, in 1815, Elizabeth Mast, whose grandfather, Jacob Mast, came from 
Germany, an orphan, aged twelve years, in 1750.  John Zook was a man of strict 
integrity, and led a long and useful life.  He died in 1868.  his wife, 
Elizabeth, was a woman of marked usefulness, and ever ready to act the part of a 
neighbor in the truest sense of the term.
  Their children were Isaac m., born 1817; Elhanan, 1819; Jacob M., April 19, 
1821; Rachel M., 1823; Mary, Ann, Elizabeth, John, and Elmira A.
  Jacob M. Zook married Rebecca, daughter of George G. Ashbridge, of 
Downingtown.  Their children are Mary T., Rachel V. A., Elizabeth, Jane D., and 
Jacob.  These children are the fifth generation of the family who have resided 
in the old homestead.