Studying US history, particularly the 19th century. Family history as well, looking for other Hootses. This rare surname is exclusive to a particular German bloodline in the United States, beginning in North Carolina and radiating outward. We share a direct ancestor if you were born with this surname in the United States of America! I believe his name was Jacob Hutts (Hoots being a more modern and 'Anglicized' spelling), and he served in the American Revolutionary War as a Hessian, or so my father has told me, as his father told him, as his father told him...

Studying US history, particularly the 19th century. Family history as well, looking for other Hootses. This rare surname is exclusive to a particular German bloodline in the United States, beginning in North Carolina and radiating outward. We share a direct ancestor if you were born with this surname in the United States of America! I believe his name was Jacob Hutts (Hoots being a more modern and 'Anglicized' spelling), and he served in the American Revolutionary War as a Hessian, or so my father has told me, as his father told him, as his father told him...