A
apex1
Guest
I heard that it was likely Herr Eshoff or Herr Eschoff and corrupted in english. Any truth to that. Halsey pronounces it Herresoff.
Sorry, the roots are in Germany yes, but it was not Herr Eshoff, it was Herreshoff:
http://search.ancestry.de/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&rank=1&sbo=0&gsco=3253&gsln=Herreshoff
Halsey was nearly right, it is spoken Herres hoff. Was not bossy
Regards
Richard