Although there may be several origins of Yohe, there is no doubt
that some with this name are directly related to the Joho line.
In the ship's manifest of the Snow Two Sisters arriving
Philadelphia in 1738, Johannes Joho's name is also spelled Johe.
I have found various records throughout the years where the same
person is spelled Yoho, Yohe, and Yoh. I have also received
several letters from families in the Western US who indicated
their parents or grandparents changed their name of Yoho to
Yohe, because apparently there are more families living in that
part of the US with the Yohe spelling. One such letter came from
William Yohe in Des Moines Iowa who had traced his line back to
Peter Yoho. There is strong evidence that the perhaps the
majority of those with the name Yohe derived it from the Joh
spelling. There are several sources that relate the names Yohe
and Joh and some that relate Yohe to Yoha. Some accounts of the
origin of Yohe follow:. |Sources of Johe/Yohe Genealogy| In 1998
I received a copy of a