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Our Hoar Ancestors by James Clifford Retson Last Revised at February 17 2021 Our Hoar Ancestors by James Clifford Retson Last Revised at http://www.retson.ca/hoar.pdf February 17 2021 Note: This file is under construction and should be regarded as incomplete and unverified as to content Contents The Hoare\Hoar Context ..................................................................................................................................... 2 The Hoar Surname .............................................................................................................................................. 2 1. Richard Hoare 1503 ........................................................................................................................................ 2 2. Thomas Hoare 1534 - 1590 Margaret 1537-................................................................................................... 2 3. Charles Hoare 1568 – 1632............................................................................................................................. 2 Will of Charles Hoare the Elder of Gloucester, 1632 ......................................................................................... 3 Excurses on Puritanism ....................................................................................................................................... 3 4. Charles Hoare 1586 – 1638 Joanna Hincksman Abt 1590- 21 Dec 1661 ...................................................... 4 5. John Hoar 1622 – 1704 Alice Surname Unknown 1620 - 1696 ................................................................... 8 6. Daniel Hoar 1650 – 1743 Mary Stratton 1656 - 1717 .................................................................................. 11 7. Leonard Hoar 1684 - 1771 ............................................................................................................................ 11 Emigration to Nova Scotia ................................................................................................................................ 12 8. David Hoar 1713 – after 1799 Abigail Hitchcock 1741 - ............................................................................. 12 9. Solomon Hoar 1748 - 1828 and Mary Lynds ............................................................................................... 15 10. David Hoar 1783 – 1861 Rebecca Smith .................................................................................................... 16 11. Agnes Hoar 1812 – 1896 Robert John Nelson ............................................................................................ 17 Appendices ........................................................................................................................................................ 18 Abbreviations .................................................................................................................................................... 18 Calendar Old Style-New Style, Julian & Georgian ..................................................................................... 18 Resources .......................................................................................................................................................... 19 Resources for English Hoares and History and Puritanism .............................................................................. 20 Resources for John Hoar and King Philip’s War .............................................................................................. 20 Relationship of author to the Hoares ................................................................................................................ 21 The Hoare\Hoar Context The Hoares/Hoars came from England, emigrated to the United States and then subsequent moved on to Nova Scotia. The line begins ends when Agnes Hoar marries Robert John Nelson family in 1831. A relationship chart at the end of this monograph sets out the various heads of families of our line. The Hoar Surname An excellent book by William S. Hoar, By Way of New England, hoar and Newcomb pioneers in America 1gives some insight in to the derivation of the family name Hoar. The dictionary meaning of “hoar (from English) is “old” and used as hoary” it means grey or white with age and venerable – thus “hoar-frost” and “hoar-stones”, the ancient stones marking boundaries. As a family name, ours is a very ancient one in England, Wales and Ireland. “Hoar or some variant of it has been used as a surname since medieval times. Hore, Hora, Hor, Hoore, Hooare, Horey, Horrie, Horam, Horem, Hoar, Hoare, Whoare. The earliest spelling of the name seems to have been Hore, often preceded by le William Hoar indicates the name was included in the Doomsday Book, a census ordered by William the Conqueror. Another early reference was of William le Hore, a Norman Knight who invaded Ireland in 1170. His family was setup at Wexford. He also records that the name of Hoare” was among Cromwell’s fighters in 1649 and received lands and castles in Cork, Kerry and Kilkerry. The most ancient records in England come from Devonshire and Gloucestershire from whence our earliest known ancestors came. The earliest found to date is Richard Hoar of which little is known. 1. Richard Hoare 1503 Richard Hoare was born in 1508 in Leckhampton, Gloucestershire, England. He died in 1544. He married Ellen _________in Leckhampton in 1533. She was born in Leckhampton in 1518. She died in Leckhampton. He had at least one son 2. i. Thomas Hoare b Lockhampton, Gloucestershire in 1534, d. 1590 2. Thomas Hoare 1534 - 1590 Margaret 1537- Thomas Hoare, son of Richard and Ellen Hoare, was born in Lockhampton, Gloucestershire in 1534. He died in St Nicholas, Gloucestershire, England on 31 July 1590. He married Margaret ________who was born c. 1537 in Gloucestershire. He died c. 1590. They had four children which can be gleaned from his will, two sons and two daughters, i. Mrs. Thomas Hill ii. John Hoare iii. Mrs. Leonard Tarne 3. iv. Charles Hoare b. 1568 3. Charles Hoare 1568 – 1632 Charles Hoare, son of Thomas and Margaret Hoare was born about 1568 in Gloucester, England. A note of William S. Hoar’s Book, By Way of New England nicely summarizes the early history and relating to the name of Charles’s Wife who he married in 1585: We do not know her maiden name. Hoare (1883) states that Charles married Anne Clifford of Frampton-on-Severn, near Gloucester. Anne was an heiress of the same family as Lord de Clifford. The 1 Hoar, William S. By Way of New England, Vancouver: Tangled Roots Press, 1996 2 evidence seems to be based on the coat of arms, quartering those of Clifford in a stained-glass window in the church of Framptonon-Severn where Anne and her husband are buried. Indeed, early records show that there were connections between the Hoare and Clifford families but fail to link Anne Clifford with our family. The given name Anne is not found among early members of our family while Margery occurs several times. We conclude that the surname of the elder Charles Hoare’s wife is unknown and unlikely to be discovered. According to William Hoare authorities agree that the Gloucester Hoares of England came from Devonshire area of England. Their children i. Thomas Hoare b. 1585, had two children Charles and John 4. ii. Charles Hoare b. 1586 iii. Margery Hoare b. c1590 m. Thomas Hill iv. Elinor Hoare b. c. 1592 v. Anna Hoare b. c. 1594 m. Leonard Tarne Will of Charles Hoare the Elder of Gloucester, 1632 In the name of God Amen the nyne and twenty day of May anno domini 1632, I Charles Hoare the elder of the city of Glouc. Sadler being weake and sicklie in body butt of Good and pfct memorie (thanks be geven to god for the same)doe make and ordeyne this my last Will and Testament in manner and forms followinge, ffirst and principlie I give and bequeath my soule unto Amightie God my creator and maker and unto Jesus Christ his only sonne and my alone Saviour and Redeemer hopinge and trustinge through his merits and bitter oassion in full assurance to enjoy body (being but dust and ashes) I bequeath to the earth from whence whene it came to be buried at the discretion of my Executr of my Will hoping for a joyfull resurrection both of my soule and body at the last and generall hath bestowed upon me and blessed me with I give and dispose in manner and form following. Ffirst I give and bequaeth unto my beloved Wife in I now dwell To have and to hold to her for her my said Wife and my life they paying the rent due to the City of Glouc & keeping the said howse in all needful and necessary repairs as by the lease thereof I am enjoyed. And after her decease my Will is that my sonne Charles Hoare shall have unto me from the said Citty and that he shall renew the said lease in his own name. And alsoe my Will is that the plumpe the noast and the Cisterns , glasse windows waincot and benches with the tables board in the Hawl and the Corner Cupboard and other Ccuppboards fasting to the house to remayne to him the said Charles his heirs and assigns with the said howse at the decease of my said Wife. Provided that my sonne Charles or his assigns doe pay or cause to be paid unto my sonne Thomas Hoare or his assignes ythe somme of Tenne pounds of lawful English money wihin the space of fourteeen dayes after he is possed of the howse and ymplements and lease. Other information passed along by William Hoars book are records that in 1608 he was about 40 years of age, trained as a solder(caliver), a saddler by trade and a man of substance with cash and tangible possessions. His children married into prominent
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