Hoars in My Family By James C. Retson April 16 2016 Richard Hoare 1508 - 1544 Thomas Hoare 1534 - 1590 Charles Hoare 1568 - 1636 Charles Hoar 1586 - 1638 John Hoar 1622 - 1704 Daniel Hoar 1650 - Leonard Hoar 1682 - 1771 David Hoar 1713 - 1783 Solomon Hoar 1748 - 1828 David Hoar 1783 - 1861 Agnes Hoar 1812 - 1896 married Robert John Nelson, 9 Jan 1831 The Hoar Surname An excellent book by William S. Hoar, By Way of New England, hoar and Newcomb pioneers in America gives 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. Coat of Arms Divided quarterly; black and red, placed over all a silver eagle with two heads, wings spread, a border invoked colored counter changed. Above the shield and helmet is a silver eagle’s head jagged, charged with three ermine spots; hanging from his beak a ring. 1. Richard Hoare 1503 Richard Hoare was born c. 1508. He married Ellen ________ at Leckhampton, Gloucestershire, England in 1533 who was born about 1518. They had the following child, 2. i Thomas Hoare 1534 2. Thomas Hoare 1534 - 1590 Thomas Hoare, son of Richard and Ellen (?) Hoare, was born in Lockhampton, Gloucester c. 1534. He married Margaret Unknown who was born c. 1537 in Gloucester, England. He died c. 1590. They had four children i Margery Hoare ii John Hoare iii Giles Hoare b. 1566 Gloucester 3. iv Charles Hoare b. 1568 3. Charles Hoare 1568 – 1636 Charles Hoare, son of Thomas Hoare and Margaret Hoare was born about 1568 in Gloucester, England. He died in 1636. He married Margerie _______ in 1585. 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 evidence seems to be based on the coat of arms, quartering those of Clifford in a stained glass window in the church of Frampton-on-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. 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 Source: Nourse, Henry S. of Lancaster, Mass, The Ancestry of the Hoar Family in America, A Compilation from Collections made by the Honorable George Frisbie Hoar. Reprinted in New England Historical and Genealogy Register 53 92-101, 186-198, 289-300 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 families and several of his grandchildren attended Oxford University. He died in Gloucester, England in 1636 Their children i. Thomas Hoare b. 1585 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 4. Charles Hoare 1586 – 1638 Margerie Charles Hoare, son of Charles and Magery Hoare was born on 21 Dec. 1586 in Gloucester, England. He married Joanna Hincksman (also spelled Hinksman, Hinxman, Henchman) born about 1610. Charles and Joanna had 8 children. Two Ruth and Charles died before the family emigrated to America. The Eldest child appeared to have remained behind in England. i Thomas Hoare baptized at St. Mary de Crypt, Gloucester, England 15 June 1612, He appears to have remained in England. iiCharles Hoare b. 1613, graduated from Oxford University in 1630 iiiMargery Hoare b. 1614 in Gloucestershire, England. Mar 1686/67. Braintree, MA She married 1. John Matthews 25 Dec. 1633 Gloucester, and had one son, Charles and was probably widowed and childless before immigrating with her mother to America. She married 2. Rev Henry Flint of Braintree by who she had 10 children, a Dorothy Flint b. 21 May 1642, Braintree, MA. m. Samuel Shephard, 1666; b Annah Flint b. 11 July 1643 Braintree, MA; d. 29 Jan 1655/56 m. 1. John Dassett, 1662, 2. Capt. Timothy Dwight 1664; Timothy b. abt 1630 died 31 Jan 1717/18; c Josiah Flint, b. 24 June 1645 Braintree, MA married Esther Willet; d. Margarett Flint, born 20 April 1647 Braintree, MA, died 29 Jun 1648 Braintree, MA; e Joanna Flint, b. 18 Dec. 1648 Braintree, MA m 30 Oct 1669 Noah Newman, Braintree, MA; f David Flint, b. 11 Nov. 1651; died 21 Jan 1652.; g Seth Flint, b. 2 Feb. 1653; h Ruth Flint b. 31 Nov. 1654; i Cotton Flint b. 16 July 1656, d. 20 Sep. 1656; j John Flint b. 16 July 1656 20 Sep 1656. iv Ruth Hoare b. 1617 d. in 1628 buried in Gloucester England v Daniel Hoare b.1621 Immigrated to New England in 1640 but returned to England. He had one son John who he sent to Massachusetts to live with his Uncle Leonard. 5 vi John Hoare b. 1622 vii Joanna Hoare born abt. 1624, married Col. Edmond Quincy b. 1648 and whose descendant included US President John Adams and President John Quincy Adams. viii Leonard Hoare b. 1632 emigrated with his mother in 1640. He graduated from Harvard in 1650 and returned to England for nine years. He subsequently was granted degrees in divinity and medicine from Cambridge University. While in England he married Bridget Lisle, daughter of Lord John Lisle, President of the High Court of Justice and Lord Commissioner of the Great Seal, who sentenced Charles 1 to be beheaded. Leonard Hoare became President of Harvard University from 1672 to 1875. His tenure was marked by turbulence and he was forced to resign in 1675. He died later the same year. In 1976, a resolution was passed by the Massachusetts senate proclaiming the Reverent Doctor Leonard Hoar was the victim of calumny and attempts to destroy his reputation and good name, he was considered either as a scholar, or a christian, truly a worthy Man, Thus after 301 years, the Senate respectfully rights a grievous injury to the Reverent Doctor Hoar, by proclaiming and confirming his innocence of any misdeed while President of Harvard University.