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Hoare History Etymology Early Origins Early History Spelling Variations Early Notables Ranking

Ireland United States Canada Australia New Zealand West Indies

Contemporary Notables Historic Events Related Stories Citations

Hoare History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England
Ireland

Etymology of Hoare

What does the name Hoare mean?

The ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of England produced the name of Hoare. It was given to a person who had grey hair or appeared aged. A broad and miscellaneous class of surnames, nickname surnames, referred to a characteristic of the first person who used the name. They can describe the bearer's favored style of clothing, appearance, habits, or character. 1

Alternatively, the name could have been Norman in origin. In this case, it was derived from the "Norman-French pronunciation of Aure, with an aspirate. The name Aure, Alre, or Auré was a Breton name, derived from Auray, in Bretagne, of which the family were hereditary Castellans." 2

Another source claims the name was from Ore in Sussex and literally meant "dweller by the bank" from the Old English word "ora." 3

Early Origins of the Hoare family

The surname Hoare was first found in Suffolk and Middlesex and other counties throughout Britain. By example, William Hore was listed in Suffolk in 1188, Robert, William le Hore was listed in the Assize Rolls of Staffordshire in 1203. Gilbert de Hore was listed in the Pipe Rolls of Sussex in 1200 and Richard de la Hore was listed in the Pipe Rolls of Devon in 1230. 3

The Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 listed: Adam le Hore in Derbyshire, John le Horre in Norfolk, and Alicia la Hore in Oxfordshire. Kirby's Quest of Somerset lists Richard le Hore there temp. 1 Edward III. 1 4

In southern England in the parish of St. Ervan, Cornwall early records of another branch of the family were found. "Another reputed manor in this parish called Trenowth, was for several generations the property and residence of a family called Hore, with whom it remained so late as the time of Norden; but this estate has long since ceased to be considered as a manor." 5

Early History of the Hoare family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Hoare research. Another 117 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1188, 1203, 1208, 1230, 1235, 1622, 1630, 1638, 1648, 1675, 1704, 1707, 1710, 1712, 1713, 1719, 1773, 1792 and 1797 are included under the topic Early Hoare History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Hoare Spelling Variations

One relatively recent invention that did much to standardize English spelling was the printing press. However, before its invention even the most literate people recorded their names according to sound rather than spelling. The spelling variations under which the name Hoare has appeared include Hoar, Hoare, Hore and others.

Early Notables of the Hoare family

Notables of this surname at this time include:

Leonard Hoar (1630-1675), an English-born early American settler, minister and educator born in Gloucestershire arriving in America c. 1638, who later became President of Harvard College. He was the f...
Sir Richard Hoare (1648-1719), was Sheriff of London in 1710, Lord Mayor of London for the year of 1712, founder of C. Hoare & Co, one of the United Kingdom's oldest private banks. He was born probabl...
William Hoare (1707?-1792), known as 'Hoare of Bath,' portrait-painter, was born, according to his son's account, about 1707 at Eye in Suffolk, but more probably, as his name does not occur in the chu...

Hoare Ranking

In Australia, the name Hoare is the 823^rd most popular surname with an estimated 4,796 people with that name. 6 However, in the United Kingdom, the name Hoare is ranked the 898^th most popular surname with an estimated 7,619 people with that name. 7

Migration of the Hoare family to Ireland

Some of the Hoare family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 64 words (5 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Hoare migration to the United States +

At this time, the shores of the New World beckoned many English families that felt that the social climate in England was oppressive and lacked opportunity for change. Thousands left England at great expense in ships that were overcrowded and full of disease. A great portion of these settlers never survived the journey and even a greater number arrived sick, starving, and without a penny. The survivors, however, were often greeted with greater opportunity than they could have experienced back home. These English settlers made significant contributions to those colonies that would eventually become the United States and Canada. An examination of early immigration records and passenger ship lists revealed that people bearing the name Hoare arrived in North America very early:

Hoare Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Math Hoare, who arrived in Virginia in 1662 8
John Hoare, who arrived in Maryland in 1673 8

Hoare Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

John Hoare, who settled in Maryland in 1775

Hoare Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Henry Hoare, aged 33, who landed in Rhode Island in 1812 8
Michael Hoare, aged 35, who landed in New York, NY in 1848 8
Rachel Hoare, aged 12, who arrived in New York, NY in 1855 8
Susanna Hoare, aged 4, who landed in New York, NY in 1855 8
Tamer Hoare, aged 1, who arrived in New York, NY in 1855 8
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Hoare Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Mr. Manley Edwin Hoare, (b. 1880), aged 25, Cornish miner travelling aboard the ship "St Paul" arriving at Ellis Island, New York in 1905 en route to Ishpeming, Michigan, USA 9

Hoare migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Hoare Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Andrew Hoare, who landed in Nova Scotia in 1749
Francis Hoare, who landed in Nova Scotia in 1750
John Hoare, who landed in Nova Scotia in 1750
Timothy Hoare, who landed in Nova Scotia in 1750

Hoare migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Hoare Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Robert Hoare, a shoemaker, who arrived in New South Wales, Australia sometime between 1825 and 1832
James Hoare, who arrived in Holdfast Bay, Australia aboard the ship "Cygnet" in 1836 10
Sarah Hoare, who arrived in Holdfast Bay, Australia aboard the ship "Cygnet" in 1836 10
Mary Anne Hoare, who arrived in Holdfast Bay, Australia aboard the ship "Cygnet" in 1836 10
Bessie Hoare, who arrived in Holdfast Bay, Australia aboard the ship "Cygnet" in 1836 10
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Hoare migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Hoare Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Joseph Hoare, who landed in Nelson, New Zealand in 1839
Joseph Hoare, who landed in Nelson, New Zealand in 1842
Mr. Richard Hoare, Irish settler from Ballysheen travelling from Glasgow aboard the ship "Storm Cloud" arriving in Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand on 27th April 1860 11
Mrs. Catherine Hoare, (b. 1814), aged 48, British settler travelling from London aboard the ship "Echunga" arriving in Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand on 24th December 1862 12
Mr. Patrick Hoare, (b. 1814), aged 48, British farm labourer travelling from London aboard the ship "Echunga" arriving in Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand on 24th December 1862 12
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Hoare migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 13

Hoare Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century

Edward Hoare, who settled in Barbados in 1685
Richard and Thomas Hoare, who settled in Barbados in 1685

Contemporary Notables of the name Hoare (post 1700) +

Prince Hoare (1755-1834), English dramatic author and artist, born at Bath, son of William Hoare, R.A. [q. v.] 14
Sir Richard Colt Hoare (1758-1838), English historian of Wiltshire, born on 9 Dec. 1758, the only son of Richard Hoare, Esq., of Barn Elms, Surrey (created a Baronet in 1786), English antiquarian, archaeologist, artist, and traveller 14
William Henry Hoare (1809-1888), English divine, born on 31 Oct. 1809, second son of William Henry Hoare (1776–1819) of Broomfield House, Battersea, Surrey 14
Clement Hoare (1789-1849), English vinegrower who cultivated a vineyard at Sidlesham, near Chichester, whence he removed, between 1835 and 1840, to 'Shirley vineyard,' near Southampton. He died at Vauxhall, Surrey, on 18 Aug. 1849 14
Charles James Hoare (1781-1865), English divine, Archdeacon of Surrey, born in London on 14 July 1781, third son of Henry Hoare, banker, of Fleet Street, London, one of the founders of the Church Missionary Society 14
Charles Hugh Hoare (1819-1869), English cricketer
Charles Hoare (1847-1908), English cricketer
Peter Merrick Hoare (1843-1894), English Conservative Party politician
Henry "Henry the Magnificent" Hoare II (1705-1785), English banker and garden owner-designer
William Hoare of Bath RA (1707-1792), English Portraitist, painter and printmaker
... (Another 11 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Historic Events for the Hoare family +

HMS Hood

Mr. Norris H Hoare (b. 1913), English Lieutenant (S) serving for the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve from Whipton, Devon, England, who sailed into battle and died in the HMS Hood sinking 15
Mr. Cyril A Hoare (b. 1921), English Stoker 2nd Class serving for the Royal Navy from Battersea, London, England, who sailed into battle and died in the HMS Hood sinking 15

RMS Titanic

Mr. Leonard James Hoare (d. 1912), aged 21, English Saloon Steward from Southampton, Hampshire who worked aboard the RMS Titanic and died in the sinking 16

Senghenydd colliery

Mr. Samuel Augustus Hoare (b. 1876), Welsh coal miner from Senghenydd, Caerphilly, Wales who was working at the Senghenydd colliery when there was an explosion on the 14th October 1913; he died 17

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Dickinson, F.H., Kirby's Quest for Somerset of 16th of Edward the 3rd London: Harrison and Sons, Printers in Ordinary to Her Majesty, St, Martin's Lane, 1889. Print.
Hutchins, Fortescue, The History of Cornwall, from the Earliest Records and Traditions to the Present Time. London: William Penaluna, 1824. Print
"Most Common Last Names in Australia." Forebears, https://forebears.io/australia/surnames
"UK surname ranking." UK Surname map, https://www.surnamemap.eu/unitedkingdom/surnames_ranking.php?p=10
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Cornwall Online Parish Clerks. (Retrieved 3rd May 2018). Retrieved from http://www.opc-cornwall.org/Resc/pdfs/emigration_ellis_island_1892_on.pdf
State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) Cygnet arrived Holdfast Bay, Adealide Sept. 11, 1836. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1836Cygnet.htm
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 26th March 2019). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 17th October 2018). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
Wikisource contributors. "Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900." Wikisource . Wikisource , 4 Jun. 2018. Web. 30 June 2020
H.M.S. Hood Association-Battle Cruiser Hood: Crew Information - H.M.S. Hood Rolls of Honour, Men Lost in the Sinking of H.M.S. Hood, 24th May 1941. (Retrieved 2016, July 15) . Retrieved from http://www.hmshood.com/crew/memorial/roh_24may41.htm
Titanic Passenger List - Titanic Facts. (Retrieved 2016, July 13) . Retrieved from http://www.titanicfacts.net/titanic-passenger-list.html
Universal Colliery Senghenydd 1913 disaster retrieved 21st September 2019, retrieved from http://www.welshcoalmines.co.uk/deathrolls/SenghenyddDead1913.htm