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An excerpt from www.HouseOfNames.com archives copyright © 2000 - 2012

Origins Available: Irish, Scottish

Where did the Scottish Hoy family come from? What is the Scottish Hoy family crest and coat of arms? When did the Hoy family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Hoy family history?

The Hoy surname is a local name derived from the name of the Island of Hoy, written in the 13th as Haey, or "high island." The island of Hoy is the second largest in the Orkneys. There is also thought to have been a place so named near the England- Scotland border, but it no longer exists.

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Spelling variations of this family name include: Hoy, Haey, Hooy and others.

First found in the Island region of Orkney.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Hoy research. Another 88 words(6 lines of text) covering the years 1607 and 1653 are included under the topic Early Hoy History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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More information is included under the topic Early Hoy Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the Hoy family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. Another 160 words(11 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Hoy Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century


  • Ralph Hoy, who landed in Philadelphia, Pa in 1724-1725
  • Hans Jerrick Hoy, who landed in Philadelphia, Pa in 1727
  • John Hoy, who was naturalized in Philadelphia in 1760
  • William Hoy, who was naturalized in Ohio in 1792

Hoy Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • David Hoy, who was registered as a British Alien in the US during the war of 1812
  • David Hoy, aged 33, landed in New York in 1812
  • John Hoy, who arrived in New York, NY in 1816
  • Sibby Hoy, who arrived in New York, NY in 1817
  • A. T. Hoy settled in San Francisco Cal. in 1850


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  • William Ellsworth "Dummy" Hoy, American Baseball player
  • Jill Hoy, American visual artist
  • Chris Hoy (b. 1976), Scottish Cyclist, Olympic Games gold and silver medal winner
  • James Hutchison Hoy (1909-1976), Scottish politician
  • Henry Albert Hoy (1855-1910), locomotive engineer with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
  • Andrew Hoy (b. 1959), Olympic-level equestrian rider, who competes for Australia
  • Pat Hoy (b. 1950), Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario


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  6. Paul, Sir James Balfour. An Ordinary of Arms Contained in the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland Second Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1903. Print.
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  10. Best, Hugh. Debrett's Texas Peerage. New York: Coward-McCann, 1983. Print. (ISBN 069811244X).
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The Hoy Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Hoy Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

This page was last modified on 16 March 2010 at 07:30.

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