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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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Please remember that this page is only a small extract of our complete history that includes: - Ancient origin of the name (usually pre-1100)
- Known spelling variations
- Early movement of the family name during the Middle Ages
- Noteworthy bearers from the 1500-1600s
- First settlers to North America
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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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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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This is a small excerpt from our full listing of settlers for the name Hoy. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
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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- Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard and David Faris. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 7th Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0806313676).
- Prebble, John. The Highland Clearances. London: Secker & Warburg, 1963. Print.
- Markale, J. Celtic Civilization. London: Gordon & Cremonesi, 1976. Print.
- Bradford, William. History of Plymouth Plantation 1620-1647 Edited by Samuel Eliot Morrison 2 Volumes. New York: Russell and Russell, 1968. Print.
- Bain, Robert. The Clans and Tartans of Scotland. Glasgow & London: Collins, 1968. Print. (ISBN 000411117-6).
- Magnusson, Magnus. Chambers Biographical Dictionary 5th edition. Edinburgh: W & R Chambers, 1990. Print.
- Robb H. Amanda and Andrew Chesler. Encyclopedia of American Family Names. New York: Haper Collins, 1995. Print. (ISBN 0-06-270075-8).
- Warner, Philip Warner. Famous Scottish Battles. New York: Barnes and Noble, 1996. Print. (ISBN 0-76070-004-4).
- Chadwick, Nora Kershaw and J.X.W.P Corcoran. The Celts. London: Penguin, 1970. Print. (ISBN 0140212116).
- Burke, Sir Bernard. Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, The Privy Council, Knightage and Compainonage. London: Burke Publishing, 1921. Print.
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