Hoare Genealogy 09: The Hore/Hoar/Hoare families of Kent and Surrey.

By David G Hoare.

Created: June 2017; last updated: 27 July 2017

In this paper I explore in more detail the Hore/Hoare/Hoar families which I identified in Kent and Surrey in the introductory paper in this series, ‘Hoare Genealogy 03’ (Hoare, 2014a). Here, I am concerned particularly with the origins of each family, how in subsequent generations each family multiplied and radiated outwards.

Table 1, taken from table 2 in Hoare (2014a), lists the two growth clusters with the numbers of their descendants.

Table 1. Growth clusters in Kent and Surrey.

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
Biddenden	1400	151	1544	1538	20	490	20 km N of Rye
Dorking	818	32	1539	1538	35/44	425	44 km N of Brighton
TOTALS	2218	183

Column headings: A – number of descendants excluding spouses; B – number of male descendants with birth date>1880; C – earliest Hore/Hoare/Hoar christening; D – earliest record in parish register; E – distance from the coast/km; F – distance from Plymouth along the coast/km; G – location;

The H600 Project lists one family branch, B03, in the Kent and Surrey area (cf section 1.1 below).

Contents:

1. Introduction.

1.1. Relating this research to the H600 Project.

2. The growth and radiation of the Hore/Hoar/Hoare families of Kent and Surrey.

2.1. The Hore family of Biddenden in Kent.

2.2. The Hore family of Dorking in Surrey.

3. Conclusions.

4. References.

1. Introduction.

The two Hore/Hoare/Hoar growth points considered in this paper are more widely spaced than the 10‑15 km spacing between the Hore/Hoare/Hoar growth points along the Plymouth to Exeter road considered in ‘Hoare Genealogy 04’ (Hoare, 2014b) or in the Buckinhamshire cluster considered in ‘Hoare Genealogy 07’ (Hoare, 2016). This raises the question whether migrations of around 50 km by road, or greater distances by coastal shipping, may also provide a mechanism by which these growth points may share a common ancestor.

The migrations involved in the growth and outward radiation are explored in detail in this paper for which I have provided a map (‘Atlas Kent’) on which the relevant towns and villages can be located, and which is marked in National Grid 10 km squares allowing easy estimation of distances. The information on towns and villages is usually taken from the GENUKI Genealogy UK and Ireland website (genuki.org.uk) which draws on sources such as Lewis (1849) and White (1850). The population figures and information on local industries, etc refers to the early to mid 1800s. The genealogies arising from each Hore/Hoare/Hoar growth point are descendant charts generated by the Pedigree programme (e.g. ‘Genealogy Biddenden’) in which the vertical lines linking together the members of each successive generation are marked with the number of the generation to make the charts easier to follow. Use the search facilities provided by your web browser to navigate in the genealogies by locating any word, etc such as a name (e.g. ‘George William’), an occupation (e.g. ‘baker’), a place (e.g. ‘23 Front Street’) or a date (e.g. ‘23Aug1765’).

The geographical spread of the larger Hore/Hoar/Hoare families are shown very approximately in maps (e.g. ‘Map families Biddenden’) which show a set of three nested areas into which the family had spread from its origin in the periods 1538-1600, 1538-1700 and 1538-1800 with relevant towns and villages identified.

These practical matters are explained more fully in the ‘Introduction’ section of ‘Hoare Genealogy 04’ (Hoare, 2014b).

1.1. Relating this research to the H600 Project.

The H600 Project lists one family branch, B03, in the Kent and Surrey area. The B03 family branch is provisionally assigned to haplogroup R1b‑P312-L21-DF13, which is parallel to other Hore/Hoar/Hoare haplogroups identified in the H600 project (cf ‘Hoare Genealogy 03’, section 1.1) but diverged from them around 4500 years ago. The assignment appears to be provisional only as it is still listed under ‘Haplogroup R-Unknown’.

The defining ancestor of the B03 family branch is Thomas Hoare (b.1649 at Chilham in Kent), and his descendant James Mitchell Hoare (bp.5 Oct 1808 at Chartham, Kent) who emigrated to America and died 11 Feb 1900 at Watkins, Schuyler County, New York.

This seems to match reasonably well with Thomas Hoare (b.c. 1644 of Chilham, Kent) and his g⁵-grandson James Hoare (bp. 5 Aug 1810 at Chartham, Kent) in the Hore/Hoar/Hoare family of Biddenden, Kent.

2. The growth and radiation of the Hore/Hoar/Hoare families of Kent and Surrey.

Table 1 (above) lists the two Hore/Hoar/Hoare families of Biddenden and of Dorking which originated in Kent and Surrey. Biddenden lies 17 km WSW of Ashford in Kent and 20 km NNW of the sea port of Rye. Dorking in Surrey lies 35 km SW of the City of London and its sea port, and 44 km N of the sea at Brighton on the south coast. In addition to these to families, many Hore/Hoar/Hoare families radiated outward from central London into the adjacent boroughs in northern Surrey and Kent (cf ‘Hoare Genealogy 03’ section 2.5).

2.1. The Hore family of Biddenden in Kent.

Biddenden is a village (17 km WSW of Ashford) which was a centre for cloth making and for the iron industry of the Weald of Kent. The parish records (from 1538) record the birth of members of a Hore family from 1544, but do not name the father (cf ‘Genealogy Biddenden’).

The Hore family radiated outwards in the 1500s (cf ‘Map family Biddenden’). In the next generation, Hore families probably descended from the Biddenden family appear at Staplehurst (9 km NW of Biddenden), at Brenchley (19 km WNW of Biddenden) and at Cranbrook (9 km WSW of Biddenden). In the following generation, a further Hore family, probably descended from the Cranbrook family, appeared in 1595 at Fairfield (near Brookland; 19 km SE of Biddenden and 8 km NE of Rye).

During the 1600s the Hore of Biddenden family grew substantially to record births/christenings in a further 18 parishes, bounded roughly in the NE by Margate, in the N by Chatham, in the W by Edenbridge (15 km W of Tonbridge), in the S by Hawhurst (5 km S of Cranbrook) and in the SE by Dover (cf ‘Map family Biddenden’).

The family at Fairfield and Brookland flourished recording 25 births/christenings between 1595 and 1743, as did the family at Cranbrook which recorded 16 births/christenings between 1574 and 1648 and probably spread to Tonbridge (20 km WNW of Cranbrook) recording 23 births/christenings between 1683 and 1807.

In northern Kent, a substantial Hore/Hoar/Hoare family emerged at Sittingbourne (25 km N of Biddenden) and the neighbouring village of Milton, probably migrating from Staplehurst, and recording 18 births/christenings between 1613 and 1887. This family spread to Faversham (11 km E of Sittingbourne) where it recorded 49 births/christenings between 1647 and 1890.

Further outward radiation in the late 1600s, probably from Faversham or Sittingbourne, led to the emergence of several significant Hore/Hoar/Hoare families. A family emerged at the naval port of Chatham (26 km W of Faversham) recording 23 births/christenings between 1673 and 1907, and families emerged also at Canterbury (15 km ESE of Faversham) recording 78 births/christenings between 1679 and 1911. A substantial family emerged also at the village of Chilham (9 km SE of Faversham), recording 55 births/christenings between 1670 and 1908, which expanded further to the neighbouring village of Godmersham (5 km WSW of Chilham) recording 106 births/christenings between 1697 and 1906.

During the 1700s, the Hore of Biddenden family continued to grow substantially to record births/christenings in a further 18 parishes within an area which expanded in the NW to Wilmington (3 km S of Dartford) and in the E to Deal (cf ‘Map family Biddenden’).

Hore/Hoar/Hoare families emerged at Leigh (5 km W of Tonbridge), probably migrating from Tonbridge, recording 27 births/christenings between 1719 and 1774 and migrating further to Chiddingstone (9 km W of Tonbridge) where 18 births/christenings were recorded between 1754 and 1828 and on to Sevenoaks (11 km NW of Tonbridge) where 37 births/christenings were recorded between 1781 and 1875.

The Hore/Hoar/Hoare family at Chatham migrated across the River Medway to Rochester (4 km NW of Chatham) recording 25 births/christenings between 1727 and 1908, and further to Strood (4 km NW of Chatham) recording 14 births/christenings between 1755 and 1895.

The Hore/Hoar/Hoare family of Brookland migrated to Ivychurch on Romney Marsh (4 km NE of Brookland) recording 13 births/christenings between 1731 and 1799 and on to Newchurch (8 km NE of Brookland) recording 11 births/christenings between 1781 and 1798.

The substantial Hore/Hoar/Hoare family at Chilham expanded by further migration to Chartham (3 km ENE of Chilham) recording 91 births/christenings between 1782 and 1908. It appears that the B03 family branch of the H600 Project is rooted in this family. The defining ancestor of the B03 family branch is Thomas Hoare (b.1649 at Chilham in Kent) and his descendant James Mitchell Hoare (bp.5 Oct 1808 at Chartham, Kent) emigrated to America and died 11 Feb 1900 at Watkins, Schuyler County, New York. This seems to match reasonably well with Thomas Hoare (b.c. 1644 of Chilham, Kent) and his g⁵-grandson James Hoare (bp. 5 Aug 1810 at Chartham, Kent) in the Biddenden family.

During the 1800s, the Hore of Biddenden family continued to spread to record births/christenings in a further 83 parishes.

The Hore/Hoar/Hoare family of Chilham continued to expand to Crundale (4 km S of Chilham) recording 23 births/christenings between 1801 and 1865 and to Waltham (5 km SSE of Chilham) recording 28 births/christenings between 1802 and 1909. The Hore/Hoar/Hore families which emerged at Maidstone, recording 49 births/christenings between 1812 and 1911, were probably principally descended from the Chilham family.

2.2. The Hore family of Dorking in Surrey.

Dorking was a small country town in Surrey (pop.7000; 35 km SW of the City of London). The parish records (from 1538) record the birth of members of the family of John Hore (b.c.1514) from 1539 (cf ‘Genealogy Dorking’).

The John Hore’s descendants radiated outwards in the late 1500s (cf ‘Map family Dorking’) to Ockham (12 km NW of Dorking) in 1570 and to Merstham (12 km E of Dorking) where 32 births/christenings were recorded between 1579 and 1830. Several Hore/Hoar/Hoare families probably migrated from Dorking to Guildford (17 km W of Dorking) where records (from 1540) recorded 64 births/christenings between 1582 and 1906, and to Croydon (35 km NE of Dorking) where records (from 1538) recorded 78 births/christenings between 1582 and 1905.

During the 1600s the Hore of Dorking family grew to record births/christenings in a further 11 parishes, bounded roughly in the NE by Croydon, in the N by Mitcham, in the NW by Kingston upon Thames, in the SW by Farnham, in the S by Godalming and in the SE by Caterham (cf ‘Map family Dorking’).

A substantial Hore/Hoar/Hoare family emerged at Godalming (6 km SSW of Guildford), probably migrating from Guildford, which recorded 50 births/christenings between 1641 and 1863. Later, the Guildford family spread further to Epsom (22 km NE of Guildford) recording 56 births/christenings between 1699 and 1911.

During the 1700s the Hore of Dorking family expanded further to record births/christenings in a further 21 parishes, bounded roughly in the NE by Dartford, in the NW by Egham and in the SW by Farnham (cf ‘Map family Dorking’).

A Hore/Hoar/Hoare family migrated from Croydon to Kingston-upon-Thames where 37 births/christenings were recorded between 1706 and 1911.

A Hore/Hoar/Hoare family emerged also at Walton on the Hill (6 km NW of Merstham), probably migrating from Merstham, recorded 22 births/christenings between 1718 and 1789 and migrated further to Mitcham (15 km N of Walton on the Hill) recording 18 births/christenings between 1770 and 1825.

During the 1800s the Hore of Dorking family spread to record births/christenings in a further 36 parishes.

3. Conclusions.

These results suggest two points of interest and priority.

(1) The origins of the Hore of Biddenden family. The Hore of Biddenden family appears to be satisfactory associated with the H600 Project family branch B03, but the DNA haplogroup for this branch appears to be only provisional. Biddenden lies 20 km north of the port of Rye so communications by coastal shipping might make a common ancestor with other Hore/Hoar/Hoare families in Hampshire or Devon a possibility. DNA evidence is required and there are probably living descendants who may be willing to provide it (cf table 1 above).

(2) The origins of the Hore of Dorking family. The Hore of Dorking family originated relatively far from coastal shipping, 35 km SW of the City of London and its sea port, and 44 km N of the sea at Brighton on the south coast, and the nearest overland link to another Hore/Hoar/Hoare family is to the Hore of Catherington family about 45 km WSW. DNA evidence is required to establish any recent common ancestor with other Hore/Hoar/Hoare families, and there are probably living descendants who may be willing to provide it (cf table 1 above).

4. References.

Hoare (1999) “Hoare Genealogy 01: Origins of the Hore and Hoare Families: A Progress Report.” D G Hoare, in this website.

Hoare (2012) “Hoare Genealogy 02: The Family of Hore of Chagford, A Review.” D G Hoare, in this website.

Hoare (2014a) “Hoare Genealogy 03: The location and early radiation of Hore/Hoare/Hoar families.” D G Hoare, in this website.

Hoare (2014b) “Hoare Genealogy 04: The Hore/Hoare/Hoar families of the Plymouth-Exeter Axis.” D G Hoare, in this website.

Hoare (2014c) “Hoare Genealogy 05: The Hore/Hoare/Hoar families of Cornwall and North Devon.” D G Hoare, in this website.

Hoare (2014d) “Hoare Genealogy 06: The Hore/Hoare/Hoar families of East Devon and Dorset.” D G Hoare, in this website.

Hoare (2015) “Hoare Genealogy 07: The Hore/Hoare/Hoar families of Hampshire, Sussex and Wiltshire.” D G Hoare, in this website.

Hoare (2016) “Hoare Genealogy 08: The Hore/Hoar/Hoare families of the Buckinghamshire Cluster.” D G Hoare, in this website.

White (1850) White's Devonshire Directory (1850).