When Andrew Phillips Hoey was born on 29 January 1824, in Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland, his father, Andrew Philp, was 33 and his mother, Isabel Hoy, was 31. He married Ann Low about 1844. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1824. He died on 25 April 1878, in San José, San José, San José, Costa Rica, at the age of 54, and was buried in San José, San José, San José, Costa Rica.