Brief Life History of Samuel
When Samuel Hoar was born about 1704, in Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Capt. Leonard Hoar, was 21 and his mother, Esther Hubbard, was 20. He died on 2 April 1742, in his hometown, at the age of 39.
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- Samuel Hoar, "Massachusetts, Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910"
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Name Meaning
English (Hampshire):
nickname from Middle English hor(e) ‘gray- or white-haired’ (Old English hār). This name has been established in Ireland since the late 13th century and was Gaelicized as de Hóir and de Hóra.
habitational name from Ore (Sussex), or else a topographic name for someone who lived ‘(by the) bank’, from Middle English or(e) ‘brink, edge’ (Old English ōra).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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