When Hezekiah Lore was born in 1697, in Holbrook, Islip, Suffolk, New York, United States, his father, Richard Lore, was 23 and his mother, Hannah Sheppard, was 22. He married Elizabeth Holmes about 1718, in Cumberland, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 19 June 1770, in Port Elizabeth, Maurice River Township, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Port Elizabeth UME Churchyard, Port Elizabeth, Maurice River Township, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States.