Rhys Hooe | |
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Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses representing Shirley Hundred Island | |
In office 1633–1633 | |
Preceded by | Cheney Boys |
Succeeded by | n/a |
Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses representing Charles City County | |
In office 1645–1646 | |
Preceded by | John Bishop |
Succeeded by | Francis Poythers |
Personal details | |
Born | circa 1599 Wales |
Died | after 1655 Charles City County |
Occupation | planter, soldier, legislator, justice of the peace |
Rice Hooe was the name of three Virginia colonists, two of whom served in the colonial House of Burgesses, and became ancestors of a family of planters important in northern Virginia and southern Maryland. Their descendants Alexander Hooe, Bernard Hooe Jr., James Hooe, two named John Hooe as well as John Hooe Jr., and William Hooe would all serve in the Virginia General Assembly before the American Civil War.