Rice Hooe

Rhys Hooe
Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses representing Shirley Hundred Island
In office
1633–1633
Preceded byCheney Boys
Succeeded byn/a
Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses representing Charles City County
In office
1645–1646
Preceded byJohn Bishop
Succeeded byFrancis Poythers
Personal details
Borncirca 1599
Wales
Diedafter 1655
Charles City County
Occupationplanter, 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.