Father: Richard HOEY***
b: 15 SEP 1791 in Brannockstown Cross, Trim, Co.Meath, Ireland
Mother: Ann KEEGAN***
b: 1799 in Slane, Co.Meath, Ireland

Occupation: Shoemaker
Naturalization: 25 MAR 1876 in Bridgeport, CT
Civil War Service: 1st Regiment, Connecticut Cavalry
(with brother John F.HOEY)

William HOEY was 16 when the Hoeys sailed for Boston.
Arrived in Boston 4 SEP 1846 on the ship 'Albania'
In September 1854 he married Rose SMITH in the town of Dudley, MA just west of Webster, MA. In 1855 they relocated to Wilsonville and then to Thompson, CT, where brother John F.HOEY, Sr. lived. They raised six children; one son, the Rev James HOEY, officiated at many Hoey weddings and funerals. Another son, Hugh HOEY, worked for the Missouri prison system at the turn of the century, teaching the prisoners how to make shoes.

Marriage: Rose SMITH
b: AUG 1832 in County Cavan, Ireland
(Emigration: 1847, dau.of Hugh SMITH)
d: 10 DEC 1913 in Sprague, New London, Connecticut
Married: 23 SEP 1854 in Dudley, Worcester, MA

Children:
Richard HOEY
b: SEP 1855 in Dudley, Worcester, MA
d: 5 MAR 1910 in Sprague, New London, Connecticut

William HOEY
b: 1857 in Wilsonville, Windham, CT
d: before 1870 in Thompson, Windham, Connecticut

Hugh Richard HOEY
b: 29 JUN 1859 in Wilsonville, Windham, CT
d: 18 SEP 1916 in Framingham, Middlesex, MA
Marriage: Adelia A. McGUINNESS
b: May 1865 in Worcester, Worcester, MA
(dau. of Michael and Bridget McGUINNESS)
d: aft 1942 in Worcester, Worcester, MA
Married: 09 AUG 1886 in Worcester, Worcester, MA

Rosell (Rose) HOEY
b: AUG 1861 in Thompson, Windham, CT
d: 12 JUN 1939 in Preston, New London, Connecticut
Marriage: Charles A. ROHR
b: Sep 1861 in Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine
d: aft 1930 in Sprague, New London, Connecticut
(son of August and Ellen ROHR)
Married: 1 MAY 1900 in Fitchburg, Worcester, MA

Martha HOEY
b: 1863 in Thompson, Windam, CT

Rev.James W. HOEY
b: MAR 1867 in Thompson, Windham, CT
d: 25 JAN 1910 in Sprague, New London, Connecticut, United States

Mary Theresa HOEY
b: 12 May 1871 in Webster, Worcester, MA
d: 01 MAY 1963 in Putnam, Windham, CT
Marriage: John E. McCAULEY
(son of John and Sarah J. McCAULEY)
b: 1872 in Wilsonville, Windham, CT
d: 04 MAR 1954 in East Hartford, Hartford, CT
Married: 1 MAY 1893 in Putnam, Windham, CT

Elizabeth (Liza) F. HOEY
b: 1 JUN 1873 in Thompson, Windam, CT
d: 23 JAN 1938 in Putnam, Windam, CT
(in 1930 US Census with Silk Family)