Rice Hooe

Rice Hooe (b. c1599) was a Virginia colonist and member of the colonial House of Burgesses in the 1640s. He was born in about 1599.[1][2] He first came to Virginia as early as 1624.[3] He was a Burgess from Shirley Hundred Island in 1632-1633, and emigrated to Virginia in 1635.[1][2] In 1639 he served as county commissioner.[3] He received a grant of 700 acres in James City County along the James River. In 1643, he was granted additional land, increasing his total to 1,969 acres. He was a Burgess for Shirley Hundred Island in 1642 and for Charles City County in 1644, 1645, and 1646. In 1639, he expanded his grant with an adjacent patent of 300 acres.[1][2] In June 1641, together with Walter Austin, Joseph Johnson, and Walter Chiles petitioned to explore land to the south-west of the Appomattake (present-day Appomattox) River. He had a son, also named Rice.[1] Either he or his son later moved to Northern Neck.[2]