Descendants of Hoyt

Generation No. 1

1.  THOMAS¹ HOYTE¹ was born Abt. 1520 in Seavington St. Mary, Somersetshire, England¹, and died Aft. 10 Nov 1576².  He married ISABEL².  She died Aft. 1587².

Notes for THOMAS HOYTE:

[Jared L. Olar, The Hoyt-Haight Genealogy, January 2008 as of 10 May 2008 located at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fesschequy/Hoyt.html, Entered on 11 May 2008.]

1. THOMAS HOYTE of Seavington St. Mary, Somersetshire, England, born circa 1520, has been identified by English researcher Robin Bush and others as possible ancestor of the Simon Hoyt family. Simon Hoyt was the son of Michael Hoyte of South Petherton and West Hatch, Somersetshire. Seavington St. Mary is about nine miles from West Hatch and about two and a half miles from South Petherton, where Michael's daughter Thomasine was baptized. The name Michael is found among the children named in the 10 Nov. 1576 will of Thomas Hoyte and in the 1587 will of Thomas' wife ISABEL. Thomas' will mentions several of his grandchildren, but none by Michael, whereas Isabel's will does mention that Michael had children. That suggests that Michael began to have children in or about 1580. Hopefully further records pertaining to Thomas and Isabel, and to Michael and his children, will be located so this identification of Simon Hoyt's grandparents might be confirmed. The 1871 Hoyt Genealogy, p.274, describes the will of Thomas in this way:

    "Two copies of the will of Thomas Hoyett, of 'Sevington Marye' (now Seavington St. Mary), county of Somerset, dated Nov. 10, 1576, are found at Wells. In it he mentions his wife Isabell; his sons, John, Roberte, Thomas the elder, Thomas the younger, Roger, and Michael; and his daughters, Mary and Christian, both of whom are unmarried. He also mentions his grandchildren, Joane or Johan, daughter of his son John; John, son of his son Thomas the elder; William, son of his son Thomas the younger; and Roger, son of his son Roger. He gives ground in [Kayles?] to his son Roger, and, besides disposing of sheep, cows, etc., gives silver spoons to most of the sons, and after their death to their children, as named above. He also makes a bequest to the poor and the church of that parish. Thomas Hoyett the elder was one of the two witnesses. In the probate record his name is spelled Hoite, and his relict, Isabelle Hoite, is appointed executrix."

This brief description of the 1587 will of Isabel Hoyte is found on p.275 of the 1871 Hoyt Genealogy:

    "The will of Isabell Hoyett, widow, of 'Sevington Mary,' dated April, 1587, is also found at Wells. In it she mentions nearly the same children as are given above, son John, children of Thomas Hoett the elder, children of Thomas Hoyett the younger, children of Roger Hoyett, children of Michael Hoett, etc."

The known children of Thomas and Isabel Hoyte of Seavington St. Mary are:

     --  JOHN HOYTE, born circa 1540.
     --  ROBERT HOYTE, born circa 1542, married Elizabeth (NN).
     --  THOMAS HOYTE the Elder, born circa 1552, md. Agnes King.
     --  THOMAS HOYTE the Younger, born circa 1554.
     --  ROGER HOYTE, born circa 1556, married Elizabeth (NN).
     2.  MICHAEL HOYTE, born perhaps about 1560 (?).
     --  MARY HOYTE, born circa 1558-1562.
     --  CHRISTIAN HOYTE, born circa 1560-1564.
     --  RICHARD HOYTE, born circa 1565.
     --  ANNE HOYTE, born circa 1570, married John Clark.

Children of THOMAS HOYTE and ISABEL are:

                   i.    JOHN² HOYTE², b. Abt. 1540, England²; d. Unknown.

                  ii.    ROBERT HOYTE², b. Abt. 1542, England²; d. Unknown; m. ELIZABETH²; d. Unknown.

                 iii.    THOMAS HOYTE, THE ELDER², b. Abt. 1552, England²; d. Unknown; m. AGNES KING²; d. Unknown.

                 iv.    THOMAS HOYTE, THE YOUNGER², b. Abt. 1554, England²; d. Unknown.

                  v.    ROGER HOYTE², b. Abt. 1556, England²; d. Unknown; m. ELIZABETH²; d. Unknown.

                 vi.    MARY HOYTE², b. Bet. 1558 - 1562, England²; d. Unknown.

2.             vii.    MICHAEL HOYTE, b. Abt. 1560, England; d. 29 Jan 1623/24, West Hatch, Somersetshire, England.

               viii.    CHRISTIAN HOYTE², b. Bet. 1560 - 1564, England²; d. Unknown.

                  ix.    RICHARD HOYTE², b. Abt. 1565, England²; d. Unknown.

                   x.    ANNE HOYTE², b. Abt. 1570, England²; d. Unknown; m. JOHN CLARK²; d. Unknown.

Generation No. 2

2.  MICHAEL² HOYTE (THOMAS¹)² was born Abt. 1560 in England², and died 29 Jan 1623/24 in West Hatch, Somersetshire, England².  He married AGNES².  She died Unknown.

Notes for MICHAEL HOYTE:

[Jared L. Olar, The Hoyt-Haight Genealogy, January 2008 as of 10 May 2008 located at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fesschequy/Hoyt.html, Entered on 11 May 2008.]

2. MICHAEL HOYTE, born perhaps about 1560 in England; died 29 Jan. 1623/24 in West Hatch, Somersetshire; is possibly the Michael Hoyte, son of Thomas and Isabel Hoyte of Seavington St. Mary, Somersetshire. Michael first appears in a Manor Court record dated 18 July 1599 that pertains to his occupation of rented land, apparently in West Hatch, Somersetshire. This document refers to "the customary rent and services and works of scouring and ditching the lords' rivers" connected with the tenancy of Michael Hoyte and his family. The record also names his children Richard, Simon, Anne, Thomasine ("Thamazine"), and Elizabeth. Another son, John, is mentioned in a Hundred Court record of 1620, which says the court ordered Richard Hoyt to bring his brother John to be sworn to the assize, something that was usually done when a boy reached the age of 12. Because the 1599 Manor Court record was the earliest appearance of this Hoyte family in this part of Somersethshire, English researcher Robin Bush believes they had only recently arrived in West Hatch, presumably from the area of Seavington St. Mary. Michael later occupied other properties and also served town offices. For example, from 1606 to 1620 he was a juryman and often foreman of the homage jury in the Hallimote Court and Manor Court. Hallimote Court records show that in 1612/13 Michael was a Reeve, or keeper of animals on behalf of the town. In 1613 he had five stray sheep in his custody. He was elected a "tythingman" or tax collector at West Hatch in 1614, but that year he also served as a Reeve, as records shown that he was holding a horse that was to be given to the lords as fee for someone's tenancy. In Hallimote Court records, Michael stated that in 1617 he surrended his 1599 rental lands to the use of his son Simon. Manor Court records say that Michael and Simon both served on the homage jury in 1619.

Michael's wife at the time of his death was probably AGNES, who was possibly the mother of most if not all of Michael's known children. The West Hatch Manor Court refers to Agnes as a widow who was holding a tenement of the same description as Michael's, and that she was to pay a fee to the lords in 1628 with Richard Hoyt, name of the oldest son of Michael, serving as one of her pledges. Daughters named Agnes were born to Simon and Richard Hoyt in West Hatch, perhaps named after Simon and Richard's probable mother. In any case, no marriage records have been found for Michael, and his wife is not named in the 1581/82 baptismal record of his daughter Thomasine. Robin Bush suggests that Michael's son John was born to a second wife about 1608, but it is also possible that John was born about 1603 or 1604 and that all of Michael's children were born of the same mother.

     --  ANNE HOYT, born perhaps about 1580 (?).
     --  THOMASINE HOYT, baptised 1581/82 in South Petherton, Somersetshire.
     --  ELIZABETH HOYT
     --  RICHARD HOYT
     3.  SIMON HOYT, born circa 1593.
     --  JOHN HOYT, born circa 1603/4 or 1608 (?).

Record Change: 08 Oct 2001³

Children of MICHAEL HOYTE and AGNES are:

                   i.    ANNE³ HOYT⁴, b. Abt. 1580, West Hatch, Somersetshire, England⁴; d. Unknown.

                  ii.    THOMAZINE HOYT⁴, b. Bet. 1580 - 1582, West Hatch, Somersetshire, England⁴; d. Unknown.

More About THOMAZINE HOYT:

Baptism: Bet. 1581 - 1582, South Petherton, Somersetshire, England⁴

                 iii.    ELIZABETH HOYT⁴, b. Bet. 1582 - 1592, West Hatch, Somersetshire, England⁴; d. Unknown.

                 iv.    RICHARD HOYT⁴, b. Bet. 1582 - 1592, West Hatch, Somersetshire, England⁴; d. Unknown.

3.               v.    SIMON HOYT, b. 20 Jan 1589/90, West Hatch, Somersetshire, England; d. 01 Sep 1657, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

                 vi.    JOHN HOYT⁴, b. Bet. 1603 - 1608, West Hatch, Somersetshire, England⁴; d. Unknown.

Generation No. 3

3.  SIMON³ HOYT (MICHAEL² HOYTE, THOMAS¹)^5,6 was born 20 Jan 1589/90 in West Hatch, Somersetshire, England^7,8, and died 01 Sep 1657 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA^9,10.  He married (1) JANE STOODLIE¹¹ 04 Nov 1617 in Marshwood, Dorsetshire, England¹¹.  She died Abt. 1627 in England¹¹.  He married (2) SUSANNAH¹¹ Abt. 1630¹¹.  She died Bef. 01 Feb 1673/74 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA¹¹.

Notes for SIMON HOYT:

[Jared L. Olar, The Hoyt-Haight Genealogy, January 2008 as of 10 May 2008 located at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fesschequy/Hoyt.html, Entered on 12 May 2008.]

3. SIMON HOYT ("Hoyte"), son of Michael Hoyte, born circa 1593, probably in West Hatch, Somersetshire, England; died 1 Sept. 1657, Stamford, Connecticut. Simon married on 4 Nov. 1617 in Marshwood, Dorsetshire, England, to JANE STOODLIE, with whom he had five sons and one daughter, all born in West Hatch. An illegitimate child named Christopher Hoyt, identified in the West Hatch parish records as a "supposed son of Simon Hoyte," died and was buried in West Hatch in Aug. 1618. English researcher Robin Bush identifies Christopher as a child of Simon and Jane born before they were married. Jane apparently died in England circa 1627, and a few years later Simon remarried, either in England or in Massachusetts, where he had seven or eight more children. (Records ascribed to Mr. Rowland give the death in 1647 of a child of "Hoyte," but it is uncertain who that child might have been -- the child may have belonged to Simon's son Walter.) As for the place where the marriage of Simon Hoyt and Jane Stoodlie took place, Marshwood is about 10 miles from West Hatch, which is where all other relevant English documents place Simon Hoyt. According to Hoyt researcher Doug Sinclair, "Marshwood records reveal only that there were Stoodley (variously spelled) baptisms in the early 17th century, indicating that Jane's family probably was established in the area when she was married. John Stoodley was among the free tenants of Marshwood manor in 1626-41 and Walter "Stoodleigh" was a member of the homage jury for Whitchurch Hundred, near Marshwood, in 1626. Given the appearance of (the name) Walter among Simon's children, perhaps Walter Stoodleigh was Jane's father or brother." There was also a Stoodley family at Hawkchurch, Dorsetshire (now in Devonshire), with living descendants in America. Marshwood is within walking distance of Hawkchurch, so it is likely that Jane Stoodlie was related to the Hawkchurch Stoodleys.

The research of Robin Bush determined that Simon Hoyt "made default of the suit of court" in 1616, 1618 and twice in 1620. Michael Hoyte surrendered his 1599 rental lands to the use of his son Simon in 1617, according to Hallimote Court records. Manor Court records show that Michael and Simon were both on the homage jury in 1619 and again in 1620. While an homage juryman in 1619, says Doug Sinclair, "Simon acknowledged to his fellow jurymen and the court that he cut down six oak trees on his land and sold them outside the manor, which was against custom. On his father's pledge Simon paid a 20 shilling fine at the next meeting of the court." In addition, Robin Bush quotes Hallimote Court records showing that, "A view was taken between the land of Alexander Hearne called Barleidge and the land of Simon Hoyte called 'Long Medow.' It was found that the boundary was 'an old ditch.' Simon Hoyte was ordered to make a sufficient fence between his meadow called 'Long Medow' and the land of Walter Curry before 28 Oct. on pain of 5 s."

Account rolls for the manor tything of West Hatch mention Simon Hoyt's payments to the manor for new grants of tenements through 1631, but by 1632/33 his name had been crossed out and replaced by someone else's name. Simon had acquired two tenements in 1627/28, which would have been not long before he probably left England. As Doug Sinclair writes, if the immigrant Simon Hoyt of Massachusetts "is the same as West Hatch Simon, he would have signed away the properties when he was in either Charlestown or Dorchester, MA. He had become a freeman in 1631, so he may have felt sufficiently established in the Massachusetts Colony to undo his real estate ties in England." There is little doubt that West Hatch Simon is the immigrant Simon. It has been commonly reported that the Simon Hoyt family came over to Massachusetts on the ship "Abigail" in 1628. However, no ship passenger list is extant for that sailing of the Abigail, nor is there any evidence that the Hoyts were passengers on the Abigail in 1628. Simon Hoyt appears on a list (along with Nicholas Stowers and the Sprague family) of those who were the first settlers in Charlestown, Suffolk County, in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The date given for the list, which appears in the town records, is 1628, but scholars are confident that the document was made somewhat later. Some if not most of the people on that list came over on the Higginson Fleet of ships, which sailed in the spring and summer of 1629, and it is likely that the Hoyt family, as well as the Spragues, arrived in that year on those ships. (One source says Simon Hoyt and his family arrived on 25 April 1629 aboard the Lyon's Whelp from Graveshead, England to Salem, Massachusetts.)

The Simon Hoyt family apparently did not remain long in Charlestown. Simon's name is on the first list of "Names of such as tooke the Oath of Freemen" of Massachusetts Bay Colony, dated 18 May 1631. At that time he is presumed to have been in Dorchester, but the first record of Simon in that town does not appear for another two years. Doug Sinclair writes:

    "On 3 April 1633 Dorchester town records state that a double-rail fence with mortices in the posts was ordered to be put up by the cow-owners of the town, 20 feet of length per cow. Simon's fencing was to be 40 feet. On 8 October of the same year he was appointed a fenceviewer for the 'east field.' On 6 January of the following year he was included in a division of 'marsh and swamp.' He was elected a fenceviewer for the 'north field' on 24 May 1634. On 2 June he was in another division of marsh and swamp, a parcel of about 8 acres on the north side of the 'neck.' On 10 February 1634/35 he was ordered to keep one bull with the heifers on the "neck of land," for which he was to be paid. This action surely was taken to make calves and that Simon was to oversee the process. The last mention of Simon as a Dorchester resident was on 17 February 1634 (or 1635?), when it was ordered that 'the lott of medow that was Symon Hoytes next to boston side Joyning to John Witchfield shall be devided betwixt Mr. Rodger Williams and Gyles Gibbes.'"

It was probably around March 1635 that Simon and his family moved to Scituate, Massachusetts. Simon and his second wife SUSANNAH joined the church there on 19 April 1635. He and Susannah probably married circa 1630, perhaps in England or perhaps in Charlestown, Massachusetts. Susannah's maiden name is unknown, and there is no evidence that her maiden name was Smith, as has previously been claimed. Dean's history of Scituate indicates that "Goodman Hoyt" was granted land in the "Greenfield" section of Scituate during the spring or early summer of 1635. A few years later, probably in 1639, Simon and his family left Massachusetts and settled in Windsor, Connecticut. In 1677 Matthew Grant recorded that there were two children born to Simon in Windsor. Groups of settlers from Massachusetts Bay, including a party headed by Rev. Huit, are known to have gone to Windsor in 1639, and the Hoyts may have been in Rev. Huit's party. In any case, Simon was certainly in Windsor by 7 May 1640, when the Particular Court of Connecticut ordered that "Simon Hoyette and his family are to be freed fro watch & ward until there be further Order taken by the Courte." In Windsor, Simon was granted 80 acres of upland and meadow and the same amount on the north side of the "rivulet" (probably the Farmington River), with 30 of those acres on the north side designated for his son Walter. Simon's land became known as Hoyt's Meadow, and it was far enough away from the main settlement -- called "the Palisado" -- that Simon and Walter were excused from guard duty ("watch and ward"). A record of Jan. 1659/60 says Simon, by then deceased, had a "long seat" in the Windsor Church for which he had paid a pew rental of 6 shillings.

After living at Windsor for a few years, Simon and his family moved to Fairfield, Connecticut. It is supposed that Simon sold his homestead lot in Hoyt's Meadow in 1646. An inventory for the town of Fairfield dated 6 March 1648 (or 1649?) says that Simon owned a house lot and two and half acres bordering the common in Fairfield; 5 acres at "Sascoe Neck" on "Hoit's Island," and land purchased from John Green. Simon may have bought some of his Fairfield land around the time that he sold his Windsor land, and therefore probably moved in 1646. His final move was to Stamford, Connecticut, where his death is recorded as having occurred on the first day of the seventh month in 1657, which translates to 1 Sept. 1657. An inventory of his estate was taken on 9 Oct. 1657. His widow Susannah later remarried, probably to ROBERT BATES of Stamford, Connecticut. She died sometime before 1 Feb. 1674, on which date her children came to an agreement regarding the distribution of her estate -- in that agreement she is referred to as "our deceased mother Susanna Bates."

The known and putative children of Simon Hoyt and his two wives are:

     --  CHRISTOPHER HOYT, buried 22 Aug. 1618 in West Hatch.
     4A. WALTER HOYT, baptised 29 or 30 Nov. 1618.
     --  NICHOLAS HOYT, baptised 7 May 1620.
     --  ALEXANDER HOYT, baptised 28 Dec. 1623.
     4B. JOHN HOYT, born perhaps circa 1625 in West Hatch.
     --  AGNES HOYT, baptised 18 Oct. 1626 in West Hatch.
     --  MARY HOYT, born circa 1630 in Charlestown, Mass., md. Thomas Lyon.
     --  MOSES HOYT, born circa 1634, married Elizabeth (NN).
     --  JOSHUA HOYT, born circa 1639, married Mary (Bell?).
     --  MIRIAM HOYT, born circa 1641, married Samuel Firman (Forman?).
     --  SAMUEL HOYT, born circa 1643, married twice.
     --  BENJAMIN HOYT, born 2 Feb. 1643/44, married Hannah Weed.
     --  SARAH HOYT, born circa 1646, married Samuel Finch.
     ??  (NN) HOYT, a stillborn child, born circa 1647.

Record Change: 16 Nov 2001¹²

More About SIMON HOYT and JANE STOODLIE:

Marriage: 04 Nov 1617, Marshwood, Dorsetshire, England¹³

More About SIMON HOYT and SUSANNAH:

Marriage: Abt. 1630¹³

Children of SIMON HOYT and JANE STOODLIE are:

                   i.    CHRISTOPHER⁴ HOYT¹³, b. Bef. 04 Nov 1617, West Hatch, Somersetshire, England¹³; d. Bef. 22 Aug 1618, West Hatch, Somersetshire, England¹³.

More About CHRISTOPHER HOYT:

Baptism: 04 Nov 1617, West Hatch, Somersetshire, England¹³

Burial: 22 Aug 1618, West Hatch, Somersetshire, England¹³

4.               ii.    WALTER HOYT, b. Bef. 29 Nov 1618, West Hatch, Somersetshire, England; d. Bet. Feb - Mar 1698/99, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

                 iii.    NICHOLAS HOYT^14,15, b. Bef. 07 May 1620, West Hatch, Somersetshire, England¹⁵; d. Unknown.

More About NICHOLAS HOYT:

Baptism: 07 May 1620, West Hatch, Somersetshire, England¹⁵

                 iv.    ALEXANDER HOYT¹⁵, b. Bef. 28 Dec 1623, West Hatch, Somersetshire, England¹⁵; d. Unknown.

More About ALEXANDER HOYT:

Baptism: 28 Dec 1623, West Hatch, Somersetshire, England¹⁵

                  v.    JOHN HOYT¹⁵, b. Abt. 1625, West Hatch, Somersetshire, England¹⁵; d. 09 Sep 1656¹⁶.

More About JOHN HOYT:

Record Change: 07 Nov 2001¹⁶

                 vi.    AGNES HOYT¹⁷, b. Bef. 18 Oct 1626, West Hatch, Somersetshire, England¹⁷; d. Unknown.

More About AGNES HOYT:

Baptism: 18 Oct 1626, West Hatch, Somersetshire, England¹⁷

Children of SIMON HOYT and SUSANNAH are:

                vii.    MARY⁴ HOYT¹⁷, b. Abt. 1630, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA¹⁷; d. Unknown; m. THOMAS LYON¹⁷; d. Unknown.

               viii.    MOSES HOYT¹⁷, b. Abt. 1634¹⁷; d. Unknown; m. ELIZABETH¹⁷; d. Unknown.

                  ix.    JOSHUA HOYT¹⁷, b. Abt. 1639¹⁷; d. Unknown; m. MARY BELL¹⁷; d. Unknown.

                   x.    MIRIAM HOYT¹⁷, b. Abt. 1641¹⁷; d. Unknown; m. SAMUEL FIRMAN¹⁷; d. Unknown.

                  xi.    SAMUEL HOYT¹⁷, b. Abt. 1643¹⁷; d. Unknown; m. (1) <UNNAMED>¹⁷; d. Unknown; m. (2) <UNNAMED>¹⁷; d. Unknown.

                 xii.    BENJAMIN HOYT¹⁷, b. 02 Feb 1643/44¹⁷; d. Unknown; m. HANNAH WEED¹⁷; d. Unknown.

                xiii.    SARAH HOYT¹⁷, b. Abt. 1646¹⁷; d. Unknown; m. SAMUEL FINCH¹⁷; d. Unknown.

                xiv.    HOYT¹⁷, b. Abt. 1647¹⁷; d. Abt. 1647¹⁷.

More About HOYT:

Cause of Death: Stillborn¹⁷

Generation No. 4

4.  WALTER⁴ HOYT (SIMON³, MICHAEL² HOYTE, THOMAS¹)¹⁸ was born Bef. 29 Nov 1618 in West Hatch, Somersetshire, England^18,19, and died Bet. Feb - Mar 1698/99 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA²⁰.  He married (1) <UNNAMED>²⁰ 1638 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA^21,22.  She died Abt. 1647²².  He married (2) RHODA TINKER^{23,24,25,26,27,28} Abt. 1649 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA²⁸, daughter of ROBERT TINKER and MARY MERWIN.  She was born Bef. 16 Jun 1611 in New Windsor, Berkshire, England^29,30,31, and died Nov 1694 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA^32,33,34.

Notes for WALTER HOYT:

[Jared L. Olar, The Hoyt-Haight Genealogy, January 2008 as of 10 May 2008 located at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fesschequy/Hoyt.html, Entered on 13 May 2008.]

4A. WALTER HOYT, son of Simon and Jane Hoyt, baptised 29 or 30 Nov. 1618 in West Hatch, Somersetshire, England; died in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, probably in the late February or early March 1699. Three signatures of Walter are extant, showing that he spelled his name "Waltar Hoyte." Walter came to Massachusetts with his father and siblings probably in 1629. His mother Jane most likely had died by this time, and the family may also have sailed with his stepmother Susannah, unless Simon and Susannah married within a year of the Hoyt family's arrival in Charlestown. Walter probably came of age in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, and it was probably there, circa 1641, that he married his first wife, (NN). (She was not Elizabeth St. John as claimed in earlier writings on this family.) Walter had two daughters and one son from his first marriage. He married secondly circa 1651 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, to RHODA, widow of John Taylor, most likely the Rhoda Tinker who was baptised 16 June 1611 in New Windsor, Berkshire, England, daughter of Robert Tinker and Mary Merwin. In the will of Mathias St. John ("Sention") of Norwalk, who was the same generation as Walter, there is a reference to his "brother and sister Hoyt," and the most probable interpretation of that reference is that Mathias' wife Mary Tinker was the sister of Rhoda, wife of Walter Hoyt. Walter's wife Rhoda died Nov. 1694 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut. She and Walter had a son and, some say, a daughter.

Hoyt researcher Doug Sinclair is very skeptical about the marriage of Walter and Rhoda, but gives the mistaken impression that published genealogies had claimed that Rhoda was Walter's first or only wife and mother of all of his children. Sinclair is correct that it would be extremely unlikely that the widow Rhoda would be Walter's first or only wife. But The Great Migration Begins (1995) and Descendants of Simon Hoyt show Walter with two wives, the first being of unknown name, and the second being Rhoda Tinker Hobbs Taylor. The sources cited in support of the marriage of Walter and Rhoda are The American Genealogist (1991) 66:217-18; New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1995) 149:412-13; and Donald Lines Jacobus' old 1930 History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield 1:295. Jacobus' work is not current, but the TAG and NEHGR articles are recent, and both of those journals have very high standards of scholarship. Sinclair's arguments do not address the article in The American Genealogist, and in any case they are not pertinent to the way Walter's marriages have been presented in The Great Migration Begins and other published sources, but only address an unlikely scenario in which Rhoda was Walter's first or only wife. Responding to Sinclair's skepticism, Mary Stewart Kyritsis opined on 6 Oct. 2002, "I think it's clear enough that Rhoda (--) Taylor married Walter, it's the Tinker bit that's speculation at its best." Speaking of Douglas Richardson's article in NEHGR 149, Kyritsis comments, "Henry Hoff, at that time still with [The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society], but who is now the Editor of the Register, is a demon when it comes to sources and he is given special thanks by the author of this piece (note on p. 401). . . (but) I wonder how much of that Henry Hoff actually vetted." In light of these considerations, unless better arguments to the contrary are advanced, the marriage of Walter and Rhoda should be accepted.

Thirty acres in Windsor, Connecticut, were set aside for Walter from his father's grant on 28 Feb. 1640/41. Early Windsor land records describe Walter's grant as, "yt lyes neere the falls in the rivulett [probably the Farmington River]; it is in length from the river back a hundred and twenty rodd, in breadth a hundred twenty six rodd, bounded every way by the Common." Walter is also supposed to have purchased a house lot in Backer Row in "the Palisado," the fortified heart of the settlement of Windsor. His brother Nicholas also lived there. Other early records describe other Windsor land transactions involving Walter Hoyt, such as:

    "Walter Hoyt hath Granted from the Plantation of Land, threescore and four acres more or Less, in bredth seventy-three, in Length a Hundred and forty, Bounded East by Nicholas Hoyt, West and North by the Commons, and South by the Rivulett; Also fifty acres more or Less, opposite John Tinkers farm, Bounded North and East by the Land of Nicholas Hoyt, Southeast by the Land of William Thrall, and South by the Rivulett; also Ten acres of Land, in bredth Twenty Rod, in Length four score, Bounded west by Nicolas Hoyt, North by Richard Willer, & South by William Thrall."

and:

    "John Denslow hath by Purchas of Walter Hoyt, a homelott and house with all the appurtenances and Common Priviledges pertaining thereto, Twelve acres more or Less, which formerly was Elias Parkmans, the bredth is fourteen rod and half, Bound North by Nicholas Hoyt, South by a way in part, and William Hofford the other part, West by the wood Lott of John Mason, East by the Sreet."

Walter moved to Norwalk, Connecticut, by 18 Dec. 1653, at which time he and Ralph Keeler entered into an agreement with the town to build or oversee the construction of a house for Rev. Hanford. On 29 March 1655, he and Ralph Keeler were chosen fenceviewers "to worke the fence." On 22 May 1655 Walter, Matthias St. John ("Sention") and Matthias' brother Mark were reported to have driven the "dry" herd of cows to "Rooton" and were to receive 6 pence "a turne." In the same year he is listed among the landowners of Norwalk, with a property value probably around 100 to 110 pounds. He was chosen a deputy to the General Court of Connecticut in 1658/59, 1661, and 1667, and he is also reported to have served as a selectman. At the General Court of Election at Hartford confirmed Walter as a sergeant in Norwalk's local militia on 19 May 1659. Norwalk town records show that on 24 July 1665 "Walter Haite" agreed to "beate the drumm for meetings when all occasions required," for which service he was paid 10 shillings. He performed that duty again on 21 Feb. 1670. Walter's estate continued to grow in size and value during his years at Norwalk, being valued at 192 pouds in 1670. He made out a written will on 11 Feb. 1675/76, when he was about 78 years old, about 20 years before his death. Walter was one of the signatories of the Norwalk charter of 8 July 1686. The following year, he is listed among the men having "estates of commonage," with an estated valued at 242 pounds. The exact location of his residence is not known, but it is said to have been in the old village of Norwalk, in the area that is now East Norwalk, on land east of the cemetery and bordering in part on the harbor.

The date of Walter's death is unknown, but on 13 Aug. 1695 he was involved in a confirmation of property ownership with Samuel Camfield. An inventory of his estate was taken after his death, and the date on the inventory is given as "Jenewairy the 10: 1698," which probably translates to 10 March 1699. That would indicate that Walter died in late February or early March 1699. Doug Sinclair writes, "Walter's will bequeaths his land to John and Zerubbabel, and his inventory indicates that he had no other assets to speak of, material or financial, to give to daughters or their children." In Matthew Grant's 1677 list of heads of households in Windsor in this early period, Walter is said to have had three born in Windsor. Records ascribed to Mr. Rowland give the death in 1647 of a child of "Hoyte," but it is uncertain who that child might have been (see possible stillborn child of Simon Hoyt above). Walter certainly had four, and perhaps five, children:

     --  ELIZABETH HOYT, born circa 1643, md. Samuel St. John ("Sention").
     --  JOHN HOYT, born 13 July 1644 in Windsor, Connecticut.
     --  HANNAH HOYT, born circa 1645, married Judah Gregory.
     ??  RHODA HOYT, born and died young in Windsor, Connecticut.
     5A. ZERUBBABEL HOYT, born circa 1649 or 1652 in Windsor or Norwalk.

Baptism: Bet. 29 - 30 Nov 1618, West Hatch, Somersetshire, England³⁵

More About WALTER HOYT and <UNNAMED>:

Marriage: 1638, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA^36,37

Notes for RHODA TINKER:

[Lucille Chestnut, Betts Genealogy, Homepage "Lucy's Root Cellar" at http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/jericho/331/genpg.html.  A Worldconnect  database., Date of Import: 29 Aug 2005.]

Widow of Holt and John Taylor.  May have been a sister of Mary Tinker Sention. Will of Mathia s Sention, 19 Oct 1669, mentions "my dearly beloved brother and sister Hoit".  Also listed as Rhoda Wilson, perhaps a widow of Wilson, before marriage to Walter Hoyt. Source: NEHGR Oct 1995, pp. 412-3. Widow of John Taylor.

DEATH: Dan Stephenson writes, She died about 1694 in Deerfield, Franklin Co., MA or possibly in Norwalk, Fairfield Co., CT.

Christening: 16 Jun 1611, New Windsor, County Berkshire, England³⁸

Record Change 1: 16 Nov 2001³⁹

Record Change 2: 06 Oct 2001⁴⁰

More About WALTER HOYT and RHODA TINKER:

Marriage: Abt. 1649, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA⁴¹

Children of WALTER HOYT and <UNNAMED> are:

                   i.    ELIZABETH⁵ HOYT^42,43, b. Abt. 1643, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA⁴³; d. Unknown; m. SAMUEL ST. JOHN^43,44,45,46; b. 1639, Dorchester, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA⁴⁶; d. 14 Jan 1685/86, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA⁴⁶.

More About ELIZABETH HOYT:

Record Change: 08 Oct 2001⁴⁷

Notes for SAMUEL ST. JOHN:

[Lucille Chestnut, Betts Genealogy, Homepage "Lucy's Root Cellar" at http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/jericho/331/genpg.html.  A Worldconnect  database., Date of Import: 29 Aug 2005.]

Source: Gordon Hamilton.

BIRTH: Selleck, 1928, has 1637/1640.  Also given as Norwalk, CT.

Alternate Last Name(s): Sension or Sention⁴⁸

Record Change: 06 Oct 2001⁴⁹

5.               ii.    JOHN HOYT, b. 13 Jul 1644, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; d. Abt. 1722.

                 iii.    HANNAH HOYT^50,51, b. Abt. 1645, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA⁵¹; d. Unknown.

More About HANNAH HOYT:

Record Change: 16 Nov 2001⁵²

Children of WALTER HOYT and RHODA TINKER are:

                 iv.    RHODA⁵ HOYT⁵³, b. Abt. 1649, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA⁵³; d. Abt. 1651⁵³.

6.               v.    DEACON ZERUBBABEL HOYT, b. Bet. 1649 - 1651, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; d. Abt. 1730, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

Generation No. 5

5.  JOHN⁵ HOYT (WALTER⁴, SIMON³, MICHAEL² HOYTE, THOMAS¹)^54,55,56 was born 13 Jul 1644 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA^57,58, and died Abt. 1722⁵⁹.  He married (1) MARY LINDALL⁵⁹ 14 Sep 1666 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA⁵⁹, daughter of HENRY LINDALL and ROSAMUND STREET.  She was born 19 Jul 1646 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA⁵⁹, and died Aft. 1679⁵⁹.  He married (2) HANNAH⁵⁹ Abt. 1693⁶⁰.  She died Unknown.

More About JOHN HOYT:

Individual Note: one of the original settlers of Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA⁶¹

Record Change: 18 Nov 2001⁶²

More About MARY LINDALL:

Record Change: 10 Oct 2001⁶²

More About JOHN HOYT and MARY LINDALL:

Marriage: 14 Sep 1666, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA⁶²

More About HANNAH:

Record Change: 18 Nov 2001⁶²

More About JOHN HOYT and HANNAH:

Marriage: Abt. 1693⁶³

Child of JOHN HOYT and MARY LINDALL is:

7.                i.    MARY⁶ HOYT, b. 01 Sep 1677, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; d. 05 Jun 1749, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

Child of JOHN HOYT and HANNAH is:

8.               ii.    ABIGAIL⁶ HOYT, b. Abt. 1694; d. Unknown.

6.  DEACON ZERUBBABEL⁵ HOYT (WALTER⁴, SIMON³, MICHAEL² HOYTE, THOMAS¹)^64,65 was born Bet. 1649 - 1651 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA^66,67, and died Abt. 1730 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA⁶⁸.  He married (1) <UNNAMED>⁶⁹ Abt. 1670⁶⁹.  She was born Abt. 1650⁶⁹, and died Unknown.  He married (2) MEHITABEL ROCKWELL⁶⁹ Abt. May 1720 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA⁶⁹, daughter of JOHN ROCKWELL and ELIZABETH.  She died Unknown.

Notes for DEACON ZERUBBABEL HOYT:

[Jared L. Olar, The Hoyt-Haight Genealogy, January 2008 as of 10 May 2008 located at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fesschequy/Hoyt.html, Entered on 13 May 2008.]

5A. Deacon ZERUBBABEL HOYT, son of Walter Hoyt; born circa 1649 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, or circa 1652 in Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Connecticut; died before 25 Jan. 1738/39 at Clapboard Hill, Norwalk, Connecticut. It is uncertain which of Walter Hoyt's wives was the mother of Zerubbabel. He may have been the son of Walter's first wife whose name is unknown, in which case he would have been born circa 1649 in Windsor; but he could likely have been the son of Walter's second wife Rhoda (which would account for Zerubbabel naming a daughter Rhoda), in which case he would have been born circa 1652 in Norwalk. Zerubbabel married at least twice and possibly three times. The name of his first wife (or first two wives?) is unknown, but it could have been Hannah, as Zerubbabel named one of his daughters Hannah (our ancestress). An early history of Norwalk is apparently the source of the widespread belief that Zerubbabel's first wife was Hannah Knapp, but no source is cited for that claim and there is no actual evidence to support it. Hannah Knapp is last mentioned in her father's will on 15 April 1670, at which time she was still unmarried. Zerubbabel's first wife was probably born in the early 1650's, and they probably married in the early 1670's. Zerubbabel's second (or third?) wife, whom he apparently married in Norwalk about May 1720, was MEHITABEL ROCKWELL, widow of John Keeler and daughter of John and Elizabeth Rockwell. Zerubbabel and Mehitabel had no children together -- all six of Zerubbabel's children were born in Norwalk of his first marriage (or first two marriages). Some of Mehitabel's Keeler children intermarried with the children and grandchildren of their stepfather Zerubbabel. Those were the first of numerous tangled intermarriages among the Connecticut families of Hoyt/Haight, Whitney, Keeler, Rockwell, Benedict, and Riggs.

Hoyt researcher Doug Sinclair has compiled a number of historical references to Zerubbabel in original Norwalk documents. For example, the records of a Norwalk town meeting on 28 Dec. 1680 state, "Zerubbabel Hoyt hath undertaken to beate ye drumme for publick meetings, and also for such stray horses as are brought on to be sold, for which he is to have fourteen shillings." In 1686 he was chosen for this service again, in addition to sweeping the meeting house. As noted above, his father Walter had previously served as drummer to summon people to town meetings. Later, after a belfry was built on the meeting house in 1709, Zerubbabel was responsible for ringing the bell every night. Records state that in Dec. 1713, "Ye town grants to Zorubabbel Hoyt twenty six shillings in pay or two thirds money for his ringing ye bell at nine-o'clock at night for ye yeare ensueing sd. [said] engages [agrees] to perform ye same."

In those early times, much of New England was still wilderness, and wolves would be regularly caught in wolf-pits and killed to protect the colonists' livestock. In Dec. 1701, the Town of Norwalk paid Zerubbabel 5 shillings for half a wolf. ("One wonders under what circumstances a person would bring in only half a wolf," Doug Sinclair comments, adding, "Some men brought in even less portions of wolves.") Also in Dec. 1701, Zerubbabel was paid 18 pence for "burning the islands," presumably to assist in the maintenance of farmland. He was also chosen to be a hogward "for to pound [i.e. impound] all swine that are on the comons of the towne after the 1st of March next ensueing: not sufficiently yoked and ringed."

He was on a nine-person committee chosen by the General Court of Connecticut in May 1697 "to purchase of the Indians a certain tract of land lying about fourteen miles northward of the Town of Norwalk to settle a plantation there." A few years later, he served on a committee that assigned seating in the meeting house, "they to have respect to age, quality, and the estates of persons in the publique list," and another that created a cemetery for the residents on the west side of the Norwalk River with John Benedict, Sr. That cemetery was likely what is now known as Pine Island Cemetery, where John Benedict, Sr., is known to have been buried.

In 1687, Zerubbabel's "estate of commonage" was valued at 50 pounds. He purchased various pieces of property in Norwalk between 1692 and 1717. In 1700 and 1710, the Town of Norwalk granted him land at Canoe Hill in what is now New Canaan. He gave much of that land to his sons before he died. There is no record of his death nor probate records of his estate. Doug Sinclair writes:

    "He was certainly the Deacon Zerubbabel Hoyt who purchased land from Ebenezer St. John in April 1717, and part of that same transaction seems to appear again in a deed in January 1722/23. Zerubbabel's second or third wife was Mehitabel Rockwell, whose first husband was John Keeler. Although there isn't a record of the marriage, John's heirs deeded land to their mother in January of 1724/25, and she is referred to as the wife of Deacon Zerubbabel -- Zerubbabel is not referred to as deceased. His grandson Zerubbabel was 21 at that time, so differentiating between the two men needs further consideration. However, the 1723 deed very likely involved the elder Zerubbabel. It was very likely the younger man who bought land from Joseph Hitchcock in 1733. The elder Zerubbabel was certainly dead by 25 January 1738/39, when an agreement among his heirs was reached regarding his land holdings."

Six children of Zerubbabel are known, all born of his first wife (or first two wives, if he married three times rather than two times). It isn't known whether or not Abigail was his firstborn child, but she is the earliest recorded child of Zerubabbel.

     --  ABIGAIL HAIGHT, born 2 Feb. 1675/76, married John Ferris.
     --  JOSEPH HOYT, born 1676 (?), married Sarah Pickett.
     --  DANIEL HOYT, born 1 Jan. 1680/81, married twice.
     6A. HANNAH HOYT, born circa 1684.
     --  CALEB HOYT, born circa 1686, married Mehitable Keeler.
     --  RHODA HOYT, born circa 1689, married John Keeler, Jr.

Date born 2: Abt. 1652, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA⁶⁹

Record Change: 10 Oct 2001⁷⁰

More About ZERUBBABEL HOYT and <UNNAMED>:

Marriage: Abt. 1670⁷¹

More About ZERUBBABEL HOYT and MEHITABEL ROCKWELL:

Marriage: Abt. May 1720, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA⁷¹

Children of ZERUBBABEL HOYT and <UNNAMED> are:

                   i.    ABIGAIL⁶ HAIGHT⁷¹, b. 02 Feb 1675/76, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA⁷¹; d. Unknown; m. JOHN FERRIS⁷¹; d. Unknown.

                  ii.    JOSEPH HOYT⁷¹, b. 1677, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA⁷¹; d. Unknown; m. SARAH PICKETT⁷¹; d. Unknown.

                 iii.    DANIEL HOYT⁷¹, b. 01 Jan 1680/81, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA⁷¹; d. Unknown.

                 iv.    HANNAH HOYT⁷¹, b. Abt. 1684, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA⁷¹; d. Unknown.

9.               v.    CALEB HOYT, b. Abt. 1685, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; d. 11 Apr 1755.

                 vi.    RHODA HOYT⁷¹, b. Abt. 1689, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA⁷¹; d. Unknown; m. JOHN KEELER, JR.⁷¹; d. Unknown.

Generation No. 6

7.  MARY⁶ HOYT (JOHN⁵, WALTER⁴, SIMON³, MICHAEL² HOYTE, THOMAS¹)^72,73 was born 01 Sep 1677 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA^74,75, and died 05 Jun 1749 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA^76,77.  She married SGT JOHN BENEDICT^78,79,80,81 1700 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA^82,83, son of JOHN BENEDICT and PHOEBE GREGORY.  He was born 03 Mar 1675/76 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA^84,85,86,87, and died 16 Jan 1766 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA^88,89,90,91.

More About MARY HOYT:

Record Change: 07 Nov 2001⁹²

Notes for SGT JOHN BENEDICT:

[Lucille Chestnut, Betts Genealogy, Homepage "Lucy's Root Cellar" at http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/jericho/331/genpg.html.  A Worldconnect  database., Date of Import: 29 Aug 2005.]

Buried side by side with his wife in the graveyard near Pine Island, Norwalk.  His gravestone bears this inscription:

TO THE MEMORY OF
Deacon JOHN BENEDICT,
who departed this life
JAN'Y. YE16, 1766,
in ye 90 year of his age.

And that of his wife this:

HERE LIES THE BODY
of
MRS. MARY BENEDICT,
wife of
MR. JOHN BENEDICT,
WHO DIED JUNE YE 5, 1749,
AGED 72 YEARS.

"He was for many years deacon of the church in Norwalk."

Ancestral File Number: GLTG-X2

Burial: Jun 1749, Pine Island Cemetery, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA⁹³

Elected 1: 1705, Selectman⁹⁴

Elected 2: 1709, Surveyor⁹⁴

Elected 3: 1711, Surveyor⁹⁴

Elected 4: Bet. 1713 - 1718, Lister and fence viewer⁹⁴

Elected 5: 1715, Selectman⁹⁴

Elected 6: 1722, Townsman⁹⁴

Elected 7: 1724, Townsman⁹⁴

Fact 1: 1717, called Sergeant⁹⁴

Individual Note: 1717, called Sergeant⁹⁴

Record Change 1: 23 Aug 2002⁹⁵

Record Change 2: 06 Oct 2001⁹⁶

Religion: 1725, Deacon for many years⁹⁷

More About JOHN BENEDICT and MARY HOYT:

Marriage: 1700, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA^98,99

Children of MARY HOYT and JOHN BENEDICT are:

                   i.    JOHN⁶ BENEDICT, b. 1701, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. 27 Feb 1770.

                  ii.    CAPTAIN MATTHEW BENEDICT, b. 02 Oct 1703, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. 07 Jul 1757, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

                 iii.    CALEB BENEDICT, b. 1709, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. 19 May 1761, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

                 iv.    ANNA BENEDICT, b. Abt. 1712, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. Unknown, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

                  v.    PHOEBE BENEDICT, b. Abt. 1714, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. Unknown.

                 vi.    NATHANIEL BENEDICT, b. 1716, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. 02 Apr 1808, Connecticut.

8.  ABIGAIL⁶ HOYT (JOHN⁵, WALTER⁴, SIMON³, MICHAEL² HOYTE, THOMAS¹)^100,101 was born Abt. 1694¹⁰², and died Unknown.  She married THOMAS BENEDICT^103,104 1726 in Fairfield, Connecticut, USA¹⁰⁵, son of JAMES BENEDICT and SARAH GREGORY.  He was born 09 Nov 1694 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA^105,106, and died 04 Jul 1776 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA^107,108.

More About ABIGAIL HOYT:

Record Change: 18 Nov 2001¹⁰⁹

More About THOMAS BENEDICT:

Appointed 1: May 1738, 5th Justice of the peace¹¹⁰

Appointed 2: 1st judge of district¹¹⁰

Elected 1: Bet. May 1737 - Oct 1766, Member of the Connecticut legislature for 31 sessions, inclusive¹¹⁰

Elected 2: 19 Sep 1770, Deacon¹¹⁰

Occupation: Held justice of the peace and judge positions until his death¹¹⁰

Record Change: 13 Nov 2001¹¹¹

More About THOMAS BENEDICT and ABIGAIL HOYT:

Marriage: 1726, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA¹¹¹

Children of ABIGAIL HOYT and THOMAS BENEDICT are:

                   i.    SARAH⁶ BENEDICT, d. Unknown.

                  ii.    MOLLY BENEDICT, d. 1745.

                 iii.    THOMAS BENEDICT, b. 1727; d. 14 Nov 1821.

                 iv.    THADDEUS BENEDICT, b. 01 Nov 1728; d. 20 Jan 1805.

                  v.    ELIZABETH BENEDICT, b. 1729; d. Unknown.

                 vi.    CAPTAIN ELISHA BENEDICT, b. 02 Apr 1736, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. 26 Aug 1798, Canada.

                vii.    MARGARET BENEDICT, b. 1743; d. 25 Apr 1808.

               viii.    ROBERT BENEDICT, b. 1744; d. 1828, Charlton, Saratoga County, New York.

                  ix.    MINDWELL BENEDICT, d. Unknown.

                   x.    THANKFUL BENEDICT, d. Unknown.

                  xi.    HANNAH BENEDICT, d. Unknown.

                 xii.    JEMIMA BENEDICT, d. Unknown.

9.  CALEB⁶ HOYT (ZERUBBABEL⁵, WALTER⁴, SIMON³, MICHAEL² HOYTE, THOMAS¹)^112,113,114 was born Abt. 1685 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA^115,116,117, and died 11 Apr 1755¹¹⁸.  He married MEHITABEL KEELER^118,119,120 25 Feb 1707/08 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA¹²¹, daughter of JOHN KEELER and MEHITABEL ROCKWELL.  She was born 1685 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA¹²¹, and died 21 Mar 1755 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA¹²¹.

More About CALEB HOYT:

Record Change: 08 Oct 2001¹²¹

More About MEHITABEL KEELER:

Record Change: 30 Dec 2002¹²¹

More About CALEB HOYT and MEHITABEL KEELER:

Marriage: 25 Feb 1707/08, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA¹²¹

Child of CALEB HOYT and MEHITABEL KEELER is:

10.              i.    MEHITABEL⁷ HOYT, b. 1714, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; d. 13 Dec 1797, New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

Generation No. 7

10.  MEHITABEL⁷ HOYT (CALEB⁶, ZERUBBABEL⁵, WALTER⁴, SIMON³, MICHAEL² HOYTE, THOMAS¹)^122,123 was born 1714 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA^123,124, and died 13 Dec 1797 in New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA^125,126.  She married CALEB BENEDICT^127,128 Abt. 1732 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA¹²⁹, son of JOHN BENEDICT and MARY HOYT.  He was born 1709 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA^130,131, and died 19 May 1761 in New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA^132,133.

More About MEHITABEL HOYT:

Record Change: 06 Feb 2001¹³⁴

Notes for CALEB BENEDICT:

This family was received into the church at New Canaan in 1773.  Caleb served  in several political offices.  Among those are constable, tything-man, surveyor, selectman, and lister.  In 1755, he was called "Ensign".  His death was caused by small-pox.  Their home was on Brushy Ridge.

Cause of Death: smallpox¹³⁵

Elected 1: 1735, Surveyor, lister, constable, and tything-man¹³⁶

Elected 2: 1773, Surveyor, lister, constable, and tything-man¹³⁶

Elected 3: 1774, Selectman¹³⁶

Elected 4: 1785, Selectman¹³⁶

Military service: 1755, Known as Ensign¹³⁶

Religion: 1737, received into the church at New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA¹³⁶

Residence 1: 1773, New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA¹³⁶

Residence 2: 1761, Brushy Ridge, New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA¹³⁷

More About CALEB BENEDICT and MEHITABEL HOYT:

Marriage: Abt. 1732, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA¹³⁸

Children of MEHITABEL HOYT and CALEB BENEDICT are:

                   i.    CALEB⁷ BENEDICT, b. Bef. 01 Dec 1733, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. Bef. 1740.

                  ii.    MEHITABLE BENEDICT, b. Bef. 09 May 1735, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. Bef. 1748.

                 iii.    RUTH BENEDICT, b. Bef. 11 Sep 1738, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. Unknown.

                 iv.    CALEB BENEDICT, b. Abt. 28 Dec 1740, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. 06 May 1812, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

                  v.    JAMES BENEDICT, b. Bef. 18 Dec 1743, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. Unknown.

                 vi.    LIEUTENANT EZRA BENEDICT, b. Bef. 27 May 1746, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. 11 Sep 1832, Walton, Delaware County, Connecticut.

                vii.    MEHITABLE BENEDICT, b. Bef. 25 Dec 1748, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. Unknown, young.

               viii.    ADAH BENEDICT, b. Bef. 23 Jun 1751, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. Unknown.

                  ix.    ANNA BENEDICT, b. Bef. 23 Jun 1751, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. Unknown.

                   x.    CAPTAIN BENJAMIN BENEDICT, b. 21 Oct 1755, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. 17 Oct 1832, Patterson, Putnam County, New York.

                  xi.    MEHITABLE BENEDICT, b. Bef. 10 Feb 1760, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. Unknown.

Endnotes

1.  Jared L. Olar, The Hoyt-Haight Genealogy, January 2008 as of 10 May 2008 located at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fesschequy/Hoyt.html, Entered on 10 May 2008.

2.  Jared L. Olar, The Hoyt-Haight Genealogy, January 2008 as of 10 May 2008 located at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fesschequy/Hoyt.html, Entered on 11 May 2008.

3.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

4.  Jared L. Olar, The Hoyt-Haight Genealogy, January 2008 as of 10 May 2008 located at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fesschequy/Hoyt.html, Entered on 11 May 2008.

5.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

6.  Jared L. Olar, The Hoyt-Haight Genealogy, January 2008 as of 10 May 2008 located at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fesschequy/Hoyt.html, Entered on 11 May 2008.

7.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

8.  Jared L. Olar, The Hoyt-Haight Genealogy, January 2008 as of 10 May 2008 located at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fesschequy/Hoyt.html, States DoB is circa 1593, Entered on 11 May 2008.

9.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

10.  Jared L. Olar, The Hoyt-Haight Genealogy, January 2008 as of 10 May 2008 located at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fesschequy/Hoyt.html, Entered on 11 May 2008.

11.  Jared L. Olar, The Hoyt-Haight Genealogy, January 2008 as of 10 May 2008 located at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fesschequy/Hoyt.html, Entered on 12 May 2008.

12.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

13.  Jared L. Olar, The Hoyt-Haight Genealogy, January 2008 as of 10 May 2008 located at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fesschequy/Hoyt.html, Entered on 12 May 2008.

14.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

15.  Jared L. Olar, The Hoyt-Haight Genealogy, January 2008 as of 10 May 2008 located at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fesschequy/Hoyt.html, Entered on 12 May 2008.

16.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

17.  Jared L. Olar, The Hoyt-Haight Genealogy, January 2008 as of 10 May 2008 located at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fesschequy/Hoyt.html, Entered on 12 May 2008.

18.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

19.  Jared L. Olar, The Hoyt-Haight Genealogy, January 2008 as of 10 May 2008 located at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fesschequy/Hoyt.html, Entered on 12 May 2008.

20.  Jared L. Olar, The Hoyt-Haight Genealogy, January 2008 as of 10 May 2008 located at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fesschequy/Hoyt.html, Entered on 13 May 2008.

21.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

22.  Jared L. Olar, The Hoyt-Haight Genealogy, January 2008 as of 10 May 2008 located at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fesschequy/Hoyt.html, Entered on 13 May 2008.

23.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

24.  Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield,  (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., New Haven, CT, 1930.  Reprinted in 3 volumes for the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter of the DAR, Fairfield, CT.).

25.  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R),  (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998), "Electronic."

26.  From: "Dan Stevenson" <website21626@webtv.net>.

27.  Lucille Chestnut, Betts Genealogy, Homepage "Lucy's Root Cellar" at http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/jericho/331/genpg.html.  A Worldconnect  database., Date of Import: 29 Aug 2005.

28.  Jared L. Olar, The Hoyt-Haight Genealogy, January 2008 as of 10 May 2008 located at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fesschequy/Hoyt.html, Entered on 13 May 2008.

29.  Lucille Chestnut, Betts Genealogy, Homepage "Lucy's Root Cellar" at http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/jericho/331/genpg.html.  A Worldconnect  database., States date is Abt 16 Jun 1611, Date of Import: 29 Aug 2005.

30.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

31.  Jared L. Olar, The Hoyt-Haight Genealogy, January 2008 as of 10 May 2008 located at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fesschequy/Hoyt.html, Entered on 13 May 2008.

32.  Lucille Chestnut, Betts Genealogy, Homepage "Lucy's Root Cellar" at http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/jericho/331/genpg.html.  A Worldconnect  database., Date of Import: 29 Aug 2005.

33.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

34.  Jared L. Olar, The Hoyt-Haight Genealogy, January 2008 as of 10 May 2008 located at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fesschequy/Hoyt.html, Entered on 13 May 2008.

35.  Jared L. Olar, The Hoyt-Haight Genealogy, January 2008 as of 10 May 2008 located at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fesschequy/Hoyt.html, Entered on 12 May 2008.

36.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

37.  Jared L. Olar, The Hoyt-Haight Genealogy, January 2008 as of 10 May 2008 located at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fesschequy/Hoyt.html, Entered on 13 May 2008.

38.  Lucille Chestnut, Betts Genealogy, Homepage "Lucy's Root Cellar" at http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/jericho/331/genpg.html.  A Worldconnect  database., Date of Import: 29 Aug 2005.

39.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

40.  Lucille Chestnut, Betts Genealogy, Homepage "Lucy's Root Cellar" at http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/jericho/331/genpg.html.  A Worldconnect  database., Date of Import: 29 Aug 2005.

41.  Jared L. Olar, The Hoyt-Haight Genealogy, January 2008 as of 10 May 2008 located at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fesschequy/Hoyt.html, Entered on 13 May 2008.

42.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

43.  Jared L. Olar, The Hoyt-Haight Genealogy, January 2008 as of 10 May 2008 located at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fesschequy/Hoyt.html, Entered on 13 May 2008.

44.  James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the basis of Farmer's,  (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1965, 1969, 1977, 1981, 1986, 1990, Baltimore, MD.    Originally published:  Little, Brown & Co., 1860-1862, Boston, MA.).

45.  Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield,  (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., New Haven, CT, 1930.  Reprinted in 3 volumes for the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter of the DAR, Fairfield, CT.).

46.  Lucille Chestnut, Betts Genealogy, Homepage "Lucy's Root Cellar" at http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/jericho/331/genpg.html.  A Worldconnect  database., Date of Import: 29 Aug 2005.

47.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

48.  Jared L. Olar, The Hoyt-Haight Genealogy, January 2008 as of 10 May 2008 located at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fesschequy/Hoyt.html, Entered on 13 May 2008.

49.  Lucille Chestnut, Betts Genealogy, Homepage "Lucy's Root Cellar" at http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/jericho/331/genpg.html.  A Worldconnect  database., Date of Import: 29 Aug 2005.

50.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

51.  Jared L. Olar, The Hoyt-Haight Genealogy, January 2008 as of 10 May 2008 located at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fesschequy/Hoyt.html, Entered on 13 May 2008.

52.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

53.  Jared L. Olar, The Hoyt-Haight Genealogy, January 2008 as of 10 May 2008 located at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fesschequy/Hoyt.html, Entered on 13 May 2008.

54.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

55.  Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America,  (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 284.

56.  Jared L. Olar, The Hoyt-Haight Genealogy, January 2008 as of 10 May 2008 located at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fesschequy/Hoyt.html, Entered on 13 May 2008.

57.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

58.  Jared L. Olar, The Hoyt-Haight Genealogy, January 2008 as of 10 May 2008 located at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fesschequy/Hoyt.html, Entered on 13 May 2008.

59.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

60.  Steven Lusk, Personal Estimate, Estimate based on eldest child's date of birth.

61.  Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America,  (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), pages 284-285.

62.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

63.  Steven Lusk, Personal Estimate, Estimate based on eldest child's date of birth.

64.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

65.  Jared L. Olar, The Hoyt-Haight Genealogy, January 2008 as of 10 May 2008 located at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fesschequy/Hoyt.html, Entered on 13 May 2008.

66.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

67.  Jared L. Olar, The Hoyt-Haight Genealogy, January 2008 as of 10 May 2008 located at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fesschequy/Hoyt.html, Entered on 13 May 2008.

68.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

69.  Jared L. Olar, The Hoyt-Haight Genealogy, January 2008 as of 10 May 2008 located at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fesschequy/Hoyt.html, Entered on 13 May 2008.

70.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

71.  Jared L. Olar, The Hoyt-Haight Genealogy, January 2008 as of 10 May 2008 located at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fesschequy/Hoyt.html, Entered on 13 May 2008.

72.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

73.  Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America,  (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 50, States name is Mary Haite.

74.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

75.  Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America,  (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 50.

76.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

77.  Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America,  (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 50.

78.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

79.  Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America,  (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 50.

80.  Edwin Hall, The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Connecticut with a Plan of the Ancient Settlement , and of the Town in 1847,  (Original Copyright 1847 - expired).

81.  Lucille Chestnut, Betts Genealogy, Homepage "Lucy's Root Cellar" at http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/jericho/331/genpg.html.  A Worldconnect  database., Date of Import: 29 Aug 2005.

82.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

83.  Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America,  (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 50.

84.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

85.  Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America,  (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 50.

86.  Edwin Hall, The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Connecticut with a Plan of the Ancient Settlement , and of the Town in 1847,  (Original Copyright 1847 - expired).

87.  Lucille Chestnut, Betts Genealogy, Homepage "Lucy's Root Cellar" at http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/jericho/331/genpg.html.  A Worldconnect  database., Date of Import: 29 Aug 2005.

88.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

89.  Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America,  (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 50.

90.  Edwin Hall, The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Connecticut with a Plan of the Ancient Settlement , and of the Town in 1847,  (Original Copyright 1847 - expired).

91.  Lucille Chestnut, Betts Genealogy, Homepage "Lucy's Root Cellar" at http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/jericho/331/genpg.html.  A Worldconnect  database., Date of Import: 29 Aug 2005.

92.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

93.  Lucille Chestnut, Betts Genealogy, Homepage "Lucy's Root Cellar" at http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/jericho/331/genpg.html.  A Worldconnect  database., Date of Import: 29 Aug 2005.

94.  Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America,  (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 50.

95.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

96.  Lucille Chestnut, Betts Genealogy, Homepage "Lucy's Root Cellar" at http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/jericho/331/genpg.html.  A Worldconnect  database., Date of Import: 29 Aug 2005.

97.  Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America,  (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 50.

98.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

99.  Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America,  (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 50.

100.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

101.  Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America,  (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 284.

102.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

103.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 7 Apr 2005.

104.  Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America,  (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 283.

105.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 7 Apr 2005.

106.  Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America,  (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 283.

107.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 7 Apr 2005.

108.  Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America,  (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), pages 283 and 285.

109.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

110.  Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America,  (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 285.

111.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 7 Apr 2005.

112.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

113.  Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America,  (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 57.

114.  Jared L. Olar, The Hoyt-Haight Genealogy, January 2008 as of 10 May 2008 located at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fesschequy/Hoyt.html, Entered on 13 May 2008.

115.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

116.  Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America,  (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 57.

117.  Jared L. Olar, The Hoyt-Haight Genealogy, January 2008 as of 10 May 2008 located at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fesschequy/Hoyt.html, Entered on 13 May 2008.

118.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

119.  Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America,  (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 57, States she is Mehitable Blatchly.

120.  Jared L. Olar, The Hoyt-Haight Genealogy, January 2008 as of 10 May 2008 located at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fesschequy/Hoyt.html, Entered on 13 May 2008.

121.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

122.  Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America,  (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 57, States name is Mehitable.

123.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

124.  Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America,  (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 57.

125.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

126.  Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America,  (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 57.

127.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

128.  Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America,  (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 50.

129.  Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America,  (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 57.

130.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

131.  Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America,  (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 50.

132.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

133.  Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America,  (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 58.

134.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

135.  Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America,  (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 58.

136.  Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America,  (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 57.

137.  Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America,  (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 58.

138.  Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America,  (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 57.

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