There are various spellings for the Hoyt name in the early records--especially Hayt and Hait. I have used only the Hoyt spelling.
I included all known children for the following generations: 4th , 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, and 14th. I did not include all the known children in the other generations. They can be found in A Genealogical History of the Hoyt, Haight, and Hight Families by David W. Hoyt. Providence Press Co. Boston: Henry Hoyt 1871 which is found in most large genealogy libraries. I have a copy of this book and can help you if you can’t find it.
When giving place of birth, marriage, death, etc. the usual format is to list the city, county, state, and country in that order. If one or more is not known then commas are inserted. For example: If all that I know is that someone was born in the state of New York it will be recorded this way (, , NY, US).
First Generation
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1. Walter HOYT.
One known child:
2 i. Thomas
Second Generation
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(Family of Walter HOYT)
2. Thomas HOYT (Walter1).
One known child:
3 i. Michael
Third Generation
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(Family of Thomas HOYT)
3. Michael HOYT (Thomas2, Walter1).
He married Agnes3.
One known child:
4 i. Simon (-1657)
Fourth Generation
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(Family of Michael HOYT & Agnes)
4. Simon HOYT (Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born in West Hatch, Somerset, ENG.1 Christened in ENG. Simon died on 1 Sep 1657 in Stamford, Fairfield, CT, US.2
Simon is #2601 (p 286) in the Hoyt Genealogy.2
Residences: West Hatch, Somerset, Eng; Salem, Essex, MA; Charlestown, Suffolk, MA; Dorchester, Suffolk, MA; Scituate, Plymouth, MA; Windsor, Hartford, CT; Fairfield, Fairfield, CT; Stamford, Fairfield, CT1,2.
He had a child, mother unknown:
5 i . Christopher (Illegitimate)
He first married Jane STOODLIE on 4 Nov 1617 in Marshwood, Dorset, ENG.1 She died by 1635.
They had the following known children:
6 ii. Walter (about 1618-about 1698)
7 iii. Nicholas (1620-1655)
8 iv. Alexander
9 v. Agnes
He second married Susanna in 1635 in Scituate, MA.
They had the following known children:
10 i. Samuel (1643-1720)
11 ii. Moses
12 iii. Benjamin
13 iv. Joshua
14 v. (female)
15 vi. (female)
16 vii. (female)
Notes for Simon Hoyt and Wives
Marshwood was Joan StoodlieÕs home parish and Simon Hoyt apparently came from elsewhere to marry her and then they left the parish and lived in West Hatch. West Hatch (Somerset Co.) and Marshwood (Dorset, Co.) are about 20 miles apart.3 Three of SimonÕs children with Jane either stayed in England or died young.
Simon Hoyt arrived in 1628/1629. It usually took about two months to reach America from England. He probably landed in Salem, MA. If so, soon after that he moved to Charlestown, MA. Then about 1633 he moved to Dorchester, MA. In 1635 he moved to Scituate MA. All four of these towns are close to Boston, MA. Then he moved west across the state of MA to the Connecticut River and was one of the first settlers to live in Windsor, CT. If you go to Windsor, CT today you will see a monument that has the names of the early settlers and Simon HoytÕs name is there. In 1646 Simon moved to Fairfield, CT, and in 1649 he moved to Stamford, CT, where he died in 1657. He was one of the first settlers in seven different towns in MA and CT. In Dorchester there is a street known as Hoyt Street. In Windsor his place was called HoytÕs Meadow.2
Simon and his family would have suffered the hardships endured by the first settlers at Charlestown and Dorchester--the sufferings of the winter; the conspiracy of the Indians to cut off the English until a fort was completed; and the perils of pestilence and famine when they were compelled to live on clams, muscles, and fish.
What experiences Simon must have had, being an early settler in seven different towns in New England! Scarcely was he settled in one place before he gave up his home, with all its comforts, and started to subdue a new portion of the wilderness. Most of his children seem to have shared the spirit of their father. Twenty years after his death no one bearing the name of Hoyt was left in any of these seven towns, except Stamford. The hardy and courageous character of the family is shown, not only by their frequent changes of residence, but by the fact that in Windsor they lived away from the other settlers.2
Fifth Generation
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(Family of Simon HOYT & Jane STOODLIE)
5. Christopher HOYT (Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Buried on 22 Aug 1618 in West Hatch, Somerset, ENG.1
6. Walter HOYT (Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born abt 1618.2 Christened on 29 Nov 1618 in West Hatch, Somerset, ENG.1 Walter died abt 1698 in Norwalk, Fairfield, CT, US.2
Walter is #2602 (p 292) in the Hoyt Genealogy.2
Residences: West Hatch, Somerset, ENG; Windsor, Hartford, CT; and Norwalk, Fairfield, CT.1,2
He married ______.
One of their 4 known children:
17 i. Dea. Zerubbabel (1650-1727)
7. Nicholas HOYT (Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born 1620/1626.1,2 Christened on 7 May 1620 in West Hatch, Somerset, ENG.1,2 Nicholas died on 7 Jul 1655 in Windsor, Hartford, CT, US.2
Nicholas is #2603 (p 296) in the Hoyt Genealogy.2
Residences: West Hatch, Somerset, Eng; Windsor, Hartford, CT.1,2
He married Susanna on 12 Jun/Jul 1646.2,4 Susanna died on 4 Jul 1655 in Windsor, Hartford, CT, US.2
One of their 4 known children:
18 i. Dea. & Lieut. David (1651-1704)
8. Alexander HOYT (Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Christened on 28 Dec 1623 in West Hatch, Somerset, ENG.1
9. Agnes HOYT (Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Christened on 8 Oct 1626.1 Agnes died in West Hatch, Somerset, ENG.1
(Family of Simon HOYT & Susanna)
10. Samuel HOYT (Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born as early as 1643 in , , , US.2 Samuel died on 4 Jul 1720.2
Samuel is #2607 (p. 304) in the Hoyt Genealogy.2
Residence: Stamford, Fairfield, CT2
He first married Hannah HOLLY, daughter of John HOLLY & Mary, on 16 Nov 1671.2,5 Born on 18 Apr 1657.5 Hannah died in Jul 1710.5
One of their 8 known children:
19 i. Dea John (1675-1732)
He second married Rebecca. Rebecca died on 8 Dec 1713.2
He third married Hannah on 20 Sep 1714.2
11. Moses HOYT (Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1).
12. Benjamin HOYT (Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1).
13. Joshua HOYT (Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1).
14. (female) HOYT (Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1).
She married Thomas LYON.
15. (female) HOYT (Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1).
She married Samuel FINCH.
16. (female) HOYT (Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1).
She married Samuel FIRMAN.
Sixth Generation
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(Family of Walter HOYT Hannah KNAPP)
17. Dea. Zerubbabel HOYT (Walter5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born 1650/1654.2 Zerubbabel died in 1727/1728 in Norwalk, Fairfield, CT, US.2
Zerubbabel is # 2615 (p 311) in the Hoyt Genealogy.2
Residence: Norwalk, Fairfield, CT.2
He first married Hannah KNAPP, daughter of Nicholas KNAPP & Elinor DISBROW, in 1673. Born on 6 Mar 1643 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA, US.7 Hannah died on 11 Dec 1674 or 4 Jun 1696.7
One of their 6 known children:
20 i. Dea. Daniel (1681-1756)
He second married Mehitabel ROCKWELL, daughter of John ROCKWELL & Elizabeth WEED, before 1725.2,6,8
Notes for Zerubbabel and Hannah
ÒOn the Norwalk records we find that, Dec., 1680, ÔZerubbabell Haite hath undertaken to beate the drumme for publick meetings, and also for such stray horses as are brought in to be sould, for which he is to have fourteen shillings; and ten pence a time that stray horses are brought in to be sold.ÕÓ2
ÒFrom the Colonial Records of Ct., May, 1697, we learn that Zerubbabel Hayt was one of nine persons who, by an order of the Gen. Court were Ôto purchase of the Indians a certain tract of land lying about fourteen miles northward of the town of Norwalk to settle a plantation there.ÕÓ2
(Family of Nicholas HOYT & Susanna)
18. Dea. & Lieut. David HOYT (Nicholas5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born on 22 Apr 1651 in Windsor, Hartford, CT, US.2,4 David died in Jun 1704 in Newbury, Orange, VT, US.2,4
David is #2618 (p 316) in the Hoyt Genealogy.2
Residences. Windsor, Hartford, CT; Hatfield, Hampshire, MA; and Deerfield, Franklin, MA.2
He first married Sarah WELLS, daughter of Thomas WELLS, on 3 Apr 1673.2 Sarah died in 1676.2
He second married Mary WILSON on 3 Apr 1673.2
He third married Abigail COOK, daughter of Nathaniel COOK & Lydia VORE.2 Born on 1 Mar 1659.4
One of their 8 known children:
21 i. Benjamin (1692-1759)
Notes for David Hoyt and Abigail
ÒWhen the French and Indians attacked Deerfield, Feb. 29, 1703-4, he was taken captive, with his wife and four children. On the way towards Canada, provisions became so scarce that Dea. Hoyt Ôperished of hunger near the lower Cohos,Õ in the vicinity of what is now Newbury, Vt., May or June, 1704. Some of his descendants say that he was compelled to carry a large bundle, and that he must also carry his youngest child, or see her killed by the Indians; but he fainted under the double burden. His wife endured all the horrors of captivity, and returned to Deerfield. She afterwards m. Dea. Nathaniel Rice, and removed to Wallingford, CT.Ó2
David was a deacon and lieutenant. He was in Deerfield, MA by 1682. Died in Newbury on the march to Canada by Indians. Son, Benjamin, was about 11 yrs. old when Indians attacked Deerfield and according to legend hid in a corncrib. Later he settled at Ridgefield, CT. Son, Ebenezer, taken captive and remained among the Indians. Dau. Abigail, killed by Indians on way to Canada. 4,9
(Family of Samuel HOYT & Hannah HOLLY)
19. Dea John HOYT (Samuel5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born on 9 Jan 1675.2,5 John died on 10 Dec 1732; he was 57.2
John is #2638 (p 320) in the Hoyt Genealogy.2
Residence: Stamford, Fairfield, CT.2
He married Abigail HOLMES, daughter of Stephen HOLMES & Martha, on 30 Apr 1702.2 Abigail died after 1732.
One of their 6 known children:
22 i. Sgt John (1704-1759)
Seventh Generation
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(Family of Dea. Zerubbabel HOYT & Hannah KNAPP)
20. Dea. Daniel HOYT (Zerubbabel6, Walter5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born on 1 Jan 1681.2,6,8 Daniel died in 1756/1764.2
Daniel is #2662 (p 324) in the Hoyt Genealogy.2
Residence: Norwalk, Fairfield, CT.2
He married Elizabeth KEELER, daughter of John KEELER and _____ BECKWITH.6,8 Born on 19 Mar 1678 or 1679/1680.6,8
Two of their 9 known children:
23 i. Daniel (1710-1786)
24 ii. Nathan (1718-1799)
He married second Widow, Sarah STARR of Danbury, about 1748.
(Family of Dea. & Lieut. David HOYT & Abigail COOK)
21. Benjamin HOYT (David6, Nicholas5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born on 15 Sep 1692 in , , CT, US.2 Benjamin died on 16 Feb 1759; he was 66.2
Benjamin is #2685 (p 329) in the Hoyt Genealogy.2
Residences: Deerfield, Franklin, MA; Norwalk, Fairfield, CT; Wallingford, New Haven, CT; and Ridgefield, Fairfield, CT.2
He married Sarah on 21 Mar 1716. Sarah died on 9 Feb 1759.2
One of their 6 known children:
25 i. Benjamin (1721-1810)
Notes for Benjamin Hoyt
ÒBenjamin was about 11 yrs. old when Deerfield was attacked. Tradition says that, hearing the screams in the night, his fright led him to jump from a window and hide in a corn-bin, where he lay till morning. Then, finding all gone but the slain, he wished he had been taken with the others. Some accounts say that he removed with his mother, after her return, to Wallingford, Ct. others state that he went to Norwalk, Ct., and remained there for some time with his fatherÕs relatives. Perhaps he may have been in both places. Afterwards, he with 20 or 30 others commenced a settlement at Ridgefield, 12 miles north of Norwalk, where he afterwards resided. His descendants say that he gave his coat and hat towards his part of the pay in purchasing the land of the Indians. From the Ridgefield records we learn that ÔBenj. Hayt, of Norwalk, late of Deerfield, Mass.,Õ bought of (2662) Daniel Hayt, of Norwalk, July 7, 1713, for 26 pounds, one-half the right of Jonathan Rockwell in Ridgefield township, which was one twenty-ninth of all said township.Ó2
(Family of Dea John HOYT & Abigail HOLMES)
22. Sgt John HOYT (John6, Samuel5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born on 19 Nov 1704.2 John died on 2 Aug 1759; he was 54.2
John is #2732 (p 336) in the Hoyt Genealogy.2
Residence: Stamford, Fairfield, CT.2
He married Elizabeth WATERBURY on 18 FEB 1741/1742.2 Elizabeth died on 7/28 Apr 1763.2
One of their 4 known children:
26 i. Abigail (1741-1796)
Eighth Generation
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(Family of Dea. Daniel HOYT & Elizabeth KEELER)
23. Daniel HOYT (Daniel7, Zerubbabel6, Walter5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born on 15 Jan 1710.2 Daniel died on 3 Apr 1786; he was 76.2
Daniel is #2813 (p 379) in the Hoyt Genealogy.2
Residence: Norwalk, Fairfield, CT.2
He married Sarah BENEDICT, daughter of Dea Thomas BENEDICT, on 28 Apr 1735.2
One of their 9 known children:
27 i. Thomas (1752-1831)
24. Nathan HOYT (Daniel7, Zerubbabel6, Walter5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born on 29 Apr 1718.2 Nathan died on 21 Oct 1799; he was 81.2
Nathan is #2816 (p 347) in the Hoyt Genealogy.2
Residence: Norwalk, Fairfield, CT2
He first married Elizabeth LOCKWOOD, daughter of Dea. Joseph LOCKWOOD & Mary WOOD, on 9 Apr 1741.2,10 Born on 23 May 1721.10 Elizabeth died after 1799.2
One of their 11 known children:
28 i. Mary (1756-1809)
He second married Sarah.2
(Family of Benjamin HOYT & Sarah)
25. Benjamin HOYT (Benjamin7, David6, Nicholas5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born on 4 Dec 1721.2 Benjamin died on 11 Dec 1810; he was 89.2
Benjamin is #2871 (p 352) in the Hoyt Genealogy.2
Residence for Benjamin and Patience: Ridgefield, Fairfield, CT.2
He married Patience Smith, daughter of Samuel Smith & Elizabeth, on 28 Aug 1751.2,11 Born on 19 Feb 1727/1728.11 Patience died on 25 Apr 1812; she was 85.2
One of their 11 known children:
29 i. Samuel R (1754-1819)
(Family of Sgt John HOYT & Elizabeth WATERBURY)
26. Abigail HOYT (John7, John6, Samuel5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born in 1741.12 Christened on 24 Dec 1749. Abigail died in 1796.12
Abigail is #2955 (p 358) in the Hoyt Genealogy. 2
She married Samuel JESSUP, son of Jonathan JESSUP & Sarah, on 11 Oct 1763 in Stamford, Fairfield, CT, US.12 Samuel died on 17 Nov 1812.12 Occupation: Farmer.12 Religion: Episcopalian.
One of their 11 known children:
30 i. Hannah (1783-1862)
Ninth Generation
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(Family of Daniel HOYT & Sarah BENEDICT)
27. Thomas HOYT (Daniel8, Daniel7, Zerubbabel6, Walter5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born on 24 Dec 1752.2 Thomas died in Norwalk, Fairfield Co, CT, US, on 24/25 May 1831; he was 78.2 Occupation: Farmer.2
Thomas is #3198 (p 380) in the Hoyt Genealogy.2
Residence: Norwalk, Fairfield, CT.2
He married Mary HOYT (28) , daughter of Nathan HOYT (24) & Elizabeth LOCKWOOD, on 4/9 Apr 1778.2 Born on 27 Oct 1756. Mary died on 9 May 1809; she was 52.2
One of 7 known children:
31 i. Samuel (1778-1866)
(Family of Nathan HOYT & Elizabeth LOCKWOOD)
28. Mary HOYT (Nathan8, Daniel7, Zerubbabel6, Walter5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born on 27 Oct 1756. Mary died on 9 May 1809; she was 52.2
Mary is #3225 (p 381) in the Hoyt Genealogy.2
See #27 on this page for family.
(Family of Benjamin HOYT & Patience SMITH)
29. Samuel R HOYT (Benjamin8, Benjamin7, David6, Nicholas5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born on 19 Oct 1754 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, CT, US.2,13 Samuel R died in Ridgefield, Fairfield, CT, US, on 18 Sep 1819; he was 64.2,13 Occupation: farmer.2
Samuel is #3339 (p 390) in Hoyt Genealogy2
Residence for Samuel and Elizabeth: Ridgefield, Fairfield, CT. 2
He married Elizabeth OLMSTEAD, daughter of Daniel OLMSTEAD & Elizabeth NORTHRUP, on 8 Jan 1778.2,13,14 Born on 30 Jan 1758 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, CT, US.2,13,14 Elizabeth died on 15 Jan 1840; she was 81.2,13
One of 8 known children:
32 i. William (1786-1832)
30. Hannah Jessup (Abigail Hoyt8, John7, John6, Samuel5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born in 1783 in Stamford, Fairfield, CT, US. Hannah died on 2 Sep 1862 probably in , Hancock, OH, US; she was 79.
See #31 on p 16 for family information.
Tenth Generation
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(Family of Thomas HOYT & Mary HOYT)
31. Samuel HOYT (Thomas9, Daniel8, Daniel7, Zerubbabel6, Walter5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born on 11 Nov 1778 in Norwalk, Fairfield, CT, US.2,12 Samuel died in , Hancock, OH, US, on 14 May 1866; he was 87.12 Occupation: Silversmith.2 Religion: Episcopalian.
Samuel is # 3977 (p 430) in the Hoyt Genealogy.2
Residences: Norwalk, Fairfield, CT; Ledyard, Cayuga, NY; Hancock County, OH.2
He married Hannah JESSUP (30) , daughter of Samuel JESSUP & Abigail HOYT (26), on 4 Mar 1801 in (probably) Stamford, Fairfield, CT, US.2,12 Born in 1783 in Stamford, Fairfield, CT, US.2,12 Hannah died on 2 Sep 1862 in , prob. , Hancock, OH, US.2,12 Religion: Episcopalian.
Two of 9 known children:
33 i. Henry C (1804-1885)
34 ii. Harriet (1810-1893)
(Family of Samuel R HOYT & Elizabeth OLMSTEAD)
32. William HOYT (Samuel R9, Benjamin8, Benjamin7, David6, Nicholas5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born on 17 May 1786 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, CT, US.2,15 William died on 5 Sep 1832; he was 46.2,15,16 Buried in Auburn, Cayuga, NY, US (Soule Cem).2,16
William is #4310 (p. 451) in the Hoyt Genealogy.2
Residence of both: Ridgefield, Fairfield, CT; Sennett, Cayuga, NY.2,15
He married Esther BEERS, daughter of Ezekiel BEERS & Sarah PLATT, in 1807.2,15 Born about 1786 in Norwalk, Fairfield, CT, US.15 Esther died on 12 Nov 1849.2,15,16 Buried in Auburn, Cayuga, NY, US (Soule Cem).2,16
They had the following known children:
35 i. Nathan Gould (1809-1879)
36 ii. William Clark (1811-1875)
37 iii. Sanford P (1813-1889)
38 iv. Esther A (1814-)
39 v. Harry B (1816-1903)
40 vi. Samuel R (1818-1901)
41 vii. Rufus K (1819-)
42 viii. Edward S (1821-~1891)
43 ix. Ezekiel Beers (1823-1895)
44 x. Zalmon (1824-)
45 xi. Marietta (1826-1863)
46 xii. Sarah (1828-)
47 xiii. Eliza (1832-1850)
(Family of Samuel HOYT & Hannah JESSUP)
33. Henry C HOYT (Samuel10 Thomas9, Daniel8, Daniel7, Zerubbabel6, Walter5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born on 15 Apr 1804 in Norwalk, Fairfield, CT, US.2,16 Henry C died on 22 May 1885; he was 81.16 Buried in Oak Glen Cemetery, Aurora, Town of Ledyard, Cayuga, NY, US.16
Henry is #5256 (p 518) in the Hoyt Genealogy.2
Residences of Henry: Norwalk, Fairfield, CT; Ledyard, Cayuga, NY.
Residences of Henry and Sarah: Ledyard, Cayuga, NY; Litchfield, Medina, OH2; Vermontville, Eaton, MI (1880 census); and possibly returning to Ledyard as that is where they are buried.
He married Sarah (Sally) G GILLAM on 12 Apr 1827.2 Born on 19 Feb 1807.16 Sarah (Sally) G died on 20 Mar 1885; she was 78.16 Buried in Oak Glen Cemetery, Aurora, Town of Ledyard, Cayuga, NY, US.16
34. Harriet HOYT (Samuel10, Thomas9, Daniel8, Daniel7, Zerubbabel6, Walter5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1,) Born on 4 Mar 1810 in Norwalk, Fairfield, CT, US.2 Harriet died on 23 May 1893; she was 83. Buried in Elyria, Lorain, OH, US (Greenwood Cem).
Harriet is #5259 (p 519) in the Hoyt Genealogy.2
Residences: Norwalk, Fairfield, CT and Wellington, Lorain, OH.2
She married Nathan Gould HOYT (35) , son of William HOYT (32) & Esther BEERS, on 24 Jul 1833 probably in Ledyard, Cayuga, NY, US.2 Born on 17 Oct 1809 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, CT, US.2 Nathan Gould died in Elyria, Lorain, OH, US, on 15 Nov 1879; he was 70. Buried in Elyria, Lorain, OH, US (Greenwood Cem). Occupation: Cabinet Maker.
See family of William HOYT & Esther BEERS (Eleventh Generation) for continuation of the descendants of Nathan Gould HOYT (35) and Harriet HOYT (34).
Eleventh Generation
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Nathan Gould Hoyt (#35) at Penfield, Ohio
(Family of William HOYT & Esther BEERS)
35. Nathan Gould HOYT (William10, Samuel R9, Benjamin8, Benjamin7, David6, Nicholas5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born on 17 Oct 1809 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, CT, US.2 Nathan Gould died in Elyria, Lorain, OH, US, on 15 Nov 1879; he was 70. Buried in Elyria, Lorain, OH, US (Ridgelawn Cem). Occupation: Cabinet Maker.
Nathan is #5784 (p. 551) in the Hoyt Genealogy.
Residences for Nathan: Marcellus, Onondaga, NY.
Residences for Harriet: Norwalk, Fairfield, CT; Addison, Steuben, NY, Marcellus, Onondaga, NY.
Residences for Nathan and Harriet: Marcellus, Onondaga, NY; Penfield, Lorain, OH; Elyria, Lorain, OH.
Harriet Hoyt (#34) at Penfield, Ohio
He married Harriet HOYT (34) , daughter of Samuel HOYT (31) & Hannah JESSUP (30), on 24 Jul 1833 in (probably) Ledyard, Cayuga, NY, US.2 Born on 4 Mar 1810 in Norwalk, Fairfield, CT, US.2 Harriet died on 23 May 1893; she was 83. Buried in Elyria, Lorain, OH, US. (Ridgelawn Cem).
They had the following children:
48 i. William Sr (1834-1900)
49 ii. Hannah Jane (1835-1910)
50 iii. Norton Gould (1837-1923)
51 iv. Mary Esther (1840-)
52 v. Samuel Tompkins (1842-1896)
53 vi. Henry Sanford (1844-1908)
Notes for Nathan Gould Hoyt and Harriet
A copy of a letter written by Harriet Hoyt, wife of Nathan Gould Hoyt,
to her son William Hoyt Sr.
Elyria September 6, 1886
I thought I would drop you a line as I have not seen you for a long time. I came home not feeling very well and have not gained very much yet and I wish to say there is some pieces of silver which my father gave me and which I wish to devide with my boyes as the girls had some silver spoons when they left their childhood home. the silverware that I have had for years when I am gone I wish to have devided with all of the children but the pieces that was my fathers is marked with his and mothers initials S H H. I will send you the old sugar bowl and tongs which your grandfather made over 80 years since. they were made in North Carolina and as you are the oldest and a Hoyt I will give it to you and hope it will ever be kept in the Hoyt family. I enjoyed my visit very much. had a very pleasant time. I left Boston thinking to spend some time in York state and when I got there I felt so bad I thought I would come home while I could and have not felt very well since. had no misshapes on the road, left all well, I do not know when you will get this. hope to see or hear from you soon. with love to all from your Mother.
Notes about the letter:
Harriet Hoyt was born in CT in 1810. She died 1893 in Wellington, OH. She married Nathan Gould Hoyt who was born in CT in 1809 and died 1879 in Elyria, OH. Harriet and Nathan Gould were distant cousins, descending from the immigrant, Simon Hoyt who came to America about 1628.
HarrietÕs father, who made the sugar bowl and tongs was Samuel R. Hoyt. He was born in 1754, probably in CT. He married Elizabeth Olmsted in 1840. I have no record of him living in North Carolina. Because he was a silversmith I wonder if he apprenticed himself to someone in N. C.
The sugar bowl and tongs were handed down from William Hoyt, Sr. to Williams Hoyt, Jr., to Ethelyn Hoyt (only child of Williams Hoyt, Jr.), to Arlene Howard, to Louise Varisco.
Of the 5 remaining children of Harriet and Nathan Gould Hoyt:
Hannah and Mary were girls—end of Hoyt name.
Norton married, but had no children—end of Hoyt name.
Samuel married and had two daughters. One never married and the other married but I canÕt find a record of any children—end of Hoyt name.
Henry married and ended up in California. He had a son whose marriage and children I cannot find. The only possibility of the ÒHoytÓ name being carried on from Harriet and Nathan would be from Henry.
HarrietÕs daughter, Mary, was married and living in Boston at the time this letter was written. Most likely this is the reason she was visiting Boston at the age of 74. Harriet and Nathan came to Ohio from New York in 1852. This is probably why she was stopping there on the way home. They still had relatives there.
I cannot find any of the silverware with the initials S H H. This would probably be the silverware that my grandmother said was buried during the War of 1812.
Letter typed and notes written by Louise Varisco
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Obituary:
N. G. Hoyt, who at one time owned the place where D. T. Bush now lives, and later other property in Wellington, died suddenly last Saturday at his home East Ave., Elyria. He was the father of Mrs. James Penfield of this village, and three of his sons are conductors on the L. S. & M. S. R. R. His age was 70 years, and his death was caused by congestion of the lungs.
The Wellington Enterprise, November 20, 1879
Obituary:
DEATH OF MRS. HARRIET HOYT
Mrs. Harriet Hoyt died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. James Penfield, w Seventh street, Tuesday morning, aged eighty-three years. Deceased was also the mother of Mr. S. T. Hoyt, of this city, Mr. Wm. Hoyt, of Cleveland, Mr. H. S. Hoyt, of Topeka, Kan., Mr. Norton Hoyt, of Wellington, and Mrs. Mary Prentice, of Boston, Mass. Deceased was a grandmother and a great-grandmother, and was a woman of sterling worth and integrity and commanded the respect of all who knew her. She was born near Norwalk, Conn., March 4th, 1810. Her husband, Nathan Gould Hoyt, died thirteen years ago. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon.
(Paper and date unknown)
36. William Clark HOYT (William10, Samuel R9, Benjamin8, Benjamin7, David6, Nicholas5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born on 11 Mar 1811 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, CT, US.2 William Clark died in Feb @1875 in Sennett, Cayuga, NY, US.2,16 Buried in Feb 1873 in Auburn, Cayuga, NY, US (Soule Cem).2,16
William is # 5785 (p. 551) in the Hoyt Genealogy.
He first married Polly MEAD.2 Born abt 1816.16 Polly died on 9 Nov 1850 in, Cayuga, NY, US.16 Buried in Auburn, Cayuga, NY, US (Soule Cem).2,16
He second married Emeline UNDERWOOD.2 Born abt 1811.16 Emeline died on 22 Jul 1857.16 Buried in Auburn, Cayuga, NY, US (Soule Cem).2,16
He third married Minerva WARNER.2 Born on 27 May 1814. Minerva died on 23 Jul 1899; she was 85.16 Buried in Auburn, Cayuga, NY, US (Soule Cem).2,16
Sanford P. Hoyt (#37), Auburn, New York
37. Sanford P HOYT (William10, Samuel R9, Benjamin8, Benjamin7, David6, Nicholas5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born on 17 Apr 1813 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, CT, US.2 Sanford P died on 27 Jun 1889; he was 76. Buried in Auburn, Cayuga, NY, US (Soule Cem).2,16
Sanford is #5786 (p 551) in the Hoyt Genealogy.
He married Ann Eliza HOWE, daughter of Chauncey HOWE, on 6 Feb 1839.2 Ann Eliza died on 19 Jun 1901 in Mottville, Onondaga, NY, US.18
Only known child:
54 i. Chauncey E. (1850-1888)
Notes for Sanford P. Hoyt
Obituary:
HOYT--In Sennett, N. Y. Thursday, June 27, 1889, Sanford P. Hoyt, aged 76 years.
38. Esther A HOYT (William10, Samuel R9, Benjamin8, Benjamin7, David6, Nicholas5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born on 26 Dec 1814 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, CT, US.2
Esther is #5787 (p. 551) in the Hoyt Genealogy.
Residences: CT; Skaneateles, Onondaga, NY
She married Wills CLIFT 1 Oct 1844.2
39. Harry B HOYT (William10, Samuel R9, Benjamin8, Benjamin7, David6, Nicholas5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born on 26 Aug 1816 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, CT, US.2,16 Harry B died on 6 Jun 1903; he was 86.16 Buried in Auburn, Cayuga, NY, US (Soule Cem).2,16
Harry is #5789 (p. 551) in Hoyt Genealogy.
Residences: Ridgefield, Fairfield, CT. and Sennett, Cayuga, NY
He married Matilda B HOWE.2 Born on 11 Aug 1823.16 Matilda B died on 29 Apr 1898; she was 74.16 Buried in Auburn, Cayuga, NY, US (Soule Cem).2,16
40. Samuel R HOYT (William10, Samuel R9, Benjamin8, Benjamin7, David6, Nicholas5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born on 21 May 1818 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, CT, US. Samuel R died on 31 Jan 1901; he was 82. Buried in Clyde, Sandusky, OH (McPherson Cem).
Residences: Ridgefield, Fairfield, CT and Clyde, Sandusky, OH.
In 1877 Samuel and Anna moved to Clyde, Sandusky, OH.
He first married Maria PIERSONS in 1864 in Allen, , NY, US.
He second married Ann(a) M PITT in 1877. Born in Jul 1847/52.
Notes for Samuel R. Hoyt
Obituary:
Samuel R. Hoyt, a highly respected citizen, died at his home on Duane street, on Jan. 31st, at the age of 82 years, 8 months and 29 days. Deceased was born at Ridgefield, on May 2, 1818. In early life he went with his parents to Sennett, N. Y., where he lived on a farm for many years. After he had grown to manhood he moved to Allen, N. Y. where in 1864 he was married to Miss Maria Pierson, who died eleven years later. In 1877 deceased was married to Miss Anna Pitt, of Allen, N. Y., who survives him. Soon after this second marriage they moved to Clyde and purchased the home, where they have since resided.
Deceased had been fast failing for a number of months and on New YearsÕ day he received a fall from which he never recovered, but gradually failed until the day of his death. Besides a sorrowing widow, deceased leaves two brothers who reside in Auburn, N. Y., and a large circle of friends.
The subject of this sketch was a good citizen and greatly respected by all. He was a loving and good husband. His last illness was most painful and trying and through it all he was most patient and resigned. From the time that he was injured he thought he would not recover and did not care to live but longed to go.
The funeral services were held at the residence Saturday afternoon at 2 oÕclock, Rev. J. M. Huston conducting the services, assisted by Rev. B. F. Griffith, of Medina. The body was laid at rest in McPherson cemetery.
Owing to the illness of his immediate relatives none were able to attend the funeral, except Mrs. M. J. Hoyt, of near Buffalo, N. Y., who has been here several months. Norton Hoyt and Mr. and Mrs. W. B. French of Norwalk, were also present at the funeral.
41. Rufus K HOYT (William10, Samuel R9, Benjamin8, Benjamin7, David6, Nicholas5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born on 25 Sep 1819 in , , CT, US.2
Rufus is #5790 (p. 551) in Hoyt Genealogy.
He married Hannah PATTEE at Owasco. 7 Jan 1845.2
Their son Clarence P. md Ida R. ________. He was a warden in the Colorado penitentiary.
42. Edward S HOYT (William10, Samuel R9, Benjamin8, Benjamin7, David6, Nicholas5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born on 4 Oct 1821 in , , CT, US.2 Edward S died aboutt 1891.
Edward is #5791 (p. 551) in Hoyt Genealogy.
Residences: CT; Sennett, Cayuga, NY; Mottville, Onondaga, NY.
He first married Rachel WATSON.2 Rachel died on 1 Oct 1879.
He second married Isabel Wyckoff GREEN on 6 Jun 1888 in Auburn, Cayuga, NY, US.
Notes for Edward S. Hoyt and Isabel
Marriage:
HOYT-GREEN--At No. 49 Franklin-st., Auburn, Wednesday, June 6, 1888, by Rev. J. J. Brayton, Isabel Wyckoff Green to Edward S. Hoyt of Sennett.
(Paper and date unknown)
Marriage:
WEDDING IN AUBURN
A very pleasant affair occurred at the residence of H. P. Green on Franklin street Wednesday morning, it being the marriage of his sister Belle to Edward S. Hoyt. The parlors were handsomely decorated with snow balls and roses. The bride was tastefully attired in a brown traveling suit. Immediately after the ceremony an elegant breakfast was served. The gifts from their numerous friends were rich and rare. Guests were present from Norwich, New York, Pennsylvlania, and Skaneateles--Auburn Dispatch, June 7th.
Obituary:
DIED. HOYT--In Sennett, last evening, Edward S. Hoyt, aged 70 years.
Funeral will be held at his late residence, Sunday, at 1 oÕclock P. M. Burial at Lake View cemetery, Skaneateles.
43. Ezekiel Beers HOYT (William10, Samuel R9, Benjamin8, Benjamin7, David6, Nicholas5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born on 24 Mar 1823 in Sennett, Cayuga, NY, US.2 Ezekiel Beers died in Mottville, Onondaga, NY, US, on 17 Nov 1895; he was 72.
Ezekiel is #5792 (p. 551) in Hoyt Genealogy.
Residences: Sennett, Cayuga, NY; Skaneatles, Onondaga, NY; Mottville, Onondaga, NY.
He first married Mary DELANO daughter of Howard Delano, 14 Oct 1852 in Mottville, Onondaga, NY, US.2 Mary died on 11 Jan 1857/1867.2
They had one known child:
55 i. Frank D
He second married Mary J WHEELER on 1 Jul 1872 in Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Notes for Ezekiel Beers Hoyt and Mary Delano
Obituary:
EZEKIEL BEERS HOYT. One of the best known and most highly respected citizens of this town died at his home on Jordan-st., in this village, last Sunday evening, November 17, 1895. For several months he had suffered from stomach troubles, and had steadily failed in health. The immediate cause of his death was paralysis, with which he was stricken Sunday morning.
Ezekiel Beers Hoyt was born in Ridgefield, Conn., March 23, 1823, but had been a resident of this vicinity all his life, his parents locating on a farm in the town of Sennett, on the Genesee road, about three miles east of Auburn, when he was less than a year old, and on this farm he was reared to manhood. He was one of a family of thirteen children and at an early age began the struggle of life with only strong arms, integrity and ambition as his capital. In 1840 he engaged in keeping a country store in Mottville, conducting the same for about three years, after which he operated a foundry and machine shop at that place for many years with success and profit. Just after the war, in company with the late Thomas Morton, also of Mottville, he constructed the stone woolen mills at Skaneateles Falls, a few years thereafter disposing of his interest to his partner.
Mr. Hoyt was a most methodical man of business--conservative, careful and strictly honest to the uttermost penny--and was regarded as an able financier, accumulating by honorable business methods a large estate. His advice and counsel was of value to all persons who sought it, and they were not few. He was a man of fine appearance and pleasant manners, unostentatious and charitable, possessing a kindly heart. His family life was beyond reproach, and he enjoyed providing such home comforts for his household as his tastes required and his means allowed.
Mr. Hoyt was first a Whig and afterwards a Republican, but never actively engaging in politics further than to cast his vote for his convictions.
Mr. Hoyt was first married in Mottville, October 14, 1851/1852, to Mary E. Delano, who died Jan. 11, 1867, and a second time in Milwaukee, Wis., July 1, 1872, to Mary J. Wheeler, who survives him, together with a son by his first wife--Frank D. Hoyt of Mottville--who have lost a kind husband and father.
Funeral services were held at his late residence, Wednesday, at 2 P. M., being largely attended. Interment in Lake View Cemetery.
44. Zalmon HOYT (William10, Samuel R9, Benjamin8, Benjamin7, David6, Nicholas5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born on 2 Sep 1824 in Sennett, Cayuga, NY, US.2
Zalmon is #5793 (p. 551) in Hoyt Genealogy.
Residences: Sennett, Cayuga, NY; Allen, , NY.
He married Martha PITTS.2
45. Marietta HOYT (William10, Samuel R9, Benjamin8, Benjamin7, David6, Nicholas5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born on 4 Mar 1826 in Sennett, Cayuga, NY, US.2 Marietta died in Penfield, Lorain, OH, US, on 27 Sep 1863; she was 37.2
Marietta is #5794 (p. 551) in Hoyt Genealogy.
She married James PIERCE.2
46. Sarah HOYT (William10, Samuel R9, Benjamin8, Benjamin7, David6, Nicholas5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born on 9 Apr 1828 in Sennett, Cayuga, NY, US.2 She was never married.
Residence: Sennett, Cayuga, NY.
47. Eliza HOYT (William10, Samuel R9, Benjamin8, Benjamin7, David6, Nicholas5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born on 30 Oct 1832 in Sennett, Cayuga, NY, US.2 Eliza died on 20 Apr 1850; she was 17.2,16 Buried in Auburn, Cayuga, Soule Cemetery. 2,16
Eliza is #5796 (p. 551) in Hoyt Genealogy.
ElizaÕs death date in the HoytÕs Issue (Soule Cemetery) is listed as 20 Apr., 1830 age 17y 5 mo. It should probably read 1850.16
William Hoyt, Sr (#48), Cleveland, Ohio
(Family of Nathan Gould HOYT & Harriet HOYT)
48. William HOYT Sr (Nathan G11, William10, Samuel R9, Benjamin8, Benjamin7, David6, Nicholas5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). and (Harriet10, Hannah JESSUP9, Abigail HOYT8, John7, John6, Samuel5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born on 8 Jun 1834 in Addison, Steuben, NY, US.2 William died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH, US, on 10 Sep 1900; he was 66.19 Buried in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH, US (Riverside Cem).19 Occupation: Brakeman, freight conductor, and passenger conductor on the Lakeshore and Michigan Southern Railway (New York Central Lines).19
William is #6627 (p. 602) in the Hoyt Genealogy.
Residences: William lived at Addison, Steuben, NY; Marcellus, Onondaga, NY; Penfield, Lorain, OH; and 403 Franklin Ave, Cuyahoga Co, OH.
Residences: Harriet lived in Gustavus, Trumbull, OH; 403 Franklin Ave, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH.
Harriet A. (Roberts) Hoyt
He married Harriet A ROBERTS, daughter of Sheridan ROBERTS & Harriet A Allen, on 23 Jan 1858 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, OH, US.22,23 Born on 15 Oct 1837/1838 in Gustavus, Trumbull, OH, US.19 Harriet A died in Apr 21, 1900 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH, US.19 Buried in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH, US (Riverside Cem).19
They had the following children:
56 i. William Jr (1859-1933)
57 ii. Lillian Amelia (1861-1940)
58 iii. Ida Harriet (1865-1946)
59 iv. Harriet (1871-1871)
60 v. Harry (1875-1875)
Notes for William Hoyt and Harriet
In Cleveland, William and Harriet first lived on Water Street, later named West 9th. At the end of the street was a lighthouse and the old Union Station where the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway was based. At a much later date the street was raised and the buildings were covered with dirt.
At the University of Notre Dame in Indiana there is a bell in the steeple, the largest and most famous of the collection. More than seven feet tall and weighing nearly 16,000 pounds, the large bell hangs a level below the carillon keyboard room. Made by Bollee & Sons, it was shipped from France to New York City in 1867. The story goes that when the bell arrived by train in South Bend, city fathers feared that the combined weight of the train and bell would collapse the bridge across the Saint Joseph River. They refused to let the train cross with its cargo, and the bell had to be floated across the river on a special barge pulled by oxen. Today ÒAnthony,Ó as the bell is referred to around the Basilica, rings solo only on Ash Wednesday and other solemn occasions. Originally the bell was rung by hand, taking six ÒheftyÓ Notre Dame students to get it swinging. The great bell is now rung exclusively by an exterior clapper.
William Hoyt, as freight conductor, was in charge of this bell as it was transported on what was then known as the Lake Shore Railway. The cost of the bell in France was $4465.20
WILLIAM HOYT. Of the gentleman whose name appears at the opening of this sketch, and whose portrait is shown on the opposite page, it may be said that he is unquestionably one of the oldest conductors now in the employ of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Company,--as his service with the precursors of this road which now forms part thereof, dates back to November 1, 1855, when he accepted a position on the Cleveland & Toledo Railroad, which now forms the Toledo Division of this great consolidated system. Our subject was born at Addison, New York, and is a son of Nathan G. and Harriet Hoyt.
Nathan Hoyt was also a native of New York State, and at Marcellus, New York, he resided for a period of eighteen years; he then came west to Lorain county, Ohio (in 1852), and settled at Penfield, where he spent his remaining days. His trade was that of a cabinet maker, at which he was quite successful. William HoytÕs mother was a native of the state of Connecticut, and her union with Mr. Hoyt resulted in the birth of six children, namely: William; Norton, who resides in Norwalk, Ohio; Hannah J., who is the wife of James Penfield; Mary, who is the wife of T. B. Prentice, of Boston, Massachusetts; S. T., who has been a conductor on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway and its predecessor, for the past thirty-five years, and resides at Elyria, Ohio; and Henry, who lives in the state of Colorado.
William Hoyt left home November 1, 1855, and, at Grafton, Ohio, he commenced working as a brakeman on the C. & T. R. R.; this position he held for about fifteen months, when he was advanced to a local freight run. Five years later he was again advanced, this time, to a through freight run, and for the next five years he made his usual freight run and occasionally took out a passenger. His next promotion was to be a regular passenger conductor, in 1862,* and since that time he has been running over the Toledo Division in one of the fast passenger trains.
The subject of this sketch was married, in 1857, to Harriet Roberts, of Warren, Ohio, and three children have been born to them: William; Lillian; and Ida. William, a baggageman on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway, married Mary White, and has one child,--Ethel. Our subject is a prominent member of the F. & A. M., Cleveland Lodge No. 15. Though Mr. Hoyt has attained an advanced age, he is, nevertheless, well preserved, and has the activity of men many years his juniors. His long service as a passenger conductor, and his jovial disposition, have made him a favorite with those who ride on his train over the Toledo Division and he is very popular among his fellow railroad men, as he is, also, with the officials of the road.
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway System and Representative Employees
Biographical Publishing Company, Buffalo, N. Y., Chicago, ILL, 1900 pp 315-316
*If you add up the times mentioned in this paragraph, 1862 should probably be 1867.
HARD WORK.
Conductors on the different roads __?__-ing in Toledo, have considerable hard work attending to the care and comfort of their passengers at the present time. Last evening conductor William Hoyt brought in on his train fourteen coaches from Toledo, so completely packed with passengers that it was next to impossible to pass through the car. He is entitled to the thanks of the passengers for his politeness and courtesy. (paper and date not known)
William Hoyt of Cleveland, Ohio, has been the guest of relatives in Sennett the past week. He spent his boyhood days in Marcellus, but for forty-five years past has been in the service of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railroad serving forty-one years as conductor, and is still in active service. (paper and date not known)
In 1879 William Hoyt was part of the crowd of 300 people who stood shivering on Public Square in downtown Cleveland. Charles F. Brush, local inventor of the old arc light, hung 12 lights on poles 150 feet above the square known as monument Park. The lights were a little bigger than a bowling ball. In 1879 horses reared, people cheered, and a cannon roared when the bright lights went on. It was six months before EdisonÕs electric light.21 (paper and date not known)
Obituary:
HAS TAKEN HIS LAST TRAIN OUT
Death of William Hoyt , A Well-Known Conductor
For 48 Years He Was A Faithful and Respected Employe
of the Lake Shore Railroad
William Hoyt, of No. 403 Franklin Avene, one of the oldest conductors of the Lake Shore Railway Company, and an old resident of the city, died yesterday morning. He was a passenger conductor on the Toledo division and worked in that capacity up to last Tuesday. He felt ill and on Saturday he was compelled to seek his bed. The cause of his demise was BrightÕs disease.
William Hoyt was born June 8, 1834, at Addison, N. Y. In 1855 he procured a position on the Lake Shore Railway between Cleveland and Toledo, as a brakeman, and later he became a passenger train conductor. He married Miss Harriet Roberts, of Warren, O, in 1857, and five children were born to them, of whom William, Jr., Lillian A., and Ida H. Hoyt are living. His wife died some time ago.
Mr. Hoyt was a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, Cleveland Lodge, No. 15. He was well liked by his fellow employes and was a faithful worker. The funeral will be held at 2 oÕclock Wednesday afternoon from his late residence. Rev. W. W. Sniff, of the Franklin Circle Disciple Church will conduct the services--Cleveland (O) Leader September 11th.
Deceased spent most of his boyhood days in Marcellus, where his father, Gould Hoyt, was a cabinet maker and undertaker. The family moved to Ohio in 1854. William Hoyt was a nephew of the late E. B. Hoyt of Skaneateles. (Paper and date not known)
Obituary:
FUNERAL OF WILLIAM HOYT.
William Hoyt, the oldest conductor on the Cleveland division of the Lake Shore Railroad, both in age and in years of service, was buried yesterday from his late residence, No. 403 Franklin Avenue. Rev. W. W. Sniff conducted the funeral and paid a high tribute to the life of Mr. Hoyt. J. W. Sylvester, Edward Page, Charles A. Ely, B. Arnold, Lewis Merrick, and H. D. Knapp were the pall bearers. Among the handsome floral tributes was a passenger coach made of white carnations, sent by the Lake Shore Railroad Company. Paper and date not known)
Mary (White) Hoyt, William Hoyt Jr, Flora Penfield (back row),
William Hoyt Sr, Hannah Jane (Jennie) (Hoyt) Penfield, Alta Penfield Lord (middle row),
Ethel Hoyt, Gertrude Penfield (front row)
49. Hannah Jane HOYT (Nathan G11, William10, Samuel R9, Benjamin8, Benjamin7, David6, Nicholas5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). and (Harriet10, Hannah JESSUP9, Abigail HOYT8, John7, John6, Samuel5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born on 19 Dec 1835 in Marcellus, Onondaga, NY, US.2,24 Hannah Jane died in , Lorain, OH, US, on 13 Jul 1910; she was 74.24 Buried in Elyria, Lorain, OH, US (Greenwood Cem).24
Hannah Jane is #6628 (p. 602) in the Hoyt Genealogy.2
Residences: Marcellus, Onondaga, NY; Penfield, Lorain, OH; Wellington, Lorain, OH; Elyria, Lorain, OH.
She married James Penfield, son of Amzi Penfield, on 22 Mar 1860 in Lorain Co, OH.2 Born on 17 Sep 1831 in Penfield, Lorain, OH, US. James died on 8 Jan 1894; he was 62.
They had the following children:
61 i. Flora Elizabeth (1861-1934)
62 ii. Mary Alta (1865-1933)
63 iii. Gertrude B (1867-1956)
In the 1900 and 1910 Census the family lived at 315 7th Street, Elyria, OH.
Obituary:
Died. The death of Mrs. Jennie Penfield occurred at her home on West Seventh Street Wednesday morning, July 13th. The deceased was in her seventy-fifty year and is survived by three daughters, Miss Flora Penfield, Mrs. Alta M. Lord, and Mrs. H. L. Hall. She was a member of the First Congregational church and had lived in this city for thirty years. The funeral services will be held from the home of Mrs. Lord on Middle Avenue, Friday afternoon at two oÕclock.Ó
Elyria Democract July 14, 1910
Norton Gould Hoyt (#50)
50. Norton Gould HOYT (Nathan G11, William10, Samuel R9, Benjamin8, Benjamin7, David6, Nicholas5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). and (Harriet10, Hannah JESSUP9, Abigail HOYT8, John7, John6, Samuel5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born on 13 Oct 1837 in Marcellus, Onondaga, NY, US.25,2 Norton Gould died in Wellington, Lorain, OH, US, on 20 Jun 1923; he was 85.25,26,27 Buried in Wellington, Lorain, OH, US (Greenwood Cem).25 Education: Oberlin College. (enrolled 1856-1857 prep).28
Norton is #6629 (p. 602) in the Hoyt genealogy.
Residences: Marcellus, Onondaga, NY; Penfield, Lorain, OH; Wellington, Lorain, OH; At 101 Cline St., Norwalk, Huron, OH.
Hannah (Peters) Hoyt
He first married Hannah PETERS on 3 Nov 1863 in Lorain, OH, US.2 Born on 15 May 1840 in Harpersfield, , NY, US. Hannah died in Norwalk, Huron, OH, US, on 11 Jul 1901; she was 61. Buried in Wellington, Lorain, OH, US (Greenwood Cem).
He second married Louisa Josephine WINCHELL. Born in @ 1852 in , , , NY.
No children by either wife.
Notes for Norton Gould Hoyt & Hannah
AN INCIDENT OF WAR
In the fall of 1862 there had been great suffering and death among the volunteers in ___ndartÕs Battery, 1st O.V.I. in which were many Penfield boys but not one thing of the comfortable delicacies constantly being sent by the tireless auxiliary of the SoldiersÕ Aid Society had ever reached camp or cot of her own boys. Samuel Knapp, (familiarly known as ÒCommissioner KnappÓ and ÒSquire KnappÓ) staunch patriot and veteran of the War of 1812, volunteered to go through the lines to Nashville and take along supplies needed and personally deliver them. Levi Smith had lost a son in the hospital there about whom only meager accounts had been obtained, and he also went.
A few days after Mr. KnappÕs return serious illness developed, and Hannah Peters in neighborly kindness went in to assist these friends of her father and mother. This is not hearsay or tradition, for the writer was one of that anxious group, who awaited the verdict of the doctors, Johns and Campbell, as to what ailed Ògrandfather,Ó who was growing delirious, and with the morning they had a clearly developed case of smallpox. Elisha Sheldon and W. L. Hayes, who had watched with the sick man had varioloid, and the youngest son of each took the disease from them, and the anxiety and monotony of that two months quarantine is yet in the remembrance of those who shared it. Mrs. Knapp came down with smallpox. Edwin P. Hayes and wife, Cara Hayes, a few months married, closed their home and with the help of one immune nursed both Mr. and Mrs. Knapp through the long weeks of illness, severe as could be and not be fatal, without taking the disease.
Young Mrs. Vanvalkenburg, also a bride of a few months, and who was one of those to proffer help and sympathy was hurried away to Litchfield, but already had caught the infection, and a little later died and there was a midnight burial.
Mr Knapp survived his wife, who lived ten years but never stood or walked again; and Hannah Peters, who had varioloid, was transformed from an unusually healthy, blooming girl to one who, although she resisted invalidism, was the victim of almost every form of suffering, dating from the disease which blighted her whole after life, culminating in blindness before her death. The indirect sacrifices made during periods of war and not taken into account, if those were also rewarded, no country could pay its war debt or keep up its pension roll. There are graves of women who periled their lives in the cause of liberty to whom the tribute of a flag or flower on Memorial day would not be inappropriate; and few soldiers paid more dearly for patriotic service than Sarah Hayes Knapp the generous, active, skillful woman who could never use hand or feet again, and Hannah Peters Hoyt who gave her youth and strength, practically laid down her life that she might help others. M.H.H.
The Wellington Enterprise, Wellington, OH July 17, 1901
Obituary
DEATH OF MRS. NORTON G. HOYT
Hannah, only sister of David J. Peters, and wife of N. G. Hoyt, died at her home in Norwalk, July 11th, 1901.
She was the daughter of Richard and Stattra Peters and was born in Harpersfield, N. Y., sixty-one years ago on the 15th of May; came with her parents to Penfield, O., in 1852 where she lived until her marriage, Nov. 3, 1863. Until their removal to Norwalk in the fall of 1897 nearly all their married life was spent in Wellington, where according to her wishes her body was laid to rest. Rev. E. T. Hagerman, who had known them in...her in sickness, conducted funeral services at the home in Norwalk and Rev. R. L. Waggoner officiated at the burial. After nearly thirty-nine years of invalidism and in the last ten weeks almost unparalleled suffering the release of the spirit was to her joyfully anticipated and infinite gain, encouragement. Courageous, faithful, patient, considerate of others and efficient, she was always planning for those about her, pleasures and enjoyment in which by reason of her feebleness she could not share. She was the object of her husbandÕs devoted attention, solitude and sympathy. The manner of her loss of health is referred to elsewhere in his paper. At intervals she grew stronger, and her most active participation in church relations was perhaps during the pastorate of W. C. Dawson, when with her husband she united with the church, and frequently in the...testimony to the faith which was with her a vital experience and abiding comfort.
Wellington Enterprise July 17, 1901
Obituary:
DEATH OF MRS. N. G. HOYT
Mrs. N. G. Hoyt, of Cline street, wife of Norton G. Hoyt, who moved here from Wellington about three years ago, died this Thursday, morning at eleven oÕclock after a long illness. She is survived by the husband who mourns the loss of a devoted wife, and by a brother, D. J. Peters, of Wellington.
The burial will be at her old home, Wellington.
The funeral will be held here on Saturday, July 13th, at ten oÕclock a.m, services to be conducted by Rev. Dr. E. T. Hagerman.
July 11, 1901 Norwalk
Obituary
NORTON HOYT SUCCUMBED WEDNESDAY
Mr. Norton G. Hoyt, aged 86 years, a resident of this place for many years, and well and favorably known here, passed away at the residence on Park street at 4 oÕclock this afternoon with interment in Greenwood cemetery.
Mr. Hoyt, who has spent the winters in Florida for many years, returned this spring feeling as well as usual, but suffered from a gradual breaking down of health incident to a man of his age, and suffering no pain, grew weaker and weaker until the end.
Mr. Hoyt was an active business man during the earlier years of life. In partnership with the late Mr. David Peters he built the block now owned by The Wellington Telephone Co. on East Main street, and was identified with other business ventures.
Mr. Hoyt was a fine christian citizen and always young in spirit, and progressive in thought.
Wellington Enterprise
Mary Esther (Hoyt) Prentice (#51)
51. Mary Esther HOYT (Nathan G11, William10, Samuel R9, Benjamin8, Benjamin7, David6, Nicholas5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). and (Harriet10, Hannah JESSUP9, Abigail HOYT8, John7, John6, Samuel5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born on 4 Apr 1840 in Marcellus, Onondaga, NY, US.2
Mary is #6630 (p. 602) in the Hoyt Genealogy.2
Residences: Marcellus, Onondaga, NY; Penfield, Lorain, OH; Marion, Marion, OH; Somerville, Middlesex, MA; East Norriton Tp, Montgomery Co, PA.
Theron B. Prentice
She married Theron Butler PRENTICE, son of Rev. John Homer PRENTICE & Eliza Butler, on 4 Nov 1863 in, Lorain, OH, US.2,29 Born on 10 Dec 1837 in Joliet, Will, IL, US.29 Occupation: Photographer & Musician.
They had the following children:
64 i. Virgil Hoyt (1864-)
65 ii. John Homer (1870-)
Samuel T. Hoyt (#52)
52. Samuel Tompkins HOYT (Nathan G11, William10, Samuel R9, Benjamin8, Benjamin7, David6, Nicholas5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). and (Harriet10, Hannah JESSUP9, Abigail HOYT8, John7, John6, Samuel5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born on 18 Jul 1842 in Marcellus, Onondaga, NY, US.2 Samuel Tompkins died in Elyria, Lorain, OH, US, on 15 Aug 1896; he was 54. Buried in Elyria, Lorain, OH, US. Occupation: Conductor on the Lakeshore & Michigan Southern Railway (New York Central) The N Y Central RR brought the railroad to Wellington in 185_.
Samuel is #6631 (p. 602) in the Hoyt Genealogy.
He first married Libbie A HUES on 22 Dec 1870 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, OH. Born abt 1846. Libbie A died on 28 Aug 1877 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH, US. Buried in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH, US (Riverside Cemetery).
They had one child:
66 i. Elizabeth Pearl (1873-)
He second married Helen L (Nellie) BAKER on 19 Oct 1880. Born in Apr 1848 in , , , OH.30
They had one child:
67 i. Alma S (1883-)
Notes for Samuel T. Hoyt
Obituary:
Samuel Tompkins Hoyt was born in Marcellus, N. Y., July 18th, 1842; died in Elyria, August 15th, 1896, aged fifty-four years twenty-seven days. He served his country in the days of its peril. In fact, in the hardships and exposures of those far off days was laid the foundation of that sickness which after a protracted and most painful illness finally terminated his earthly career.
After the perils of the camp and of soldier life in defense of his country, he chose as his work that one of the most responsible and dangerous vocations known to our busy life, that of the railroad service. The average age of those in the capacity in which he served is about a dozen years, yet he had been in this service for thirty years. Special temptations as well as special perils come to the railroad man, but through all of these Samuel Tompkins Hoyt came with an untarnished character. He enjoyed the confidence of his employers and the love and esteem of companions and fellows in service.
And would you know how this man, your friend and comrade, died? He died in faith. The atmosphere of his sick chamber was the atmosphere of prayer and of communion with God. He talked with God as a friend talks with friend. Death had no terrors to him. In the love and faith of Jesus Christ he had conquered death. Through all of the dangers and perils which this life has passed our brother was at last permitted in his own home, surrounded by his loved ones, to lie down in the tender foldings of divine love and human love, and be gathered to his fathers. It remained for us to tenderly bear his wasted body away to its last resting place, which was done on Monday.
At the last sad rites a large number of relatives and friends gathered to bid a final adieu, rev. D D. DeLong officiating.
Mr. HoytÕs many yearsÕ residence in Elyria makes this loss as a citizen only harder to bear. He died respected by all and without an enemy.
The following gentlemen in the employ of the Lake Shore Company were in attendance at the funeral: F. A. Wyman, auditor passenger receipts; M. E. Tully, auditor freight receipts; B. L. Reynolds, chief dispatcher; J. W. Gault, Charles Goodwin, chief clerk division superintendent; also conductors L. Styles, E. D. Page, Wm. Muchler, J. V. Lutts, Harry Knapp, train master G. W. Johnson, general yard master, Sam Davis, W. H. Button, gateman, and Messrs. Frank Crandall, G. W. Curtice, F. R Hoyt, A Sawyer.
(Paper and date not known)
Obituary:
Mr. Samuel T. Hoyt, the highly respected L. S. & M. S. passenger conductor, residing on East avenue, succumbed to heart disease, from which he has been for several weeks confined to the house, at an early hour Saturday morning. He was buried from the house Monday afternoon. Deceased leaves a wife and two daughters, Misses Alma and Pearl. In the home and in the doing of his daily duties Mr. Hoyt was an upright, open-hearted man, and his loss will be deeply felt by the community.
(Paper and date not known)
Henry Sanford Hoyt (#53)
53. Henry Sanford HOYT (Nathan G11, William10, Samuel R9, Benjamin8, Benjamin7, David6, Nicholas5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). and (Harriet10, Hannah JESSUP9, Abigail HOYT8, John7, John6, Samuel2,31 Henry Sanford died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, US, on 13 Jan 1908; he was 63.31,32 Buried in , , CA, USA. (Mountain View Crematory).
Henry is #6632 (p. 602) in the Hoyt Genealogy.
He married Mary S BASSETT, daughter of Corydon BASSETT & Caroline HERRICK, on 22 Dec 1870 in Lorain Co, OH. Born on 11 Apr 1850 in Oberlin, Lorain Co, OH, US.33 Mary S died in, Los Angeles, CA, US, on 13 Dec 1925; she was 75.33 Buried in , , CA, US (Mountain View Crematory).33
Morty (#70) and Carrie (#69?) Hoyt
They had the following known children: (As listed in Henry Hoyt's will)
68 i. Marian (about 1872-)
69 ii. Caroline (Carrie) P (about 1878-)
70 iii. Corydon (Charles) Mortimer (about1880-)
Notes for Henry S. Hoyt
Obituary:
AN OLD RAILROAD MAN. Henry Hoyt, a railroad man since December, 1862, whose headquarters are now in Denison, Texas, called on old friends in Wellington this week Mr. Hoyt married his wife, Miss Mary Bassett here, and his family are at Palm Beach, Cal., where he spends his summers. His brother, Wm. Hoyt, his oldest brother, has been forty-five years on the L.S. & M. S. railroad, and another brother, who died two or three years ago, was twenty-eight or thirty years on the same road.
From the Wellington Observer
Twelfth Generation
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(Family of Sanford P HOYT & Ann Eliza HOWE)
54. Chauncey E. HOYT (Sanford P11, William10, Samuel R9, Benjamin8, Benjamin7, David6, Nicholas5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born on 6 May 1850.2 Chauncey E. died on 7 Mar 1888 in Sennett, Cayuga, NY, US.
Obituary:
HOYT--In Sennett, Wednesday, March 7, 1888, Chauncey E., son of Sanford P. Hoyt, in the 38th year of his age.
Funeral at his late residence, Saturday, at 2 P. M.
(Family of Ezekiel Beers HOYT & Mary DELANO)
55. Frank D HOYT (Ezekiel Beers11, William10, Samuel R9, Benjamin8, Benjamin7, David6, Nicholas5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1).
He married Carrie A. BROWN on 30 Aug 18_2 in Little Falls, , NY, US.
Notes for Frank D Hoyt
& Carrie
Marriage:
HOYT-BROWN--At Little Falls, N. Y. Wednesday, August 30 18_2 by Rev. A. J. Arnold, Miss Carrie A. Brown of BrockettÕs Bridge, N. Y., to Frank D. Hoyt of Mottville, N. Y.
William Hoyt, Jr (#56)
(Family of William HOYT Sr & Harriet A. ROBERTS)
56. William HOYT Jr (William10, Samuel R9, Benjamin8, Benjamin7, David6, Nicholas5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born on 28 Jun 1859 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH, US.22,34 William died in Strongsville, Cuyahoga, OH, US, on 26 Dec 1933; he was 74.22,34 Buried in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH, US (Riverside Cem).34 Occupation: Brakeman on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway (New York Central).19
Residences for William: Water Street and Franklin Ave., Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH
Residences for Mary: Ohltown Trumbull, OH; Wakeman, Huron, OH.
Residences for William and Mary: 56 Scott Street, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH; 21926 Boston Road, Strongsville, Cuyahoga, OH.
Mary (White) Hoyt, Strongsville, Ohio
He married Mary Irene WHITE, daughter of Lemuel WHITE & Nancy Jane HURD, on 3 Mar 1887 in Norwalk, Huron, OH, USA.22,35,36 Born on 25 Aug 1866 in Ohltown, Trumbull, OH, US.22,37,38 Mary Irene died in Strongsville, Cuyahoga, OH, US, on 29 Jun 1923; she was 56.38,39 Buried in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH, US (Riverside Cem).38,39
They had one child:
71 i. Ethelyn Rhea (1891-1976)
Notes for William & Mary
In the spring of 1904 William and Mary bought the farm in Strongsville so that MaryÕs parents, Lemuel and Nancy Jane White, could live with them and run the farm. Lemuel died 17 December 1904. William and Mary lived in the same house the rest of their lives.
William was a baggagemaster and a brakeman for the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, New York Central Lines. After moving to Strongsville he was able to walk a half mile and take the Interurban to downtown Cleveland to ÒcatchÓ his train. He worked for the railroad from June 5, 1880 to July 31 1928--a total of 48 years and 2 months.
57. Lillian Amelia HOYT (William10, Samuel R9, Benjamin8, Benjamin7, David6, Nicholas5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born on 10 Jan 1861 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH, US.22 Lillian Amelia died in Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH, US, on 8 Dec 1940; she was 79.26 Buried in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH, US (Riverside Cem).
She never married.
Ida Hoyt (#58) at 5510 Franklin Avenue, Cleveland. Ohio
58. Ida Harriet HOYT (William10, Samuel R9, Benjamin8, Benjamin7, David6, Nicholas5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born on 31 Oct 1865 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH, US.22 Ida Harriet died in Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH, US, on 14 Nov 1946; she was 81.40 Buried in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH, US (Riverside Cem).40
She never married.
59. Harriet HOYT (William10, Samuel R9, Benjamin8, Benjamin7, David6, Nicholas5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born on 14 Oct 1871 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH, US.22 Harriet died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH, US, on 14 Dec 1871; she was 2 months old.22 Buried in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH, US (Riverside Cem). Originally buried in Monroe Street Cemetery in Cleveland and then removed to Riverside Cemetery in Cleveland.
60. Harry HOYT (William10, Samuel R9, Benjamin8, Benjamin7, David6, Nicholas5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born on 17 May 1875 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH, US.22 Harry died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH, US, on 22 May 1875; he was 5 days old.22 Buried in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH, US (Riverside Cem). Originally buried in Monroe Street Cemetery in Cleveland and then removed to Riverside Cemetery in Cleveland.
Flora Penfield (#61)
(Family of Hannah Jane HOYT & James PENFIELD)
61. Flora Elizabeth PENFIELD (Hannah Jane11, William10, Samuel R9, Benjamin8, Benjamin7, David6, Nicholas5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born on 7 Feb 1861 in Wellington, Lorain, OH, US. Flora Elizabeth died on 25 Jan 1934; she was 72.
She never married.
62. Mary Alta PENFIELD (Hannah Jane11, William10, Samuel R9, Benjamin8, Benjamin7, David6, Nicholas5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born on 13 Dec 1865 in Wellington, Lorain, OH, US. Mary Alta died in Elyria, Lorain, OH, US, on 26 Mar 1933; she was 67.
She married Charles Carroll LORD, son of Philander LORD & Sarah ANTHONY, on 10 Jun 1885 in Elyria, Lorain Co, OH. Born on 17 Dec 1861 in Darlington, Lafayette, WI, US. Charles Carroll died in Sep 1956. Occupation: Newspaper editor and reporter. Justice of the Peace.
They had the following children: (All probably died without issue.)
72 i. Clara
73 ii. Walter
74 iii. Ralph (-~1949)
Gertrude Penfield (#63)
63. Gertrude B PENFIELD (Hannah Jane11, William10, Samuel R9, Benjamin8, Benjamin7, David6, Nicholas5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born on 3 Feb 1867. Gertrude B died in Lake Bluff, Lake, IL, US, on 6 Oct 1956; she was 89.
She married Horatio L HALL on 24 Dec 1890.
They had 1 dau. Pauline b 1891, d NYC 2 July 1963; md _____ MAGEE; 1 dau. Gertrude L. MAGEE (probably unmarried).
(Family of Mary Esther HOYT & Theron Butler PRENTICE)
64. Virgil HOYT PRENTICE (Mary Esther11, William10, Samuel R9, Benjamin8, Benjamin7, David6, Nicholas5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born on 10 Aug 1864 in OH, US.
He married Bertha C. ______.
They had at least 2 children: Homer b @ 1904 and Mary Esther b @ 1911.
65. John Homer PRENTICE
(Mary Esther11, William10, Samuel R9, Benjamin8, Benjamin7, David6, Nicholas5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born on 27 Dec 1870 in OH, US. Probably never married.
(Family of Samuel Tompkins HOYT & Libbie A HUES)
66. Elizabeth Pearl HOYT (Samuel Tompkins11, William10, Samuel R9, Benjamin8, Benjamin7, David6, Nicholas5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born in Oct 1873 in , , OH, US.41
She married John B FULLER 16 June 1897 (Wedding announcement).
(Family of Samuel Tompkins HOYT & Helen L [Nellie] BAKER)
67. Alma S HOYT (Samuel Tompkins11, William10, Samuel R9, Benjamin8, Benjamin7, David6, Nicholas5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born on 21 May 1883 in OH, US.30
She probably never married
(Family of Henry Sanford HOYT & Mary S BASSETT)
68. May or Marian HOYT (Henry Sanford11, William10, Samuel R9, Benjamin8, Benjamin7, David6, Nicholas5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born about 1872.
She married William H SCHILLING on 10 May 1893 in Topeka, KS. (Wedding announcement).
They had five children listed in the 1910 census: Henry J b @ 1896, William P b @ 1898, Louisa P b @ 1900, Katherine A b @ 1902, Theodore A b @ 1905, and Barbara E b @ 1907.
69. Olive HOYT (Henry Sanford11, William10, Samuel R9, Benjamin8, Benjamin7, David6, Nicholas5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born about 1878.
She married C C GLASS.
70. Corydon (Charles) Mortimer HOYT (Henry Sanford10, William10, Samuel R9, Benjamin8, Benjamin7, David6, Nicholas5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born about 1880. He was callied Morite in a letter written by his father in 1898. Later he went by the name of Charles M. Hoyt .
He married Mabelle C GLASS about 1909. Born about 1887 in , , , CA.
In the 1930 census they had 4 children. There may have been more born later. Alice H b @ 1911, Mortimer Jr b @ 1913, Robert H b @ 1914, Marshall H b @ 1919, and Peggy Ann b @ 1921.
Thirteenth Generation
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Ethel (Hoyt) Howard (#71)
(Family of William HOYT Jr & Mary Irene WHITE)
71. Ethelyn Rhea HOYT (William11,William10, Samuel R9, Benjamin8, Benjamin7, David6, Nicholas5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born on 15 Oct 1891 in Wakeman, Huron, OH, US.22,42 Ethelyn Rhea died in Middleburgh Hts, Cuyahoga, OH, US, on 19 Jul 1976; she was 84.22,42 Buried in Columbia Tp, Lorain, OH, US (Columbia Cem).42 Education: Kentucky School in Cleveland, OH (grades 1-7). Beebetown one-room school (grade 8). Berea High School (1 year).
She married Dewitt Almon HOWARD, son of George Manley HOWARD & Clarissa Stella PEACHEY, on 18 Feb 1914 in Strongsville, Cuyahoga, OH, US.22,43 Born on 20 Aug 1885 in Hartland, Huron, OH, US.22,44,45 Dewitt Almon died in Berea, Cuyahoga, OH, US, on 19 Mar 1957; he was 71.22,44 Buried in Columbia Tp, Lorain, OH, US (Columbia Cem).46 Occupation: Carpenter. Education: 8th grade -- one room school in Columbia Tp, OH. (sw corner of Boone and Emmons roads).
They had the following children:
75 i. Mary (1915-1915)
76 ii. Maxine Jane (1918-1983)
77 iii. Arlene Wanda (1922-1997)
Notes for Ethelyn Hoyt & Dewitt Howard
Ethelyn spent the first 12 years of her life on the West Side of Cleveland at 57 Scott Street. She attended Kentucky School. When they moved to Strongsville in 1904 it was hard for her to get used to the one-room school house she attended in Beebetown. She was not used to the noise and confusion of all the grades together. After 8th grade she attended one year of high school in Berea, OH. When they moved to Strongsville in 1904, she helped her father plant an apple orchard on the west side of their land. They also had a few peach, pear, and plum trees. She told me about Grandad taking potatoes into Cleveland and selling them in the neighborhoods. She would take apples along and give to the children.
After she married Dewitt Howard they continued to live with her parents. They both lived in the house the rest of their lives.
In the 1930s and again in the late 1940s they vacationed in Michigan, near Mesick. In 1936 they went to Niagara Falls and Canada with their new 1936 Dodge. In 1941 they drove to Florida. The above was told to me by my grandmother. (Louise Varisco)
(Family of Mary Alta PENFIELD & Charles Carroll LORD)
72. Clara LORD (Mary Alta PENFIELD12, Hannah Jane HOYT11, William10, Samuel R9, Benjamin8, Benjamin7, David6, Nicholas5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1).
73. Walter LORD (Mary Alta PENFIELD12, Hannah Jane HOYT11, William10, Samuel R9, Benjamin8, Benjamin7, David6, Nicholas5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1).
74. Ralph LORD (Mary Alta PENFIELD12, Hannah Jane HOYT11, William10, Samuel R9, Benjamin8, Benjamin7, David6, Nicholas5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Ralph died about 1949.
14th Generation
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(Family of Ethelyn Rhea HOYT & Dewitt Almon HOWARD)
75. Mary HOWARD (Ethelyn Rhea12, William11, William10, Samuel R9, Benjamin8, Benjamin7, David6, Nicholas5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born on 7 May 1915 in Strongsville, Cuyahoga, OH, US.22 Mary died in Strongsville, Cuyahoga, OH, US, on 7 May 1915.22 Buried in Liverpool Tp, Medina, OH, US (Beebetown Cem).
76. Maxine Jane HOWARD (Ethelyn Rhea12, William11, William10, Samuel R9, Benjamin8, Benjamin7, David6, Nicholas5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born on 6 Mar 1918 in Strongsville, Cuyahoga, OH, US.22 Maxine Jane died in Medina, Medina, OH, US, on 2 Jun 1983; she was 65. Buried in Columbia Tp, Lorain, OH, US (Columbia Cem). Education: Strongsville High School, Strongsville, OH. and Dyke Business College, Cleveland, OH. Religion: Medina United Methodist Church.
Known residences of Maxine: Childhood in Strongsville. Married life in Ravenna, and Medina, OH.
She married Everett Ernest WISE Sr, son of Albert WISE & Martha HASEL, on 12 Aug 1940 in , , PA, US.22 Born on 13 Nov 1913 in Liverpool Tp, Medina, OH, US. Everett Ernest died in Medina, Medina, OH, US, on 14 Jan 1978; he was 64. Buried in Columbia Tp, Lorain, OH, US (Columbia Cem). Occupation: Machine Operator for Permold in Medina, OH. Education: Medina High School, Medina, OH. Religion: Medina United Methodist Church.
They had one child:
78 i. Everett Ernest Jr
Notes for Maxine (Howard) Wise
Maxine worked at the A. D. Fraisier Co. in the Guardian Building on Euclid Avenue in Cleveland before she married (she would spend the winter with Aunt Lill and Uncle Ed King in Cleveland). When she married they lived in Ravenna for awhile and she continued to work there and travel back and forth by train. After they moved to Medina she worked for The General Telephone Company as Head Cashier. She retired after 33 years of service.
77. Arlene Wanda HOWARD (Ethelyn Rhea12, William11, William10, Samuel R9, Benjamin8, Benjamin7, David6, Nicholas5, Simon4, Michael3, Thomas2, Walter1). Born on 28 Feb 1922 in Strongsville, Cuyahoga, OH, US.22,47 Arlene Wanda died in Middleburg Hts, Cuyahoga, OH, US, on 21 Sep 1997; she was 75.47 Buried on 27 Sep 1997 in Liverpool Tp, Lorain, OH, US (Beebetown Cem).47 Occupation: Housewife. Education: Strongsville High School. Religion: Baptist.
She married Martin Marion VARISCO Jr, son of Mariano (name changed to Martin when he moved to Ohio) VARISCO & Violet Viva HUTCHINS, on 10 Aug 1940 in Norwalk, Huron, OH, US.22,48 Born on 7 Aug 1917 in York Tp, Medina, OH, US. Martin Marion died in Strongsville, Cuyahoga, OH, US, on 6 Jan 2007; he was 89. Buried on 13 Jan 2007 in Liverpool Tp., Lorain, OH, US (Beebetown Cem). Occupation: Machinist in woodworking department at A. I. Root Company in Medina. Machinist and Foreman at Cowles Tool Co. in Cleveland, OH. Retired April 1, 1980. Education: Medina High School. 1 year at Baptist Bible Institute in Cleveland, OH. Religion: Baptist.
They had the following children:
79 i. Louise Maxine
80 ii. Daniel Martin
Notes for Martin and Arlene (Howard) Varisco
Martin and Arlene were members of the Beebetown Baptist Church most of their lives. Martin taught an adult Sunday School class for 45 years.
Martin enjoyed collecting and playing the old Edison phonographs with the cylinder records. When he found one that didnÕt work he fixed it. He liked woodworking. During W W II there were no toys in the stores. He made wooden toys and sold them to Sears & Roebuck at Lorain and 117th streets in Cleveland, OH. He was also good at repairing broken furniture and making all kinds of things out of wood.
Arlene had a yard full of flowers which she enjoyed tending. She also enjoyed fixing up the antique furniture from her grandparents and using them in her home.
Sources
1. HoytÕs Issue, Spring 1995, pp 1166-1180
2. A Genealogical History of the Hoyt, Haight, and Hight Families by David W. Hoyt. Providence Press Co. Boston: Henry Hoyt 1871.
3. HoytÕs Issue, Spring 1996, pp 1252-1259
4. The Ancestry of Jesse Cook and His Descendants. By Mrs. Carrie Cook Doe. 1922.
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12. Edward Jessup of West Farms, Westchester and His Descendants. by Rev. Henry Groswald Jesup. Cambridge. 1887.
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23. Marriage Certificate for William Hoyt, Sr. & Harriet Roberts
24. Death Certificate. Lorain Co., OH #(unreadable) for Hannah Jane Penfield
25. Death Certificate. Lorain Co., OH #39466 (Norton Gould Hoyt)
26. Death Certificate. Hamilton Co., OH. #74830 (Lillian A Hoyt)
27. Death Certificate for Earl Hutchins, Medina Co., OH. File No. 18075
28. General Catalogue of Oberlin College 1833-1908, Published by the College in Connection with the Celebration of its Seventy-Fifth Anniversary. Oberlin, Ohio. April 1st, 1909
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31. Death Certificate. Los Angeles Co, CA. #8-001243) (Henry S Hoyt)
32. Will. Los Angeles County, CA. (Henry S. Hoyt)
33. Death Certificate. Los Angeles Co, CA. (#25-556287) (Mary B Hoyt)
34. Death Certificate. Cuyahoga Co, OH, File No. 67165. (William Hoyt)
35. Marriage Certificate for William Hoyt, Jr. and Mary White.
36. Hurd family births, marriages, deaths handwritten on paper (The Globe Milling Co. -- J. C. Hurd). Information probably written by John C. Hurd.
37. Family History of James White and Fannie Pittinger and their descendants. The Acorn Printery, Painesville, Ohio, 1932. pp 7, 8
38. Death Certificate. Cuyahoga Co, OH, File No. 37116. (Mary White Hoyt)
39. Obituary. Medina County Gazette, July 3, 1923 (Mary Hoyt)
40. Obituary. Medina County Gazette, November 1946 (Ida Hoyt)
41. 1900 Ohio census. Geneva Tp, Ashtabula, OH. ED 21, S. 18, LN 19
42. Death certificate for Ethelyn (Hoyt) Howard, Cuyahoga Co, OH. Ohio Dept. of Health.
43. Marriage Record for Dewitt Howard and Ethelyn Hoyt, Cuyahoga Co., OH, Vol 88, p 274.
44. Death Certificate for Dewitt Howard, Cuyahoga Co, OH. Ohio Dept. of Health.
45. Birth. Certified Copy of Birth Record. Huron Co., OH. #26 (Dewitt Howard)
46. Death Certificate. San Joaquin Co., CA. #3 90 39 003767. (Alta Howard Stockwell)
47. Death Certificate for Arlene (Howard) Varisco, Cuyahoga Co, OH. Ohio Dept. of Health
48. Marriage Record for Martin Varisco and Arlene Howard., Vol 192, p 332.
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