Mary (Barnes) Hoyt (1643 - aft. 1698)

Born 25 Jan 1643 in Salisbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Wife of John Hoyt Jr. — married 23 Jun 1659 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died after 28 Sep 1698 after age 55 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Origin

Mary Barnes was born on 2 June 1639 at Salisbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, the daughter of William Barnes and Rachel Unknown.^[1]

Marriage

Mary married on 23 June 1659 at Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay, to John Hoyt, Jr..^[1]

Children

Children of Mary and John Hoyt, Jr.:^[1]

1. William Hoyt, b 5 Sep 1660, d 19 Jul 1728; m Dorothy Colby
2. Elizabeth Hoyt, b 8 Feb 1661/2 [8 Jan in Norfolk records]; prob. m Joseph "Lankester," Jr.
3. John Hoyt, b 28 Mar 1663, d 24 Aug 1691; m Elizabeth Unknown
4. Mary Hoyt, b 11 Oct 1664; m John Whittier
5. Joseph Hoyt, b 14 Jul 1666, d 1719 or 20; m Dorothy Worthen
6. Sarah Hoyt, b ___; m Faun Clements
7. Rachel Hoyt, b 28 Jun 1670; m Joseph Weed
8. Dorothie Hoyt, b 29 Jan 1773/4; m perhaps Nathaniel Lovejoy
9. Grace Hoyt, b 29 Mar 1676
10. Robert Hoyt, b ____; m Martha Stevens

Death and Legacy

On August 7, 1697, Mary Hoyt, relict widow of John Hoyt and eldest son William Hoyt, denounced right of administration of John's estate and petitioned the court to have Joseph Hoyt, 3rd son of John Hoyt be appointed, which was granted. ^[2]

28 September 1698, Mary Hoyt of Amesbury, relict of John Hoyt, Jr. ('or ye 2d of ye name in Almsbury') sells to her son-in-law John Whittier of Haverhill, carpenter, all that her great farm or lot given to her in the last will and testament of her father, William Barnes, lying in Amesbury, containing two hundred acres, being the twenty-fifth lot in that division commonly the division of the great lots, not to include or infringe upon a highway confirmed in said Barnes's will unto Thomas Wells, now minister of Amesbury, nor any other highway laid out by the lot-layers for the use of the town. Ack. same day.^[3]

Mary is assumed to have died at the family home in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay. However, no record of her death has been found.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Hoyt, David Webster. (1857) Hoyt Family: A Genealogical History of John Hoyt of Salisbury, and David Hoyt of Deerfield, (Massachusetts,) ... Boston: C.B. Richardson, Archive.org (Pages 20, 25-27, 132).
2. ↑ Case 14128:p. 1-6: Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)
3. ↑ Essex Deeds, Vol. XIII, p. 145: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89ZZ-B2MM

See also:

• Torrey, Clarence Almon, (1985) New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore.

U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

Name Mary Hoyt Birth Date 25 Jan 1643 Birth Place Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America Death Date 13 Aug 1696 Death Place Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140664453