Zerubbabel Hoyt (abt. 1651 - abt. 1739)

Born about 1651 in Norwalk, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Knapp) Hoyt — married 1673 (to 4 Jun 1696) in Stamford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut

Husband of Mehitable (Rockwell) Hoyt — married May 1720 (to 1738) in Norwalk, Connecticut

Descendants

Died about 25 Jan 1739 at about age 88 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Zerubbubal Hoyt was born about 1652.

Zerubbabel Hoyt Also Known As: "hoyte/hayte/hoyte/"

Birthdate: 1652 Birthplace: Norwalk, Fairfield, CT

Death: Died 1730 in Norwalk, Fairfield, CT

Place of Burial: Norwalk, CT

Immediate Family: Son of Walter Hoyt and Rhoda Tinker Hoyt Husband of Rhoda Wilson Hoyt; 'Hittabel' Keeler and Hannah Hoyt Brother of John Hoyt, Sr.; Walter Hoyt; Hannah Gregory; Elizabeth St. John and Child Taylor Half brother of Hannah Gregory; Hobbs; Abigail Taylor; Capt. John Taylor; Thomas Taylor

Spouses of Zerubbubal Hoyt:

• 1. Sarah Beckwith marry about 1675
• 2. Mehitable (Hittabel) Rockwell Keeler Hoyt married before 1725, widow of her 1st spouse Ralph Keeler. Children with Ralph: John, David and Daniel Keeler.
• 3. Rhoda Wilson Hoyt
• 4. Hannah Knapp Hoyt. Married Abt. 1673 Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut

He was deacon in the Norwalk church from 1717 until his death.

Zerubbubal Hoyt's children, all by first marriage to Sarah Beckwith:

• 1. Abigail, born February 2, 1675.
• 2. Joseph, born about January, 1677, died about 1730: married Sarah unknown.
• 3. Daniel, born January 1, 1681, died between 1756 and 1764; married (first, unknown) (second) Sarah Starr, widow.
• 4. Hannah, married, July 6, 1704, Joseph Whitney.
• 5. Caleb, referred to elsewhere.
• 6. Rhoda, married, April 19, 1710, John Keeler Jr.

The Hoyt-Haight Genealogy By Jared L. Olar June 2008

Deacon ZERUBBABEL HOYT, son of Walter Hoyt; born circa 1652in Windsor, Hartford County, CT, died before 25 Jan. 1738/39 at Clapboard Hill, Norwalk, CT. 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.

Sources

• Knapp, Alfred Averill. Nicholas Knapp Genealogy (Winter Park, Fla., 1953) Page ?
• Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (For the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1930)
• Hoyt, David Webster. A Genealogical History of the Hoyt, Haight, and Hight Families (Providence Press Co., Boston, 1871) Page 311-2.
• Hall, Edwin. The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Connecticut (James Mallory & Co., Norwalk, 1847) Page 81.