Joseph Hoyt (1727 - 1807)

Born 31 Aug 1727 in Lions Mouth, Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Collins) Hoyt — married 15 Nov 1749 in Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Descendants

Died 14 Dec 1807 at age 80 in Grafton, Grafton County, New Hamphire, United States

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Biography

Birth

Birth:

Date: 31 Aug 1727

Place: Lions Mouth, Amesbury, Essex, Mass.

Source: #S244

Page: p. 41

Note

He married (1) Sarah Collins and (2) a widow named Ruth Brown. He moved to Brentwood, NH as early as 1752- in that part incorporated as Poplin in 1764. He was taxed in Poplin in late 1772, but moved to Grafton, NH, being one of the earliest settlers of that place. Tradition says that the first apple trees set out in Grafton consisted of one hundred trees carried there from Poplin by the wife of Joseph Hoyt. Is is said that Joseph raised twenty men and went as Captain when the Indians burned Royalton, but he did not reach that place. He paid all the expenses himself, but, when his son Ebenezer was a member of the legislature, the money was refunded. An old arm chair, silver shoe-buckles and several other ancient relics, some of which were said to have been brought from England were preserved by his family. He was the father of 8 children (?? their names). He died at Grafton in 1808.

Marriage:

Date: 15 Nov 1749

Place: Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Source: #S246

Page: p. 42

Date: 15 Dec 1726

Place: Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts

Source: #S244

Page: p. 31

Research Note

The Hoyt genealogy says, without a citation to an original source, that Captain Joseph Hoyt died about 1808.^[1] However, a record in the New Hampshire marriage records index gives the marriage date of Capt. Joseph Hoyt and the widow Ruth Brown as 6 Mar 1820.^[2] The marriage record is not an original, but rather an undated transcription made by the town clerk of Danville, New Hampshire. Joseph Hoyt would have been 92 on the claimed marriage date and Ruth (Clough) Brown would have been 89. A marriage at such ages is not impossible, but it is unlikely. David W. Hoyt, the author of the Hoyt genealogy has a reputation as a careful researcher, so it is likely that the marriage record is in error. The marriage probably occurred within a few years of the death of Ruth's first husband, Enoch Brown, in 1796, and Joseph then probably died about 1808. (Bloom-1124 15:04, 3 June 2019 (UTC))

Sources

1. ↑ Hoyt, David W., A genealogical history of the Hoyt, Haight, and Hight families (Providence, R. I., 1871), 42
2. ↑ New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947, FamilySearch, citing Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,270

See also:

Source S244

Media: Book

Abbreviation: Hoyt Family

Title: A genealogical history of John Hoyt of Salibury and David Hoyt of Deerfield (Massachusetts) and their descendants.

Author: David Webster Hoyt, 1833-1921

Publication: Boston, Massachusetts: C.B. Richardson, 1857. Downloaded from Heritage Quest (Ann Arbor, Michigan: Proquest Information and Learning Company)

Source S246

Abbreviation: Hoyt, Haight, and Hight Families

Title: A Genealogical history of the Hoyt, Haight, and Hight families: with some account of the earlier Hyatt families, a list of the first settlers of Salibury and Amesbury, Mass., etc

Author: Hoyt, David Webster, 1833-1921

Publication: Providence, Rhode Island: Printed for the author by the Providence Press Co.,; 1871. Downloaded from Heritage Quest (Ann Arbor, Michigan: Proquest Information and Learning Company)