Comfort Hoyt (1724 - 1812)

Born 20 Feb 1724 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Anna (Beach) Hoyt — married 1750 in Connecticut

Descendants

Died 19 May 1812 at age 88 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Comfort Hoyt was born on February 20, 1723/24, in Danbury, Connecticut.^[1][2]

He married. Anna Beach in 1751.^[1] They had eight children: Comfort, Daniel, Esther, Amos, Agur, Abigail, Ard and. Beach.

He passed away on May 9, 1812 in Danbury.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Burke, Arthur Meredith, ed. The Prominent Families in the United States of America. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1991. p. 360. Accessed at ancestry.com 27 Aug 2019.
2. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Capt Comfort Hoyt, Sr (20 Feb 1723–19 May 1812), Find A Grave: Memorial #57394436, ; Maintained by DMLeForce (contributor 47131861) Unknown.
3. ↑ Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7D4-Z48 : accessed 16 January 2016), Comfort Hoyt, 19 May 1812; citing Connecticut, reference pg. 54; FHL microfilm 3,144.

• "United States Census, 1800", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR9-W1N : accessed 16 January 2016), Comfort Hoyt, 1800.
• Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1711-1841, Danbury, Connecticut, Town Clerk (FamilySearch) Film #007731324, Image 159: He is mentioned in the records for his son Comfort, Jr.
• The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - White, Lorraine Cook, ed. (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1994-2002) Vol. Danbury, Page 61.
• Hoyt, David. A Genealogical History of the Hoyt, Haight, and Hight Families (Providence Press Co., Boston, 1871) Page 344.