Judith (Currier) Hoyt (1739 - abt. 1811)

Born 20 Feb 1739 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of David Hoyt Jr — married 19 Jan 1758 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died about 5 Sep 1811 at about age 72 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Judith Currier was born at Amesbury, Massachusetts on February 20, 1738/9, the daughter of William Currier and Judith Chase. ^{[1] [2]}

She married David Hoyt Jr. at Amesbury on January 19, 1758. ^{[1] [2]} Her husband David was born there on September 5, 1737 and baptized there October 16, 1737, the son of David Hoyt Sr. and Mary Quinby. ^{[1] [3]}

David died before August 10, 1797 ^[3] when his widow was appointed administrator of his estate. His estate inventory taken on May 8, 1798, showed real estate holdings valued at $405.00 and a personal estate assessed at $278.71. ^[4]

David Hoyt Jr. , yeoman of Amesbury, wrote his will on December 10, 1796. In it he left bequests to: ^[4]

• wife Judith
• daughter Anne Weed, wife of Joshua
• daughter Molley Worthen, wife of Stephen
• daughter Lydia Sargent, wife of Jonathan
• son Stephen Hoyt
• grandson David Hoyt, son of David
• sons Moses and William Hoyt
• wife Judith and son Moses to be executors ^[4]

Judith is likely the widow Judith Hoyt who died September 5, 1811 at Amesbury. ^{[1] [3]}

Children

1. Anne born July 4, 1760; married Joshua Weed on January 28, 1789 at Amesbury ^{[1] [3]}
2. Mary born May 26, 1762 ; married Stephen Worthen on January 23, 1783 ^[1]; removed to Chester, New Hampshire.^[3]
3. Stephen born ___ : married Esther Randall on February 14, 1788. ^{[1] [3]}
4. David born on August 20, 1771 ^[1]; died before December 1796; married Betty Stevens of Salisbury on December 21, 1790. ^[3]
5. Lydia Hoyt born c1767; married first Jonathan Sargent ^[3] at Amesbury on on July 20, 1794; married second Micheal Emery on March 23, 1815. ^[1]
6. Moses born March 16, 1777; died on June 11, 1840; married Hannah Bagley on February 23, 1806. ^{[1] [3]}
7. William born on October 22, 1778 ^[1]; drowned in the Merrimac River with five other people May 24, 1807; married Mehitable Swasey of Haverhill. ^{[5] [3]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10} Vital Records of Amesbury to the End of the Year 1849, Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, Massachusetts, 1913, p. 76
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Currier, Harvey Lear. Genealogy of Richard Currier of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts (1616--1686-7) and Many of His Descendants, Orleans County Historical Society, Newport, Vermont, 1910, p. 74
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9} Hoyt, David Webster. Hoyt Family: A Genealogical History of John Hoyt of Salisbury, and David Hoyt of Deerfield, (Massachusetts,) and Their Descendants: with Some Account of the Earlier Connecticut Hoyts, and an Appendix, Containing the Family Record of William Barnes of Salisbury, a List of the First Settlers of Salisbury and Amesbury, etc , C.B. Richardson, 1857. p. 35: 49-50: 71-2
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Case 14112: p. 1-11: 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.)
5. ↑ Vital Records of Haverhill, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, The Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, Massachusetts, 1911, p. 424