Born about in Connecticut Colony
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Isaac Marvin III
— married
8 Jun 1794 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Descendants 
Mother of
Charles Marvin and Stephen Marvin
Died
at about age 84
in Shelby or Jackson Township, Richland, Ohio, United States [uncertain]
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Biography
Although she was born within a few days of a girl by the same name, the Hannah Hoyt who married Isaac Marvin was NOT the daughter of Samuel Hoyt and Hannah Belding as many family trees assume. Proof:
- This Hannah's birth record indicates she died a few days later. [1]
- The daughter of Samuel "4th" and Hannah (Belding) Hoyt, Hannah Hoyt was born 16 August 1773 and baptized 22 Aug 1773 in Stamford, Connecticut. Town records indicate that she died 30 Aug 1773. A published 1871 genealogy of the Hoyt family by David W. Hoyt corroborates that the same Hannah, born 16 August 1773 and baptized 22 August, died 30 August 1773. The book (and town records) further indicate that Samuel and Hannah (Belding) Hoyt had two more daughters named Hannah: one born 16 Nov. 1776 who died 21 Feb. 1777; the other was b. 6 Oct. 1786, baptized 21 Dec. 1786, and lived in Stamford, unmarried, where she died 18 Jan. 1850. The probate records of Samuel Hoyt's estate does not mention a daughter named Hannah who married Isaac Marvin, but does mention his daughter Hannah Hoyt.
Research Notes
For reference, several girls names Hannah Hoyt (Hait, etc.) were born around 1773 +/- 6 years in Connecticut (numerous others were earlier and later):
Hannah Hoyt/Hait, daughter of Capt. Joseph & Jane, b. 28 Jan 1768, bapt. 20 Mar 1768 in Stamford Hannah Hoyt, daughter of Samuel (3rd) & Sarah, b. 14 Feb 1768 in Stamford Hannah Hoyt, daughter of Thaddeus & Hannah, b. 16 Oct 1768 in Stamford Hannah Hoyt, daughter of Jonathan, b. 9 Oct 1771 in Norwalk Hannah Hoyt, daughter of Joseph (5th) and Hannah, b. 25 Dec. 1772, bapt. 14 March 1773 in Stamford Hannah Hoyt (1), daughter of Samuel (4th) and Hannah Belding, b. 16 August 1773, bapt. 22 Aug 1773, d. 30 Aug 1773, in Stamford Hannah Hait, daughter of Thaddeus, bapt. 14 Nov 1773 in Stamford (note: several siblings were baptized at the same time, so the baptismal date does not suggest a birth date) Hannah Hait, daughter of Hanford & wife, bapt. 3 Nov 1776 in Stamford Hannah Hoyt (2), daughter of Samuel (4th) and Hannah Belding, b. 16 Nov. 1776, d. 21 Feb. 1777 in Stamford Hannah Hitt, b. 19 Mar 1778 in Branford Hannah Hoyt, daughter of Elijah & Abigail, b. 13 Jul 1778 in Norwalk Hannah Hoyt, daughter of Uriah & Jane, b. 5 Aug 1779 in Stamford Hannah Hoyt (3), daughter of Samuel (4th) and Hannah Belding, b. 6 Oct. 1786, bapt. 21 Dec. 1786 in Stamford; d. 18 Jan. 1850 in Stamford (unmarried)
Other women named Hannah Hoyt (Hait, etc.) who married about 1794 +/- 10 years in Connecticut: Hannah Wait/Hait m. Timothy Reynolds, 25 Feb 1786 in Stamford Hannah Hoyt m. Joshua Scofield, 2 Feb 1794 in Stamford Hannah Hoit m. Hezekiah Jennings, 27 Nov 1794 (or 1795) in New Canaan Hannah Haite m. Hezekiah Jennings, 27 Nov 1795 (or 1794) in Norwalk Hannah Hoyt m. Timothy Reynolds, 25 Feb 1796 in Stamford Hannah Hoyt m. Joseph Banks, 17 Nov 1796 in Danbury Hannah Hoyt m. William Henry Stevens, 18 May 1797 in Stamford Hannah Hoyt m. Daniel Bouton, 17 Oct 1803 in Stamford Hannah Hoyt m. Peter Scofield, 17 Dec 1804 in Stamford
Birth
The gravestone of Hannah (Hoyt) Marvin in Oakland Cemetery, Shelby, Ohio is broken and, unfortunately, the white marble is weathered. The words that can be read for certain with ease (as of 2000): "Hannah wife of Isaac Marvin Died **** Aged ****"
Unfortunately, rubbings the old headstones of Isaac and Hannah Hoyt, don't make her dates any clearer. Isaac's clearly marked headstone leans slightly forward and so has been every so slightly sheltered from the weather for the past century and a half and is more legible. While interment records at Oakland Cemetery are generally good, they do not confirm Hannah's birth date, death date, age at death or burial date.
However, photographs of Hannah's grave stone taken by Nick Sheedy allows the death date to be read, and hints at her age at death. The day is certainly 27 and the year 1858, and the month appears to be May -- confirming the death date that has been handed down by most descendants: 27 May 1858.
As for the age at death, her gravestone is so badly weathered that is cannot be read in-person, a photo by Nick Sheedy (with good shadows and the contrast adjusted) make it clear enough that it to read "84 Y, 7 M, 10 D." For the years, the 8 is clear enough, and the 4 is very likely, confirming 84 years. For months, the 7 looks the same as the 7 in 27 above. The 10 looks right, but could be 16. I do not believe that the days read 11, 12 or 13.
Old family notes by a great-granddaughter, Doris Houpt, recorded Hannah's birth date as the "14th or 16th"of August 1773. Other researchers claimed she was born on the 15th, 16th or 17th of August 1773. The 1904 book of Marvin descendants gives her birth date as "15 (?17) Aug., 1773." And the 1884 biographical sketches of her son, Stephen, and her grandson, Charles W., each give her birth date as 19 August 1773.
As such, the best we can say is that Hannah (Hoyt) Marvin was born about 11-19 August 1773.
Census
1810: Norwalk, Fairfield, CT [2]
- Males - Under 10: 4
- Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 3
- Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 : 1
- Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 3
- Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
- Number of Household Members Under 16: 11
1820: Weston, Fairfield, CT [3]
- Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
- Number of Persons - Engaged in Manufactures: 1
- Total Free White Persons: 2
1830: Sharon, Richland, OH [4]
- Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
- Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1
- Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59: 1
- Free White Persons - Under 20: 4
- Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
- Total Free White Persons: 7
1840: Richland, OH [5]
- Males - 10 thru 14: 1
- Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 60 thru 69: 1
- Free White Persons - Under 20: 1
- Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
- Total Free White Persons: 4
1850: Jackson, Richland, OH [6]
- Isaac Marvin 76
- Hannah Marvin 75
- Susan Lantz 21
- Phillip Himes 23
Death and Burial
It is unclear whether Hannah died in Shelby where some of her children and children lived or just outside of town in Jackson Township where she lived for many years.
The death date for Hannah Marvin (27 May 1858) is given by most researchers and accounts. The date was claimed to be the "27th of March 1858" in the 1884 biographical sketch of her grandson, Charles W. Marvin of Gratiot Co., Michigan, but this was likely a mis-transcription of handwriting by the compiler of those sketches (confusing March and May), which I noticed in several instances.
The 1901 biographical sketch of T.S. Marvin (and other accounts) states that Hannah (Hoyt) Marvin, died in 1858 "at the age of eighty-four." Notes by Doris Houpt (daughter of H.K. and Ruth (Marvin) Houpt of Shelby, Ohio) say that the gravestone indicated that Hannah (Hoyt) Marvin was "aged 84 years, 9 months and 11 or 13 days" at her death -- apparently transcribing the inscription from Hannah's gravestone when it was more legible. However Nick Sheedy's interpretation of the age given on the headstone would exclude 11 or 13 days.
Given the death date, and the likely age at death (84 Y, 7 M, 10 D) , her birth date would be 17 August 1773. Alternatively, if she was aged 84 Y, 7 M, 16 D, she would have been born on 11 Aug 1773.
Shelby-Oakland Cemetery, Shelby, Richland County, Ohio, USA [7]
Sources
- ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F772-358 : 11 February 2018), Samuell Hoyt in entry for Hannah Hoyt, 16 Aug 1773; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
- ↑ Year: 1810; Census Place: Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut; Roll: 1; Page: 117; Image: 00121; Family History Library Film: 0281229
- ↑ 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Weston, Fairfield, Connecticut; Page: 262; NARA Roll: M33_1; Image: 197
- ↑ 1830; Census Place: Sharon, Richland, Ohio; Series: M19; Roll: 139; Page: 65; Family History Library Film: 0337950
- ↑ Year: 1840; Census Place: Richland, Ohio; Page: 272
- ↑ Year: 1850; Census Place: Jackson, Richland, Ohio; Roll: M432_724; Page: 404A; Image: 628
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11754170/hannah-marvin; headstone photo; accessed 4/23/2018
- Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center; Spiegel Grove, Fremont, Ohio; Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Ohio Obituary Index, 1830s to 2011
- Listed in the will of her husband.
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Hannah Hoyt/Hait, daughter of Capt. Joseph & Jane, b. 28 Jan 1768, bapt. 20 Mar 1768 in Stamford
Hannah Hoyt, daughter of Samuel (3rd) & Sarah, b. 14 Feb 1768 in Stamford
Hannah Hoyt, daughter of Thaddeus & Hannah, b. 16 Oct 1768 in Stamford
Hannah Hoyt, daughter of Jonathan, b. 9 Oct 1771 in Norwalk
Hannah Hoyt, daughter of Joseph (5th) and Hannah, b. 25 Dec. 1772, bapt. 14 March 1773 in Stamford
Hannah Hoyt (1), daughter of Samuel (4th) and Hannah Belding, b. 16 August 1773, bapt. 22 Aug 1773, d. 30 Aug 1773, in Stamford
Hannah Hait, daughter of Thaddeus (and other children at the same time), bapt. 14 Nov 1773 in Stamford
Hannah Hait, daughter of Hanford & wife, bapt. 3 Nov 1776 in Stamford
Hannah Hoyt (2), daughter of Samuel (4th) and Hannah Belding, 16 Nov. 1776, d. 21 Feb. 1777 in Stamford
Hannah Hitt, b. 19 Mar 1778 in Branford
Hannah Hoyt, daughter of Elijah & Abigail, b. 13 Jul 1778 in Norwalk
Hannah, daughter of Uriah & Jane, b. 5 Aug 1779 in Stamford
Hannah Hoyt (3), daughter of Samuel (4th) and Hannah Belding, b. 6 Oct. 1786, bapt. 21 Dec. 1786 in Stamford; d. 18 Jan. 1850 in Stamford (unmarried)
Other women named Hannah Hoyt (Hait, etc.) who married about 1794 +/- 10 years in Connecticut:
Hannah Wait/Hait m. Timothy Reynolds, 25 Feb 1786 in Stamford
Hannah Hoyt m. Joshua Scofield, 2 Feb 1794 in Stamford
Hannah Hoit m. Hezekiah Jennings, 27 Nov 1794 (or 1795) in New Canaan
Hannah Haite m. Hezekiah Jennings, 27 Nov 1795 (or 1794) in Norwalk
Hannah Hoyt m. Timothy Reynolds, 25 Feb 1796 in Stamford
Hannah Hoyt m. Joseph Banks, 17 Nov 1796 in Danbury
Hannah Hoyt m. William Henry Stevens, 18 May 1797 in Stamford
Hannah Hoyt m. Daniel Bouton, 17 Oct 1803 in Stamford
Hannah Hoyt m. Peter Scofield, 17 Dec 1804 in Stamford
edited by Nick Sheedy
The gravestone of Hannah (Hoyt) Marvin in Oakland Cemetery, Shelby, Ohio is broken and, unfortunately, the white marble is weathered. The words that can be read for certain are (as of 2000): "Hannah wife of Isaac Marvin Died **** Aged ****"
Unfortunately, rubbings the old headstones of Isaac and Hannah Hoyt, don't make her dates any clearer. Isaac's clearly marked headstone leans slightly forward and so has been every so slightly sheltered from the weather for the past century and a half. While interment records at Oakland Cemetery are generally good, they do not confirm Hannah's birth date, death date, age at death or burial date.
However, a photograph of Hannah's grave stone taken by Nick Sheedy allows the death date to be read, and hints at her age at death. The day is certainly 27 and the year 1858, and the month appears to be May -- confirming the death date that has been handed down by most descendants: 27 May 1858.
As for the age at death, her gravestone is so badly weathered that is cannot be read in-person, a photo by Nick Sheedy (with good shadows and the contrast adjusted) make it clear enough that it to read "84 Y, 7 M, 10 D." For the years, the 8 is clear enough, and the 4 is very likely, confirming 84 years. For months, the 7 looks exactly the same as the 7 in 27 above. The 10 looks right, but could be 16. I do not believe that the days read 11, 12 or 13.
The death date for Hannah Marvin (27 May 1858) is given by most researchers and accounts. One outlier: the date was claimed to be the "27th of March 1858" in the 1884 biographical sketch of her grandson, Charles W. Marvin of Gratiot Co., Michigan, but this was likely a mis-transcription of handwriting by the compiler of those sketches (confusing May for March), which I noticed in several instances.
The 1901 biographical sketch of T.S. Marvin (and other accounts) states that Hannah (Hoyt) Marvin, died in 1858 "at the age of eighty-four." Notes by Doris Houpt (daughter of H.K. and Ruth (Marvin) Houpt of Shelby, Ohio) -- apparently transcribing the inscription from Hannah's gravestone when it was more legible -- state that the gravestone indicated that Hannah (Hoyt) Marvin was "aged 84 years, 9 months and 11 or 13 days" at her death. However my interpretation of the age given on the headstone would exclude 11 or 13 days.
Given the death date, and the likely age at death (84 Y, 7 M, 10 D) from my reading of the gravestone, her birth date would be 17 August 1773. Alternatively, if she was aged 84 Y, 7 M, 16 D, she would have been born on 11 Aug 1773.
My great-grand-aunt Doris' notes would have the birth date as the 14th or 16th of August 1773. Other researchers claimed she was born on the 15th, 16th or 17th of August 1773. The 1904 book of Marvin descendants gives her birth date as (and I quote) "15 (?17) Aug., 1773." And the 1884 biographical sketches of her son, Stephen, and her grandson, Charles W., each give her birth date as 19 August 1773.
As such, the best we can do is say that Hannah (Hoyt) Marvin was born about 11-19 August 1773.
edited by Nick Sheedy
The daughter of Samuel "4th" and Hannah (Belding) Hoyt, Hannah Hoyt was born 16 August 1773 and baptized 22 Aug 1773 in Stamford. Town records indicate that she died 30 Aug 1773. A published 1871 genealogy of the Hoyt family by David W. Hoyt corroborates that the same Hannah, born 16 August 1773 and baptized 22 August, died 30 August 1773. Moreover, the Hoyt genealogy (and town records) further indicate that Samuel and Hannah (Belding) Hoyt had two more daughters named Hannah: one born 16 Nov. 1776 who died 21 Feb. 1777; the other was b. 6 Oct. 1786, baptized 21 Dec. 1786, and lived in Stamford, unmarried, where she died 18 Jan. 1850. Samuel Hoyt's probate record does not mention a daughter named Hannah who married Isaac Marvin, but does does name his daughter Hannah Hoyt.
edited by Nick Sheedy