Thomas Hoyt (1731 - 1778)

Born 17 May 1731 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Miriam (Kimball) Hoyt — married 5 Sep 1754 in Amesbury, Essex, Province of Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 1 Sep 1778 at age 47 in Revolutionary War

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Private Thomas Hoyt served with New Hampshire during the American Revolution.

Thomas Hoyt is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A059151.

Thomas Hoyt Died in Military Service during the American Revolution.

Biography

Thomas Hoyt III was born on May 17, 1731 at Amesbury, Massachusetts, son of Thomas (II) and Ruth (Barnard) Hoyt. ^[1] He was baptized on April 23, 1732. ^[2]

His father died c1743/4 and Thomas, being aged about 14, chose his uncle Timothy Hoyt as his guardian. ^[3]

He was a tanner, moved to Canterbury, New Hampshire in 1771/2. ^[2]

Military

Thomas Hoyt was a member of the Trainband of Canterbury New Hampshire and was a soldier in the 3rd Regiment of New Hampshire Militia. ^{[2] [4]}

• 1776: He signed the Association Test of New Hampshire. ^[4]
• 1776: He was in Captain James Shepherd's Company in Cambridge. ^[4]
• 1777: January 1: Thomas enlisted in Colonel Thomas Stickney's Regiment of General Stark's Brigade for three years. ^[4]

Family

He married Miriam Kimball of Haverhill, Massachusetts on September 5, 1754. ^{[1] [2]} Miriam was born on July 14, 1736, daughter of Abner and Dinah (Barnett) Kimball. ^{[5] [4]}

He died while serving in the Revolutionary Army on September 1, 1778. ^[2]

His widow Miriam married Benjamin Blanchard November 26, 1781. ^[2]

Children

1. Abner born on December 17, 1755 ^[1]; married Martha Weeks ^[4]; moved to Wheelock, Vermont. ^[6]
2. Phoebe born on November 22, 1756 ^[1]; married David Ames ^[4]; lived in Canterbury, New Hampshire where Phebe died on October 30, 1838. ^[6]
3. Ruth born on July 24 1759 ^[1]; married Sargent Morrill ^[4] on September 16, 1777; removed to Danville and Wheelock, Vermont. ^[6]
4. Thomas born on April 14, 1762 ^[1]; married ___ Morrill ^[4]; died in Danville, Vermont. ^[6]
5. Sarah born on November 13, 1765 ^[1]; married Abraham Morrill ^[4] on March 24, 1785; resided at Danville and Wheelock before removing to Ogden, New York. Sarah died at October 4, 1847 at Ogden. ^[6]
6. Barnard born ___; married Judith Morrill ^[4] on November 22, 1792. ^[6]
7. Jonathan born on January 21 1773; died at sea. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} Vital Records of Amesbury Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, The Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, Massachusetts, 1913 p. 135-6: 382
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} 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, C.B. Richardson, 1857, 27: 34: p. 48-9
3. ↑ Case 14172: p. 1-4: 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.)
4. ↑ ^{4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11} Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine, Volume 56: No. 1, J. P. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1922, p. 560
5. ↑ Vital Records of Haverhill, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849: Volume I: Births, The Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, Massachusetts, 1910, p. 198
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5} Lyford, James Otis. History of the Town of Canterbury, New Hampshire, 1727-1912: Genealogy and Appendix, Rumford Press, Concord, New Hampshire, 1912 p. 4: 195: 265

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 18 May 2021), "Record of Thomas Hoyt", Ancestor # A059151.