Lieut. Jonathan HOYT

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 1685

Notes:

" A Genealgical History of the Hoyt Family": He was taken captive by the Indians, and carried to a place a few miles notrh of Quebec. While in the city one day with his master, he was noticed by an agent of the Mass. government, who paid a sum of money for his ransom, and immedicately sent him home. He landed in Boston after an absence of two years and a half, and settled in his native town, Deerfield. A number of years after his return from captivity, his old master visited him and was entertained with great hospitality, much affection being manifested on both sides.

Family/Spouse: Mary FIELD. Mary (daughter of Serg. Samuel FIELD and Sarah GILBERT) was born on 23 Jul 1690; died on 26 Jun 1780. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: French & Indian Wars - Falls Fight

Notes:

Occupation: April 3, 1673, Had Tavern, Old Indian House, Deerfield, MA, meeting place for Toreis.
Thomas, together with his wife and children, Jonathan, Sarah, Ebenezer, and Abigail was captured in 1704, and perished by starvation on the march to Canada.

"Families of Early Guilford, Conn." - In the assault of the French and Indians upon Hadley, 29 February 1704, Dea. David Hoyt, his wife, and 4 children Jonathan, Sarah, Ebenezer and Abigail, were made prisoners and carried away for Canada. Dea. David perished with hunger near the lower Cohoes. the wife and two older children came back, but Ebenezer remained in the country. Mrs. Hoyt afterwards married Dea. Nathaniel Rice. The youngest child was killed on the road.

David married Mary WILSON about 1677 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]