Deacon Samuel HOYT

Male Abt 1643 - 1720  (77 years)


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  • Name Samuel HOYT  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    • Samuel was living in Stamford by at least 1667 when he was on the Stamford town lists and then received a share in the horse pasture. He held a number of offices in the town. On 25 February 1668/9 he was appointed one of the viewers of the fence for the south field. In April 1677, he was appointed one of a committee to lay out land to Mr. Bishop. He was again appointed a fence viewer in 1674 and 1679, was a collector in 1678 and 1679, and received a house lot for his services as a soldier September, 1676. He was a "townsman," or selectman for 14 yers, first in 1676. He was Deputy for Stamford, April and May 1690, May 1692, May 1693, May and October 1697, January 1697/8, May and October 1699, October 1703, May and October 1704, October 1716. He was an ensign in the Stamford Trainband, May 1698, Justice of the Peace 1699-1702. 1707-1711, and Deacon. Samuel Hoyt was one of a committee to treat with Mr. Davenport about his settlement as a minister in 1692/3, to sign a grant of land to him 1701, to build a new meeting house in 1792(?) and to seat the congregation in 1710. Samuel was called a Deacon as early as 1702. [1]
    Prefix Deacon 
    Birth Abt 1643  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 6
    Gender Male 
    Fact Also known as Samuel Hait Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Fact Also Known as Samuel Hoit Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10
    Death 07 Apr 1720  Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 11
    Person ID I30583  Main Tree
    Last Modified 30 Dec 2020 

    Father Simon HOYT,   b. Abt 1593, West Hatch, Co Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 01 Sep 1657, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Susannah SMITH,   b. Abt 1597   d. Bef 1 Feb 1674 (Age < 77 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage Abt 1632  (Prob) Scituate, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F08411  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Hannah HOLLY,   b. 18 Apr 1651, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 07 Dec 1710, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Marriage 16 Nov 1672  Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 11
    Children 
    +1. Samuel HOYT,   b. 27 Jul 1673, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 09 Dec 1711, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years)  [Birth]
     2. Deacon John HOYT,   b. 09 Jan 1674/5, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Dec 1732, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)  [Birth]
     3. Hannah HOYT,   b. 23 Mar 1679/80, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1714, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 33 years)  [Birth]
     4. Jonathan HOYT,   b. 11 Jun 1683, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1768, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)  [Natural]
     5. Joseph HOYT,   b. 12 Jun 1686, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 or 20 May 1730, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years)  [Birth]
     6. Ebenezer HOYT,   b. 29 Nov 1689, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1714, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 24 years)  [Birth]
     7. Nathan HOYT,   b. 24 Mar 1690/1, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 12 Apr 1772, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)  [Birth]
     8. Nathaniel HOYT,   b. 01 Apr 1694, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jul 1711, Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 17 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F06504  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Dec 2020 

    Family 2 Rebecca ?   d. 08 Dec 1713 
    Marriage Between 1710 and 1713 
    Family ID F19770  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Dec 2020 

    Family 3 Hannah SLAWSON,   b. abt. 1645/46, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 1729/30, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Marriage 20 Sep 1714  Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11
    Pastor Capt. Joseph Bishop, J.P. Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Family ID F02066  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Dec 2020 

  • Sources 
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    2. [S00051] "Descendants of Simon Hoyt" at Rootsweb - Stamford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.

    3. [S03262] RootsWeb: World Connect - Stamford, CT Familes (1641-1935) by Barbara Kaye.

    4. [S03336] Slason-Slauson-Slawson-Slosson Family by George C. Slawson dated 1946.

    5. [S01785] Donald Lines Jacobus, Ancestry.com: History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, (Name: Name: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.;;).

    6. [S00001] David W. Hoyt, "A Genealogical History of the Hoyt, Haight, and Hight Families", (Name: Name: Providence: Printed for the Author by the Providence Press Co. Boston: Henry Hoyt - 1871;;).

    7. [S4918] Connecticut Ancestry 2008 May Vol. 50 No. 4.

    8. [S02964] Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths of Stamford Families at CTGenWeb.

    9. [S03338] Slosson 11-20-00 Greene.FTW.
      Date of Import: Jan 6, 2001

    10. [S00025] "Descendants of George Slawson" Fairfield Co., Connecticut by Rootsweb.

    11. [S03428] The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Stamford.