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]