Benjamin HOYT

Notes:

"Genealogy of the Hoyt Families": Benjamin was about 11 yrs. old when Deerfield was attacked. Tradition says that, hearing the screams in the night, his fright led him to jump from a window and hide in a corn-bin, where he lay till morning. Then, finding all gone but the slain, he wished he had been taken, with the others. Some accounts say that he removed with his mother, after her return, to Wallingford, CT. Others state that he went to Norwalk, Ct., and remained there for some time with his father's relatives. Perhaps he may have been in both places. Afterwards, he with 20 or 30 others commenced a settlement at Ridgefield, 12 miles north of norwalk, where he afterwards resided. His descendants say that he gave his coat and hat towards his part of the pay in purchasing the land of the Indians.

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Excerpt from e-mail from Donna McCool dtd 06-23-2012: Sarah Hoyt Nims' younger brother Benjamin was born Sept. 15, 1691 to Deacon David Hoyt and his third wife, Abigail Cook. According to family tradition, when the attack on Derfield began, Benjamin hid in a corn crib or, by some accounts a grain bin, and thus avoided being captured. He settled in Ridgefield, CT and died before 1773.

Benjamin married Sarah ? on 21 Mar 1716. Sarah died on 09 Feb 1759. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Abigail HOYT was born on 18 Dec 1719 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
2. Sarah HOYT was born on 14 Oct 1717 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
3. Benjamin HOYT was born on 04 Dec 1721 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
4. Mary HOYT was born on 19 Sep 1724 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 30 Jun 1777 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; was buried in Ridgefield Cemetery, Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.
5. Mary HOYT was born on 09 Sep 1724/25 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
6. David HOYT was born on 06 Dec 1729 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

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 Abigail COOKE about 1691 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA. Abigail was born on 01 Mar 1659/60 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Daughter of Nathaniel Cooke of Windsor, Connecticut