David HOYT

Male 1651 - 1704  (53 years)


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  • Name David HOYT  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
    Birth 22 Apr 1651  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
    Gender Male 
    Military Service French & Indian Wars - Falls Fight  [4
    Death Jun 1704  New Haven (Newbury), Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 8
    Cause: starvation while a prisoner of the Indians 
    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.
    Person ID I30227  Main Tree
    Last Modified 22 Sep 2012 

    Father Nicholas HOYT,   c. 7 May 1620, West Hatch, Somersetshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 07 Jul 1655, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 35 years) 
    Mother Susanna ?   d. 04 Jul 1655 
    Marriage 12 Jun 1646  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 7, 8, 10, 11
    Family ID F08408  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah WELLS,   b. 05 May 1655, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Sep 1676, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 21 years) 
    Marriage 03 Apr 1673  Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 8
    Children 
     1. David HOYT,   b. 1676, Hatfield, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Feb 1704, Deerfield, Franklin Co., Massachussetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years)  [Birth]
     2. Samuel HOYT,   b. 12 Jun 1674   d. young Find all individuals with events at this location  [Natural]
    Family ID F04819  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Abigail COOKE,   b. 01 Mar 1659/60, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Abt 1691  Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
     1. Abigail HOYT,   b. 01 May 1701   d. 29 Feb 1704 (Age 2 years)
     2. Benjamin HOYT,   b. 15 Sep 1692   d. 16 Feb 1759, Ridgefield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)  [Birth]
     3. Ebenezer HOYT,   b. 21 Aug 1695
    Family ID F11331  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Mary WILSON 
    Marriage Abt 1677  Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
    +1. Sarah HOYT,   b. 06 May 1686   d. 11 Jan 1761, Deerfield, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     2. Lieut. Jonathan HOYT,   b. 06 Apr 1688   d. 23 May 1779 (Age 91 years)  [Birth]
     3. Mary HOYT,   b. 1684  [Natural]
    Family ID F11330  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2013 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 03 Apr 1673 - Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Abt 1677 - Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Abt 1691 - Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S02472] Import Wells File by Mary James on October 4, 2000.

    2. [S02470] Import file R. Dietz on October 4, 2000.

    3. [S02753] The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1890, Vol. CLXXIV April.

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

    5. [S00086] "The Descendants of William Beardsley and Mary Harvey" Complied by Ellwood Count Curtis.

    6. [S02364] Lucius M. Boltwood, Genealogies of Hadley Families.

    7. [S03434] The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Windsor.

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

    9. [S00059] Alvan Talcott, "Families of Early Guilford, Connecticut" Vol. I, (Name: Name: Clearfield Company, Inc.;;).

    10. [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;;).

    11. [S1673] Connecticut Ancestry 2020 November Vol. 63 No. 2.