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Nicholas Hoyt

Also Known As: "Haight"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: West Hatch, Somerset, England (United Kingdom)
Death: July 07, 1655 (34-35)
Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, Colonial America
Place of Burial: Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Colony
Immediate Family:

Son of Simon Hoyt, of Somerset & Stamford and Jone Hoyt, of Broadwindsor
Husband of Susanna Hoyt
Partner of Elizabeth Hoyt
Father of General Samuel Hoyt; Jonathan Hoyt, I; David Hoyt and Daniel Hoyt, died young
Brother of Christopher Hoyt; Walter Hoyt, of Norwalk; Alexander Hoyt, of West Hatch; Agnes Hoyt and John Hoyt of Rye
Half brother of Mary Eliza Lyon; Joshua Hoyt; Moses Hoyt; Miriam Harcourt; Deacon Samuel Hoyt and 4 others

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About Nicholas Hoyt

Nicholas Hoyt of West Hatch and Windsor was baptized 5/7/1620.

The familyname is sometimes spelled Haight. Alt birth date: 5/7/1620 Twin to Deborah

Children of Simon and Susannah Hoyt

  1. Moses Hoyt was born in America about 1637. He married Elizabeth _____, they lived in Eastchester, New York.
  2. ii. Joshua Hoyt was born in America about 1640 in America and died in 1690., and died in America. He married Mary Bell.
  3. iii. Samuel Hoyt was born in America about 1642, and died on April 7, 1720. He married first Hannah Holly on November 16, 1671. He married second, Rebecca Gold on September 20, 1714. He married third, Hannah Gold.
  4. iv. Benjamin Hoyt was born in America on February 2, 1644, and died on January 26, 1735/6. He married Hannah Weed on January 5, 1670.
  5. v. Mary Hoyt was born in America. She married Thomas Lyon.
  6. vi. [daughter]: She married Samuel Finch.
  7. vii. Miriam Hoyt was born in America. She married Samuel Firman.

Nicholas and Susannah died within a few days of each other, as did one of their young sons. It was most likely some sort of epidemic that carried them off as there were many more deaths in 1655 in Windsor than in the years prior to or after that date.

Following is an excerpt from the inventory of Nicholas Haight's estate: "The distribution of the estate on ye other side by ye Courte this 20th of December, 1655, is as followeth. That is the Courte Adjudges yt ye whole estate and ye increase by the Improvement of it, shall be equally divided amongst ye fowre Children, to ye Daughter at ye Age of 18 years, and the Sonnes at ye Age of 21 years. The Children of the sd Nicholas Hayte deceased, and now living & left fatherless and motherless are: 1. Abigaile Joyse, Daughter to his wife, of Age ten years and a halfe. 2. Samuell Hayte, his sonn, of Age eight yeares 14 weeks 3. Jonathan Hayte of Age six yeares one month 4. David Hayte of Age fowre years eleven weekes."

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Nicholas Hoyt's Timeline

1620
May 7, 1620
West Hatch, Somerset, England (United Kingdom)
1620
West Hatch, Somerset, England (United Kingdom)
1622
November 10, 1622
Age 2
Upway, Dorsetshire, England
1647
May 1, 1647
Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, British Colonial America
1649
June 7, 1649
Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
1651
April 22, 1651
Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut
1653
April 10, 1653
Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, British Colonial America
1655
July 7, 1655
Age 35
Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, Colonial America
1655
Age 35
Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Colony