Serg. John HOYT

John married Elizabeth WATERBURY on 18 Feb 1741/2 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas WATERBURY and Elizabeth HOLLY) was born on 21 Oct 1717 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died between 07 and 28 Apr 1763. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John was active in community affairs. He was first referred to as Deacon John Hait in a deed dated 14 February 1718. He represented Stamford in the Connecticut General Court every year, from 1715 to 1724, except 1718, and four of those years was a representative in both the May and October sessions. he was a representative again in October 1731 and May 1732, the year of his death. He was selectman 13 years, first in 1714, and was one of a committee for laying out land in 1721. In 1729, he was one of a committee to discuss with Rev. Davenport a misunderstanding about his salary. He was to assist Capt. Bishop as moderator of a special town meeting after Mr. Davenport's death in 1731. The "widow of Deacon Hait" was named on a list of Stamford church members in 1746.

John's deeds were signed with a signature rather than a mark, indicating he could read and write. He was involved in at least twenty-five real estate transactions inStamford from 1702 to 1732, twenty-one as the grantee but only four as a grantor. He bought or was granted sixty-three acres and sold just fifteen acres. he received a two-acre homelot and six acres of outland including five acres on the east side of Noroton River from his father in 1702. In 1708, e returned the five-acre parcel to his father in return for a different parcel of four acres, also on the east side of Noroton River. He received two grants from his mother-in-law, Martha Holmes, four acres of land, meadow and swamp in the East Field in 1719 and three-quarters of an acre of swamp in the East Field in 1720 He bought land from his brother Nathan twice and from his brother Jonathan once. With two exceptions, a purchase of twelve acres from John Webster in 1708 for 14.2 pounds, and a purchase of eleven acres from John Scofield in 1724 for 10 pounds, all of his purchases and sales involved parcels of five acres or less. John's surname was spelled "Hait" in all of his real estate deeds.

John married Abigail HOLMES on 30 Apr 1702 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Abigail (daughter of Stephen HOLMES and Martha ?) was born about 1682 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died after 1746 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Also known as Samuel Hait
• Fact: Also Known as Samuel Hoit

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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.

Samuel married Hannah HOLLY on 16 Nov 1672 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Hannah (daughter of John HOLLY and Mary WAITSTILL) was born on 18 Apr 1651 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 07 Dec 1710 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Birth: 1640

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"Connecticut Ancestry": Stephen Holmes was born about 1633 and died at Stamford on 15 May 1710. His widow Martha ?, whose maiden name is still unknown, died at Stamford on 13 March 1727/28.

Stephen Holmes and his brother John were on the list of 21 Stamford residents nominated and approved as freemen of the State of Connecticut at the General Assembly of 14 October 1669 at Hartford.

As the single recipient of his father's farmland in Stamford, Stephen Holmes acquired additional property in newly-divided sections of Stamford over the years through those original property rights. Paul Prindle found that Stephen received specific properties from the town directly in 1667, 1674, 1685 and 1687, and commonage from the town in 6 other layouts; was the grantee of other properties in 4 other deeds from individuals; and was the grantor in 25 deeds and one exchange.

As often happened in colonial times and even today, stephen Holmes disposed of most of his property by deed to his children and their spouses over a period from 1702-1704. Some of these properties were in later settlements away from Stamford center - for example, his gift to his son Samuel in 1706 was of 10 1/2 acres east of the Noroton River, therefore in what is now the town of Darien.

He provided for a homestead for his eldest son Samuel Holmes during his lifetime, but for some reason never transferred the title to Samuel. His widow Martha Holmes who was also the executor of his estate, rectified this on 10 December 1711, when she gave "all that lot of land whereon ye said Samuel Holmes now dwelleth" to Samuel on behalf of herself and her husband's estate.

The sons-in-law Elisha Holly, John Slason and John Hait also received property from Stephen Holmes, either during his lifetime or from his estate. Because of our particular interest in John Slason and the daughter Mary Holmes, we may note that on 8 October 1703, Stephen Holmes gave his daughter "Mary the wife of John Slason one acre of meadow in part of her portion." the deed was witnessed by Steven Holmes Jr. and Sarah Holmes, her H mark, and acknowledged as a deed of gift by David Waterbury, J.P.

Stephen married Martha ? before 1665 in Stamford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. Martha was born about 1645; died on 13 Mar 1727/8 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]