Benjamin HOYT

1692 - 1759  (66 years)

• Name	Benjamin HOYT  [2, 3]
  	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. [1]
  Birth	15 Sep 1692  [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 Feb 1759	Ridgefield, Connecticut   [3]
  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.
  Person ID	I30180	Main Tree
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2013

  
  

  Father	David HOYT,   b. 22 Apr 1651, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA d. Jun 1704, New Haven (Newbury), Vermont (Age 53 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Abigail COOKE,   b. 01 Mar 1659/60, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	Abt 1691	Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA   [4]
  Family ID	F11331	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah ?   d. 09 Feb 1759
  Marriage	21 Mar 1716  [3, 5]
  Children	1. Abigail HOYT,   b. 18 Dec 1719, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   2. Sarah HOYT,   b. 14 Oct 1717, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA  [Natural]   3. Benjamin HOYT,   b. 04 Dec 1721, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   4. Mary HOYT,   b. 19 Sep 1724, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 30 Jun 1777, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 52 years)  [Birth]   5. Mary HOYT,   b. 09 Sep 1724/25, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   6. David HOYT,   b. 06 Dec 1729, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA  [Birth]
  Family ID	F23358	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S4863] E-Mail from Donna McCool dtd 06-23-2012. [S00059] Alvan Talcott, "Families of Early Guilford, Connecticut" Vol. I, (Name: Name: Clearfield Company, Inc.;;). [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;;). [S00051] "Descendants of Simon Hoyt" at Rootsweb - Stamford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. [S03882] The History of Ridgefield Connecticut - Marriages & Deaths, by George L. Rockwell.