Person Info
- Name: John HOYT
- Sex: M
- Birth: Abt 1638 in England b
- Death: 13 Aug 1696 in Andover, Massachusetts d
Parents:
- Father:
- John HOYT
Birth: Abt 1610 in England
Death: 28 Feb 1687/8 in Amesbury, Massachusetts
Mother:
- Frances TUXBERRY
Death: 23 Feb 1642/3 in Salisbury, Massachusetts
Family:
Marriage:
- Mary BARNES on 23 Jun 1659 at Salisbury, Massachusetts .m1
- Mary BARNES
Birth: 1639 in Salisbury, Massachusetts
Death: After 1704
Children:
- William HOYT Birth: 5 Sep 1660 in Salisbury, Massachusetts
Death: 19 Jul 1728 in Amesbury, Massachusetts
- Elizabeth HOYT Birth: 8 Feb 1661/2 in Salisbury, Massachusetts
Death: After 1702
- John HOYT Birth: 28 Mar 1663 in Salisbury, Massachusetts
Death: 24 Aug 1691 in Amesbury, Massachusetts
- Mary HOYT Birth: 11 Oct 1664 in Salisbury, Massachusetts
Death: 28 Oct 1723 in Haverhill, Massachusetts
- Joseph HOYT Birth: 14 Jul 1666 in Salisbury, Massachusetts
Death: Abt 1720
- Sarah HOYT Birth: Abt 1668 in Amesbury, Massachusetts
Death: 1712 in Haverhill, Massachusetts
- Rachel HOYT Birth: 28 Jun 1670 in Amesbury, Massachusetts
Death: After 1708
- Frances HOYT Birth: Abt 1672 in Amesbury, Massachusetts
Death: 25 Feb 1748/9 in Andover, Massachusetts
- Dorothy HOYT Birth: 29 Jan 1673/4 in Amesbury, Massachusetts
Death: Before Aug 1716
- Grace HOYT Birth: 29 Mar 1676 in Amesbury, Massachusetts
- Robert HOYT Birth: Abt 1678 in Amesbury, Massachusetts
Death: Abt Apr 1741
- Bershabah HOYTE Birth: Abt 1679
Death: 17 Oct 1740 in Topsfield, Massachusetts
- Jemima HOYT Birth: Abt 1680 in Amesbury, Massachusetts
Death: After 1758
Bibliography
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Vital Records of Amesbury, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849. Topsfield, MA:Topsfield Historical Society, 1913. M-LH #PS4. Available at http://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofam00ames Information from this source tagged as [Ref: AmesburyMA vitals p[0-9]*].
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Cutter, William Richard, New England Families, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co, 1913. M-LH 974 Cut. NYPL APR (New England) (Cutter) (NYPL has both 1913 and 1915 editions). Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/272367. Two editions of this work were published in 1913, but contents and page numbering is different; the other is available at (vol 1) http://books.google.com/?id=KvUsAAAAYAAJ, (vol 2) http://books.google.com/?id=_c4UAAAAYAAJ, (vol 3) http://books.google.com/?id=7_UsAAAAYAAJ, (vol 4) http://books.google.com/?id=NegUAAAAYAAJ Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Cutter NE p[0-9]*].
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Davis, Walter Goodwin, Ancestry of Lydia Harmon, 1755-1836, wife of Joseph Waterhouse of Standish, Maine. Boston, MA: Stanhope Press, 1924. G4066. Available at http://archive.org/details/ancestryoflydiah00davi Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Davis HARMON p[0-9]*].
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Holman, Mary Lovering, Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury, Concord, NH: Rumsford Press, 1938. NEHGS CS71/P643/1938. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/29865. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p[0-9]*].
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Hoyt, David W, The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts. Baltimore: Gen Pub Co, 1982. Available at http://archive.org/details/oldfamiliesofsal01hoyt, http://archive.org/details/oldfamiliesofsal02hoyt, and http://archive.org/details/oldfamiliesofsal03hoyt. Volume 1 also available at http://archive.org/details/cu31924025963772. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Hoyt S&A p[0-9]*].
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Hoyt, David W, A Genealogical History of the Hoyt, Haight, and Hight Families, Providence, RI:Providence Press Co, 1871. UMI #G2468. Available at http://books.google.com/?id=JzxVAAAAMAAJ Information from this source tagged as [Ref: HoytDW HOYT p[0-9]*].
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Moran, Harold Butler, Barnes families - lineage records: covering many early Barnes (Barns) and collateral families, vol. 1. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1971. Film#0824394. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/009008937 images 6-140+. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Moran BARNES v1p[0-9]*].
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New Hampshire Historical Society, Barnes ca1620-1698. Concord, NH. Film#0015498#12. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/007836012 images 291-2. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: NHHistSoc BARNES p[0-9]*].
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Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849. Topsfield, MA:Topsfield Historical Society, 1915. M-LH #PS163. Available at http://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofsa00salisb Information from this source tagged as [Ref: SalisburyMA vitals p[0-9]*].
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Savage, James, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, showing three generations of those who came before May 1692, on the basis of Farmer's Register. Boston, MA: Little Brown & Co, 1860. Available at http://archive.org/details/genealogicaldic01savarich. Reprinted Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Published Co, 1965. Scanned and corrected by Robert Kraft, 1994, and available at http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Sav-age [A-Z][A-Z]* [A-Z][a-z]*].
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Threlfall, John B, Fifty Great Migration Colonists to New England, Madison, WI: author, 1990. NEHGS F3/T58/1990. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/405085. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Threlfall 50GMCol p[0-9]*].
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Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriages prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1987. M-LH 974Tor Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Torrey NE<1700 p[0-9]*].
- date:
- 1638 [Ref: Moran BARNES v1p75]
- abt 1636 [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p581]
- abt 1638 [Ref: Cutter NE p54, Davis HARMON p57, Hoyt S&A p205, HoytDW
HOYT p20, Sav-age HOYT John],
- place:
- perhaps England [Ref: Sav-age HOYT John],
- parents:
- John HOYT & Frances ___ (first marriage) [Ref: Davis HARMON p57, Hoyt
S&A p205, HoytDW HOYT p20, Sav-age HOYT John]
- John HOYT & first wife Frances ___ [Ref: Cutter NE p54, Cutter NE
p755, Holman PILLSBURY p581],
- father:
- [Ref: Hoyt S&A p54]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
- place:
- Salisbury, Massachusetts [Ref: Cutter NE p54]
Sources for death Information
- date:
- [Ref: Cutter NE p54, Davis HARMON p57, Holman PILLSBURY p581, Hoyt S&A
p206, Moran BARNES v1p75, Threlfall 50GMCol p12],
- place:
- [Ref: Cutter NE p54, Davis HARMON p57, Holman PILLSBURY p581, Hoyt S&A
p206, Threlfall 50GMCol p12]
Sources with Information about marriage to Mary BARNES
- date:
- [Ref: Cutter NE p54, Davis HARMON p57, Holman PILLSBURY p162, Hoyt S&A
p205, Hoyt S&A p54, HoytDW HOYT p20, Moran BARNES v1p75, NHHistSoc BARNES p1,
SalisburyMA vitals p393, Sav-age BARNES William, Sav-age HOYT John, Threlfall
50GMCol p12, Torrey NE<1700 p395],
- place:
- [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p581, Hoyt S&A p206, SalisburyMA vitals p393,
Torrey NE<1700 p395],
- names:
- John jr & (torn) BARNES [Ref: SalisburyMA vitals p393],
- child:
- [Ref: AmesburyMA vitals p130, AmesburyMA vitals p131, AmesburyMA vitals
p135, Cutter NE p54, Holman PILLSBURY p162, Holman PILLSBURY p583, Hoyt S&A
p206, Hoyt S&A p981, Hoyt S&A p982, HoytDW HOYT p25, HoytDW HOYT p26, HoytDW
HOYT p27, SalisburyMA vitals p138, SalisburyMA vitals p139, Sav-age HOYT John]
Research Notes:
1658-66: received land in Amesbury, "children's land" [Ref: Hoyt S&A p206]
Oct 1659: first lot of land in Amesbury [Ref: HoytDW HOYT p20]
1659: taxed [Ref: Hoyt S&A p206]
1659: "Contry Rate Anno 1659" is given as 2s3d [Ref: HoytDW HOYT p20]
Dec 10 1660: admitted as a "townsman" [Ref: HoytDW HOYT p20]
Feb 26 1661: received lot in "Lion's Mouth" [Ref: HoytDW HOYT p20]
Apr 1662: received lot of 120 acres [Ref: HoytDW HOYT p20]
Apr 5 1662: sold to Richard Currier a lot of upland in Salisbury [Ref: Holman
PILLSBURY p581]
Apr 1667: took the oath of fidelity [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p581]
1667: oath fidelity, and metting-house seat [Ref: Hoyt S&A p206]
1667: chosen by the new town of Salisbury to keep the ordinary or inn; license
was renewed from year to year for some time [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p581]
Jul 9 1667: seat assigned in Meeting House [Ref: HoytDW HOYT p20]
1667: ill in some way, for he was dismissed from all trainings until he
should be cured of his infirmity [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p581]
Mar 12 1667/8: chosen a "standing lot-layer" [Ref: HoytDW HOYT p20]
1667-9: kept "ordinary" for Amesbury [Ref: Hoyt S&A p206]
1668: received from William Barnes a meadow lot from William Barnes;
identified as Planter in deed [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p582]
Mar 25 1672: sold the meadow lot from William Barnes to John Colby; identified
as house carpenter in deed [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p582]
1674: constable [Ref: HoytDW HOYT p21]
Dec 1677: oath of allegiance [Ref: Hoyt S&A p206]
1677-78: constable (again) [Ref: HoytDW HOYT p20]
Oct 23 1686: gave to son John land purchased from father in Amesbury [Ref:
Holman PILLSBURY p582]
Dec 10 1689: gave to son Joseph his dwelling house, Orchard, Outhousing,
and land [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p582]
Apr 1690: constable in Thomas Stevens' place [Ref: HoytDW HOYT p20]
Feb 15 1690/1: gave to his son Joseph one quarter part of his parcel of
upland and Swamp in Amesbury [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p582]
Feb 30 1690/1 (sic): gave two lots of upland in Amesbury to son John [Ref:
Holman PILLSBURY p582]
Mar 1690/1: added to committee "to return the bounds of land into the
towne book of Records" [Ref: HoytDW HOYT p20]
1692-3: chosen "Clarke of ye markett" for the town of Amesbury [Ref: HoytDW
HOYT p21]
did not always find the town offices agreeable or profitable. following
petitio preserved in the archives of Massachsuetts: "To the Honble their Maj
Great and Generall Court of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New
England, now sitting in Boston by adjournemt, March 6th, 1691. The Petition
of John Hoite, one of the late Constable of Amesbury, ow a prisonr in Salem
Gaol, Humbly Showeth, That yor Petitionr is now in Prison undr an Execution
for the non-satisfaction of the arrears of the rates comitted to him to
collect whilest he was Constable of Amesbury. That your petitionr has Lately
mett with great losses, haveing had his house plundered by the Indians, and
has been visited with much sickness through the holy afflicting hand of god
upon him - besides sundry of the persons from whome many of sd arreares be due
are both dead & removed out of ye Towne. Now Forasmuch as yor poore petitionr
by the providence of God is reduced to a necessitous condition, and wholely
uncapacitated, by reason of his confinemt, to doo any thing for himself &
family or ye paymt of sd arreares for ye prsent, he therefore humbly entreates
the faour of this high & honble Court to Consider the premisses, by being
pleased to grant unto him two or three yeares space for paymt thereof, as also
for areleasemt from his confinemt. And Yor petitionr as in duty bound shall
Ever pray, &c, John Hoite" [Ref: HoytDW HOYT p21]
killed by Indians [Ref: Moran BARNES v1p75]
Aug 13 1696: killed by Indians in Andover, on the road to Haverhill [Ref:
Davis HARMON p57, Davis HARMON p57, Holman PILLSBURY p581, Hoyt S&A p206]
had not made a will at the time he was killed [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p582]
only survived his father by 8 years, and it is probable that he kept on with
the homestead farm and it was his death that caused the administration on his
father's estate to be taken out [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p581]
Aug 9 1697: admin of estate [Ref: Hoyt S&A p206]
administration of the estate was granted to Joseph Hoyt of Amesbury, at
the request of the widow, Mary, and of William Hoyt, the eldest son; Mary
stating that Joseph was her third son [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p582]
Aug 9 1697: Joseph Hoyt gave bond in court [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p583]
Nov 10 1697: inventory presented by John Hoyt, son of the decd. Total
value #7-14-9 [Ref: HoytDW HOYT p21]
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Old Norfolk Co Deed 1:136, partially quoted in Pillsbury Ancestry:
I John Hoyt Junr of ... Salisbury ... planter for ... ye sum of (451) ...
received of Richard Currier of ye sae town planter ... sell unto ye sd Richar
dCurrier a lot of upland ... wth in ye bounds of ye New town of Salisbury, 5
Apr 1662. Signed John Hoyt. Witness: Samuel Dalton, Tho Fowler [Ref: Holman
PILLSBURY p581]
Old Norfolk Co Deed 2:288, partially quoted in Pillsbury Ancestry:
William Barnes of ... Salisbury ... house carpenter ... sendeth Greeting ...
I ye said William Barnes ... in consideration of of (sic) ye Naturall love and
affeccon wch I have & doe bare unto my wellbeloved sone in law John Hoyt Junr
of ye same town Planter ... give ... unto ye said John Hoyt a meadow or marsh
lott wch I formerly bought of mr Samll Hal ... in ... Salisbury, 1668 [Ref:
Holman PILLSBURY p582]
Old Norfolk Co Deed 2:288, partially quoted in Pillsbury Ancestry:
I John Hoyt Junr of ... Amesbery ... house carpenter for ... a suffitient
sum of good pay ... received ... confirme ... unto John Colby of ye (said)
town ... a ... marsh lott formerly bought by Willim Barnes of Mr Samll Hall
then of Salisbury & by him given to myself, 25 Mar 1672 [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY
p582]
Ipswich Deed 5:560, partially quoted in Pillsbury Ancestry:
I ... John Hoyt Junr of ... Almsbury ... Labourr (for ... that natural
affection wc I do bear unto John Hoyt minor my naturll son of ye Same place
Labourr) Do Give ... unto ye Sd John my son, all my Right ... in all ... Land
wch I heretofore purchaced of my father sergt John Hoyt senr of Almsbury ...
according to ... a deed ... dated ye thirteenth day of ye seventh mo An Dom
one thousand six hundred seventy eight; scituate ... in Almsbury at a place
commonly called Jamaicoe, 23 Oct 1686. Wit Joseph Hoyt, Joseph Prichet
[Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p582]
Essex Co Deed 11:17, partially quoted in Pillsbury Ancestry:
I John Hoyt Senr of ... Amesbury ... Labourer for ... that Natural afecon
which I beare unto my son Joseph Hoyt of ye same place Labourer ... give unto
my sd son ... all my right ... in all ... any part ... of ye dwelling house
Orchard Outhousing & Land ... which was formerly my fathers John Hoyts Senr of
Amesbury, 10 Dec 1689 [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p582]
Essex Co Deed 11:76, partially quoted in Pillsbury Ancestry:
John Hoyt Sen of ... Amesbury ... Labourer ... have Given ... unto my
beloved son Joseph Hoyt of ye Towne ... aforesd ... Laborourer ... one quarter
part of my parcel of upland & Swamp ... in Amesbury, 15 Feb 1690/1
[Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p582]
Pedigree of John HOYT
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Frances TUXBERRY
Descendants of John HOYT
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