Individual Details
Walter "Haite" Hoyt
(1618 - 1698)
See "Bouton, Boughton and Farnam Families" by Willis A. Boughton dated 1949 page 142 at Heritage Quest. He was the son of Simeon Hoyt and Deborah Stowers. Lived at Windsor, CT, was one of the first settlers at Norwalk in 1653, and was at Fairfield, CT in 1684.
See "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" by James Savage Vol II page 482 on CD by Archive CD Books: was the son of Simon Hoyt and father of John and Zerubabel. Moved to Norwalk with the first settlers about 1653.
See "History and Genealogy of the families of Old Fairfield" by Donald Lines Jacobus Vol 1 page 294-295 film 599305 at the FHC. Birth date may be a bapt. date.
See "The Ancestral Lines of Mary Lenore Knapp" by Alfred Averill Knapp, MD dated 1947 from Heritage Quest, pages 75-76. Walter Hoyt was in Windsor, CT in 1640. Moved to Hartford, then to Fairfield, then to Norwalk about 1653 - an early settler there. He was a deputy from Norwalk for more than 12 years. Was Sergt. in the Norwalk Train Band in May, 1659. His will mentions two sons.
Events
| Birth | 3 Jun 1616 |  | |||
| Birth | 1618 | England |  | | |
| Christen | 30 Nov 1618 | West Hatch, Somersetshire, England | | ||
| Baptism | 9 Jun 1616 | Upway, Dorchester, Dorset Co., England | | ||
| Emigration | 1629 | Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Marriage | 1641 - 1643 | Connecticut, British America - Unknow (not Elizabeth St. John) | | | |
| Marriage | Bet 1650 and 1654 | Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, British America - Rhoda "Widow Taylor" Tinker | | | |
| Residence | 18 Dec 1653 | first record of Norwalk town proceeding - Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, British America | | ||
| Ordination | Oct 1658 - 1681 | deputy, Norwalk, Fairfield, River, British America | | ||
| Selectman | 1672 | Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, British America | | ||
| Will | 11 Feb 1696 | Fairfield, Connecticut, British America | | ||
| Death | 1698 | Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States | | | |
| Probate | 11 Apr 1699 | Prerogatiue Court in Fairfield died, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, British America | | ||
| LDS Family Tree ID | L51Z-9Q5 | ||||
| WikiTree | Hoyt-23 |
Families
| Spouse | Rhoda "Widow Taylor" Tinker ( - 1694) |
| Child | Deacon Zerubabel Hoyt (1650 - 1739) |
| Spouse | Unknow (not Elizabeth St. John) ( - ) |
| Child | Elizabeth Hoyt (1642 - 1686) |
| Child | John Hoyt (1644 - 1711) |
| Child | Hannah Hoyt (1648 - ) |
| Father | Simeon Hoyt (1590 - 1657) |
| Mother | Jane Stoodlie ( - 1634) |
| Sibling | Nicholas Hoyt ( - 1655) |
| Sibling | Alexander Hoyt ( - ) |
| Sibling | John Hoyt (1614 - 1684) |
Notes
Birth
In "History and Genealogy of the familiew of Old Fairfield" by Donald Lines Jacobus, dated 1930 Vol I page 295, Walted Hoyt stated his age was as about 65 as a witness to a will (born 1619) and in his will dated 1696 he stated he was about 78 (born 1618).Marriage
In "The Great Migration Begins" Vol II page 1030, the name of Walter Hoyt's first wife is unknown.Per page 6 of "The Hoyt-Haight Genealogy" by Jared L. Olar found at Rootsweb.Ancestry.com, Walter Hoyt had two daughters and one son from this first marriage.
Marriage
In "The Great Migration Begins" Vol II page 1030, the name of Walter Hoyt's first wife in unknown but was married by about 1642. His eldest child was born about 1642.Death
An inventory of the estate of Walter Hayte of Norwalk inon file at Fairfield and dated 10 Jan 1698.Endnotes
1. Advisory Committee for The American Historical Society, Encyclopedia of Connecticut Biography Genealoigical - Memorial (1917), page 415; my e-book, Internet Archive ( : accessed .
2. Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the families of old Fairfield (New Haven, CT: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., 1932), page 295; digital images, Heritage Quest Online, My E-Books: Old Fairfield by Jacobus 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 2C, 3 ( : accessed .
3. Jared L. Olar, Rootsweb.Ancestry.com, The Hoyt-Haight Genealogy (freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fesschequy/Hoyt.html : downloaded 11 September 2012), birth of Walter Hoyt probably in West Hatch.
4. William Richard Cutter, Genealogy and Family History of the state of Connecticut Vol. 4: A reocord of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911), Vol.4 page 1934; my e-books, https://archive.org/, ( : accessed .
5. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, 3 volumes (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), Vol II page 1030.
6. Jared L. Olar, Rootsweb.Ancestry.com, The Hoyt-Haight Genealogy (freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fesschequy/Hoyt.html : downloaded 11 September 2012), Walter Hoyt bapt 29 or 30 Nov 1618 West Hatch, page 6.
7. Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the families of old Fairfield (New Haven, CT: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., 1932), pages 294-295; digital images, Heritage Quest Online, My E-Books: Old Fairfield by Jacobus 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 2C, 3 ( : accessed .
8. Jared L. Olar, Rootsweb.Ancestry.com, The Hoyt-Haight Genealogy (freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fesschequy/Hoyt.html : downloaded 11 September 2012), came to Mass. with his father and siblings in 1629, page 6.
9. Advisory Committee for The American Historical Society, Encyclopedia of Connecticut Biography Genealoigical - Memorial (1917), page 415; my e-book, Internet Archive ( : accessed .
10. Jared L. Olar, Rootsweb.Ancestry.com, The Hoyt-Haight Genealogy (freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fesschequy/Hoyt.html : downloaded - page 6 11 September 2012), Walter Hoyt's 1st wife was not Elizabeth St. John, her name is unknown.
11. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, 3 volumes (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), Vol II page 1030.
12. Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the families of old Fairfield (New Haven, CT: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., 1932), page 295 (my e-books Vol. 1A); digital images, Heritage Quest Online, My E-Books: Old Fairfield by Jacobus 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 2C, 3 ( : accessed .
13. Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the families of old Fairfield (New Haven, CT: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., 1932), page 295; digital images, Heritage Quest Online, My E-Books: Old Fairfield by Jacobus 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 2C, 3 ( : accessed .
14. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, 3 volumes (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), Vol II page 1030; Vol. VI page 232.
15. Jared L. Olar, Rootsweb.Ancestry.com, The Hoyt-Haight Genealogy (freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fesschequy/Hoyt.html : page 6 ), .
16. Edith Newbold Jessop, General Daniel Bissell: his ancestors and descendants and the Hoyt, Strong, and other families with which they intermarried (New York, NY: unknown, 1927), page 121; digital images, Heritage Quest Online, ( : accessed .
17. Jared L. Olar, Rootsweb.Ancestry.com, The Hoyt-Haight Genealogy (freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fesschequy/Hoyt.html : page 7 ), .
18. Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the families of old Fairfield (New Haven, CT: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., 1932), page 295; digital images, Heritage Quest Online, My E-Books: Old Fairfield by Jacobus 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 2C, 3 ( : accessed .
19. Edith Newbold Jessop, General Daniel Bissell: his ancestors and descendants and the Hoyt, Strong, and other families with which they intermarried (New York, NY: unknown, 1927), page 122; digital images, Heritage Quest Online, ( : accessed .
20. Edith Newbold Jessop, General Daniel Bissell: his ancestors and descendants and the Hoyt, Strong, and other families with which they intermarried (New York, NY: unknown, 1927), page 122; digital images, Heritage Quest Online, ( : accessed .
21. Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the families of old Fairfield (New Haven, CT: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., 1932), page 295; digital images, Heritage Quest Online, My E-Books: Old Fairfield by Jacobus 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 2C, 3 ( : accessed .
22. Jared L. Olar, Rootsweb.Ancestry.com, The Hoyt-Haight Genealogy (freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fesschequy/Hoyt.html : page 8 11 September 2012), death of Walter Hoyt.
23. Edith Newbold Jessop, General Daniel Bissell: his ancestors and descendants and the Hoyt, Strong, and other families with which they intermarried (New York, NY: unknown, 1927), page 122; digital images, Heritage Quest Online, ( : accessed .
24. William Richard Cutter, Genealogy and Family History of the state of Connecticut Vol. 4: A reocord of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911), Vol. 4 page 1934; my e-books, https://archive.org/, ( : accessed .
25. Edith Newbold Jessop, General Daniel Bissell: his ancestors and descendants and the Hoyt, Strong, and other families with which they intermarried (New York, NY: unknown, 1927), page 123; digital images, Heritage Quest Online, ( : accessed .