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John Hoyt (1638–1696), son of John Hoyt and Frances Unknown
Mary Barnes (say 1638–after 1704), daughter of William Barnes and Rachel Unknown
John Hoyt was born about 1638. [1] He and another man were killed by Indians in Andover, on the road ot Haverhill, on 13 August 1696. [2] He married Mary Barnes on 23 June 1659 in Salisbury. [3]
Mary Barnes was born say 1638. She was alive in 1704.
Mary Barnes father refers to Mary as Mary Hoyt and to John as his son in law in his will of 1696. [4]
John Hoyt, Jr. took the oath of fidelity at the 9: 2: 1667 court. He was chosen by the town of Salisbury to keep the ordinary and at that same court he was licensed to sell wine and strong water for the following year. He was also dismissed from all trainings until such time as his infirmity had healed. His liquor license was renewed in 1668 and 1669. [5]
On 6 March 1694/5 John Hoyt, former constable of Amesbury and then in jail in Salem, petitioned the general court of Massachusetts Bay. He said that he was in jail for non-satisfaction of the arrears of the rates committed to him to collect while he was constable. He complained that his house had been plundered by Indians and visted with much sickness. He said that many of the people from whom arrears were due were dead or had left town. He asked to be released and given two or three years grace for payment. On 8 March the court granted him release and two years grace. [2] It is not known if he managed to make payment; he was killed shortly after.
On 7 August 1697 Mary Hoyt, relict of John Hoyt of Amesbury, relinquished her right to administor John's estate and requested that their third son Joseph Hoyt be appointed instead. Joseph Hoyt and Jarvis King posted a bond on 9 August 1697. [6] Inventory was taken on 5 November 1697 and amounted to only £7.14.09. There was no real estate included but his widow seems to have had a homestead as in 1704 she deeded it to her youngest son Robert. [2]
Children of John Hoyt and Mary Barnes:
i. William Hoyt was born on 5: 7m: 1660 in Salisbury. [7] He died on 19 July 1728 in Amesbury. [8] He married Dorothy Colby. [9]
ii. Elizabeth Hoyt was born on 8: 12m: 1661 in Salisbury. [7] She married Joseph Lancaster, Jr. on 31 March 1687 in Amesbury. [10]
iii. John Hoyt was born on 28 March 1663. [9] He died on 24 August 1691. [9] He married first Elizabeth Unknown. [9] She married second John Blaisdell on 6 January 1692/3. [9]
iv. Mary Hoyt was born on 11: 8m: 1664 in Salisbury. [7] She married John Whittier of Haverhill on 14 January 1685/6. [9]
v. Joseph Hoyt was born on 14: 5m: 1666 in Salisbury. [7] He died on 2 May 1720 in Amesbury. [11] He married as her first husband Dorothy Wathen on 5 October 1702. [11] Dorothy, the daughter of Ezekiel and Hannah (Martin) Wathen, was born about 1680. [11] She married second Daniel Flanders after their intention of 24 October 1724 in Amesbury. [11] Daniel died on 4 April 1735 in Amesbury. [11]
vi. Sarah Hoyt married Faun Clements on 21 November 1688 in Amesbury or Salisbury. [10][12]
Sarah's grandfather William Barnes left her a bequest in his will of 1696. [4]
vii. Rachel Hoyt was born on 28 June 1670 in Amesbury. [13] She married Joseph Weed on 29 November 1693. [9]
vii. Dorothy Hoyt was born on 29 January 1673/4 in Amesbury. She died on 17 May 1714 in Andover. She married Nathaniel Lovejoy.
viii. Grace Hoyt was born on 29 March 1676 in Amesbury. [13]
ix. Robert Hoyt died in early 1741. He married first Martha Stevens on 4 December 1701. [9] He married second Mary Currier on 17 March 1706/7. [9]
References:
1. George Francis Dow, Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, digitized volumes (Salem Witch Project: Documentary Archive and Transcription Project : http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/Essex/index.html), 8:37; 9:324. John deposed that he was about 40 on 23 November 1680 and about 46 on 29 September 1684. Given the birthdates of his twin brothers, the latter date deposition is probably more accurate.
2. David W. Hoyt, A Genealogical History of the Hoyt, Haight and Hight Families (Providence: Providence Press Co., 1871), 20–24.
3. Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts: To the End of the Year 1849 (Topsfield: Topsfield Historical Society, 1915), 272. The record says "[torn] and John Hoyt, Jr. 23 June 1[659?]."
4. "Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635–1991," dataset with images, Ancestry > Essex > Probate Records, Barnes, R.–Barr J., 1828–1991[!], image 390. This will appears to be filed incorrectly.
5: Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex, 3:407; 4:24, 131.
6. "Essex Co., MA: Probate File Papers 1638–1881," database with images, AmericanAncestors, 14128.
7. Vital Records of Salisbury, 138–9.
8. Vital Records of Amesbury, Massachusetts: To the End of the Year 1849 (Topsfield: Topsfield Historical Society, 1913), 354–6.
9. David W. Hoyt, A Genealogical History of the Hoyt, Haight and Hight Families (Providence: Providence Press Co., 1871), 25–27.
10. Vital Records of Amesbury, 383–8.
11. Joyce S. Penderey, "Descendants of George and Margery Wathen of Salem, Massachusetts," New England Historic and Genealogical Register 154 (2000): 325–52.
12. Vital Records of Salisbury, 393–4.
13. Vital Records of Amesbury, 129–37.
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