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Wednesday, September 24, 2014

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS#38: JOHN HOYT

Fellow geneablogger Amy Johnson Crow of No Story Too Small has issued the
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge. Basically, we have to post something every
week on a different ancestor, whether a story, picture, or research problem. For
this prompt I've tried to concentrate on ancestors I haven't researched as much
as I have others in my family. This week's subject is John Hoyt, my 9x great
grandfather. I've actually posted a little in the past about John but since I will be
posting about how the Barnes, Davis' and Hoyts became entwined I thought it
a good idea to start with John.

Once again, I've found a Hoyt family genealogy online at GoogleBooks and it
had quite a bit of information on John Hoyt's role as an original settler of the
town of Salisbury, Ma. which will take a few posts to go over:

 First Generation.

(1) JOHN1 HOYT.

The earliest information concerning (1) John' Hoyt, which has yet been obtained, is 

that he was one of the original settlers of Salisbury, Mass. His age at that time can 
not be accurately determined, but, from the fact that he had at least two children born previous to 1639, it seems probable that he was born about 1610-15. He was chosen selectman, March, 1681-2, and moderator of town-meeting, April, 1687 (the same year
 he died), hence he could not have been very aged and infirm at that time. Whether he came directly from England, or had previously lived in other towns in America, is uncertain. His name does not appear among the passengers on any of the early emigrant ships of which we have seen any record, and is not found on any of the lists of freemen contained in the Massachusetts Records. He may have come into the country when a minor. It is, perhaps, possible that he may have been either a son or brother of the Simon Hoyt who was in Dorchester quite early, and who "took the oath of freemen" in 1631; but there seems to be nothing to warrant our assuming the probability of any relationship between them. The name Simon does not occur among John's descendants for over a century. There was a John Hoyt in Connecticut as early as 1650, and, as Simon removed to Windsor, Ct., it is quite probable that John was his son; if so, John of Salisbury, Mass., could not be. Simon was some years older than John of Salisbury, and it hardly seems probable they were brothers.

From the Massachusetts Records, we find that permission "to begin a plantation at Merrimack" was granted Sept. 6, 1638,—plantation named "Colechester," Sept. 4, 1639,—name changed to "Salsbury," Oct. 7, 1640. On the Salisbury records is found the following entry:—
From the Massachusetts Records, we find that permission "to begin a plantation at Merrimack" was granted Sept. 6, 1638,—plantation named "Colechester," Sept. 4, 1639,—name changed to "Salsbury," Oct. 7, 1640. On the Salisbury records is found the following entry:—

"1639, the third month.
"At a meeting at merrimack of Mr Simone Bradstreet, Mr Samuell Dudly, Mr Danniell Dennisonn, Cristopher Batt, Samuell Winsley, John Sanders:

It was ordered that there shall be 2 divisions of Meadow, the one nerrer, the other farther, the nerrest shall haue fower Acres to Each 100 [£], the other left to farther Consideration.

It was further ordered that vpland for planting lotts shall be divided so as he that hath vnder 501' shall haue 4 Acres, and he that hath aboue 50li to 150li shall haue 6 Acres, and all aboue shall haue 4 Acres to Euerie 100".

Allso, it was ordered that all lotts granted to singlemen are on Condition that they shall inhabit here before the 6 of may next, and such as haue families that they shall inhabitt here before the last of October next." pp15-16

"According vnto the first division of the Towne of Salisbury there was granted vnto Jn° Hoyt a House Lott conteining p estimacon one acre more or lesse, lijng betweene the house Lotts of Willi Holdred & Jn° Dickison, butting vppon the streett & Anthoney Sadlers house Lott. Also there was granted vnto him a planting lott conteining p estimacon 4 acres more or less, lijng between the planting lotts of Willi Holdred & Anthoney Sadler, butting vppon the mill way, wth ye Northermost end, & the other end vppon the great Swamp: leading to ye fferrie. Also ther was granted vnto him twenty acres for a great Lott conteining p estimacon 20 acres more or less, lijng between the great Lotts of Willi Holdred & Josepth parker, butting vpon the river merimack, & the comon. Also ther was granted vnto him a meddow lott conteinjng p estimacon two acres more or less, lijng between the meddow lotts of Rob ffitts & Tho: Barnett, butting vppon ye Necke & the great Creeke, before ye Towne.

Also ther was granted vnto him a farr meddow Lott conteinjng p estimacon two acres more or less, lijng beyond ye Elders coue towards Hampton, butting vppon ye meddow Lott of Tho: Carter & so is incompassed wth the little River: All the abouesayd grants were confirmed by mr Cristopher Batt, mr Sam': Winsley, mr Sam: Hall, Tho: Bradbury, & Isack Buswell, according to the order of ye Towne pvided in thatt behalfe."
pp16-17.


Hoyt family: A genealogical history of John Hoyt of Salisbury, and David Hoyt of Deerfield, (Massachusetts,) and their descendants: with some account of the earlier Connecticut Hoyts, and an appendix, containing the family record of William Barnes of Salisbury, a list of the first settlers of Salisbury and Amesbury, & c (Google eBook) by David Webster Hoyt (C. Benjamin Richardson, Boston, Ma. 1857)

The "Isack Buswell" mentioned in the last line of the excerpt is another of my 9x
great grandfathers.

So plainly John Hoyt owned a lot of land in Salisbury.

To be continued.

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