Genealogical and family history of the state of New Hampshire : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, Vol. I, Part 22

Author: Stearns, Ezra S; Whitcher, William F. (William Frederick), 1845-1918; Parker, Edward E. (Edward Everett), 1842-1923
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: New York : Lewis Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 858


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(VII) Henry, third son and fifth child of Simeon and Miriam (Morrill) Hoyt, was born about 1785, probably in that part of Gilmanton now included in Gilford. New Hampshire. He married Betsey Cotton, and they had eight children: Jason Taylor, born May 26, 1812, lived in Charlestown, Massachusetts. John Cotton, born November 11, 1813, married Polly Swain, and lived in Manchester, New Hampshire. George, whose sketch follows. Polly J., born February 5. 1818, died unmarried, May 22, 1842. Betsey Abigail, born September 18. 1820, married Fernando A. Pierce, lived in New- buryport, Massachusetts, and died at Manchester, New Hampshire, August 14, 1855. Jonathan James, born May 24, 1824. married Lucy G. Fuller. and lived in West Chelmsford, Massachusetts. Edward, born January 10, 1826, died October 9, 1827. Henry Ed- ward, born June 9. 1828. married Susan M. De- meritt. and lived in Manchester. New Hampshire. Henry Hoyt, the father, died about 1843.


(VIII) George. third son and third child of Henry and Betsey (Cotton) Hoyt, was born De- cember 30, 1817, in Gilford, New Hampshire. He moved to the neighboring town of Holderness where he was a manufacturer of straw board. He was a Republican in polities. On April 25. 1852, George Hoyt married Frances Moody Smith, daugh- ter of Obadiah and Eliza (Moody) Smith, of West Newbury, Massachusetts. They had one child, Frances Anna, born June 15, 1857, in Holderness. She married. December 25, 1876. Dr. Ashley Cooper Whipple, of Ashland. New Hampshire (see Whip- ple, IX). George Hoyt died August 9. 1882, and his wife died November 22, 1900, at Ashland.


(VI) James, tenth child and sixth son of Eli- phalet and Mary ( Peaslee) Hoyt, was born March 28, 1762. He resided all his life and died in Gil- ford. He married ( first) Mehitable Saltmarsh, of Goffstown: (second) Abigail Whittier, of Canter- bury : (third) Huldah Field. The children. all by the first wife were: Sally, Betsy. Eliphalet, Thomas, Nathan and Peaslee.


(VII) Thomas, fourth chill and second son of James and Mehitable ( Saltmarsh) Hoyt, was born in that part of Gilmanton which is now Gilford. August 4, 1796, and died there. He was a farmer and resided in Gilford. He married his cousin, Miriam Hoyt, daughter of Simeon and Miriam (Morrill) Hoyt. of Hawke. (See Hoyt, VII). Their children were: Abigail, William S., Nathan and Almira.


(VIII) William Saltmarsh, second child of Thomas and Miriam (Hoyt) Hoyt, was born De- eember 2, 1821, and died October 9, 1901. aged seventy-nine. He was a farmer and carpenter, a Republican in politics, and a Universalist in reli- gious faith. He married. October, 1848, Lois Ada- line Jewett, daughter of Smith and Statia (Glines) Jewett. Smith Jewett was born July 21, 1793. and died February 17. 1868, aged seventy-four. Statia (Glines) Jewett was born May 20, 1799. The chil- dren of this union are: Helen Frances, George William and Henry Grant. Helen F. died in 1869,


aged twenty. George William, born June 9, 1854. married, November 30, 1878, Mary Ann Blaisdell. They have one son, Park Rowe Hoyt, who gradu- ated from Dartmouth Medical College, and is now one of the medical staff of Worcester City Hospital.


(IX) Henry Grant, third child of William S. and Lois Adaline (Jewett) Hoyt, was born May 27, 1864, in Lakeport, then in Gilford, now Laconia. He was educated in the common schools, and is by occupation a farmer and musician, residing on the old Hoyt homestead in Gilford. He married, July 7, 1895, Ora Alzuma Blaisdell. daughter of Jacob M. and Ann S. (Munsey) Blaisdell, of Gilford. They have two children: Marian Francis, born in Gilford, June 12, 1896, and John Barton, November 1, 1807.


(III) Robert. tenth child and fourth son of John (2) and Mary (Barnes) Hoyt, was a farmer and lived near "Pond Hills," perhaps on the home- stead of his father, as his mother, Widow Mary (Barnes) Hoyt, deeded her "youngest son Robert," "my homestead or tract of land whereon I now dwell * *


* being in quantity, Twenty acres of upland Meadow and Swamp. as also my Orchard, dwelling house, barne and other buildings, and out- housing and fences thereon"; signed December 23, 1701, acknowledged May 13, 1704. Robert Hoyt was chosen highway surveyor in 1703 and 17II, as- sessor in 1714-15, and juryman in 1720, and is sev- eral other times mentioned on the Amesbury rec- ords. He died in 1741: his will dated March 18. 1741, was proved June I. 1741. Among the items in the inventory are : homestead living, twenty acres, 200: other land, 123: dwelling bouse, 50; barn, 25; Mill-pond grant at Kingston, New Hampshire, 30: whole amount. 535 5s. He married (first), De- cember 4, 1701, Martha Stevens; and (second), March 17. 1707. Mary Currier, who died about 1766. He had nine children : Hannah and Abigail. by the first wife; and Martha, Mary, Theodore, Dorothy, Aaron, Anne, and Merriam, by the second wife.


(IV) Dorothy, sixth child and fifth daughter of Robert and Mary (Currier) Hoyt, was born April 22, 1714, and married Barnes Jewell (see Jewell. IV).


(II) Thomas, second son and third child of John (1) and Frances Hoyt, was born January I. 1641. His name stands first on the list of those who took "ye oath of allegiance and fidelity" before Thomas Bradbury, captain of the military company of Salisbury, December 5. 1677. His residence is given as Amesbury, in 1686, when he deeded to his "son Thomas," land at "Bugsmore." in Amesbury. He died January 3. 1691, and letters of administra- tion were granted March 31, 1691, at a court held at Ipswich. He married Mary, daughter of William and Elizabeth Brown, of Salisbury, and they had children : Thomas, William (died young), Ephraim, John, William. Israel, Benjamin, Joseph, a daughter (died young). Deliverance, and Mary. (Mention of Benjamin and descendants forms part of this article ).


(III) Lieutenant Thomas (2), eldest son and child of Thomas and Mary (Brown) Hoyt, was a farmer by occupation, but did considerable business. and gave and received a number of deeds. He was chosen viewer of fences, 1695-96. constable, 1704- 05; moderator, May. 1705, and March, 1705-06; juryman, 1708-09 and 1714, and at a later date his name . frequently appears on the Amesbury records, with the title of "Lieft." On the Massachusetts records of November 11, 1724, is found the mention of a memorial of Thomas Hoyt, representative for the town of Amesbury, respecting a wounded soldier.


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He deeded a pew in the East Meeting-House, Ames- bury, to his son Thomas, May 8, 1740. His resi- dence and farm were at Pond hills, and a part of the farm was lately owned and occupied by his de- scendant, Thomas Hoyt. His will was dated in 1734 and proved in 1741. His inventory, dated March 31, 1742, amounted to six thousand two hundred and seventy-five pounds, nineteen shillings. His wife Mary mentioned in his will, probably survived him. He married (first), May 22, 1689, Elizabeth Hunting- ton, who died January 29, 1722; married (second ), November 18, 1722, Widow Mary Barnard, probably the widow of Joseph, who died in 1740 or 1741. The children, all by the first wife, were: John, Jacob, Mary, David, Sarah, Timothy, Elizabeth, Thomas, Micah, Daniel and David.


(IV) Lieutenant Timothy, sixth child and fourth son of Thomas (2) and Elizabeth (Hunting- ton) Hoyt, was born in Salisbury, June 24, 1700. He lived in the West Parish, on the "Children's Land," or "Highlands." His name does not ap- pear on the parish tax lists after 1774. He married, February 15, 1722, Sarah Challis, daughter of Will- iam' and Margaret Challis. She joined the Second Amesbury Church, December 10, 1726. Their chil- dren were: Judith, Timothy (died young), Timo- thy, Sarah, Mathias, Jonathan, Moses. Lydia, Mary and Eunice


(V) Timothy (2) third child and second son of Timothy (1) and Sarah (Challis) Hoyt, was born June 2, 1728, and died about 1794. He was a shoemaker, and lived in West Amesbury. He mar- ried (first), July 2, 1751, Lois Flanders, who died December 30, 1754: married (second) name un- known; married (third) Widow Elizabeth Stevens, of Hampstead, publication being made August 24, 1787. Hannah was received into the Second Ames- bury Church from Salisbury church in 1775. The children by the first wife were: Lois, Timothy, and William ; and by the second wife: Richard, Ephraim, Thomas, Hannah and Mahitable.


(VI) Ephraim, second son and child of Tim- othy (2) and Lois (Flanders) Hoyt, was born in Amesbury, January 20, 1758, and died in Alexan- dria. New York, September 15, 1841. He removed from Amesbury to Salisbury, New Hampshire, and afterward to Alexandria, New York. He married, in Amesbury, August 31, 1788, Sarah Stevens, who died August 30. 1849. Their children were; Patience, Wait (died young), Timothy, Samuel, Mahitable, Wait S., Sarah, Elizabeth, and Daniel S., whose sketch follows.


(VII) Daniel Stevens, ninth and youngest child of Ephraim and Sarah ( Stevens) Hoyt, was born in Danbury, New Hampshire, April 17, 1808, and died in Lowell, Massachusetts. February 12, 1894. He was educated in the district schools and worked on his father's farm. and later had a small place of his own. He was a brick and stone mason by trade, and removed to Alexandria, New York, where he lived thirteen years. In 1847 he removed to Lowell, Massachusetts, and worked at his trade until a short time before his death. He married. March 25, 1827. Dorothy B. Gale, who was born March 25, ISOS, and died August 10, 1888, daughter of Reuben Gale, of Alexandria New Hampshire. Their chil- dren were: Ephraim, Reuben G., Eli Wait and Jonn D.


(VIII) Reuben Gale, second son and child of Daniel S. and Dorothy B. (Gale) Hoyt, was born in Alexandria. Jefferson county, New York, Jan- uary 6, 1835. He spent his carly boyhood on his father's farm, and attended the district and later the grammar school in Lowell. At the age of fourteen


he became an apprentice to a baker and confectioner, and worked at that trade for three years. Later he cultivated a farm in Sherman, Maine, three years. November, 1863, he enlisted in the Seventh Mass- achusetts Battery, and served two years, being dis- charged December. 1865. He took part in the Red River campaign and the Mobile expedition. After having six years experience as a traveling salesman for cigars and confectionery, he opened a general store in Belmont, New Hampshire, which he con- ducted until 1893, when he retired from active life. He married (first), 1859, Mary Heath, who was born in Northfield, New Hampshire, 1837, and died in 1873. They had one child, Mary Mandana, born March 1, 1860. He married (second), in Laconia, August 31, 1876, Emma F. Dow, who was born in Laconia, November 16, 1846, daughter of Charles D. and Meribah ( Cotton) Bryant, of Laconia, and widow of G. L. Dow, who served in the Fourth New Hampshire regiment. Mrs. Hoyt had by her first husband one child. Etta Bell Dow, born in Lakeport, New Hampshire, October 17, 1867, mar- ried, June 29, 1892, H. M. Grant, of Berwick. Maine ..


(III) Benjamin, seventh son and child of Thomas and Mary (Brown) Hoyt, was born Sep- tember 20, 1680. He was a tanner and lived in Sal- isbury and Newbury. At the Salisbury "March Meeting, 1732," it was "Voted by ye town that Benjamin Hoyt be Dismissed this year from being constable by reason of the Lameness of his hands." Many of his descendants. for two or three genera- tions, were much noted for their great stature, and still more for their strength. He died in 1748. His wife Hannah survived him. His will, dated De- cember, 1748, was proved February 6. 1749. and the inventory of his estate was taken May 6, 1749. "The homestead with ye Orchard and buildings thereon." £600. He married Hannah Pillsbury, their intentions being filed Februray 19, 1704. Their chil- dren were: Benjamin, Moses, Hannah, Enoch, Daniel and Joseph. (Mention of Daniel and Joseph and descendants appears in this article).


(IV) Benjamin (2), eldest child of Benjamin (I) and Hannah ( Pillsbury) Hoit, born April 29, 1706. died as early as 1746. Soon after the settle- ment of the boundary line of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, Benjamin Hoyt signed the petition of those who "did not belong to the Easterly Part of Salisbury," showing that he did not wish to be joined to the township to he formed of the westerly part of Salisbury and a part of Amesbury, as they were six miles from the meeting-house, "and re- questing to be joined to Hampton Falls." Benja- min Hoyt was a tall and strong man. It is said that he was a carpenter, and the story is that he once held the whole side of a building and prevented it from falling upon other individuals. James Hoyt, of Concord, New Hampshire, related the following traditions respecting a brother of his grandfather. evidently Benjamin : He and a neighbor were once hocing in adjoining fields. After they had worked awhile the neighbor said to him: "I have hoed as many hills as you lacking two." It turned out, how- ever. that Benjamin had hoed two rows at a time, and had thus done more than double the work of his neighbor. At another time he carried a heavy stone into a mill, where it remained for a long time. serving as a test of strength. At last a man carried it out, though not so easily as Benjamin had carried it in. It is also said that while at Cape Breton, during the French war, the soldiers were obliged at one time to supply the fort with water by carrying it in barrels, two men to a barrel. They complained


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of it as being too heavy work, but Benjamin took up two barrels and carried them into the fort, a dis- tance of twenty rods, and back on a wager. He was taken sick shortly after with a "nervous fever," and soon died-from the effect of carrying the water, as some supposed, and from hardships and exposure. Most of his children were noted for their great strength. His widow, Mary, lived among her children, and died at the house of her son Abner, at Weare, early in 1801, probably be- tween ninety and one hundred years of age. Ben- jamin Hoyt married, March 25, 1730. Mary Collins, and they were the parents of : Jolin, Abner, Martha, Jabez, Anna, Mary, Samuel, Hannah, and Benja- min. (Jabez and the last named and descendants receive mention in this article ).


(V) Abner (1). second son and child of Ben- jamin (2) and Mary (Collins) Hoyt, was born Jan- uary 25, 1732, baptized April 2, 1732, and died Octo- ber 22, 1807. In 1753, his residence is given as South Hampton; but his marriage and the births of his two older children were recorded at Hampton Falls, and he was living there as late as October, 1760. He bought land in Chester in October, 1760, and was living there in 1762-64, and 66, but was taxed in Poplin in 1769, removed soon after to Hop- kinton, and afterward to Weare. The birth of one of his children is recorded in Weare in 1771. The history of Weare states: "Abner Hoyt, originally of Poplin, now Fremont, bought Jacob Straw's home farm, lot 93, range 7, (in 1774) and spent the rest of his days there." A list of those men that did half a term going to Ticonderoga, in 1776, for a term of four months and twenty-six days includes the name of Abner Hoit. Under the heading, "those men that went with Col. Stark for 2 munth are allowd - Dolls pr munth year 1777," we find the name of Abner Hoit with others. Another Revolutionary entry refers to Abner Hoyt and others as being "two months to benington." In July, 1783. Abner Hoit was credited for beef furnished for Conti- nental soldiers £17, 5s, Id.


Abner Hoit was a very strong man. It is said that he was a carpenter, though he usually worked on his farm. Tradition says that he and two sons "spotted" forty acres to clear in one year. It used to be jokingly remarked that he had only to take hold of one end and his two sons of the other, and pile logs up without any trouble. He married, No- vember 1, 1753, Hannah Eastman, of Salisbury, who died February 19, 1813, and they were the parents of nine children: Jacob, Benjamin, Betsy, Abner, Mary, Hannah, Aaron. Moses, and Abigail.


(VI) Abner (2) Hoit, third son and fourth child of Abner (1) and Hannah (Eastman) Hoit, was born probably in Chester, March 30, 1760, and lived in Weare. where he died, September 13, 1829. He married (first) Joanna Craft, of Manchester, Massachusetts, and (second) Widow Lucretia Haskell, and was the father of sixteen children. Those by the first wife were: Betty, Samuel, Joanna (or Hannah), Abner, Francis, Sarah, Abigail, John, Asenath, Susan, Eleazer, and Luke; and by the sec- ond marriage: Warren, Susan, Plummer and Abi- gail.


(VII) Abner (3) Hoit, second son and fourth child of Abner (2) and Joanna (Crafts) Hoit, born in 1790, died at Oil Mill Village, Weare, April 3, 1855. He married, 1812, Abigail or Asenath Bailey, who died January 12, 1858. They were the parents of ten children: Sally, Joseph, Amos, John, Daniel B., Abner, Ziba A., Mary Ann, Hiram and Hannah.


(VIII) John, third son and fourth child of Abner (3) and Asenath (Bailey) Hoit, was born in


Weare, March 7, 1819, and died February II, 1853, in that town, where he passed his life. He mar- ried Mrs. Sarah Ann (Gove) Bartlett, of Deering, and they were the parents of five children: Eliza Ann, John Clinton, Lewis B., Abbie B. The eldest, wife of William Eaton, died in Weare. The fourth married Frank Mills, and resides in Goffstown. Mr. Hoit owned saw mills, was a large dealer in lum- ber and a successful business man, widely known and respected as a citizen.


(IX) Lewis Benjamin, second son and third child of John and Sarah Ann (Gove) Hoit, was born September 10, 1848, in New Boston, and re- ceived a good business training, attending the com- mon schools, Francestown Academy and Bryant & Stratton's Business College. In his seventeenth year, in 1865, he began his business career as an employe of J. Frank Hoyt, a grocer of Concord, and continned with him several years. In 1882 he be- came proprietor of a store and continued in the same line for a few years. Relinquishing that line, he engaged in the real estate and lumber business, with great success, and gradually came into posses- sion of considerable city holdings. He also owned and handled lumber and farming lands, and was widely known in the state. He bought and ship- ped to all parts of the United States great quan- tities of apples, and thus extended his business ac- quaintance. He was the first in Concord to un- dertake this speculation, and met with gratifying recompense. When the Concord State Fair was organized, in 1899, Mr. Hoit was made manager of the corporation, a position which he filled until his death, to the satisfaction of exhibitors, stockholders and the general public. His recognized executive ability, and pleasing personality contributed very largely to the success which has come to this en- terprise. In 1874 he was a member of the city council. It goes without saying that he was a Re- publican. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Concord and was superintendent of its Sunday school for several years.


He married, January 20, 1873, Mary Eaton Boynton. daughter of Lyman E. Boynton, of Con- cord, born August 14, 1850 (see Boynton, XXIX). They have one son, Howard Leroy, born April 7, 1876. After being connected for some years with banks in Concord and New York City, he succeeded to the business of his father. For some time before his death, which occurred September 19, 1907. Mr. Hoit had been in ill health, from weakness of the heart. Though he knew that his death might oc- cur at any moment, he maintained a most cheerful demeanor and went about his daily business with his usual energy. His hearty laugh was a lamp of cheerfulness to many and a source of great surprise to those who knew his condition. The Concord Monitor said of him:


"Mr. Hoit was a man of very wide acquaintance and one whom all loved and esteemed. While such an end of his life was not unexpected, yet the shock was great. As an agent for the sale of real estate, particularly timber lands and farm properties, his fame had gone beyond the borders of his city, county and state, and many were the important transactions of this kind in which he had a hand. Because of his reputation in this line he was called upon fre- quently by the Boston & Maine railroad to assess damages in claims upon them because of fire and was much in demand. also, for the valuation of es- tates. He firmly believed in the future of the city of Concord, was always ready to proclaim his be- lief and to back up his words by deeds. In every movement for increased business activity or munici-


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pal improvement in any line, he was a leader. From the organization of the Concord Commercial Club he was one of its most active and influential mem- bers. 'There was not a man in our ranks,' said Sec- retary Metcalf of that organization this morning, 'whose individual loss the club would feel so severely as that of Lewis Hoit.'


"He was a member, also, of the recently formed Public Improvement Society; of the Wonolancet Club : of White Mountain Lodge, Independent Or- der of Odd Fellows; and of the Concord Driving Club. He had long been active in the support of the First Baptist Church and was an officer of its society. A Republican in politics, he had never sought or held office, save for a term in the com- mon council in 1876.


"His love for horses together with his desire to boom the city of Concord, were among the causes which led Mr. Hoit to take a principal part in the organization and subsequent management of the Concord State Fair. For eight years he has borne the lion's share of the burden of this institution and was in charge, as general manager. of the suc- cessful exhibition of last week. It is not too much to say that the fair is a monument to his memory."


(V) Jabez, fourth child and third son of Ben- jamin (2) and Mary ( Collins) Hoitt, was born No- vember 8, 1734, and baptized January 12, 1735, in Salisbury, East Parish. He was a joiner by trade. As early as 1759 he was living in Chester, New Hampshire. In 1775 he removed from the north part of Chester to that part which adjoins Derry and Sandown. Tradition says that he served for some time under Colonel Rogers, during the Indian wars, and was present when Putnam was taken prisoner by the French and Indians. He exerted all his influence in favor of the Revolution, and served several times himself for short periods. He was a member of the committee of safety, was a justice of the peace, and selectman for many years, in Chester, also a representative, and a delegate to the convention to draft the constitution of New Hampshire. in 1783. He married, April 17, 1760, Abigail Hasseltine, who died May I. 1817. They were the parents of nine children : Abigail. Thomas, Jabez, Benjamin (died young), Benjamin, Josiah, Captain Moses. Captain Jesse and Samuel.


(VI) Lieutenant Thomas, second child and eldest son of Jabez and Abigail ( Hasseltine) Hoitt, was born December 10, 1762, and resided in San- down. He served at Rhode Island in the Revolu- tion, and his name appears on the roll as ensign in the company of Captain Samuel McConnel, at the battle of Bennington. He taught school after the close of the war, and sailed from Portsmouth as a lieutenant of mariners on board the United States warship "Portsmouth." He died shortly after of yellow fever, at Paramaribo, Surinam, September 21, 1799. He married Hannah Stevens, who after his death married Moses Rand, and moved to Barnstead, where she died in 1842. The children of Lieutenant Thomas and Hannah Hoitt were : Thomas, Benjamin, Sally, Hannah, Colonel James Stevens and Sophia.


(VII) Benjamin. second son and child of Lieutenant Thomas and Hannah (Stevens) Hoitt, was born in Hampstead, August II, 1788, and died in Barnstead, March 6, 1860. He was a farmer of good ability, and in comfortable circumstances. and possessed the confidence and respect of his neigh- bors. He held the office of selectman and other town offices. He married ( first), January 25, 1815. Mehitable Babson, daughter of Isaac Babson, of Dunbarton. a graduate of Harvard College in the


class of 1779. and Nelly (Stark) Babson, daughter of General John Stark (q. v.). She was born April 13, 1793, in Hopkinton, and died October 17, 1858. He married (second) Abigail Twombly, who died November 14, 1874, aged seventy-nine years, in Bar- rington, and was buried in Dover. There were twelve children, all of the first wife. Of these Ellen, Charlotte H .. John Stark, Henrietta, Harriet Newel, Thomas Lewis, Elizabeth Frances, William Augustus, Sarah Babson and Horace grew up, and two died young. Ellen, born October 25, 1816. in Dunbarton, married Joshua B. Merrill. Thomas died young. Mary died aged four years. Char- lotte H., born May 17, 1818, married Calvin Sanborn, and died January I3, I898. John S., born January 22, 1821, died January 13. 1905. He married Fanny P. Woodhouse, born February 20, 1829. Henrietta, born April 23. 1823, died in 1902, aged seventy-eight. She married Frederick Warland, who was born in 1823, and died in 1863, aged forty. Harriet N. is mentioned below. Thomas L., is the subject of extended mention below. Eliza- beth Frances, born June 21, 1829, married John Johnson, whom she survived, and died June 1. 1906. William A., born October 12, 1831, died in New Or- leans, October 8. 1858, aged twenty-seven. Sarah B., born July 24, 1833, died September 22, 1905; she married Hiram Thompson. Horace born July I, 1841. died April 15, 1869.




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