Samuel Hoyt
Samuel Hoyt was born at Stamford on 3 July 1678, a son of Joshua Hoyt, the town drummer, and his wife Mary. Stamford had several men named Samuel Hait at the time. In nearly every probate and town record he is called "smith" or "blacksmith" to set him apart, and that is how the family genealogy names him, Samuel (Smith).
He married first Susanna Slason on 24 October 1700. They had four children, Josiah, Abigail, Rebecca and Susanna. Susanna died on 26 March 1707. On 31 December 1707 he married Mary Weed, the widow of Jonas Weed and the daughter of Daniel Scofield. Mary bore him at least nine more children, among them Nehemiah, born on 13 April 1718.
In 1701 he and his brother Joshua sold land on Shippan Neck. He bought land from Joshua and sold him his own right, one eighth, in their father's dwelling house. Land that had belonged to his father was laid out to "Sam. Hait (blacksmith)" in 1706, and more in 1709 and as late as 1737. His ear-mark, the notch cut in his animals' ears to show they were his, was entered at Stamford in 1703.
Samuel died at Stamford on 10 August 1738. His widow Mary and his son Josiah were appointed administrators on 13 September 1738. The inventory, presented in 1741, came to 1,463 pounds, and the court ordered the estate divided among the widow and nine children. Mary was still living in March 1748, when she deeded land to her son Jonathan.
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