Daniel Hoyt Explained

Daniel Hoyt
Office:Member of the
House of Representatives
of the
Colony of Connecticut
from Norwalk[1]
Term Start:October 1734
Term End:May 1735
Predecessor:Joseph Birchard,
John Marvin
Alongside:Joseph Platt
Birth Date:January 1, 1681 [2] [3]
Birth Place:Norwalk, Connecticut Colony
Death Date:August 13, 1764
Death Place:Norwalk, Connecticut Colony
Residence:Norwalk, Connecticut Colony
Spouse:Elizabeth Keeler (daughter of John Keeler), Sarah Benedict Starr (daughter of Thomas Benedict, Jr., widow of John Starr of Danbury)
Children:Abel Hoyt, Ezra Hoyt, Abigail Hoyt Smith, Daniel Hoyt, Jr., Abner Hoyt, John Hoyt, Nathan Hoyt, Mary Hoyt Benedict, Abram Hoyt
Occupation:deacon

Daniel Hoyt (also Daniel Hoit) (January 1, 1681 – August 13, 1764) was a member of the House of Representatives of the Colony of Connecticut from Norwalk in the session of October 1734.

He was the son of Zerrubabel Hoyt and Hannah Knapp.[2] He was the grandson of Walter Hoyt, the Norwalk settler.[3]

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=YCgBAAAAYAAJ&dq=Daniel+Hoit&pg=PA78 An Historical Discourse in Commemoration of the Two-hundredth Anniversary of the Settlement of Norwalk, Connecticut
  2. "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/9MRL-MZP : accessed 2014-05-29), entry for Daniel Hoyt, submitted by tkreps2707582.
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=5xYVpaBmRnEC&q=olmsted&pg=PA299 History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield