Mike,
If you contact me direct in Australia at
leb@iprimus.com.au I can send you some NB Hoyt family genealogy circa 1850-1900. Includes four sisters, their marriage partners and descendants and the parents of the four sisters. They're from the area you mentioned and there may be a connection.
Hope to hear from you,
LeRoy Edson BILLINGS
2A Kennedy Street
Bowen, Qld. 4805
AUSTRALIA
Email address enclosed above.