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Hoyt as Early Settler of Maugerville

Hoyt as Early Settler of Maugerville

Posted: 18 Mar 2001 12:00PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 6 Aug 2001 2:31AM GMT
Surnames: Hoyt, Mersereau, Hayward
Trying to find information about Samuel/Willliam Hoyt that is believed to have part of the group from Massechusetts that came in 1763-65 (one reference to this group is Planters; another idea is that they were veterans of the French/Indian Wars) and settled Maugerville and Hoyt Station. Does anyone know where to get accurate history of this settlement?
Trying to find place is US that they came from is my brick wall for the last 20 years. Hoyt, Haight, Hight book states Conn. but I cannot connect this to anyone in Conn.from the book. Any help or ideas would be appreciated.:)

Settlers of Maugerville

Posted: 21 Mar 2001 12:00PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 5 Jan 2002 1:41AM GMT
Maugerville was settled by people from around Rawley and Ipswich, Mass in 1763 when four vessels loaded with settlers arrived. Many of these settlers supported the American Revolution and one of my anscestors, the Rev Seth Noble had to flee to Maine with a price on his head. I have no infomration about the Hoyt family in Maugerville, but I believe there were some Hoyts who came as United Empire Loyalists in 1783. Many of those, including another direct anscestor, Daniel Smith, did come from Connecticut, via New York , which stayed in British hands until the end of the war.

Re: Settlers of Maugerville

Posted: 9 Jul 2010 10:22PM GMT
Classification: Query
Do you know anything about a Thomas Langdon, born in Massachusetts in 1755; Married Jane Mooers and moved to Sunbury, Burton, New Brunswick. I am looking for his parents, not his children.

Thanks.

Re: Hoyt as Early Settler of Maugerville

Posted: 10 Jul 2010 5:21AM GMT
Classification: Query
The Hoyt's are an old, 1600's, colonial family, and the name is found as Haight, Hayt, Hyatt, Hoit, and several other variations. In New Brunswick the spelling seems fairly consistently Hoyt. Essentially out of Connecticut, they spread into Westchester Co., NY (Quakers) and are eventually found throughout the continent.

I believe the New Brunswick families were primarily Loyalists arriving in 1783. Notably there was Azor Hoyt in Kings Co., NB, and Israel Hoyt also in Kings Co. Others were James, Jesse, Joseph, Munson (York Co., NB), Stephen, Sylvanus and William (Sunbury Co.)

Some information on some of the early family groups is at:

http://www.nbgs.ca/firstfamilies/FAMILY-H-2006.pdf

See also:

http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-Azor-Hoyt.html
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nbkings/Hamp/ki-d05.html
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op...

In Sunbury Co., NB there are numerous Hoyt's, but not, apparently, amongst the Maugerville-Sheffield pre-Loyalists. See, for example, the Sheffield Township Record Book which was first used in Maugerville, at:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nbsunbur/birth01.htm

By 1851 there was a Violetta Hoyt and a William Hoyt in Burton Parish. Apparently siblings boarding with William and Laura Ann Davis. William Hoyt was b. NB ca. 1801, a labourer and lame at the time. Violetta was also enumerated in Lincoln Parish in 1851, living with Anthony R. Hatch and his wife, Charlotte McFarland.
There was the family of Joseph and Elizabeth Hoyt in Burton Parish.

In Blissville Parish the family is more numerous with 49 Hoyt's listed. See:
http://automatedgenealogy.com/censusnb51/SurnameSearch.jsp?s...

The eldest William Hoyt was b. ca. 1782, but in b. in NB, this is unlikely. Either he was b. in the US and arrived as a child in 1783, or was b. 1783 or after. He is likely the Wm Hoyt, Esq. who d. Blissville Parish 8MAR1867 age 85 years. The 'Esq.', suggests that he was a Justice-of-the-Peace.
There was also a Mary Hoyt b. ca. 1762. She is given as English and arrived JUN1763. If she arrived in 1763 she was likely one of the Maugerville pre-Loyalists. If a Loyalist, then she arrived JUN1783, not 1763. She lives with Andrew and 'Lidia' Mersereau. She is given as Lydia Hoyt, likely Mary's daughter.

Judging by an index to Land petitions, William (ca. 1782-1867) is most likely a s/o Joseph of of William Hoyt. Joseph and William, Sr. clearly were connected as they petitioned together. I rather suspect that Joseph was the father as He arrived in the 'Two Sisters' from Connecticut in 1783 with a wife and 6 children. At the NBGS web site referred to above, Joseph's family is:

HOYT: Joseph Hoyt born c1765 probably in CT, d. 1843, s/o William Hoyt: came
to NB in 1763 and settled at Hoyt, Blissville Parish, Sunbury County: m. in Sunbury
County, Mary Ann Hayward b. c1762 Canterbury, Kent County, England, died after
1851 d/o George Hayward and Ann Durley of Lincoln, Sunbury County:
Children born in Sunbury County:
1) William Hoyt born 23 May 1781, d. 9 Mar 1867, m. c1800 Nancy Wyatt born
c1781, died 28 Sep 1848: settled in Blissfield Parish, Sunbury County and had nine
children:
2) Annie Hoyt b. c1783, bp. 29 Nov 1787, married Israel Tracy b. in NB, s/o
Jeremiah Tracy and Sarah Leighton: went to Ontario:
3) Rebecca Hoyt b. c1787, bp. 29 Nov 1787, married Joseph Thomas: moved to
Ontario:
4) Isabella Hoyt born c1791, died 30 Apr 1883 at North Branch, Oromocto, married
Lawrence Mersereau born c1792 in Sunbury County, bur. Jan 1891, s/o Lawrence
Mersereau and Hester Taylor: the couple settled in Blissfield Parish, Sunbury
County and had ten children:
5) Chloe Hoyt b. c1796 Sunbury County, m. 25 Sep 1817 in Sunbury County, Azor
Smith born in Sunbury County, s/o Daniel Smith and Nancy Kellog:
6) Mary Ann Hoyt born c1798 in Sunbury County, d. 23 Jun 1850, m. 18 Jan 1815 in
Sunbury County, William E. Smith b. c1789 in Sunbury County, died 28 Mar 1875,
s/o Daniel Smith and Nancy Kellogg: they settled in Blissfield Parish, Sunbury
County and had nine children:
7) Elizabeth Hoyt b. c1799, married 22 Dec 1820 in Sunbury County, Walter
Patterson born c1801 in Ireland, d. 24 Aug 1856: settled in Oromocto, NB and had at
least three children:
8) John Hoyt b. 12 Sep 1800, d. 6 Jan 1887, m. 24 Mar 1824 in York County, Ruth
Jones born 19 Nov 1806 in York County, d. 27 Mar 1889, d/o Richard Jones and
Mary Boone: settled at Hoyt Station in Blissfield Parish, Sunbury County and had
twelve children:
9) Lydia Hoyt born c1806, d. 2 May 1877, m. 7 Jul 1824 in Sunbury County,
Andrew Mersereau b. 1800 Sunbury County, d. 25 May 1886, s/o Lawrence
Mersereau and Hester Taylor: settled in Blissfield Parish, Sunbury County and had
nine children.
Sources: MC1/Hoyt #1, 1 page: John C. Tracy Book, Fredericton Junction: see
MC1396 George Hayward Collection, MS1 and MS6: see also MC80/993 David W.
Hoyt’s A genealogy of the Hoyt, Haight and Hight families, pages 617-618: see also
MC80/1397 Daniel F. Johnson’s New Brunswick lineages, pages 267-269: see also
MC80/2507 Katie H. Mott’s The Hoyts: a Louisiana / Canada connection: see
MC80/2706 Sharon Knorr’s Hoyt pioneer cemetery, pages 6-8: see also
MC1/Hayward #2,5, 6 pages: see also MC1396 George Hayward genealogical
collection, MS26 Joseph and Mary (Hayward) Hoyt and some of their descendants
1765-2001, 120 pages: see also MC80/2849 Dorothy G. Prescott et al. A genealogical
history of the Prescott, Hoyt and related families which claims that Joseph Hoyt b. 12
Oct 1750 at Stamford, Fairfield County, CT, s/o Joseph Hoyt and Jane King: m. (1st)
Hannah Seely b. 1751 in Stamford, CT and had eight children: m. (2nd) Mary Ann
Hayward b. 1762 at Canterbury, Kent County, England, d. 1851, d/o Edward
Hayward and Elizabeth Spratt: had nine children: birth dates differ among sources.

and not only is William his son, but Mary is his widow. Looking at the Hayward's on the same page we see she did arrive in 1763. The elder William who petitions with him is likely:

HOYT: William Hoyt born in CT: came to NB and settled on the Saint John River:
his wife’s name is not provided:
Children:
1) Joseph Hoyt married Mary Ann Hayward and had issue:
2) William Hoyt married and had at least nine children:
3) one or more daughters.
Sources: MC80/993 David W. Hoyt’s A genealogy of the Hoyt, Haight and Hight
families, pages 617, 618: see also MC80/2507 Katie H. Mott’s The Hoyts: a
Louisiana/Canada connection.

So the question becomes, 'Which William Hoyt do you seek?'

Thomas

Re: Hoyt as Early Settler of Maugerville

Posted: 10 Jul 2010 5:48AM GMT
Classification: Query
I note that, in the NBGS version of Joseph Hoyt, it lists Joseph as arriving in NB in 1763 as a pre-Loyalist. Also, if he married Mary Ann Hayward, he did not have 6 children in 1783. The confusion is caused by two Joseph's. The Loyalist apparently settled in Hampstead Parish, Queens Co., NB. His petition for a pension states (13DEC1837) that he was b. ca. 1759, enlisted in the Prince of Wales Regiment around NOV1779 and was a fifer is Capt. Stephen Hoyt's (his cousin) company. Later, it was his wife, Mary Hoyt of Petersville Parish, Queens co., NB who receives the petition.

While it seem rational to believe that Mary Ann Hayward arrived in 1763, I am still not convinced that Joseph Hoyt, her husband, also arrived then. At least I see no evidence. Her Joseph, however, and the Loyalist appear to be two different persons.

I am surprised that there is not a more clear compilation on this family.

Thomas

Re: Hoyt as Early Settler of Maugerville

Posted: 27 May 2013 3:48PM GMT
Classification: Query
New Hampshire and maine south berwick.a area near amesbury home to my Hoyt realatives from veteran land grants but a arge family

Re: Settlers of Maugerville

Posted: 7 Jul 2014 5:37AM GMT
Classification: Query
My 5th great grandmother was Hannah Langin/Landgon, b. abt 1769 in Maugarville or Rowley, Massachusetts, who married David Moores b. abt 1765 in Maugarville. His ancestry goes back to Newburyport, Massachusetts. She may have been the sister of your Thomas, but I have not have not been able to find any information about Langdon families in Maugarville, Rowley or Newburyport. There was a Langdon family in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in the early 1700's, but I have not been able to find any connection to the Langins of Maugarville.

Re: Hoyt as Early Settler of Maugerville

Posted: 1 Mar 2015 5:48PM GMT
Classification: Query
The Hoyts were must likely Loyalist from Greenwich CT, who came to Sunbury County New Brunswick in 1783 . Read the History of Greenwich Ct, it is online. also the History of Stamford Ct
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