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• HOYT, John (1610-87) From Eng., 1639: an original settler of Salisbury, Mass., m 1635, Frances - (d 1642); m 2nd Frances-.
  Source - Immigrant Ancestors, A Listing of 2,500 Immigrants to America before 1750., Edited by Frederick Adams Virkus, Balitimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc 1986.
  
  Individual:
  1 JOHN1 HOYT, 1641 - listed as a first settler in Ipswich, MA; Serg., of Salisbury and Amesbury, "planter" or"husbandman," recd. five lots of land recorded in the "first division;" sold his house lot to Wm. Holdredin 1647, and prob. then rem. to the west side of the Powow river;commoner and taxed 1650; recd. land and was one of the original commoners of A. 1654-5, recd. land there 1654-64, etc. He recd. seat inthe A. meeting-house,1667; but was member of the S. chh. 1687. He m. 1st, ab. 1635, Frances(???), who d. Feb. 23, 1642-3[S]; 2d, 1643 or '4, Frances (???). He d. Feb. 28, bur. Feb. 29,1687-8[A]; adm. est. May 8, 1697, wid. liv. Children:
  
  First Generation.
  
  (1) JOHN1 HOYT.
  The earliest information concerning (1) John1 Hoyt, which has yet been obtained, is that he was one of the original settlers of Salisbury, Mass.His age at that time can not be accurately determined, but, from the fact that he had at least two children born previous to 1639, it seems probable that he was born about 1610-15. He was chosen selectman, March,1681-2, and moderator of town-meeting, April, 1687 (the same year hedied), hence he could not have been very aged and infirm at that time.Whether he came directly from England, or had previously lived in other towns in America, is uncertain. His name does not appear among the passengers on any of the early emigrant ships of which we have seen any record, and is not found on any of the lists of freemen contained in the Massachusetts Records. He may have come into the country when a minor.
  
  He had two wives, both named Frances. He probably married first wife about 1635, though we have found no record of it. She died Feb. 23,1642-3, and he married his second wife in 1643 or '44. His second wife survived him, and was living in 1697. The town reords of Amesbury state that "Sargent Jno Hoyt sen. died on ye 2 day & was buried on ye 29 day of Feb. An. Dom. 1687-88." The county records at Salem state that he died on the 29th of February, the town records are probably correct. His eldest son, John, had the homestead, paying his step-mother a certain sum annually; but grandson Joseph received the deed of it, on the same condition, 1689. There are quite a number of deeds on record from (1) John Hoyt to his sons, John and Thomas, especially the former, eldest son.
  (*) Old Norfolk County Records. Norfolk included Amesbury, Exeter,Hampton
  Haverhill, Salisbury,--towns north of the Merrimack.
  
  Sources:
  Title: Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury Massachusetts vol 1
  Author: David W. Hoyt
  
  Vital Records of Amesbury, Essex Co., MA [1]