HOYT, Joseph Collins
1776 - 1855

• Birth	22 Nov 1776	Fremont, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	31 Dec 1855	Fremont, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
  Person ID	I404	La Famille
  Last Modified	28 Feb 2013

  
  

  Father	HOYT, John,   b. 02 Apr 1755,   d. 18 Feb 1790, Fremont, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	GLIDDEN, Dorothy,   b. 03 May 1757, Fremont, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA ,   d. 01 Apr 1843, Fremont, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
  Relationship	Natural
  Married	28 Dec 1775	Fremont, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
  Family ID	F137	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	WASON, Mary,   b. 1777, Chester, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA ,   d. 11 May 1861, Chester, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
  Married	24 Aug 1798	Chester, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
  Children	1. Hoyt, Polly,   b. 14 Apr 1799,   d. UNKNOWN   2. Hoyt, Sarah (Sally),   b. 21 Aug 1801, Fremont, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA ,   d. 16 Feb 1877, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA   3. HOYT, John,   b. 16 Feb 1803, Fremont, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA ,   d. 03 Jan 1881, Epping, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA   4. Hoyt, Amelia,   b. 23 Jun 1805,   d. 01 Dec 1899, Chester, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA   5. Hoyt, Enos,   b. 06 Oct 1807,   d. UNKNOWN   6. Hoyt, Melinda,   b. 27 May 1810,   d. UNKNOWN
  Family ID	F68	Group Sheet

  
  

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  Event Birth - 22 Nov 1776 - Fremont, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Married - 24 Aug 1798 - Chester, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Died - 31 Dec 1855 - Fremont, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Excerpt from "History of Chester including Auburn New Hampshire", Chase, 1926 Chester Revisited One way that parents with a large family and little money could ease their burden was to put a son out as an apprentice. This was a good deal for the parents as the youth could learn a trade and be fed by somebody else. Sometimes, however, the apprenticeship didn't work out. Perhaps the master was too tough, or maybe the occupation was not to the boy's liking. Not everyone was meant to enjoy learning the "mysteries" of farming, shoemaking or carpentry. This 1794 advertisement in the "Herald of Liberty" of Concord NH, gives a vivid description of what the stylish teenage Chester boy was wearing in those days: "Ran away from the subscriber on the 9th inst. An apprentice boy named Joseph C. Hoit, age 19 about 5' 9" high. Carried with him a variety of clothes, viz. A reddish snuff colored coat, a reddish warm coat, striped patterned waist coat, also a black everlasting waist coat, and a pair of striped velvet breeches, a pair of hemlock colored trousers and a striped furtout (surtout?), likewise a bear skin napsack. Whoever will return said boy to the subscriber will have four dollars reward. All person are forbidden to harbor him for I am determined not to pay any debts of his contacted hereafter." "Sherburne Dearborn" The fate of the young man is unknown but he does not seem to have returned to Chester. ******************************************************************************************************************** Note: I have very little doubt that this is indeed Joseph Collins Hoyt, based on his birthdate of 22 Nov 1776 and the age of the runaway apprentice, 19 in 1794. I have also found no record of another Joseph C. Hoit (Hoyt) in Rockingham County that would fit the age of the apprentice, Joseph Collins Hoyt being the only one so close to the correct age. In later records Joseph Collins Hoyt is listed as a shoemaker, another correlation to the runaway. If Joseph Collins Hoyt married Mary Wason in Chester on 24 Aug 1798, then he actually did return to Chester, at least for courting and marrying Mary, after which they removed to Poplin (Fremont) NH where their children were born. I've detailed the facts found through research which have led me to the conclusion that Mary (Polly) Wason was the wife of Joseph Collins Hoyt which can be found