Hoit, Benjamin (1749-1842)

Name:

Hoit, Benjamin (1749-1842)

Title:

Selectman, Town of Sanbornton, 1773, 1774
Constable, Town of Epping, 1788
Selectman, Town of Epping

Born:

03/20/1749

Birthplace:

Stratham, NH

Died:

03/16/1842

Death Location:

Epping, NH

Residence:

Stratham, NH
Sanbornton, NH 1770, 1773, 1774
Epping, NH 1783-1842

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Farmer

Father:

Hoit, Joseph

Spouse:

(1) Ann
(2) Alice Greenleaf, November 3, 1819

Children:

Hannah, born February 8, 1772; died February 19, 1787
Joseph, born November 8, 1773; died November 4, 1807
Jonathan, born January 19, 1776; died 1854
Anna (Nancy), born August 3, 1778; died November 13, 1814; m. Thomas Burley, October 2, 1798
Benjamin, born July 5, 1781; died August 23, 1825
Mark, born March 22, 1784
Polly, born October 19, 1788; died November 28, 1833

Notes:

David W. Hoyt, A Genealogical History of the Hoyt, Haight, and Hight Families: With Some Account of the Earlier Hyatt Families, A List of the First Settlers of Salisbury and Amesbury, Mass., etc. (Providence, Rhode Island: Providence Press Company, 1871), 39, 56, 81.

William R. Cutter, Compiler. New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial. A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation; Volume II. (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), 756.

Moses T. Runnels, History of Sanbornton, New Hampshire. Volume II - Genealogies. (Boston, Massachusetts: Alfred Mudge & Son, 1881), 358-359.