Walter Hoyt

Walter Hoyt
Deputy of the
General Court
of the Connecticut Colony
In office
1658–1681
Personal details
Born September 6, 1618
West Hatch, Somerset, England
Died 1698
Norwalk, Connecticut Colony
Spouse(s) Elizabeth Susanna St. John (m. 1638 Windsor, Connecticut Colony, d. 1647) Rhoda Tinker (m. 1649, Windsor, Connecticut Colony)
Children Zerubbabel, Elizabeth,> John
Residence Windsor, Connecticut Colony (1640)
Norwalk, Connecticut Colony
Religion Puritan
Military service
Rank sergeant (May 1659)
Unit Norwalk Trainband

Walter Hoyt (also seen as Haite, Hayte, Hoit, Haight) (September 6, 1618 – 1698) was a founding settler of Norwalk, Connecticut. He served as a deputy of the General Court of the Connecticut Colony from Norwalk between 1658 and 1662, and, when it was renamed, as a deputy of the Connecticut General Assembly between 1662 and 1681. He was a Norwalk selectman in 1672.

He was the son of Simon Haite and Deborah Stowers. He came to America in 1628, with his father and brother, Nicholas Hoyt, at the age of ten.[1]

In 1640, he was known to own about 64 acres of land in Windsor, Connecticut Colony. In 1653, Walter came to Norwalk, among the first settlers.[1]

He served in the General Court of the Connecticut Colony in the sessions of October 1658, May and October 1661, May and October 1667, October 1668, May 1670, May 1671, May 1672, October 1673, October 1674, May 1676, May 1678, and October 1681.

In May 1672 Walter Hoyte was among those whose names were given to the General Court "for the beginning of a plantation neare the backside of Norwalke."

He, along with Ralph Keeler, was contracted by the settlement to cut the timber and build a house for Reverend Thomas Hanford.[2]

He voted in the town meetings in Norwalk, and was confirmed by the General Court as one of the proprietors of Norwalk in 1685.

Hoyt's Hill, named after Walter Hoyt, is the historical name of the hill in the Green at the northeast corner of East Avenue and Willow Street. The place name dates back at least as early as 1679.[3]

He is listed on the Founders Stone bearing the names of the founding settlers of Norwalk in the East Norwalk Historical Cemetery.

References

  1. 1 2 Norwalk v.1
  2. ↑ An Historical Discourse in Commemoration of the Two-hundredth Anniversary of the Settlement of Norwalk
  3. ↑ Malcolm Hunt, Names and Places of Old Norwalk
Preceded by
Richard Olmsted
Matthew Canfield		 Deputy of the
General Court
of the
Colony of Connecticut
from Norwalk
October 1658
With: Nathaniel Richards		 Succeeded by
Matthew Canfield
John Gregory
Preceded by
Richard Olmsted
Samuel Hales		 Deputy of the
General Court
of the
Colony of Connecticut
from Norwalk
May and October 1661
With: Matthew Canfield		 Succeeded by
Richard Olmsted
Matthew Canfield
Preceded by
Richard Olmsted
Matthew Canfield		 Deputy of the
Connecticut General Assembly
of the
Colony of Connecticut
from Norwalk
May and October 1667
With: Richard Olmsted,
John Gregory		 Succeeded by
Richard Olmsted
John Gregory
Preceded by
Richard Olmsted
John Gregory		 Deputy of the
Connecticut General Assembly
of the
Colony of Connecticut
from Norwalk
October 1668
With: Richard Olmsted		 Succeeded by
Richard Olmsted
Preceded by
John Gregory
John Douglas		 Deputy of the
Connecticut General Assembly
of the
Colony of Connecticut
from Norwalk
May 1670
With: Thomas Benedict		 Succeeded by
John Gregory
Daniel Kellogg
Preceded by
John Gregory
Daniel Kellogg		 Deputy of the
Connecticut General Assembly
of the
Colony of Connecticut
from Norwalk
May 1671
With: Richard Olmsted		 Succeeded by
John Gregory
John Bowton
Preceded by
John Gregory
John Bowton		 Deputy of the
Connecticut General Assembly
of the
Colony of Connecticut
from Norwalk
May 1672
With: Daniel Kellogg		 Succeeded by
Nicholas Hoyt
Mark Sension
Preceded by
Thomas Fitch		 Deputy of the
Connecticut General Assembly
of the
Colony of Connecticut
from Norwalk
October 1673
With: John Bowton		 Succeeded by
John Gregory
John Bowton
Preceded by
John Gregory
John Bowton		 Deputy of the
Connecticut General Assembly
of the
Colony of Connecticut
from Norwalk
October 1674
With: Daniel Kellogg		 Succeeded by
John Gregory
Thomas Benedict
John Bowton
Preceded by
Daniel Kellogg		 Deputy of the
Connecticut General Assembly
of the
Colony of Connecticut
from Norwalk
May 1676 		Succeeded by
John Bowton
Mark Sension
Preceded by
John Gregory
John Bowton		 Deputy of the
Connecticut General Assembly
of the
Colony of Connecticut
from Norwalk
May 1678
With: John Bowton		 Succeeded by
Mark Sension
John Platt
Preceded by
John Gregory
John Bowton		 Deputy of the
Connecticut General Assembly
of the
Colony of Connecticut
from Norwalk
October 1681
With: John Platt		 Succeeded by
John Bowton
John Platt
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