age 2y 4m.
from JBrown, IA, MN, Calif, AustinTX (#48697180);
BIOGRAPHY. Celinda was the very young daughter of Ruth and Ezra Hoyt. Ruth's maiden name was said to be Herd, which some might spell as Hurd. Her father, Ezra, was a nephew of Judge Ezra Hoyt and eldest son of Uriah and Permelia Ruble Hoyt.
Did her grandparents, Uriah and Permelia, buy a cemetery section large enough for three, back when two of Ezra's younger brothers, Seymour and Thomas, died "too young" in 1813? Or, perhaps her coffin was tiny, while Thomas' coffin was for a ten-year old, so she could be squeezed into his unused part of the lot? (A note left by someone on Seymour's page confirms the three Hoyt graves are together.)
Essex, where her father died, was close to Monkton, both places on the northern edge of New Haven. Monkton was less agricultural, a well-located place, waterwise, for lake shipping and related business jobs. In the War of 1812, extra jobs would have been created as nearby bog iron was used, for building gun boats to be used on the Great Lakes. The US and Britain were warring over where to draw the Canadian border, with Detroit ultimately ending on the US side. When the war ended, some jobs were lot and people moved away
Was her birth in 1818 or 1819? 1818 was cited in an 1871 book by David W. Hoyt (of an unrelated set of Hoyts, wanting to separate Celinda's from his own, partly done by separating their migrations; once they crossed paths, he would check with survivors still alive before 1871. Gravestones were still standing then that might not be readable now. His book named her parents and ancestors. (Her Hoyt side traces back to immigrant ancestors, Simon and his sons, including her branch's Walter. They arrived early in the Puritan era, accounting for the many Old Testament names repeated multiple times in her family, especially Ezra, but also Uriah and Seth. Celinda's name was a departure from that. Her grandmother Permelia's name was related to the old Scottish was of home-dying wool. A niece would be named for her.)
BIRTH YEAR. She was 4 months past age 2 at her death. She died in early April of 1821. Counting back two years and stopping with that gives 1819. Additionally subtracting four months from her death month of April moves her birth back in late November or early December of 1818.
SIDE NOTES. Her branch descends of Simon's son known as Walter Hoyte/Hoyt/Hoit. Simon moved his family multiple times down the New England coast until the family found better farmland, putting them in the Connecticut colonies, where they would be for over a century. They were close to the Connecticut River, letting her Hoyt great-grandparents move with young children upstream, with that river then connecting to the White River, which flows through this part of Vermont.
DUPLICATES OF THOMAS. The different ways to calculate birth year (ignoring months vs. using them to count backwards) has created confusion over her uncle Thomas, buried here. Using different methods may make it appear there were two Thomases, one born in 1803 (ignoring months), the other born in 1802 (taking months into account). It may appear there were four Hoyts buried together at Horan Cemetery, when just three existed.
from JBrown, IA, MN, Calif, AustinTX (#48697180);
BIOGRAPHY. Celinda was the very young daughter of Ruth and Ezra Hoyt. Ruth's maiden name was said to be Herd, which some might spell as Hurd. Her father, Ezra, was a nephew of Judge Ezra Hoyt and eldest son of Uriah and Permelia Ruble Hoyt.
Did her grandparents, Uriah and Permelia, buy a cemetery section large enough for three, back when two of Ezra's younger brothers, Seymour and Thomas, died "too young" in 1813? Or, perhaps her coffin was tiny, while Thomas' coffin was for a ten-year old, so she could be squeezed into his unused part of the lot? (A note left by someone on Seymour's page confirms the three Hoyt graves are together.)
Essex, where her father died, was close to Monkton, both places on the northern edge of New Haven. Monkton was less agricultural, a well-located place, waterwise, for lake shipping and related business jobs. In the War of 1812, extra jobs would have been created as nearby bog iron was used, for building gun boats to be used on the Great Lakes. The US and Britain were warring over where to draw the Canadian border, with Detroit ultimately ending on the US side. When the war ended, some jobs were lot and people moved away
Was her birth in 1818 or 1819? 1818 was cited in an 1871 book by David W. Hoyt (of an unrelated set of Hoyts, wanting to separate Celinda's from his own, partly done by separating their migrations; once they crossed paths, he would check with survivors still alive before 1871. Gravestones were still standing then that might not be readable now. His book named her parents and ancestors. (Her Hoyt side traces back to immigrant ancestors, Simon and his sons, including her branch's Walter. They arrived early in the Puritan era, accounting for the many Old Testament names repeated multiple times in her family, especially Ezra, but also Uriah and Seth. Celinda's name was a departure from that. Her grandmother Permelia's name was related to the old Scottish was of home-dying wool. A niece would be named for her.)
BIRTH YEAR. She was 4 months past age 2 at her death. She died in early April of 1821. Counting back two years and stopping with that gives 1819. Additionally subtracting four months from her death month of April moves her birth back in late November or early December of 1818.
SIDE NOTES. Her branch descends of Simon's son known as Walter Hoyte/Hoyt/Hoit. Simon moved his family multiple times down the New England coast until the family found better farmland, putting them in the Connecticut colonies, where they would be for over a century. They were close to the Connecticut River, letting her Hoyt great-grandparents move with young children upstream, with that river then connecting to the White River, which flows through this part of Vermont.
DUPLICATES OF THOMAS. The different ways to calculate birth year (ignoring months vs. using them to count backwards) has created confusion over her uncle Thomas, buried here. Using different methods may make it appear there were two Thomases, one born in 1803 (ignoring months), the other born in 1802 (taking months into account). It may appear there were four Hoyts buried together at Horan Cemetery, when just three existed.
age 2y 4m.
from JBrown, IA, MN, Calif, AustinTX (#48697180);
BIOGRAPHY. Celinda was the very young daughter of Ruth and Ezra Hoyt. Ruth's maiden name was said to be Herd, which some might spell as Hurd. Her father, Ezra, was a nephew of Judge Ezra Hoyt and eldest son of Uriah and Permelia Ruble Hoyt.
Did her grandparents, Uriah and Permelia, buy a cemetery section large enough for three, back when two of Ezra's younger brothers, Seymour and Thomas, died "too young" in 1813? Or, perhaps her coffin was tiny, while Thomas' coffin was for a ten-year old, so she could be squeezed into his unused part of the lot? (A note left by someone on Seymour's page confirms the three Hoyt graves are together.)
Essex, where her father died, was close to Monkton, both places on the northern edge of New Haven. Monkton was less agricultural, a well-located place, waterwise, for lake shipping and related business jobs. In the War of 1812, extra jobs would have been created as nearby bog iron was used, for building gun boats to be used on the Great Lakes. The US and Britain were warring over where to draw the Canadian border, with Detroit ultimately ending on the US side. When the war ended, some jobs were lot and people moved away
Was her birth in 1818 or 1819? 1818 was cited in an 1871 book by David W. Hoyt (of an unrelated set of Hoyts, wanting to separate Celinda's from his own, partly done by separating their migrations; once they crossed paths, he would check with survivors still alive before 1871. Gravestones were still standing then that might not be readable now. His book named her parents and ancestors. (Her Hoyt side traces back to immigrant ancestors, Simon and his sons, including her branch's Walter. They arrived early in the Puritan era, accounting for the many Old Testament names repeated multiple times in her family, especially Ezra, but also Uriah and Seth. Celinda's name was a departure from that. Her grandmother Permelia's name was related to the old Scottish was of home-dying wool. A niece would be named for her.)
BIRTH YEAR. She was 4 months past age 2 at her death. She died in early April of 1821. Counting back two years and stopping with that gives 1819. Additionally subtracting four months from her death month of April moves her birth back in late November or early December of 1818.
SIDE NOTES. Her branch descends of Simon's son known as Walter Hoyte/Hoyt/Hoit. Simon moved his family multiple times down the New England coast until the family found better farmland, putting them in the Connecticut colonies, where they would be for over a century. They were close to the Connecticut River, letting her Hoyt great-grandparents move with young children upstream, with that river then connecting to the White River, which flows through this part of Vermont.
DUPLICATES OF THOMAS. The different ways to calculate birth year (ignoring months vs. using them to count backwards) has created confusion over her uncle Thomas, buried here. Using different methods may make it appear there were two Thomases, one born in 1803 (ignoring months), the other born in 1802 (taking months into account). It may appear there were four Hoyts buried together at Horan Cemetery, when just three existed.
from JBrown, IA, MN, Calif, AustinTX (#48697180);
BIOGRAPHY. Celinda was the very young daughter of Ruth and Ezra Hoyt. Ruth's maiden name was said to be Herd, which some might spell as Hurd. Her father, Ezra, was a nephew of Judge Ezra Hoyt and eldest son of Uriah and Permelia Ruble Hoyt.
Did her grandparents, Uriah and Permelia, buy a cemetery section large enough for three, back when two of Ezra's younger brothers, Seymour and Thomas, died "too young" in 1813? Or, perhaps her coffin was tiny, while Thomas' coffin was for a ten-year old, so she could be squeezed into his unused part of the lot? (A note left by someone on Seymour's page confirms the three Hoyt graves are together.)
Essex, where her father died, was close to Monkton, both places on the northern edge of New Haven. Monkton was less agricultural, a well-located place, waterwise, for lake shipping and related business jobs. In the War of 1812, extra jobs would have been created as nearby bog iron was used, for building gun boats to be used on the Great Lakes. The US and Britain were warring over where to draw the Canadian border, with Detroit ultimately ending on the US side. When the war ended, some jobs were lot and people moved away
Was her birth in 1818 or 1819? 1818 was cited in an 1871 book by David W. Hoyt (of an unrelated set of Hoyts, wanting to separate Celinda's from his own, partly done by separating their migrations; once they crossed paths, he would check with survivors still alive before 1871. Gravestones were still standing then that might not be readable now. His book named her parents and ancestors. (Her Hoyt side traces back to immigrant ancestors, Simon and his sons, including her branch's Walter. They arrived early in the Puritan era, accounting for the many Old Testament names repeated multiple times in her family, especially Ezra, but also Uriah and Seth. Celinda's name was a departure from that. Her grandmother Permelia's name was related to the old Scottish was of home-dying wool. A niece would be named for her.)
BIRTH YEAR. She was 4 months past age 2 at her death. She died in early April of 1821. Counting back two years and stopping with that gives 1819. Additionally subtracting four months from her death month of April moves her birth back in late November or early December of 1818.
SIDE NOTES. Her branch descends of Simon's son known as Walter Hoyte/Hoyt/Hoit. Simon moved his family multiple times down the New England coast until the family found better farmland, putting them in the Connecticut colonies, where they would be for over a century. They were close to the Connecticut River, letting her Hoyt great-grandparents move with young children upstream, with that river then connecting to the White River, which flows through this part of Vermont.
DUPLICATES OF THOMAS. The different ways to calculate birth year (ignoring months vs. using them to count backwards) has created confusion over her uncle Thomas, buried here. Using different methods may make it appear there were two Thomases, one born in 1803 (ignoring months), the other born in 1802 (taking months into account). It may appear there were four Hoyts buried together at Horan Cemetery, when just three existed.
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