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On Jan 20, 1590 Simon Hoyt was born in England. He married Deborah Stevens [or Stoodley] who was born May 1, 1593. She died in 1625. Simon came to America in 1628 or 1629, aboard the "Abigail" or "The Lyon's Whelp" ship.
Their son as Walter Hoyt, born on June 9, 1616 in Upway, England. He was married to Rhoda Taylor. Walter died in Fairfield, Conn.
Their son was Zerubabel Hoyt, born in 1652 in Norwalk, Conn. Zerubabel was married to Hannah Knapp who was born on March 6, 1643. She died on June 4, 1696. He died in 1673.
Their son was Daniel Hoyt born in Norwalk, Conn. on Jan 1, 1681. He married Elizabeth Keller who had been born on March 19, 1678. Her parents were John Keller and Mehitable Rockwell.
Their son was Nathan Hoyt born on April 28, 1718 in Norwalk, Conn. He married Elizabeth Lockwood. He died on Oct 21, 1799.
Their son was Job Hoyt, born Sept. 3, 1765 in Norwalk, Conn. His wife was Anna Raymond, born on Nov. 8, 1767. Her parents were Nathaniel Raymond and Rebecca Benedict.
Their son was Nathen Hoyt, born on March 2, 1788 in Conn. His wife was Lucretia Stevenson, whom he married on Sept. 19, 1818. He died in June 1864 in Warrenville, Ill.
Their son was James Christopher Hoyt, born May 20, 1824 in Saratoga County, Mareau, N. Y. He married Sarah Hoss on Sept. 5, 1849. She was born on Jan. 1, 1825 in Brown Co. Ohio. He died on Aug. 8, 1911 in Fiat, Kansas. Sarah died on March 24, 1905 in St. Joseph, Ill. She is buried in Mt. Olive Cemetery, Mayview, Ill. Sarah's parents were Daniel Hoss born in Lincoln Co., N. Carolina and Catherine Bartley.
In the 1830 Census from Ohio, Catherine Bartley Hoss was between 30 - 40 years old. She had a boy under 5, a boy between 5 and 10, a girl between 5 and 10 and a girl between 10 and 15. She had five slaves. (Urbana Public Library, Urbana, Ill.)
According to Jim Hoyt, Pekin, Ill., when he attended a Hoss reunion, he learned that Catherine Barclay Hoss came to Champaign County, Ill, in 1836 with three children. They were Sarah, Christopher and John. They settled on the east bank of the Salt Fork Creek. This later became St. Joseph, Ill. when the railroad went thru from Peoria to Indianapolis about 1868 or 1869. She was considered to be the first settler of St. Joseph. Jim thinks she is not buried at Mount Olive but possibly at the farm.
Her son, Christopher Hoss, died on March 17, 1872. He was married to Sarena or Cyrena.
John Hoss, according to family stories, went to California in the Goldrush of 1849. He died young. His watch was returned to his mother, Catherine Hoss.
His older daughter, Ann Hoss, married Thomas Losey and died in St. Joseph. They had no children.
James Hoyt and his wife, Sarah, had a son, George. He married a woman named Martha. They lived most of their lives in Elk Co., Kansas. Their three children were Lucretia, Walter and John.
Their second son was Norman Christopher Hoyt, whose Family Tree this is about.