Norwalk

Capt. Alexander gave Ijpoles of this land to " Church | Smiths (Samuel, great - great - grandfather of Noah of England established in New Canaan", ("60 feet . Smith of old Smith's Island, Norwalk) goodman front east and west, 50 feet north and south"). Four j Haits brothers was built in the same period." days afterward (May 6, 1764), Capt. Alexander sold | The aged Matthias St. John, Sr., speaks at the it all back (134 acres) to James Hovt again. On Julv close of life of " his dearly beloved brother and sister 18, 1764, Mr. Hoyt disposed of the same, minus a few , Hoyt" (Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hoyt, Sr.) The sec- acres (125a, iR. 3rds.) to Jonathan Masted, receiving ond wife of Walter Hoyt'st. seems to have been a for the territory £814,5*. On that day Mr. Hoyt do- ' widow Taylor, but his first wife (the mother proba- nated to "the professors of the Church of England bly of his children) is as yet unknown. The wife of in Canaan Parish" the "Church yard" (evidently his son Zerubbabel and parentage of Mrs. Jas. Hoyt'st. burial ground) lying ju«r north of the 1S96 L. P (Hannah Goold) are alsoyet to he documentary-found. NORWALK. It was bought of John, son of Francis Purdy. Moses Dimon'51- married Abigail Ward, and had Moses Jd-, who married Jane Pinckney. These had a son Ebenezer, born March 18, 1704, who married Mary, baptized July 4, 1708, daughter of John and Deborah (Bar- low) Burr. John Burr was son of Nathaniel, who was son of Jehu Burr, the founder of the family. The Burr homestead stood in Stratfield (Bridgeport) on the east side of the pres- ent Fairfield Avenue, a trifle north of the crossing to-day of said Avenue by the Con- solidated road. It was a delightful site, and held the old "covenant oak", well remem- bered even by young people to-day, beneath which were signed the Indian contracts. The property in Fairfield had fallen to Ebenezer Dimon'"-, who had three sons, Ebenezer211-, David and William, and four daughters, Abigail, Deborah, Sarah and Mary. The father made his will on May 5, 1746, and died twenty-three clays afterward, somewhat before was born his fifth daughter, Elizabeth,' the future Mrs. Goold Hoyt,2 for whose expected arrival he made, as one of the last acts of his life, ample provision. From that fine Fair- field abode, her hand, who now sleeps close by the west door of St. Paul's Church, Nor- walk, was sought in matrimony by Goold Hoyt'"-, whose sister Hannah, 3 also of Norwalk, married Jonathan Bulkley, and was established, in much comfort, on the other side of the Fairfield "Green" from the Dimons, in what has since that time constituted the Glover Villa. Goold Hoyt and Elizabeth Dimon were married in Fairfield, by Rev. Noah Hobart, V. D. M.,on June 13, 1765, and had: Thomas, born Feb. 26, 1767. Goold, born Nov. 16, 1769. 'Elizabeth's (Mrs. Gould Hoyt) brother David Dimon was the lather of Ebenezer Dimon, High Sheriff. Her brother, William Dimon, who married Jan. 3, 1765, Esther, daughterof Solomon Sturges, was the grandfather of Mrs. Robinson and her sister Cor- delia (Mrs. Franklin J. Mallory), and of their brothers Charles and Frederick Dimon, which two sisters and brothers were formerly residents of Norwalk. 3The Ward and Burr descent of Mrs. Goold Hovt. Sr. ne.-ds no comment. Both are New England funda- mental family names, the ancient " driving power" of which in state, scientific and social directions was such as to render future family identity-loss a thing impos- sible. Andrew, founder of the Ward household, was one of the eight chosen (1636) Connecticut chief magis- trates, from which time on, until his decease in 1665, he was a conspicuous colonist; while Jehu, the Bun- forefather, headed a line of some of the most import- ant actors on the early New England stage. Mrs. Hoyt was a young bride when she first appeared in Norwalk, but that she graced and governed her home may well be believed from the children who issued from it. .il lannah, daughter of James i«. and Hannah Hovt, and sister of Goold Hoyt 1st. married Jonathan Bulk- ley of Fairfield. Jonathan (son of Peter3rd. and Abi- gail) Bulkley, was a grandson of Petered, and Hannah (Whelpley) Bulkley. Peter Bulkley*!. married Han- nah, daughter of John and Sarah ( Whelpley ) Bulkley. John Bulkley, who married Sarah, daughter of Henry Whelpley, was a son of Thos.zd. and Sarah (Jones) Bulkley. Mrs. Thomas Bulkley"!- ,vas a daughter of Rev. John Jones, first pastor of Fairfield, and Thus. Bulkley*!- was a son of Rev. Thos. Bulkley who came from England. The Bulkley-Hoyt home (site to-day of the resi- dence of a nephew of the late Samuel Glover), stood on the east side of the Fairfield Green and faced said area. It was an historic house. Peter Bulkley3rd- kept it as a hotel, in which occupation he was followed by his son Jonathan, who married Hannah Hoyt. The Court there stopped, and the house was "kept" in fine style The negro quarters were outside the establish- ment, and the old Fairfield Masonic Lodge-room ran the entire length of the upper story of the east sec- tion of the building. Jonathan Bulkley seems to have been compelled to remain in Nova Scotia during the Revolution, but his wife did not leave her family. NORWALK. 357 Esther (Mrs. Henry Belden), born Oct. 14, 1773.' Ebenezer Dimon, born Aug. 13, 1776. Monson, born Mar. 17, 1781. Goold Hoyt died June 2, 1803, and his widow Feb. 17, 1834. Thomas, oldest son of Goold and Elizabeth Hoyt, married, Jan. 5, 1793, Eliza- beth Phillips of Dutchess County, N. Y., and had no issue. He built and resided in what was since the home of his brother-in-law, Henry Belden, and now the rectory of Grace Church, Norwalk. After the decease, in 1813, of Thomas Hoyt, Mrs. Eliza Selleck intended to purchase the property, but at the solicitation of Mrs. Henry Belden, relinquished the project, selecting for her residence instead, the John Belden homestead, a portion of which latter estate has been the donation of her daughter, Mrs. Maria Phillips James, to St. Paul's Church, Norwalk, and is the site, in [896, of the Chapel of Our Holy Saviour. Mrs. Thomas Hoyt removed, after her husband's decease, to her native New York terri- tory, where she died. Goold zd-, second son of Goold'8'- and Elizabeth Hoyt, married Sabina, daughter of Henry I. Sheaffe' of Philadelphia. He lived in Park Place, New York, but has been a benefactor of his father's parish, Norwalk. His children were : She saved the place from Tryon's fagots (see note page l8i) but was ill treated. Her husband was away for twelve years. He returned but lived only a short time after his home coming. 'Deborah Ann, daughter of Henry I. Sheaffe and half sister of Mrs. Goold Hoyt2**., married, as his second wife, John Glover2d- (son of John Gloverlst-). The Fairfield Glover hearthstone is the residence, in 1896, of Henry S., son of John3<l- and Helen (Le Roy) Glover. The first wife of John Glover^- was the mother of Martha Ann Glover, who married Dr. Jas. Davenport Fitch of New York. Dr. and Mrs. James D. Fitch had Martha Elizabeth and Annie. Annie married J. Howard, son of the late Rev. Henry E, Montgomery, D. D. (see note page 181 ), and had: Henry Eglington ; James Davenport (died young) ; Mary; John Howard; Austin; Jeanette. The well recalled Mary C. J. S. Hoyt of Fairfield, whose interesting souvenir relics invite attention to- day, and to whom her New York Hammersley and Norwalk Hoyt and Belden connections were quite at- tentive, was the daughter of Monson and Lucretia (Hammersley) Hoyt of New York. Monson Hoyt, her father, was a cousin of Gooldlst-, Jesse and Isaac Hoyt. His widow resided in the fine place on Water Street, Bridgeport. Mary occupied the house with her mother, while her sister married into the old Shelton family of Bridgeport, the avenue premises of which household time has so softly dealt with that they form a soothingly pleasing picture to-day. Miss Mary C. J. S. Hoyt was the Mrs. John Glover friend who is note-mentioned on page rSl, John Glover*!- married, second, Deborah Ann Sheaffe, and had Johr.v'-; Mary Sheaffe; Samuel. John Glover3d- (Yale mate of Col. F. St. J. Lock- wood of Norwalk), married Helen Le Roy of New York, and had Charlotte (unmarried); John4th- (a choice spiritand highly promising, who died abroad); Henry Sheaffe (married Harriet Dorson, daughter of G. Dorson Coleman of Pa., and had: Helen Le Roy; Dorson Coleman; Harriet Dorson Coleman; Char- lotte Le Roy; John Le Roy); Martha (Mrs. Dr. Geo. Norton Miller, who had: George Norton; Helen Le Roy and Catharine). Mary Sheaffe, daughter of John*!- and Deborah Ann (Sheaffe) Glover, married Henry L.Mills of New York, and had: Sarah (Mrs. Walter R. Hartshorn of Penna.); Henry Lewis; George Andrew; John Glo- ver; Frederick Sheaffe (married Anita V., daughter of Francis Morgan of N. Y.) Henry L. Mills, Sr., is deceased. His widow and children occupy the Fair- field home, which is a repository of family treasures. Henry L. Mills, the older son, takes pleasure in anti- quarian research, and is performing a valuable work in coin ing and connectingly-collating the rare Fair- field probate record wealth. Samuel Glover, youngest son of John"!, and Deb- orah Ann Glover, married Emily H. Brown of Phila- delphia, and had: William Brown; Emily's'- (died young); Deborah; Emily*!- (died young). 35* NORWALK. Henry Sheaffe, married Frances Maria, daughter of Judge William Alexan- der and Marie (Denning) Duer. No issue. Mary Augusta. Died young. Sabina, married William, son of William Redmond of Ballemena, Ireland, then of Charleston, and Liter of N. Y. City. Had several children.' Goold3d-, married Camilla, daughter of Maj.-Gen. Win field Scott, U. S. A. Goold Hoyt3ci- has always lived in New York. He had Goold4th*, un- married ; Winfield Scott, unmarried ; Percy G., unmarried ; Gerald- ine, deceased ; Camilla, unmarried; Virginia. Lydig Monson, married Geraldine, daughter of Maturin and Margaret (Lewis) Livingston of New York, and had several children. Emily Esther, married May 29, 1849, David ad\ son of David Sears'51-, one of Boston's oldest families, and had five children.