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Esther, daughter of Gooldlst- and Elizabeth Hoyt, married Henry, son of John and Rebecca (Bartlett) Belden of Norwalk, and had : Margaret, unmarried.2 Amelia, unmarried. John, unmarried. Ebenezer Dimon, son of Goold and Elizabeth Hoyt, married, July 16, 1799, Hul- Judge William Brown Glover, son of Samuel and Emily H. Glover, was a jurist of fine parts and an ac- complished gentleman. He married Helen Ward well and had : William Brown; Samuel; Cathaleen Stur- ges; Deborah Norn's. The Bulkleys and Glovers of Fairfield and the Beldens and Hoyts of Norwalk were intimate in ear- lier days, and the visit - interchanges between the households were marked occurrences. The best fam- ily coach conveyed the Norwalk contingency Fairfield- wards, and the return reciprocity was enjoyed in this town. 'William Redmond's namesake son, William, Jr., married Mary, daughter of Wm. Preston and Mary (Lawrence) Griffin. The grandfather of Mrs. Wm. Redmond, Jr., was the brave navy Lawrence, whose last words were " Don't give up the ship." Mrs. Wm. Redmond, Jr., died, leaving a husband and children. A son, Preston, perpetuates the family name. Sabina Redmond, daughter of William, Sr., mar- ried John Walter Wood of New York. Her sisters, Mary and Emily, and brother Goold II., were un- married. Her brother Henry married Lydia Small- wood of Orange, N. J.; her sister Matilda married R. James Cross of Scotland ; her brother Roland mar- ried Helen C. Bulkley of N. Y. ; her -ister Annie married her deceased sister Matilda's husband (R. James Cross); her brother Gerald married Estelle, daughter of Johnston Livingston of Tivoli, N. Y.t and her sister Fanny married Henry B. Livingston of New York. zMargaret and Amelia, the daughters of Henry and Esther (Hoyt) Belden, were the almoners of a large estate, which they improved and enjoyed during life, and made generous testamentary disposition of at the close of their days. Their brother John, a Wilton School lad, died in early manhood. He was a factor in Norwalk society, but his career was brief. His sisters filled out a protracted life term. They placed a window in the chancel of St. Paul's Church to the memory of their parents, and handsomely re- membered the Berkeley Divinity School at Middle- town, Conn. A West Avenue Chapel-of-Ease for St. Paul's Church seems to have been a favorite project with the sisters, but they passed away ere the bene- faction was accomplished. Their home on their pa- rents'estate (site of Grace Church 1896), was one of refinement, and their remains rest beneath a monu- ment of Scotch granite close by the west portals of the old St. Paul's Church of nearly sixty years ago. St. Paul's Church, Norwalk, has for many years enjoyed the use of the Hoyt legacies. The father of Goold Hoyt3* registered himself a benefactor of the same parish when, on June 26, 1790, he was one of four (Goold Hoyt'st., John Cannon, Thomas Belden), and Ebenezer Church), who, " in consideration of the esteem and good will which we have for the Episco- pal Church and Society " united in a deed of land "at upper end of France Street, three-and-a-half acres in quantity, for the use, benefit and support of the Kpis- copal minister in said Society". The income from this legacy is a revenue to-day. NORWALK. 359 dah, daughter of John and Mehitable (Comstock) Hanford (see notes pages 98 and 99), and had : Edwin, born Feb. 18, 1800; married Mar. 4, 1821, Eliza, born Oct. 2, 1800, daughter of Josiah and Abigail (Beers) Smith of Newtown.1 Eliza, born Dec. 28, 1 801 ; married Charles, son of Isaac and Mary (Ray- mond) Hoyt. Monson, born Apr. 19, 1803 ; married Mary Esther, daughter of William St. John"1-, (see page 332). Goold, born June 28, 1805 ; died young. William Goold, born Dec. 12, 181 1 ; died in infancy. Mary, born Nov. 8, 1813; married June 3, 1833, as his second wife, her brother-in-law, Charles Hoyt. William Thomas, born Mar. 16, 1816; died unmarried. Harriet, born Nov. 7, 18 17; married John Cleveland, and had Ella (Mrs. Rev. Samuel Unsworth) ; John ; Alice ; and two who died in infancy. Monson, son of Goold and Elizabeth Hoyt lived until within a few months of twen- ty-one years of age, and died unmarried. THE JESSE HOYT LINE. Jesse, born June 2, 1744, son of James151- and Hannah (Goold) Hoyt, married, Oct. I, 1764, Mary, daughter of Samuel Raymond211-, by his second wife, Mary Kitto of Eng- land.2 Samuel Raymond, 3d- was a son of Samuel'"- and Judith (Palmer) Raymond, and a grandson of John'5'- and Mary (Betts) Raymond, who, with Richard (father of John'5') Raymond, were the Norwalk settlers of that name. The children of Jesse and Mary (Raymond) Hoyt were : Silas, born Apr. 4, 1766. Hannah, born Feb. 13, 1778. Jesse, born Oct. 25, 1767. Harriet, born Nov. M, 1781. 'The children >»f Edwin and Eliza (Smith) Hoyt were : Charlotte Sophia, born Jan. 19, 1S22. Ebenezer Dinion, born Apr. 19, 1824. Emily Abigail, born Sept. 14, 1827. Elizabeth Htllda, born Oct. 27, 1830. Monson, born Sept. 25, 1833. Frederick Edwin, born Feb. 8, 1835. William Thomas, born Apr. 30, 183S. Margaret, born Oct. 5, 1840. Edwin, died young; Wallace Augustus; Lottie, who married William Burrows of Cleveland, Ohio, and had one son who died young, and two daughters, Lorna D. and Gladdis Elgin) ; Elizabeth Hulda is un- married; Monson was unmarried; Frederick Edwin married Mary Marchand of New Orleans (had Henry; Emily (Mrs.Sheridan Law) ; Thomas; May A.; Allen). William Thomas married Annie Perry of N. Y.. and had Mary (Mrs. Hilon Sawyer), who has three child- ren, George, Willard and Margaret; Margaret died Eliza Geraldine, born Nov. 6, 1842. ! young; Eliza Geraldine was a social favorite, and Henry Augustus, born June 16, 1845. J died Feb. 10, 1875; Henry Augustus was unmarried. Charlotte S. Hoyt married John J. Thomas, (had ! 2Mrs. Jesse Hoyt was the sister of Ruth, born Henry, died voung); Ebenezer D. married Mary Reele | about 1732, who married, for his second wife, Ebene- (had Edwin ; James; Emily (Mrs. Edwin Case); John; 1 zer Church"". Mr. Church's first wife was Susan- Ebenezer); Emily Abigail married Charles B., son of | nan, daughter of Samuel'", and Susannah Fitch, (see Langdou and Harriet ( Bouton ) Mott (had Charles page 175). 3<5o NORWALK. Polly, born June 1 6, 1769. Alfred, born Jan. 21, 1783. Hannah, born June 9, 1774- Anna, born Nov. 12, 1784. Frederick, born Feb. 4, 1776. James Moody, born Jan. 25, 1789. James Moody, the youngest child of Jesse and Mary Hoyt, married, May 12, 1814, Mary, daughter of Dr. Samuel Nesbitt of New York, and had :' Jesse, born Mar. 12, 1815. James Henry, born July 4. 1823. Mary, born Jan. 23. 18 19. Alfred M., born Dec. 22, 1828. Samuel N., born Mar. 4. 1821. Reuben, born May 17. 1831. Mr. and Mrs. James Moody Hoyt came about fifty years ago to Norwalk, and here, on the highland northeast side of the Xorwalk Green, built a residence of goodly and generous acreage, in which they peacefully ended their protracted lives. They were devout members of St. Paul's Church and warm friends of its rector, Rev. Wm. Cooper Mead, D.D., at whose side their dust now reposes in the old church yard. Their oldest son was the principal in the metropolitan commercial house of "Jesse Hoyt & Co.", business as- sociated with which son were his brothers. The only daughter of the family lovingly cared for her honored parents, and until her departure from Norwalk, continued to make inviting to the family relations and connections, the handsome Hoyt home hospitality of former years. THE ISAAC HOYT LINE. Isaac, born 1754, fifth son of James1"- and Hannah (Goold) Hoyt, married, June 30, 1776, Mary, born May 13, 1755, daughter of Eliakim* and Hannah (Street) Raymond, and had : 'Jesse Hoyt married, in 1836, Helen M. Demaray, and had Mary Irene. Mary Hoyt was unmarried. Samuel N. Hoyt married ; had a step-son. james Henry Hoyt married Sarah E. Petit, and had James (died young) and Mary Nesbitt, who mar- ried James Petit of V J., and had Dorothy and Alice. Alfred M. Hoyt married, Oct, 20, 1S5S, Rose E. Reece, a niece of Maj.-Gen. Wm. T. Sherman, and had Florence (Mrs. Dr. Wm. F. Otis); Henry Reece (married Amy Otto, niece of Judge Daly): Alfred (unmarried); Mary (unmarried) ; John Sherman (mar- ried Ethol, daughter of Anson Phelps Stokes of N. Y.); Rosenia (unmarried). Reuben Hoyt married Khotia Clark of N. J., and had Jesse; Frank Rogers; Isaliel (Mrs. Dr. Bangs, who has a son, Nesbitt Hoyt); Reuben M. Much of the youth of the daughter of James H. Hoyt, Mary Nesbitt, (Mrs. James Petitj was passed in Norwalk, where she is remembered for her rare good nature. John Sherman, son of Alfred M. and Rosa E. Hoyt, has chosen "Contentment Island " for a marine- side home. This is one of the "Norwalk Islands" which has not, to a serious extent, parted with its an- cient beautv, and consequently the eye and hand of the artist have here been busy. The " isle" from of old has been a native forest-wild, through breaks in which blue sea views are obtained, while its rosy red reflections at morning and evening are delightful. The structures thereat erected charmingly command Long Island Sound. Jesse, son of Reuben and Rhoda Hoyt, married Cornelia Baldwin, daughter of John T. and Jeanette Palmer (Baldwin) Waring (see note page 287) of Yon- kers, N. Y, John T. Waring, well age-preserved, is of the filth Norwalk Edmond and Elizabeth (Bou- ton) Waring or Warren generation (see page 268). Edmond Warren's children scattered somewhat from the father's and mother's Roton domicile, and yet a Warren home-hearth entourage to-day will strengthen the belief that t'ne Warren descendants slowly lost their Rowalton love. The recent visits of the vener- able John T. Waring to the family cradle have been Norwalk enjoved. -Kliakim, born Feb. 20, 1720, son of Samuel and NOR WALK. 36 James, born Jan. 11, 1777. Sally, born Mar. n, 1778. James Isaac, born Dec. 20, 1782.' Nancy, born Apr. 24, 1785. (Died young 1. Mary, born Dec. 28, 1787. (Mrs. Chas. R. Sherman). ,'See pages 129, 1^41.' Hannah, born Jan. 16, 1789. (Mrs. Joseph Keeler, see note page 137). Charles, born June 9, 1 79 1 A Richard, born July 26, 1793. (Died young).