Person Sheet


Name Deborah* STOWERS567, 9G Grandmother
Birth 1 May 1593, Dorchester, Dorset, England
Death 1625, Dorchester, Dorset, England603 Age: 31
Baptism 5 Jun 1593, Upway Parish Church, Dorset, England
Father Walter* STOWERS (1568-)
Spouses
1 Simon* HOYT567, 9G Grandfather
Birth 20 Jan 1590, Dorchester, Dorset, England
Death 1 Sep 1657, Stamford, Fairfield, CT Age: 67
Immigration 1628, Salem, Essex, MA Age: 37
Immigration Memo aboard the "Abigail"
Removed 1639, Windsor, CT Age: 48
Father John* HOYT (1568-1635)
Mother Ruth*
Misc. Notes
In 1628 Simon Hoyt accompanied by his brother-in-law, Nicholas Stowers, and the Spragues who were also from Upway in Dorset, came to America, in the ship Abigail with Gov. Endicott arriving at Salem, Massachusetts, September 6, 1628. In 1629 he went to Charlestown.

In 1620 he was in Dorchester, his name appearing in the records as Simon Hoit. In 1635 he was at Scituate where he and his wife, Susanna, joined the church.

In 1639 he went to Windsor, Connecticut, where he had fourscore acres of land granted him by the plantation, February 28, 1640. A house lot was granted him in Fairfield, March, 1649, and his name appears in the list of pioneers of Stamford.

In the Stamford Town records there is on file an interesting document relating to the distribution of his estate. It is dated December 1, 1674, sighed by his several sons and sons in law as follows: Moses Hoyt, Joshua Hoyt, Samuel Hoyt, Benjamin Hoyt, Thomas Lyon, Samuel Finch, Samuel Firman; Witness Abram Finch, Jonas Seely. 568
Marriage 1612, Upway Parish Church, Dorset, England
Children John (1614-1684)
Walter (1617-1695)
Thomas* (1618-1656)
Deborah (1620-1655)
Nicholas (1622-1655)
Ruth (1625-1627)
Last Modified 24 Jan 2001 Created 26 Jun 2001 by Reunion for Macintosh

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