Stephen Hoyt was born about 1770 in Addison Co., Vermont. He is the earlest Hoyt ancestor that we can document. He moved to Michigan in 1828 and died November 1832. The above scene depicts the first court held in Kalamazoo in October of 1832. In the rear , seated at the bench, are Titus Bronson, Judge Harrison and Judge Stephen Hoyt.
Hiram C. Hoyt was the son of Stephen & Mary (Carter) Hoyt. Hiram was born on 8 March 1819 in Logan Co., Ohio. Hiram married Sylvia Watkins on 17 February 1847 in Kalamazoo Co, Michigan. Hiram & Sylvia left Michigan and moved to Kansas and then settled in Oklahoma. Sylvia Watkins was born on 14 October 1824 in Naples, New York.
This is a photocopy of William Hoyt's homestead certificate, granted on 3 June 1895, for 160 acres in Kingfisher Co., Oklahoma Territory. Many people believe that the homestead certificates have original Presidential signatures. This is not true. Congress passed a law in 1832 relieving the President of this job. They hired a special clerk to sign the President's name. Andrew Jackson was the last President to sign a homestead certificate.
Downs, Oklahoma, 1898. Photograph courtesy of the Western History Collection, University of Oklahoma Library.
Cashion, Oklahoma in 1907. Photograph courtesy of the Western History Collection, University of Oklahoma Library.
The Hoyt family farm as it appears today. It is in Cashion, Kingfisher County, Oklahoma.
This is stationary from William Hoyt's Harness shop.
A young William Hoyt, prior to his marriage.
James Watkins, father of Sylvia Watkins Hoyt.
Sylvia Watkins Hoyt
Mary Carter Hoyt, wife of Stephen Hoyt
Jay Powers holding Grace, Helen Hoyt Powers.
In back: Althea, Maud & Blanche
William Hoyt had his harness shop in this building. William is to the far right.
Esther Watkins Gould was the sister of Sylvia Watkins. She first married Horace Gould. After Horace died she married his brother Silas Gould. They briefly lived in Nemaha County, Kansas, but returned to live in Michigan.
Sylvia Watkins Hoyt 4 generation picture
I think this is a picture of Sylvia, her daughter Anna Aurelia Hoyt Davis, her granddaughter Alice Augusta Davis Calder and her great grandson Dewit W Calder.
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