Benjamin HOYT

                   Biography from St. Clair County History, 1883.
ALBERT HOYT, section 6. The paternal great-grandfather of Albert Hoyt, Benjamin Hoyt, was born in England June 7, 1702, and was killed in the battle of Ticonderoga during the French war. His son, Robert Hoyt, was born in England May 6, 1753, and was there married to Miss Jane Hall. Benjamin Hoyt, a son of Robert, was born in New Braintree, Massachusetts, March 13, 1785, and died in Illinois August 31, 1845, having been married to Miss Dorothy Walker at Richmond, New York, December 31, 1810. She was born near the White Mountains of Vermont December 17, 1792, and was a daughter of John W. Walker, a native of Vermont, and a descendant of an old and noted family of England. She died in Illinois February 4, 1873, The family of Benjamin and Dorothy Hoyt consists of eleven children, seven sons and four daughters, of whom the subject of this sketch was the forth, child. He was born in Middlebury, Genesee County, New York, January 14, 1818. When he was an infant the family removed to Trumbull County, Ohio, but after the age of twelve years was reared in Portage County, learning the carpenter's trade with his father. He followed that occupation in Portage County until 1838, afterward working in. different parts of Iowa and Missouri until 1840, when he returned to Lake, County, Ohio. There he was married December 17, 1840, to Miss Calista Norris, who was born in Genesee County, New York, September 20, 1816. She died in Lake County June 18, 1844, leaving two children, Julia and Albertus E. In 1845 Mr. H. went to Adams County, Illinois, where he was engaged in farming until 1856, then locating in Lewis County, Missouri. In 1874 he returned to Adams County, where he resided until 1877. Since that time he has been a resident of this county. December 23, 1848, Mr. Hoyt was married in Adams County to Miss Samantha Willard, who was born in Overton County, Tennessee, July 12, 1827. They have had seven children, four of whom are living: Henrietta, Calista, Addison G. and James W. In May, 1847 he enlisted in the Mexican war, and was discharged November 7, 1848.
                  

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