Brief Life History of Isabel
When Isabel Hoyt was born on 2 February 1769, in Canaan Parish, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Timothy Hoyt, was 25 and her mother, Sarah Judge, was 23. She married Eliud DeForest on 29 April 1791, in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 16 July 1854, in New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Deforest Cemetery, Wilton, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.
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- Isabell Deforest, "United States Census, 1850"
- Isabel Hoyt, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Early Connecticut Marriages
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1788
Date of Statehood: February 6, 1788, the fifth State
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English hoit ‘long stick’.
Altered form of Haught , a surname of German origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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