When Caleb Hoyt was born on 9 January 1776, in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Noah Samuel Hoyt, was 22 and his mother, Jerusha Abbott, was 19. He married Melissa Odell on 27 September 1802, in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Wilton, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States for about 20 years. He died on 30 October 1866, in Salina, Onondaga, New York, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, United States.
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Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
Oakwood Cemetery was founded in 1859, however, there are about 1,000 burials with death dates prior to 1859, the earliest being 1785. These are from the adjacent Morningside Cemetery which merged with Oakwood Cemetery in 1962.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
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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