Brief Life History of Sally Carter
When Sally Carter Hoyt was born on 1 July 1809, in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, her father, Stephen Hoyt, was 39 and her mother, Mary Carter, was 37. She married Capt. Benjamin Hoyt on 13 October 1828, in New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States in 1860. She died on 23 March 1878, in New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.
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- Sally C Hoyt, "United States Census, 1860"
- Sally Carter, "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955"
- Sally C Hoyt in entry for Mary E Hoyt, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1818
Post office est. Jan, 19, 1818
1829 · Farmington Canal Opened
Farmington Canal spans 2,476 acres, starting from New Haven, Connecticut, and on to Northampton, Massachusetts. The groundbreaking for the canal was in 1825 and opened in 1829.
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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