When William Howard Hoyt was born about 1782, in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Ebenezer Hoyt, was 29 and his mother, Sarah Nichols, was 30. He married Elizabeth "Betsy" French on 18 August 1804, in Hampstead, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 11 June 1822, in Sandown, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 41, and was buried in North Cemetery, Sandown, Rockingham, New Hampshire, 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.
On June 21, 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth and final state needed to ratify the US Constitution and make it the official law of the land
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
English: nickname from Middle English hoit ‘long stick’.
Altered form of Haught , a surname of German origin.
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