When Epenetus Hoyt was born on 26 December 1756, in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Jonas Hoyt, was 36 and his mother, Elizabeth Smith, was 26. He married Hannah Weed on 21 December 1787, in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 30 November 1831, in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in North Stamford Cemetery, North Stamford, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.
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Post office est. July 26, 1775
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Date of Statehood: February 6, 1788, the fifth State
English: nickname from Middle English hoit ‘long stick’.
Altered form of Haught , a surname of German origin.
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