Betsey Quimby

Brief Life History of Betsey

When Betsey Quimby was born in 1787, in Hopkinton, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Jonathan Quinby, was 39 and her mother, Mary Molly George, was 33. She married Joseph Hoyt Sr. on 18 August 1808, in Hopkinton, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Waterford, Caledonia, Vermont, United States in 1850. She died on 12 February 1867, in Barnet, Caledonia, Vermont, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Barnet, Caledonia, Vermont, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Hoyt Sr.
1786–1869
Betsey Quimby
1787–1867
Marriage: 18 August 1808
Orren Hoyt
1808–1897
Myron Hoyt
1810–1848
Joseph Hoyt Jr.
1812–
Henry Squires Hoyt
1814–1884
Martha Hoyt
1816–
Cyrus C. Hoyt
1818–1900
Jonathan Quinby Hoyt
1820–1887
George Hoyt
1822–1836
Freeman Hoyt
1824–1892
Lovisa W P Hoyt
1826–
Sherman T Hoyt
1830–1885

Sources (18)

  • Betsey Hoyt in household of J L Hoyt, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Betty Quimby, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
  • Betsey Quinsby, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"

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World Events (8)

1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.

The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.

1788 · New Hampshire Helps Ratify the US Constitution

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

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

Name Meaning

English (Staffordshire and Warwickshire): habitational name from Whenby (North Yorkshire). The placename derives from Old Norse kvenna, genitive plural of kona ‘woman’, + ‘farmstead, village’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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