Jonathan3 Hoyt (Dea. and Col.), b. June 11, 1683 [This birth is recorded twice on the S. records, and once "d. at six weeks" is written against it in a different hand. If this is true, this Jona. must have been born later; but it seems most probable that the above is correct; and that it was Hannah who d. at six weeks.]; m. Melicent Penoyer, April 1, 1710; lived in Stamford; d. 1768 or '9. His father gave him land and meadow with dwelling-house wherein his son lived, land on the east side of Noroton River, meadow at Shiphan, at Reed Pond, and in Shaw Swamp, Sep. 15, 1710. Jona. bought other land east of Noroton River in 1707—8, and his name afterwards appears very frequently on the land records of S. in deeds to and from his brothers and others, on committees to lay out roads, settle boundaries and controversies about land, etc. He took his father's ear-mark, entered in 1720. By vote of the town in 1723 he was to sit in the second pew; and in 1731 the society by vote desired him "to set in ye foremost pew in ye meeting house." ["For several years, about the middle of the last century, he stood at the head of our public men. … He was equally eminent in civil and religious and military affairs." (Hist. Stamford.]. He presided when the society voted to settle Mr. Welles in 1745; was on the school committee in 1734 and later years; was on committees in 1748 about a bell and clock, and to represent the church in a council; and was chairman of a town's committee to supply fire-wood and bedding for his majesty's regular forces quartered in Stamford in 1757 and '8. He was to distribute the law books in 1756 and '61, and the confessions of faith in 1760. His name appears as Justice of the Peace in 1727, and as late as 1750; and marriages were solemnized by the "worshipfull Jona. Hait Esquire." He was Dea. before 1746, and probably as early as 1717; Capt. as early as 1723; Col. as early as 1740. He was Judge of Probate in Stamford for at least 30 years, from 1737 to 1767. He was also one of the selectmen of S. for 30 years, first in 1717, then in 1728, and later years. He represented S. in the Gen. Court for at least 42 years, every year from 1724 to '67, except 1758 and '9; and for all but 9 of these years he was a representative for both the May and Oct. sessions. … In his will, dated Nov. 14, 1768, proved July 4, 1769, he mentioned his wife Melicent, four sons, and four daughters.
