"Hoyt, Simon … Married (2) Susanna Smith … She m. (2) Robert Bates of Stamford and d. early in 1674. Agreement, 1 Feb. 1673/4, of Moses, Joshua, Samuel, and Benjamin Hoyt, Thomas Lyon, Samuel Finch, and Samuel Firman, to distribute Est. of dec'd mother, Susanna Bates."
"… Susannah _____ (She has been called 'Susannah Smith' in may sources, without the evidence given. … "In the list of houses built at Scituate, the twenty-first, built probably just a few months after that of Simon Hoyt, was 'The Smiths Goodman Hait's brother' [NEHGR 10:42]. Who this might be has not been learned. This may, however, be the basis for the identification of Hoyt's second wife as Susanna Smith, on the assumption that 'The Smiths' intends a surname. But it more likely was meant for the occupation, as a blacksmith was an essential element of each of these new towns, and one frequently finds grants made specifically for the smith or the miller, without stating the name of the person employed in that calling."
