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( 9-28-08 UPDATED VERSION)

(Added new link o: Ligfe of Wm. T. Sherman, and his mother, Mary Hoyt, my 5th Cousin, 4x's removed)

(Added a true story of Mark Stewart on finding famous Kings & Queens of Europe in his wifes family origins #16)

(Added Frank & Ann Watkins Horse & Chicken Stories, by Grandson, Homer #15)

(Added another link to General Sherman, Mother, Mary (Hoyt) Sherman #1 below)

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1. Letters from General Sherman, (Mother was Mary Hoyt from Norwalk, CT), from the HHH Book pgs. 236 - 238;  236 , 237 , 238 ,
    Genealogy of Mary Hoyt; pg 425  The Genealoical History of the Hoyt, Haight, & Hight Families, by David W. Hoyt, Providence, 1871

Mary (Hoyt) Sherman, Mother of Famous Civil War General http://www.shermanhouse.org/MaryHoytSherman.pdf
NEW Also found, Book Titled; Life of Wm T. Sherman, By Willis Fletcher Johnson, Oliver Otis Howard, google books,downloadable;
Title page, pg. 26, pg 27, pg 28

2. The Hoyt Family Traits, from the HHH Book, pgs. 238-245;  238 , 239 , 240 , 241 , 242 , 243 , 244 , &
   245- Nehimiah Hoyt (4315), a paragrapgh on Family Traits of one of Timothy Hoyt's sons
, (Devoted Christians).
3. The Fredrick Van Wie Hoyt Genealogical Letter of May 1928, pg.  1-2, 12 bottom; page 1 , page 2 , page 12 bottom

4. Third Generation, from Simon, David Hoyt, 2618, (Indian Captive & death from attack on Deerfield, CT in 1704-5); from HHH book, pg. 316
THE FULL STORY OF HOYT SURVIVAL & OTHER SETTLERS at:"Brief Sketch of the First Settlement of Deerfield, Mass., 1833, by Elihu Hoyt, (1765-1850)", 20 pages, Attributed to Elihu Hoyt, owner of the Indian House, Deerfield, MA.

Link to Roots Web Meage Board about the Brief Sketch: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=surnames.hoyt&m=935:

5. The Story of Jonathan Hoyt during the Deerfield French & Indian Raid of April 29, 1704 and his capture and march to Canada (New France).
Link:Jonathan Hoyt, David's 15 yr.. old son's - Captivity Story and Deerfield Museum Home Page

6. Fourth Generation, from Simon, Benjamin Hoyt, 3600, (Indian Attack, of 1704-5, Escaped by Hiding in corn-bin), from HHH Book; pg. 329

7. Ruth Gerould (Hoyt) Edwards Letters ; Slide show showing letters of early 1900's Stories of the Hugh P. Hoyt's - Mailed in the1980's.

Ruth's Handwritten Childhood Recollections Slide Show or Index of Pages of Booklet

8. Katherine Elizabeth (Hoag) Hoyt Letters of Teaching in a Wilmington, NC Grade School 1897-1898
9. Dorothea Ellen (Spillman) Watkins:  SPILLMAN - WATKINS FAMILY HISTORY   in The Hoyt Family Tree Chart

10. Read Letters by Lawrence Hoyt; 90 yrs old, Lives Near Timothy Hoyt's Home & Soule Cemetery, CayugaCo, NY: 
 Letter 1 , Tells of how imothy Hoyt came by ox with wife & 7 children.
 Letter 2  Talks of Soule Cemetery where family is buried and repairs to headstone.
Letter 3 page 1, page 2 Talks of the Sennett Presbyterian Lighted Steeple Church, and His Genealogical Letters and
of the Lewis to Wilson to his Family Farms in Sennet, Cayuga Co., NY

11. September 11, 2001  (WHAT WERE YOU DURING 9 - 11? WHAT WERE YOUR THOUGHTS?) 
 John E Hoyt Letter,  Justin E Hoyt E-mail -1,  E-mail-2-Muslim-FriendEmail-3-Career ,  Joshua P Hoyt E-mail-1 ,  Don E Hoyt E-mailJim (Paul) Hoyt's E-mail-1Jim on son Nathan E-mail , -->WE HONOR ALL VICTIMS & FAMILIES MEMBERS!

12. Personal Stories & History of the 319 Clark Street, Clinton, MI home, where the Paul & Pauline Hoyt children were brought up.
13. Mericle Farm Memories; Personal stories & memories of visiting Grandpa (J.D.) & Grandma (Cora) Mericle on their farm near Swanton, OH.

14. Henry J. Fell's Civil War Diary (.pdf) format Personal C.W. Diary, written by Florence (Warner) Fell & Jack Fell

15. Frank &Anne Watkins Horse & Chicken Stories during the Great Depression, As told by their Grandsonm Homer Watkins;
       Page 1a, Page 1b, Page 2a

16. NEW Mark Stewart, of the Hoyt-Edwards-Stewart families, "I may not be much, but I married up!" His genealogical quest over the holidays, found a great surprise for his Family.






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