Thomas Hyatt of Norwalk, Connecticut

   Another name for Thomas was Thomas Hyat of Norwalk, Ct.

  Research Notes:

Source: A Genealogical History of the Hoyt, Haight, and Hight Families: with Some Account of the Earlier Hyatt Families" by David W. Hoyt (Providence, 1871), p. 634:

"Thomas Hyatt, of Norwalk, Ct.

"This may be the son of Thomas, of Stamford [Connecticut]. He was in Norwalk as early as Feb., 1671, when his name appears on the town table of estates. He m. Mary Sention, dau. of Matthias Sention, of Norwalk, 'about the 10th of Nov., 1677,' and his home-lot is mentioned in that year. Seven acres of land were granted to him by vote of the town in Jan., 1676, on account of his serving as a 'souldier in the Indian warres;' and this land was exchanged in 1682. He bought land in 1679; drew lot No. 22, 'over Norwalk River,' Dec., 1687; and his tname is on the table of estates, Jan., 1687, and on the list of voters at town meetings in Norwalk, Dec., 1694. Thomas Hyatt d. intestate before March 28, 1698, at which time the invent. of his est. was presented at Fairfield. The estate was distributed in 1718. Wid. Mary survived him. Several lots of his land were recorded after his death. The name is variously spelled ont he records, Hyatt, Hyat, Hyett, Hyet, Hiett, Hiet, Hiot, Hyot, Hayot, and, in a single instance, on the probate records, Hoit.

"Thomas and Mary Hyatt, of Norwalk, had the following children: Rebecca, b. Oct., 1678; Thomas, b. ab. 1680, lived in Ridgefield; "Mara," b. May 1682; Ruth, b. May, 1684; Sarah, b. Dec., 1686, m. James Benedict, April 7, 1709, and lived in Ridgefield; John, b. Jan., 1691-2; Elizabeth, b. ab. 1694; Ebenezer, b. ab. 1697, lived in Norwalk; and perhaps Millison. These all appear on the probate records in 1698."

Thomas married Mary Sention, daughter of Matthias Sention of Norwalk, Ct. and Unknown, about 10 Nov 1677.