a The Hoyts who own mnch land in the north-east corner of the town descend iroin Simon Hoyt who lauded at Salem, Mass.. in or li',_>;>, perhaps bv the ship Abigail or the (ieorgc, and very soon after went to Charleston as one of Its flrst settlers. Ue was at Dorchester In l(">.;:>-ir,.;-i (ruin whrtuv lie lvmoved to Seituate, Mass., then to Windsor, conn., in 1639-1640, and from U indsor to Fairfield circ 1646, owner of " Hoit s Island'' near Saseoneck and Salt Creek. Fairfield. lie removed to Stamford soon after 1649, where he died Sept. 1st, 1657. Ilis widow, Sassanna, married a Robert Bates, and died before February 7, 1C>74. Ills seventh son, Benjamin Hoyt, of Shipau-neck, Stamford, was born February 2, 1644, at Windsor, Connecticut, married first, Hannah, daughter of Jonas Weed, who died Novembers, 1711 ; married secondly Abigail, who died March 4th, 1729-1730. He died in 1735. His son, Benjamin

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HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.

In 1853, a neat stone edifice thirty feet by forty-eight, was erected with a tower thirty-six feet high, at a cost of twenty-five hundred and fifty dollars ; prior to its erection services had been held in the open air, as no building could be obtained, (and anyone who offered to furnish a room for services was prescribed for so doing,a ) with a congregation of about two hundred persons.

St. John's church was consecrated and set apart to the service of Almighty God, by the Right Rev. Horatio Potter, D.D., LL. D., D.C. L., the Bishop of the Diocese, on the 18th of September, 1855. The tower contains a fine toned bell weighing six hundred and ninety-seven pounds, which was presented by the late Benj. F. Loder, Esq., a native of this parish. The communion plate -- consisting of a flagon, two chalices and paten -- was a gift of Mrs.