Jackson M. Hoyt Biography from History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Surname: HOYT
Source:  History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens
          by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill., 1915

Page 973

     JACKSON M. HOYT, who is now serving in his ninth year as town
clerk for the town of Newington, Rockingham County, N. H., was born
on the farm on which he now resides, January 15, 1850. The Hoyt fam-
ily is an old one in Newington, its members being descended from John
and William Hoyt, who settled in this locality in 1703. The parents of
our subject, John and Abigail Piper (Coleman) Hoyt, were both born in
this town, the father being in early life a farmer, and later a brick-maker.
He was three times married, his first wife being Elizabeth Dame, who
bore him seven children. By his second wife, in maidenhood Martha
Nutter, he had one child. Of his third marriage, to Abagail P. Coleman,
there were five children, including the subject of this sketch. Thus John

Page 974

Hoyt was the father of thirteen children in all, of whom two died in
infancy, eleven grew to maturity, and three only are now living. The
father was a Democrat in politics and an industrious and worthy citizen.
He and his wife attended the Congregational church. The three sur-
vivors of the family are Martin, who is one of the Kearsarge veterans;
Nancy, widow of Charles Albert Nutter, and Jackson .M.
     Jackson M. Hoyt began his education in the common schools, sub-
sequently taking a commercial course at Commer's-College, Boston. He
has resided on his present farm all his life, it consisting of twelve acres
of good land, on which he carries on general farming. He also does
some carpenter work occasionally, being a good natural mechanic, and
before his marriage he taught several terms of school. For many years
he has taken an active part in local affairs, being elected .town clerk for
the first time when, he was only twenty-one years old and serving three
years, so that, altogether, he has served in this office nearly twelve years.
He is also a justice of the peace, and has also served as selectman, as a
member of the board of education, and as highway agent, showing effi-
ciency in all these various offices.
     Mr. Hoyt was married, November 28, 1878, to Mary S. Pickering,
who was born in Newington, N. H., a daughter of Frank T. and Sophia
E. G. deWitt, her father being a native of this town, and her mother of
Demerara, South America. The former was a farmer. Of the five
children in the de Witt family, all are now deceased but Mrs. Hoyt.
The children of Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt are as follows: John Frank, Martin
deWitt, Martha Sophia, Mary Brackett, Gail Adelia, Jackson Manning,
Willis Hadley and Viola Cecil. The family are members of the Congre-
gational church, which Mr. Hoyt has served as clerk for twenty years,
being also a deacon. He is an active and useful citizen and a well in-
formed man, keeping well in touch with current events.

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