HOYLE / HOILE
The first mention of my 9th great grandfather,
John Hoyle, is his children’s births in the Marblehead, Massachusetts Vital
Records. In 1674 the town of Marblehead
listed the names of the heads of the 114 households, with their commonage, and
we can see the name of John Hoyle. He left no other records, not even a deed,
but John Hoyle left a will dated 1705.
He has two files in the Essex County Probate files because one file
lists him as testate (file 14129) under the name of HOYLE, and another lists
him as intestate (14097) under the name of HOYT.
The Last Will and
Testament of John Hoyle of
Marblehead in the County of Essex
I john Hoyle being sick of body, but sound
memory, and desirous
To settle the outward estate lent me by God,
doe by those revoke all
Former Wills by me made, and declare this as
my last will; Imps I
Commit my soul into the hands of God my
Creator & Redeemer, my body
To the earth decently to be buried; my
termporall estate I dispose of as
Follows, Imps I will, that my just debts be firstly paid
out of my personal
Estate by my executor hereafter named; Item
I give to my eldest son
Samuel Hoyle the lower room part of my dwelling
house, with the
???, sellar, and garden all ye and of the
house, to be held , and enjoyed by him, and his heirs forever; Item as to ye rest of all
my estate, Reall and personal
I give and bequeath the same to my other
four children, and grandchild
The only son of my son Martin dec’d, and
their heirs, to be equally divided
Among them, being called: Christian Moss,
Mary, Anna & Susanna Hoyle &
John Hoyle, willing that the part given to
my grandchild John Hoyle may
Not withstanding abide in the hands of all
my other children, son & daughters
For their benefit, till the child come of
Age, and then to be actually paid
And delivered to him, in case of his death
only before such time, to revert
To my other surviving children part &
part alike; Item So by those
Appoint my son Samuel to be sole Executor of
this my
Will, and in Testimony of all, have hereunto
sett my hand and seale
This thirtieth day of November Anno
Dom. One thousand seven hundred
And five.
??? x x Anno ????
Signed Sealed and Delivered
In the presence of John Hoyle
William Hind
his xxx marke
Saml Cheever
Sholial Dimond
Joseph
x Dod
His marke
Sarah
S Sodgemore
Her marke
My 8th great grandfather was Samuel Hoyle (1677 –
1710), who married Mary Fortune and had five children. After his death, his
wife remarried to John Morris. He left
no deeds or probate, and I don’t even know his profession. His daughter, Mary (baptized in 1702/3)
married Peter Homan, a Marblehead fisherman, in 1723.
My HOYLE genealogy:
Generation 1: John Hoyle, born about 1646 in England, died about
January 1706 in Marblehead, Massachusetts; married about 1668 probably in
Marblehead to Ann Knight, daughter of Robert Knight and Mary Unknown. She was born about 1650, died 30 November
1705 in Marblehead. Eight children.
Generation 2: Samuel
Hoyle, born 15 January 1677 in Marblehead, died October 1710 in Marblehead;
married 16 November 1699 in Marblehead to Mary Fortune, daughter of Elias
Fortune and Mary Pitman. She was born in
1680 in Salem and died in October 1710 in Marblehead. Five children.
Generation 3: Mary
Hoyle, baptized on 21 March 1702/3 in Marblehead; married on 12 December 1723
in Marblehead to Peter Homan, son of Edward Homan and Elizabeth Gould. He was born 26 June 1699 in Marblehead. Seven
children.
Generation 4: William Homan m. Elizabeth Unknown
Generation 5: Thomas
Homan m. Tabitha Glover
Generation 6: Betsey Jillings Homan m. Jabez Treadwell
Generation 7: Eliza Ann Treadwell m. Abijah Hitchings
Generation 8: Abijah Franklin Hitchings m. Hannah Eliza
Lewis
Generation 9: Arthur Treadwell Hitchings m. Florence Etta
Hoogerzeil
Generation 10: Gertrude Matilda Hitchings m. Stanley Elmer
Allen (my grandparents)
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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, “Surname Saturday ~ HOYLE of
Marblehead, Massachusetts”, Nutfield Genealogy, posted November 25, 2017, (
