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of 1909 he was chairman of the commis-
sion on banking, and was again elected
in 1910, serving on the same commission.
Sufficient warrant of the confidence his
constituents had in his ability was shown
in 191 5 when he was a member of the
Legislature and served on the Judiciary
Committee. The following year he was
elected to the State Senate, and served as
chairman of the Committee on Forfeited
Rights, and also on the Humane Institutions
Committee. In 1918 he was
reelected to the Senate. Since entering
politics, Mr. Williamson has been a dele-
gate to every State convention except that
of 1910. In 1913 he was appointed pros-
ecuting attorney of Bridgeport, Connecti-
cut, as above noted, and he maintains his
residence in Darien.
Mr. Williamson is a member of Puritan
Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
of Stamford, and of the Algonquin
Club, of Bridgeport.
(The Hoyt Line).
(I) Simon Hoyt was in Salem in 1628
or 1629, and came in either the ship
"Abigail," or the "George." He was a
pioneer in several places in New England,
and at length settled in Stamford, Con-
necticut, where he died.
(II) Joshua Hoyt, son of Simon Hoyt,
was born about 1641, and died in 1690.
The Christian name of his wife was Mary.
(III) Joshua (2) Hoyt, son of Joshua
and Mary Hoyt, was born October 4, 1670,
and died January i, 1744. He also lived in
Stamford, and married, March 16, 1698,
Mary Pickett, who died November 10,
1732.
(IV) Job Hoyt, son of Joshua (2) and
Mary (Pickett) Hoyt, was born January
22, 1703-04, and died October 13, 1754.
He was admitted to the New Canaan
church, September 7, 1735. He married
Elizabeth Lockwood, born May 15, 1708,
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at Stamford, Connecticut, daughter of
Joseph and Elizabeth (Ayers) Lockwood,
and granddaughter of the immigrant of
this distinguished family, Robert Lockwood.
Mrs. Elizabeth (Lockwood) Hoyt
was admitted to the church in New Ca-
naan, Connecticut, July 21, 1734.
(V) Jesse Hoyt, son of Job and Eliza-
beth (Lockwood) Hoyt, was baptized
April 24, 1743, and died between 1829 and
1831. He was a soldier in the French and
Indian War, actively engaged along our
northern frontier, and was taken prisoner
by the British troops in their raid on
Poundridge in 1779, but escaped. In 1806
he was a member of the Poundridge
church, and during the Revolution was a
member of one of the local regiments.
(VI) Jesse (2) Hoyt, son of Jesse
Hoyt, was born June 3, 1775, in Poundridge,
and died at Laceyville, Ohio, Octo-
ber 2, 1856. He married (second), April
14, 1804, Sarah Norman, and they were
the parents of Elizabeth Hoyt, who became
the wife of Alanson Williamson, as
above noted.
(The Millspaugh Line).
Erastus Elmer Millspaugh was born
February 5, 1805, and died September 2,
1886. He married, April 23, 1831, Eliza-
beth Ann Derrbon, born June 17, 1814,
and died February 3, 1889. Their daughter,
Cynthia Drugen Millspaugh, married
George H. Williamson, as above noted.
Erastus E. Millspaugh was a son of Edward
M. Millspaugh, the latter born December
8, 1781, died June 17, 1842. He
married, February 23, 1804, Ann Cather-
ine Latte, born September 20, 1787, died
December 18, 1823. His father, Matthias
Millspaugh, was born June 7, 1748, and
died April 27, 1796. He married Elsie
Kimbach. He was the son of Peter and
Susanna (Comfort) Millspaugh, and
grandson of Matthias Millspaugh. The