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commended him to his superiors and he
quickly forged ahead. Mr. Timmons had
the ambition natural to all energetie bus-
iness men, that is to enter business on his
own account, and in 1892 he achieved this
desire. The few years previous, how-
ever, he had spent as a clerk in the post
office and later as manager of a hotel in
Great Barrington, Massachusetts, both of
which positions afforded him experience
in meeting and dealing with the public,
qualifications necessary in the successful
merchant who would retain and build up
his trade. As above stated, in 1892, he became
a partner of Mr. Fitzgerald, under
the firm name of Fitzgerald & Timmons,
which subsequently became Timmons &
Finch, and finally in 1896, Lawrence Timmons
& Company, Mr. Timmons being
the sole proprietor.
Mr. Timmons has always been a man
of wide interests, and he found he had
room for still another line of work, so in
1897 he entered the business of real es-
tate and insurance, in which he has been
remarkably successful. Among the more
important developments under his super-
vision are Brook Ridge Park, a tract of
about seventy acres ; Indian Chase Park,
one of the finest residence sections of
Greenwich. Mr. Timmons is associated
with others in some of the developments,
and has aided in marketing the sub-divi-
sions of Rock Ridge, Bell Haven and Calhoun
Park. Mr. Timmons is a Democrat
in politics, and holds a sane, wholesome
attitude on all public questions. Frater-
nally he is a member of the Royal Arcanum
and the Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks.
Mr. Timmons married, in October,
1894, Katherine Howley, daughter of
James Howley, of Glenville, and they are
the parents of one child, Mary E. Mr.
Timmons and his family attend the Catholic
church, of Greenwich.
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HOYT, Dudley Ely,
Real Estate Operator.
In many forms Hoyt, Hoyte, Hoit,
Hait, Haight, and similar variations, the
name Hoyt appears often in Colonial
American records.
(I) The American record of the branch
herein traced begins with Simon Hoyt,
son of John and Ruth Hoyt, who was
born in Dorchester, England, January 20,
1590, and who died September 1, 1657, in
Stamford, Connecticut. Simon Hoyt mar-
ried (first) at Parish Church, Upway, in
1612, Deborah Stowers, daughter of Wal-
ter Stowers. He married (second) after
coming to America, Susanna Smith, who
survived him. In 1628 Simon Hoyt, accompanied
by his brother-in-law, Nich-
olas Stowers, and the Spragues, who also
were from Upway in Dorset, came to
America in the ship "Abigail" with Governor
John Endicott, arriving in Salem, Massachusetts,
September 6. In 1629 Simon
Hoyt went to Charlestown, in 1630 was in
Dorchester, in 1635 in Scituate, went to
Windsor in 1639, and was later a pioneer
of Stamford.
(II) Walter Hoyt, son of Simon and
Deborah (Stowers) Hoyt, was born June
9, 1616, died about 1695-96, and his will is
recorded at Fairfield. The earliest record
of him is in Windsor, Connecticut, where
he was granted land in 1640. He was a
selectman of Norwalk in 1672, and perhaps
in other years. He was deputy from
Norwalk to the General Court in 1658-59-
166 1 -67-68-70-7 1 -73-74-76-78-8 1. His name
appears on the records of these sessions
seven times as Hoyte, four times as Hoyt,
and three times as Hoit. He was con-
firmed by the General Court as sergeant
of a company at Norwalk in May, 1659.
His children were : John, Elizabeth, Han-
nah, and Zerubbabel, of whom further.
(III) Deacon Zerubbabel Hoyt (who