Ancestry of
P.T. Barnum

Co-Founder of Barnum & Bailey Circus

Mary Hoyt

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• • 3rd Great-grandmother of P.T. Barnum — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 55 
  • Father:
  • Joshua Hoyt 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Bell   
  • Birth Date:
  • 22 Dec 1664 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Joseph Ferris
  • Marriage Date:
  • BEF 1688 
  • Marriage Location:
  • prob. Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut 
  • Child:

  Mary Ferris (Ahnentafel No:27 )

  • Notes: 

  • Mary's maiden name is sometimes said to be Smith, but more recent publications have said this is false and have accepted her identification as the daughter of Joshua Hoyt and Mary Bell..

• Sources for Mary Hoyt

  • ¹ The American Genealogist, 1965, Vol. 41, pp. 209-211.
  • ² Mead, Spencer P., Abstract of Probate Records for the District of Stamford, County of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, 1729-1802, n. p.: typed manuscript (1919), 1730, Vol. 1, p. 10, Probate record abstract for spouse Joseph Ferris.