Mr. Zerubbabel Hoyt was the son of Walter Hoyt, founding settler of Norwalk. Zerubbabel had quite the colorful portfolio of careers. According to Norwalk town records, he was the town drummer/bell ringer/hog slayer/town house custodian and deacon of the church. In 1721, his estate was valued at 342 pounds sterling - there being only 2 of 3 others as large.
Mehitabel Rockwell, widow Keeler, was Zerubbabel's 2nd wife. They married before 1725. She is not the mother of the children listed. His first wife might have been Hannah Knapp, daughter of Nicholas Knapp. Hannah was b: 6 Mar 1643, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA and d: 4 Jun 1696 Norwalk, Fairfield Co., CT. Info comes from the book-History & Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, by Donald Lines Jacobus, Vol. I, pg 299.
The following is a poem which appeared in the Westport Town Crier in 1925. It was re-printed in the History of Fairfield County, Vol. I, p. 402. S.J. Clarke & Co, 1929, Chicago and Hartford.
Zerrubbable Haytt he beats his drum
To summon the Nurruck folk all and some;
"Come! to the meeting house,
Come! Come!"
With a roll and a thrum
On his corded drum,
Says Zerrubbable, rubbable, rubbable, Haytt.
Zerrubbable Haytt he beats his drum
With a him, bam, boom and a diddle-ed-um,
For a horse astray
On a training day,
Best hurry, best come
When you hear the drum
Of Zerrubbable, rubbable, rubbable, Haytt.
Zerrubbable Haytt he beats his drum
With a aging, bang, bang and a tum-tee-tum.
"I am not proud
As I beat it loud,
My drum, drum, drum with its flaxon cords,
For the glory thereof is the Lord's, the Lord's,"
Says Zerrubbable, rubbable, rubbable, Haytt.
Mehitabel Rockwell, widow Keeler, was Zerubbabel's 2nd wife. They married before 1725. She is not the mother of the children listed. His first wife might have been Hannah Knapp, daughter of Nicholas Knapp. Hannah was b: 6 Mar 1643, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA and d: 4 Jun 1696 Norwalk, Fairfield Co., CT. Info comes from the book-History & Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, by Donald Lines Jacobus, Vol. I, pg 299.
The following is a poem which appeared in the Westport Town Crier in 1925. It was re-printed in the History of Fairfield County, Vol. I, p. 402. S.J. Clarke & Co, 1929, Chicago and Hartford.
Zerrubbable Haytt he beats his drum
To summon the Nurruck folk all and some;
"Come! to the meeting house,
Come! Come!"
With a roll and a thrum
On his corded drum,
Says Zerrubbable, rubbable, rubbable, Haytt.
Zerrubbable Haytt he beats his drum
With a him, bam, boom and a diddle-ed-um,
For a horse astray
On a training day,
Best hurry, best come
When you hear the drum
Of Zerrubbable, rubbable, rubbable, Haytt.
Zerrubbable Haytt he beats his drum
With a aging, bang, bang and a tum-tee-tum.
"I am not proud
As I beat it loud,
My drum, drum, drum with its flaxon cords,
For the glory thereof is the Lord's, the Lord's,"
Says Zerrubbable, rubbable, rubbable, Haytt.
Mr. Zerubbabel Hoyt was the son of Walter Hoyt, founding settler of Norwalk. Zerubbabel had quite the colorful portfolio of careers. According to Norwalk town records, he was the town drummer/bell ringer/hog slayer/town house custodian and deacon of the church. In 1721, his estate was valued at 342 pounds sterling - there being only 2 of 3 others as large.
Mehitabel Rockwell, widow Keeler, was Zerubbabel's 2nd wife. They married before 1725. She is not the mother of the children listed. His first wife might have been Hannah Knapp, daughter of Nicholas Knapp. Hannah was b: 6 Mar 1643, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA and d: 4 Jun 1696 Norwalk, Fairfield Co., CT. Info comes from the book-History & Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, by Donald Lines Jacobus, Vol. I, pg 299.
The following is a poem which appeared in the Westport Town Crier in 1925. It was re-printed in the History of Fairfield County, Vol. I, p. 402. S.J. Clarke & Co, 1929, Chicago and Hartford.
Zerrubbable Haytt he beats his drum
To summon the Nurruck folk all and some;
"Come! to the meeting house,
Come! Come!"
With a roll and a thrum
On his corded drum,
Says Zerrubbable, rubbable, rubbable, Haytt.
Zerrubbable Haytt he beats his drum
With a him, bam, boom and a diddle-ed-um,
For a horse astray
On a training day,
Best hurry, best come
When you hear the drum
Of Zerrubbable, rubbable, rubbable, Haytt.
Zerrubbable Haytt he beats his drum
With a aging, bang, bang and a tum-tee-tum.
"I am not proud
As I beat it loud,
My drum, drum, drum with its flaxon cords,
For the glory thereof is the Lord's, the Lord's,"
Says Zerrubbable, rubbable, rubbable, Haytt.
Mehitabel Rockwell, widow Keeler, was Zerubbabel's 2nd wife. They married before 1725. She is not the mother of the children listed. His first wife might have been Hannah Knapp, daughter of Nicholas Knapp. Hannah was b: 6 Mar 1643, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA and d: 4 Jun 1696 Norwalk, Fairfield Co., CT. Info comes from the book-History & Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, by Donald Lines Jacobus, Vol. I, pg 299.
The following is a poem which appeared in the Westport Town Crier in 1925. It was re-printed in the History of Fairfield County, Vol. I, p. 402. S.J. Clarke & Co, 1929, Chicago and Hartford.
Zerrubbable Haytt he beats his drum
To summon the Nurruck folk all and some;
"Come! to the meeting house,
Come! Come!"
With a roll and a thrum
On his corded drum,
Says Zerrubbable, rubbable, rubbable, Haytt.
Zerrubbable Haytt he beats his drum
With a him, bam, boom and a diddle-ed-um,
For a horse astray
On a training day,
Best hurry, best come
When you hear the drum
Of Zerrubbable, rubbable, rubbable, Haytt.
Zerrubbable Haytt he beats his drum
With a aging, bang, bang and a tum-tee-tum.
"I am not proud
As I beat it loud,
My drum, drum, drum with its flaxon cords,
For the glory thereof is the Lord's, the Lord's,"
Says Zerrubbable, rubbable, rubbable, Haytt.
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