1086–1087.  Thomas Hyatt was born in Upway, Dorchester, Dorset, England, on Sunday, September 20, 1618, and died in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, on September 9, 1656. Elizabeth Russell was born in Upway in 1622, and baptized in Netherbury, Dorset, England, on Sunday, June 2, 1622. She is the daughter of John Russell. They had six children:

i. Caleb Hyatt was born in Stamford in—say—1644. He was settled in Rye by 1678. On December 23, 1661, he gave his father-in-law Jones a receipt for his portion of his father's estate.
ii. Ruth Hyatt was born in Stamford in—say—1646. She married John Westcott.
iii. Deborah Hyatt [#543]: She was born in—say—1648, and died in Stratfield, Connecticut, before 1680.
iv. John Hyatt was born in Stamford in—say—1650. He married Mary Jones; she was probably the daughter of his mother's second husband. John sold land in 1668 and moved to Rye between 1680 and 1683, and then to Yonkers before 1689, when he gave a final discharge to his father-in-law Jones.
v. Rebecca Hyatt was born in Stamford in—say—1652, and died in 1684. She married Thomas Hine on November 13, 1678.
vi. Thomas Hyatt was born in Stamford in—say—1654. He was in Norwalk, Connecticut, by 1671 and received land from the town in 1677 for service as a soldier in King Philip's War. On October 21, 1674, he received his portion of his father's estate. He married Mary St. John in Norwalk on November 10, 1677, daughter of Matthias St. John. Per Jacobus, vo1. 1, p. 513, their name was usually spelled "Sention" before 1700.

Her second marriage was to Cornelius Jones.

On December 7, 1641, Thomas Hyatt received the grant of a house lot at Stamford; he died there. The inventory of his estate was not presented until June 16, 1662. He left a widow and six children.

The NEHGR, vol. 21, p. 338 (footnote), includes the will of John Russell. It contains: "Halfe of my estate I give to the church of Dorchester, and halfe to my brothers, Henry Russell and Thomas Hyatt, except..."

Note that the parents of Thomas Hyatt are not Simon and Deborah (Stowers) Hoyt as is sometimes claimed. The well known book, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620–1633, by Robert Charles Anderson, vol I–III found on the web site of the New England Historical and Genealogical Society, contains a detailed account of the family of Simon and Deborah (Stowers) Hoyt. It does not include a son named Thomas, and all of the children are surnamed Hoyt.

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