Colgate Hoyt

Colgate Hoyt (March 2, 1849 – January 30, 1922) was an American businessman active in the late nineteenth century.

Early life Hoyt was born on March 2, 1849, in Cleveland, Ohio. He was one of six children born to Mary Ella (née Beebe) Hoyt (1814–1890) and Dr. James Madison Hoyt (1815–1895), a Baptist minister, lawyer, businessman and author. Among his siblings was Wayland Hoyt, who was also a Baptist minister and author. He was a descendant of Simon Hoyt, who landed in Massachusetts in 1628 and settled in Windsor, Connecticut, and Walker Hoyt, who was one of the first settlers of Norwalk. It is unclear whether Hoyt or Colby engaged in illegal activity and there is no evidence they originally planned to defraud Rockefeller, though their actions would likely be considered fraudulent by modern standards. It is also possible that one of the two men played a lesser role in the scheme. Rockefeller, known to be easy on family and friends, Together, they were the parents of four children:

Anne Sherman Hoyt (1875–1951), who served with the American Red Cross in France during World War I. Charles Sherman Hoyt (1879–1953) Colgate Hoyt Jr. (1883–1963), a banker who served as administrative office of New York headquarters of the Selective Service. Elizabeth Sherman Hoyt (1885–1954), who married the British diplomat Sir Ronald Lindsay, the fifth son of James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford, in 1924.

After the death of his first wife in 1908, In New York City, his residence was at 121 Madison Avenue and Hoyt's country estate was a 46-acre parcel known as Eastover that was located on New York's Centre Island.

Hoyt died on January 30, 1922, at his home in Oyster Bay, New York. After his death, his widow remarried to geologist Charles Page Perin in 1925.