My earlier posting resulted in the resolution of a HIATT family mystery, and sure looks like we'd better look to HOYT for some roots! I've heard from a HOYT family that has a similar family story, and we know of some similar stories among some of the HIATT folk I've met on line. Today, someone from this list sent me a translation of the Jan van Hoytema story (Captain of the ship Rose, fighting with the English, against the Armada, in 1588). Originally published in Hoyt Issues, he says [what is Hoyt's Issues?] My husband Bob first heard the story before 1935, from his grandfather Enos Riley Hiatt. We've got a match to the salient points of the story, and are so pleased. And amazed that our oral history is apparently 400 years old. If anyone wants a copy of the e-mail, please let me know privately. If anyone else knows about this, and can add some info, I'd be delighted to receive it. Regards, Karen King Hiatt Ohio -----Original Message----- From: HIATT <hiatt@Stratos.net> To: HOYT-L@rootsweb.com <HOYT-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 8:07 AM Subject: Question about the HOYT and HIATT spelling, family story? I joined the list because RootsWeb's surname helper reminded me about Soundex, and our HIATT family have a generational story about some earlier ancestor surnamed "Haught" or "von Hoyt" who performed some kind of deed for an English king, and was rewarded -- supposedly with money, possibly with a knighthood, possibly with land. I've been lurking on the list, just watching to see what was posted. My husband is a 7th-great-grandson of John HIETT, born abt. 1674, Quaker immigrant (who was himself the child of German immigrants to England). The surname spelling shifted to HIATT among the descendents. Does anybody on this list of HOYT family have HIATT or HIETT ancestors? Do you have the same "family story" that we have? Bob's grandfather died before he was 10, and he himself left home at 13, but his memory of Grandfather Enos Riley HIATT's telling the story is clear, and his father, DeLoe R. HIATT, Sr. told the story using the same wording. Bob's told our children and grandchildren the same story. (Enos was born in 1861, DeLoe Hiatt Sr. in 1896, my husband Bob [DeLoe Hiatt, Jr.] in 1927. Migration history: Pennsylvania>NC>Ohio>Indiana>then Bob's been all over the world.) And until a few months ago, we figured that the reality of that story (if any) must have happened in the 1800's -- until our research on Bob's grandparents tied us into a large body of HIETT/HIATT research, back to the 1600's. Can anyone shed some light? Thanks for reading. Regards, Karen King Hiatt Ohio