Accounts of Hoytes in the West-Indies and beyond

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The Barbados Connection "The Hoyte family in Barbados is related to a number offamilies all of which have a connection to the parish of St.Andrew in Barbados. For example my Great Grandmother's mother was Ms Dell Springer, she was related to the Rocks, The Proverbs, The Benjamins, the Springers obviously and to the Dash's. Now she married to a Mr. Hoyte of the said same parish of St. Andrew. He, Mr. Hoyte is connected to the Dash Family of the same Parish, however their connection then moves to the parishes of St.Thomas and St. James but that's where it ends it would seem, because none of the Hoytes in these parishes know exactly where the connection goes, but in the parish of St. James there is a village known as Hoyte's village, presumbly like most other villages it would have gotten its name from the inhabitants who made it up as was the custom in Barbados after 1920 when families settled in a particular area, buy due to marrage they don't seem to be people in the area with that surname anymore. As for traveling, the Hoyte Barbadian/Trinidadian connection can be found in TunaPuna and Chagaunas area. My great-great-uncle, my great-granmother's brother Herbert Hoyte seemed to have impregnated quite a few ladies and have given the name Hoyte to his offspring. One surviving name is Julianne Hoyte. There is a Barbadian/Guyanese connection but it is link to Amerindian connections so not to sure if the name lasted."-Andre
The Trinidadian Connection "Here's what I have: Brothers: Benjamin and Simeon, 2 brothers, said to be sons of one James(?)Hoyte, thought to have come over with his brother to Trini. Benjamin settled in South Trini, with 13 (I think) children: Elaine, Evelyn, Ann, Lloyd, Carl,Winston(moved to Venezuela, starting a tree there), Benjamin (chim), Lennox Patrick (my Dad), Majorie, John(now in charge of the Hoytonians steelband in trinidad), and a few others. The other thing that is interesting is that my dad wanted to name me after "a relative of his" a certain John Albert Hoyte. For years, I couldn't understand where he got that name from, it's starting to make sense now that I see that it, along with James may well be a "family" name.... Simeon had 2 daughters, Eudovia Hoyte (4 sons, 1 daughter) and Kathleen (Winnie)Hoyte, both of Trinidad. I was actually able to source the name as a Norwegian origin, I think, but haven't made much progress. DO you know if your folks had other brothers who left barbados with them and maybe stopped in trinidad? Could it be possible that they started in a larger group and one or 2 of them stayed in Trini while the others moved on to Guyana?..."-Lennox
More Guyanese Hoytes?! "I'm hoping to put together a family history for a planned family reunion. What I know- on my mother's side: My greatgrandfather(Joseph Hoyte) & his wife came from Barbados sometime in the late 1700s to early mid 1800s(dates are wild card guesses), they had Ursilla Marietta(my grandmother); her sisters Bertha & Inez. There's mention of a brother(name unknown) who was a Salvation Army Captain- might have moved to St-Lucia; I'm not sure if he was a child of this union or my greatgrandmother's brother. My grandmother was born in Guyana, in Albertown, so it is possible that the family lived there. In fact, I've read that the place was once called Bridgetown on account of the amount of Bajans residing there. I'd appreciate any help on any of these names"-Sherwin *note from webmaster: I think the proper dates are the late 1800's to early 1900's.