"Polly" Brainard is identified in two documents: as "Polly," wife of Benjamin Hoyt, in a deed for the sale of land in Trumbull County Ohio in the early 1830's, and as Polly Brainard in the death record of her daughter Mary Hoyt Whitcher (d. MI 1866. Benjamin and Polly both died in Bartholomew County, Indiana in the 1830s, and are buried there in what used to be a small family plot. Their graves have been obliterated.

The family is thought to have lived in Caledonia County, Vermont before emigrating to Ashtabula, Ohio between 1810-1820, and then to Trumbull, Ohio around 1830, and then to Bartholomew County, Indiana in the early 1830s. Polly predeceased her husband, who died in 1836.

There were 5 Hoyt children, all born in Vermont between 1793 and 1811, with one possible exception as to locality. They are:

Mary Hoyt (Whitcher) b. 1793 VT, d. 1866 Michigan

Benjamin Hoyt, b. 1794 VT, d. 1852 Plum, Venango County PA, m. Philancy "Phila" Alvord, dau. Stephen Washington Alvord, b. VT

Fanny Hoyt (Alton), d. Wabash, IN, 1840s

Hannah Hoyt (Flint), b. 1807 VT, d. Concord, IN, 1875

Amelia Hoyt (Gee, Hayford, Robe), b. 1804-1810 VT or "Lower Canada" (inconsistent info), d. Concord IN, 1859, thrice widowed.

Christopher Hoyt b. 1805-1811 VT, d. Concord IN, 1846, m. 1831 OH Angeline Thayer b. 1813 Barnet, VT. Four children.

I am descended from Christopher Hoyt. My research interest is identifying the parents of Benjamin and Polly Hoyt. Benjamin is a common name among Hoyts, and I can't connect this Benjamin Hoyt to any specific branch of the Hoyt family.

I can rule out the Benjamin Hoyts in the 1790 census of Vermont, and I can rule out most of the individuals of the appropriate age identified in the published Hoyt family genealogy by David W. Hoyt.

I know there was a small number of Brainard/Brainerd families in Vermont in the 1790s, but I can't find any information specific to Polly. I have searched for both "Polly" and "Mary."

Research is made a little more complicated by the fact that Caledonia VT used to be part of Orange County, VT and parts of it were later incorporated into Essex County, VT.

Any clues appreciated.
Thanks!