Noyes

For other uses, see Noyes (disambiguation).

Noyes is an English name of patronymic origin, derived from the French given name de’la’Noyers.

Notable people

Given name

• Noyes Barber (1781–1844), American politician
• Noyes Billings (1800–1865), American politician, 39th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
• Noyes L. Jackson (1860–1933), American politician, businessman and farmer
• Noyes Leech (1921–2010), American lawyer and law professor

Surname

• Albertina Noyes (born 1949), American figure skater
• Alfred Noyes (1880–1958), English poet
• Arthur Amos Noyes (1866–1936), American chemist, inventor and educator
• Arthur Noyes (organist) (1862–1929), church organist in South Australia
• Arthur Percy Noyes (1880–1963), psychiatric administrator and educator
• Arthur H. Noyes (1853–1915), U.S. federal judge
• Beppie Noyes (1919–2007), American author and illustrator
• Blanche Noyes (1900–1981), American pioneering female aviator
• Clara Noyes (1869–1936), American nurse and Director of the Red Cross Nursing Service during World War I
• Crosby Stuart Noyes (1825–1908), American newspaper publisher
• David K. Noyes (1820–1900), Wisconsin politician and Union Army officer
• Dorothy Noyes (born 1960), American folklorist and ethnologist
• Edward Noyes (c. 1858–1920), co-founder of Australian engineering company Noyes Brothers
• Edward Follansbee Noyes (1832–1890), Republican politician from Ohio
• Eliot Noyes (1910–1977), American architect and designer
• Florence Fleming Noyes (1871–1928), American classical dancer
• Frances Noyes Hart (1890–1943), American writer
• Frederick Bogue Noyes (1872–1961), American dentist
• Fred W. Noyes Jr. (1905–1987), American artist and entrepreneur, founder of the Noyes Museum of Art
• George Lorenzo Noyes (1863–1945), American artist and mineralogist
• Haskell Noyes (1886–1948), American conservationist
• Henry Noyes (c. 1860–1922) co-founder of Australian engineering company Noyes Brothers
• Henry Halsey Noyes (1910–2005), American writer
• Henry Sanborn Noyes (1822–1870), president of Northwestern University
• James Noyes (1608–1656), English clergyman
• Jansen Noyes, Jr. (1918–2004), American investment banker
• John Noyes (politician) (1764–1841), Vermont politician
• John Noyes (entomologist) (born 1949) Welsh entomologist
• John Humphrey Noyes (1811–1886), founder of the Oneida Community in the US
• Joseph C. Noyes (1798–1868), United States Representative from Maine
• Kenny Noyes (born 1979), American motorcycle road racer
• Maty Noyes (born 1997), American singer-songwriter
• Newbold Noyes, Jr. (1918–1997), American publisher
• Nicholas Noyes, colonial minister during the time of the Salem witch trials of 1692
• Paul Noyes, American football coach in the 1893 season
• Peter Noyes, former Vice-Chancellor of University of Wales, Newport
• Peter Noyes, English MP for Andover in 1614
• Samuel Noyes (1754–1845), co-founder of the Noyes Academy
• Walter Chadwick Noyes (1865–1926), American judge
• William Noyes, several people
• Win Noyes (1889-1969), American baseball pitcher

See also

• General Noyes (disambiguation)
• Kenneth Noye, British criminal
• Noyce, a variant of the surname

References

See Col. Henry E. Noyes and Miss Harriette E. Noyes, Geneological Record of Some of the Noyes Descendants of James, Nicholas, and Peter Noyes published in Boston, MA in 1904.2 vol. See also: www.noyes.ws re early North American settlers.

    Two brothers, Rev. James and Nicholas Noyes, came to Massachusetts aboard the Mary and John in March 1633, and were part of the first group of settlers of Newbury, MA in 1635. Their father was Rev. William Noyes, rector of Cholderton (county Wilts), England [about 11 miles from Salisbury], a graduate of University College, Oxford in 1592. Their mother was Anne Parker (sister of the scholar, Robert Parker); their cousin Rev. Thomas Parker accompanied them to Massachusetts. (A third Noyes, Peter Noyce, came with his son and daughter in April, 1638.). The Parker River and Parker River National Wildlife Refuge are named for Thomas Parker who played a role to create the settlement and recruit settlers for Newbury, MA.
    Nicholas Noyes, a young man in 1635 (b. 1615-6) was by historical reputation the first of the new settlers to leap ashore at Newbury, an event re-enacted by the Historical Society. Their landing site is now an historical landmark in Newbury, MA. There is an historical marker and a monument to the first settlers on the Lower Green, just to your left after crossing the Parker River, on Rt. 1A, coming north from Boston. About a decade later as the settlement expanded an Upper Green was created and, nearby, the house built by Rev. James Noyes in 1646, now with additions, remains and is an historical landmark. The First Parish Church of Newbury, founded by Rev. Parker and Rev. Noyes, continues and the Burial Ground, across the road, is the resting place for the remains of many early Noyes descendants, including Timothy Noyes, the fourth son of Nicholas, from whom the branch on the www.noyes.ws Website descended.
    Today, Newbury has a town Web site. And the Parker River has a Parker River Clean Water Association with information about recreation and an on-line bookstore and a Friends of the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge with an extensive list of on-line links, including information about bird-watching and other outdoor activities. A Newbury Geneology project is on-line and may provide materials of interest in the future.]

Any descendant of James Noyes or Nicholas Noyes is eligible for membership in the Sons & Daughters of the First Settlers of Newbury, whose address in late 2001 was P. O. Box 444 in Newburyport, MA 01950. The Historical Society of Old Newbury, located in the Cushing House Museum at 98 High St. (Rt. 1A) in Newburyport, MA 01950, sponsors lectures and other events, publishes a newsletter, and has a helpful staff and a geneology library on the second floor.