Dorothy ST. JOHN

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• Baptism: 18 Dec 1743, Wilton, Connecticut

Notes:

Excerpt from "The Whitney Family of Connecticut": ...went with her father, in May 1746, to Sharon, Conn. where she married, in 164 Simeon Hyde, a tailor, b. at Lebanon, Conn. 14 Sept. 1742, son of David and Alathea (Bradford) Hyde, of Sharon, Conn. They lived in Sharon till 1776; then moved to Wyoming, now Wilkes-Barre, Penn., where they dwelt till the settlement was broken up, and the country laid waste, by the British and Indians, in July 1778. He was a cripple, unfit for military service, and was not in the battle. They returned to Sharon, and remained till about 1786, when they moved west; and he died in Sept. 1789, at Walton, NY, and was buried there. She afterward lived at Whitestown, Rome, and Auburn, NY, with her son Daniel, till his death in 1810; then with her son David, keeping is house when he died in 1824; after which she dwelt with her dau., Mrs. Laura (Hyde) Kellogg, in Skaneateles, where she died, 8 Feb. 1839, in her ninety-seventh year. She was buried at Skaneateles. She was a very energetic, active woman, and, by teaching school and other industry, greatly helped her crippled husband in supporting the family after "they were driven out of paradise", at Wyoming.

Dorothy married Simeon HYDE in 1764. Simeon (son of David HYDE and Alathea BRADFORD) was born on 14 Sep 1742 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA; died in Sep 1789 in Walton, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: 24 Apr 1737, Joined the church in Wilton, Connecticut

Mark married Hannah ? about 1737. Hannah died on 07 Jul 1745 in Wilton, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]