Lydia HYDE

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"Hyde Genealogy": Jonathan Hyde, his younger brother (Samuel Hyde, who came to Newton, Mass., about 1640), who m. 1 Mary French, and 2 Mary Rediat, and had 19 children. He was the grandfather of Jonathan Hyde who settled at Pomfret, Conn., in 1714, and had 6 sons; and who was probably the ancestor of most of the Pomfret and Canterbury Hydes, whose descendants are now extensively scattered in different parts of the U.S. He was the ancestor of the Rev.Ephraim Hyde who grad. at Yale, 1759, and was minister of Rehoboth, and of the venerable Dr. John Angier Hyde, a distinguished physician of Freeport, Me., who was living in 1856, at the advanced age of 84 years.





With his brother Samuel he bought 40 acres of land in 1647 from Thomas Danforth and 200 acres in 1652 from the heirs of Nathaniel Sparhawk. This land was held in common by the two brothers until 3 May 1661, when it was divided between them. He and his first wife, Mary, were received into full communion in the church 8 Jan. 1661 and he was admitted as a freeman 27 May 1663. He made a marriage contract with John Rediat, the father of his second wife, 2 Jan. 1673.

In 1691 he was selectman of Newton. On 7 Mar 1707 he conveyed land to his son in law John Osland and the later's wife Sarah. On 7 Dec. 1710, less than a year before his death he conveyed lands in Newton to his children John, Samuel, Daniel, Joseph, and Jonathan Hides, and to the widow and children of Ichabod Hides.

Jonathan married Mary REDIAT on 27 May 1672. Mary died about 1708. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]