Dorothy (Gray) Hyde (1704 - 1743)

Born 14 Jan 1704 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Throop — married 23 May 1722 (to 28 Nov 1726) in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay

Wife of Ebenezer Hyde — married 25 Feb 1729 in Lebanon, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 1743 at about age 38 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut

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Biography

Dorothy Gray, daughter of Samuel Gray (1672-1712) and Deborah (Church) Throop (1677-1752), was born 14 January 1704 at Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island ^[1] and she passed away in 1743 at Lebanon, New London, Connecticut. Dorothy (Gray) Throop Hyde was buried in the Old Cemetery at Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut. ^[2]

Family

Dorothy Gray was married twice and was the mother of children by both husbands. Dorothy married, first, Samuel Throop (or Throope) on 23 May 1722 at the Trinity Church (Church of England) at Newport, Rhode, Island. ^[3] Samuel and Dorothy (Gray) Throope were the parents of the following (3) children: ^[4]

1. Mary Throop; born 1723; married Joshua Barker
2. Samuel Throop;
3. Macey Throop; born 23 January 1726/7; died 21 April 1756

Dorothy's first husband, Samuel Throop, died on 28 Nov 1726 a Lebanon, Windham, Connecticut Colony leaving her with three children under the age of four, hence she would have been in a position of needing support for herself and her children, and remarried on 25 Feb 1729 to Ebenezer Hyde. ^[5]

Ebenezer and Dorothy (Gray) (Throope) Hyde then had the following (7) children: ^{[4] [5]}

1. William Hyde; born 10 April 1730
2. Ignatius Hyde; born 30 April 1731; died 10 June 1731
3. Ebenezer Hyde; born 10 September 1732
4. Deborah Hyde; born 16 October 1734
5. Elizabeth Hyde; born 13 October 1736
6. Ignatius Hyde; born 28 April 1738
7. Submit Hyde; born 24 November 1742

End of Biography.

Genealogical Records

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Vital Records

• Primary Source, Arnold, Vital Records of Rhode Island. 1636-1850, Volume 4. Newport County ^[1] Volume 4, Early Vital records from Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island; Data Extract:

1. ) Little Compton, RI, VR; page 119: Little Compton, RI Birth records for the children of Samuel and Deborah Gray:
   1. ) Samuel Gray {Jr.}; b. 16 April 1700; d. 22 April 1764
   2. ) John Gray; b. 14 April 1701; d. 14 Jan 1702.
   3. ) Dorothy Gray; b. 14 Jan 1704.
   4. ) Joseph Gray; b. 20 Jan 1706.
   5. ) Lydia Gray; b. 16 Oct 1707.
   6. ) Simeon Gray; b. 15 Dec 1709.
   7. ) Ignatius Gray; b. 18 Sept 1711; d. 18 July 1712.

• Derivative Primary Source, James N. Arnold, Vital Records of Rhode Island. 1636-1850, Volume X. Town and Church ^[3] Vital Records of Rhode Island, Volume 10, Town and Church; Data Extract:

1. ) RI. Vital Records, Vol 10; page 471: Samuel Throop and Dorothy Gray were married on 23 May 1722 at the Trinity Church (Church of England) at Newport, Rhode, Island. Duplicate copy at Ancestry.com here.

Death Records

• Teriary Source, (burial-no tombstone photo); Secondary Source (biography), Find A Grave Index ^[2] Data Summary:

1. ) Find A Grave: Memorial #200059938: Dorothy (Gray) Throop Hyde, daughter of Samuel Gray (1682–1712) and Deborah (Church) Gray Throope (1672–1752), was born 14 Jan 1704 at Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA., and she died 1743 (aged 38–39) at Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut, USA.
   1. ) Siblings:
      1. ) Samuel Gray (1700–1764)
      2. ) John Gray (1701–1703)
      3. ) Joseph Gray (1706–1706 )
      4. ) Simeon Gray (1709–1742)
      5. ) Ignatius Gray (1711–1712)
   2. ) Half Siblings
      1. ) William Throop (1714–1714)
      2. ) Dan Throop (1715–1771)
      3. ) Joseph Throop (1717–1799)
   3. ) Marriage. Dorothy Gray married first, Samuel Throope (1700–1726) in 1722; and second, Ebenezer Hyde (unknown–1742) in 1729.
2. ) BURIAL. Dorothy (Gray) Throop Hyde was buried in the Old Cemetery at Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut, USA
   1. ) Find a Grave Notes: "Dorothy Gray was the daughter of Samuel Gray and Deborah Tucker Church. According to "Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2," she was born 14 Jan 1704 in Little Compton, Newport County, Colony of Rhode Island. However, the record for United Congregational Church of Little Compton, available though "Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1639 - 1899," shows that she was born 30 Jun 1706. For now, I will leave the Mayflower date, because it would otherwise conflict with the birth date for Joseph Gray. This requires further research, as I don't know the source of the Mayflower birth date for Dorothy. {see FAG profile for more extensive biography} "
   2. ) Inscription, "{No Tombstone Photo}"

Published Genealogical Information

• Secondary Source, Reuben Hyde Walworth, LL.D.; Hyde Genealogy, Vol I, ^[5] Data Extract:

1. ) Hyde Genealogy; page 17: Ebenezer Hyde (27), born at Lebanon, Conn., son of Samuel Hyde and Elizabeth Calkins, was a grandson of Samuel Hyde, the first, and Jane Lee, of Norwich. He married 25 Feb 1729, Dorothy Throop. They settled at Lebanon, where she died in 1743.
   1. ) Children of Ebenezer Hyde and Dorothy Throop:
      1. ) William Hyde (159.), b. 8 April, 1730, at Lebanon, m. Abigail Worth.
      2. ) Ignatius Hyde (160.) , b. 30 April, 1731, d. 10 June, 1731.
      3. ) Ebenezer Hyde (161.) , b. 10 Sept., 1732, at Lebanon, m. Phebe .t
      4. ) Ignatius Hyde 2d (162.) , b. 28 April, 1738, at Lebanon.
      5. ) Deborah Hyde (163.), b. 16 Oct., 1734, at Lebanon, m.Amos Robinson.-f-
      6. ) Elizabeth Hyde (164.), b. 13 Oct., 1736, died in infancy.
      7. ) Elizabeth Hyde 2d (165.), b. 14 March, 1740, at Lebanon
2. ) Hyde Genealogy; page 80: Deborah Hyde (163), born at Lebanon, Conn., on 16 Oct 1734, was the eldest daughter of Ebenezer Hyde (27) by his first wife, Dorothy Throop of Lebanon, was a grand daughter of Samuel Hyde (4) of the third generation. She married 11 May 1758, Amos Robinson, of Lebanon. They settled at Lebanon and had the following children recorded to them there. I have no further account of them.

The following published genealogy has incorrectly identified Dorothy, the wife of Samuel Thoop, to be Dorothy Spofford and is the point of origin of the conflation causing present day genealogists to incorrectly identify the maiden name of Dorothy Throop, wife of Samuel, as Spofford {incorrect} rather than Gray {correct}. ^[3] :

• Secondary Source, Dr. Jeremiah Spofford; A genealogical record, including two generations in female lines of families, spelling their name Spofford, Spafford, Spafard, and Spaford, descendants of John Spofford and Elizabeth Scott, who emigrated, in 1638, from Yorkshire, England, and settled at Rowley, Essex County, Mass; ^[6] Data:

1. ) Spofford Genealogy; page 43: Dorothy Spofford, daughter of Thomas and Bethiah Hazeltine) Spofford was born 3 Feb 1709 and married Samuel Throop.
2. ) Spofford Genealogy; page 54: Dorothy Spaford and Samuel Throop were married about 1726 and were the parents of Samuel Throop and Mary Throop, born 23 Jan 1727. {This 1888 bit of misinformation is the root source of the erroneous identification of Dorothy Spofford, rather than the correct Dorothy Gray, ^[3] as the wife of Samuel Throop; and has generated the widespread conflation of Dorothy Spofford as the wife of Samuel Throop to this present day.}

Research Notes

1. ) 2021-05-01: Prior to this date Dorothy Spofford (1711-) had been identified as the Dorothy whom married Samuel Throop, because she had erroneously been identified in Dr. Jeremiah Spofford's, Spofford Genealogy as the Dorothy who married Samuel Throop. The Rhode Island Vital records, a primary source, establishes with certainty, that the correct maiden surname of Samuel Throop's wife Dorothy was, in fact, Dorothy Gray. Thus, as of this date, Dorothy Spofford has been removed as a spouse of Samuel Throop.
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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Arnold, James N., Editor of the Narragansett Historical Register, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, Providence, RI., Narragansett HIstorical Publishing Co., 1893. Twenty one Volume set of Early Rhode Island Vital records compiled by from James Arnold. Available at:

   1. ) Archive.org--free: Vital Record of Rhode Island. 1636-1850, Volume 4. Newport County--Title page Archive.org
   2. ) Ancestry.com--fee required Vital Record of Rhode Island. 1636-1850, Volume 4. Newport County--Title page

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Find a Grave, database and images (Rev date: accessed 16 April 2021), memorial page for Dorothy Gray Throop Hyde (14 Jan 1704–1743), Find a Grave Memorial no. 200059938, citing Old Cemetery, Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by C.A. Brooman (contributor 48601467).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Arnold, James N., Editor of the Narragansett Historical Register, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, Providence, RI., Narragansett HIstorical Publishing Co., 1893. Twenty one Volume set of Early Rhode Island Vital records compiled by from James Arnold. Available at:

   1. ) Archive.org--free: Vital Records of Rhode Island. 1636-1850, Volume X; Town and Church--Title page.
   2. ) Ancestry.com--fee required Vital Records of Rhode Island. 1636-1850, Volume X; Town and Church--Title page. [Ancestry.com.database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.]

4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Silver Books, Volume Eighteen, Part 2, The Descendants of Richard Warren Through His Children Mary, Anna, and Elizabeth, 2011 Edition, Published 2016, Page 246.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Walworth, Reuben Hyde, Hyde genealogy, or, The descendants, in the female as well as in the male lines, from William Hyde, of Norwich, Vol I, Albany, J. Munsell, 78 State St., 1864.
6. ↑ Spofford, Dr. Jeremiah; A genealogical record, including two generations in female lines of families, spelling their name Spofford, Spafford, Spafard, and Spaford, descendants of John Spofford and Elizabeth Scott, who emigrated, in 1638, from Yorkshire, England, and settled at Rowley, Essex County, Mass; Boston; Printed by Alfred Mudge & Son; No. 24 Franklin Street, 1888. Public Domain

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• Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (The Generations Network, Inc., Provo, UT, USA, 2004)

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• FamilySearch profile for Dorothy Gray.