Jedediah Hyde (abt. 1737 - 1822)

Born about 24 Aug 1737 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut Colony [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Waterman) Hyde — married 28 Jan 1761 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 29 May 1822 at about age 84 in Hyde Park, Lamoille, Vermont, United States

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Biography

Captain Jedediah Hyde served with Connecticut Navy during the American Revolution.

Jedediah Hyde is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A061655.

Jedediah Hyde was born about 1736-1737 in Norwich, Connecticut. (Note: DAR records that report 24 Aug 1738 as date of birth are in conflict with the gravestone, which reports he was 86 when he died.)

Jedidiah was a 2nd Lt. rank in the French and Indian War campaign of 1762.^[1]

Jedediah was also an officer in the American Revolution. He was first Lieutenant in Captain Coit's company and was wounded at the Battle of Bunker Hill. Afterward, he commanded a company in the regular army as Captain.

He was in New York during 1776.^[2]

He continued in service with the Continental Line until July of 1777, then resigned his commission and was immediately commissioned a Captain of Marines aboard the Connecticut warship, “General Warren,” running the British blockade of Rhode Island and landing the ship safely at Boston.^[3] He then joined the Connecticut Privateer, “General Putnam,”^[4] which was armed with 20 cannon and reputed to be the fastest sailer from New England. She captured 14 prizes before being burned to prevent her from falling into the hands of the British during the ill-fated Penobscot Expedition.

Jedediah continued in the naval service until nearly the close of the war. In 1807, he was awarded a pension amounting to $15 per month as a result of a wound to the head received in 1776 at the Battle of Brooklyn (also known as the Battle of Long Island).

During the war, David Parker married Elizabeth Brown and shortly after enlisted in the army under Captain Hyde. Elizabeth petitioned Captain Hyde to release her husband from duty but he refused instead making her a promise. The promise was that if David Parker should be killed in the war and if Mary Hyde should die before his return, Captain Parker would marry her himself. David Parker was killed in battle. Captain Hyde's wife, Mary, died while he was still away in the war.

Jedediah married Elizabeth (Brown) Parker upon his return from the war. They moved to Hydespark in Vermont, which was named for him and from where he was an original proprietor. They had seven children together.

He died on 29 May 1822.^[5]

Research Notes

He was reportedly 85 years of age when he died on 28 May 1822, per The Columbian Centinel newspaper.^[6]

His grave reports he was 86 years of age and died on 29 May 1822.^[7]

Other sources reported he died on 29 Apr 1822^[8][9] or at 86 years of age on 28 Apr 1823.^[10][11]

Burial

Jedediah Hyde Cemetery, Hyde Park, Lamoille, Vermont (Note: Formerly Orleans County)

Research Notes

There was a false report made that Capt. Jed Hyde was murdered in 1791: ​ Vermont Gazette (Bennington), 7/18/1791: Yet another story on the death: reports that a man from Fair Haven told a paper in Litchfield, CT that Capt. Jedediah Hyde had been murdered by Wells, because he had been haranguing Wells about a debt, which Wells refused to pay. Claimed Wells had threatened JH's life, in the event JH tried to collect; that people on shore heard cry of murder from the canoe; that head of JH found beaten in; etc. Ed.--report false. Repeats jury of inquest verdict. Hopes the man from Fair Haven will come forward & recant his story.

Captain Jedediah Hyde Event Death Death Date Jun 1791 Death Place Fairhaven, Vermont Newspaper American Mercury Publication Date 11 Jul 1791 Publication Place Connecticut, USA Call Number 486547

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“Connecticut's Naval Office at New London during the War of the American Revolution: Volume II of Collections of the New London Historical Society," by Ernest E. Rogers (Copyright 1933); Published 2008 by Heritage Books, Inc. 100 Railroad Avenue #104, Westminster, MD21157:

Chapter V: The Ship General Putnam, New London Privateer (pp. 54-63), details the career of this ship, which was reputed to be the fastest sailer from New England. She was armed with 20 cannon and captured 14 prizes before being burned to prevent her from falling into the hands of the British during the ill-fated Penobscot Expedition. The chapter includes transcriptions of a number of interesting documents regarding the construction and fitting out of the ship, the instructions from Congress authorizing the taking of British ships and setting the terms and conditions to be observed by the privateers, and the crew list from the ship's first voyage under the command of Capt. Thomas Allon (pp. 59-61). The name of "Jedediah Hyde Capt of marines" appears on p. 59, among the ship's officers for that first voyage.

Sources

1. ↑ Connecticut Historical Society. Rolls of Connecticut Men in the French and Indian War, 1755-1762. Vol. I-II. Hartford, CT, USA: Connecticut Historical Society, 1903-1905.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. New York, Genealogical Records, 1675-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004, American Archives (Series), 1774-1777 - Excerpts; Author: Force, Peter; Publication Place: Washington, D.C.; Publisher: Peter Force; Page Number: 876.
3. ↑ Revolutionary War Pension Application #S39759
4. ↑ Rogers, p.59
5. ↑ Deming, Leonard,. Catalogue of the principal officers of Vermont, as connected with its political history, from 1778 to 1851 : with some biographical notices, &c.. Middlebury Vt.: The author, 1851.
6. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014, Newspaper: Columbian Centinel, Publication Date: 29 May 1822, Publication Place: Massachusetts, USA, Call Number: 485704.
7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #7977577
8. ↑ Ancestry.com. 10,000 Vital Records of Western New York, 1809-1850 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2016, Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, Maryland; 10,000 Vital Records of Western New York, 1809-1850.
9. ↑ Ancestry.com. 10,000 Vital Records of Eastern New York, 1777-1834 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2018, Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, Maryland; 10,000 Vital Records of Eastern New York, 1777-1834, p. 132.
10. ↑ "United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Q-V6M2 : accessed 21 April 2023), Jedediah Hyde, ; citing Vermont, United States, NARA microfilm publication T718 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1962), roll 1; FHL microfilm 1,319,381.
11. ↑  :Bowman, Fred Q. Eastern New York, 10,000 Vital Records, 1777-1834. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987.

• Ancestry.com. 1790 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC; First Census of the United States, 1790.; Year: 1790; Census Place: Hydespark, Chittenden, Vermont; Series: M637; Roll: 12; Page: 170; Family History Library Film: 0568152.
• Ancestry.com. 1820 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010, 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Hydepark, Orleans, Vermont; Page: 377; NARA Roll: M33_127; Image: 354.
• Ancestry.com. U.S., Revolutionary War Pensioners, 1801-1815, 1818-1872 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007, The National Archives; Washington, D.C.; Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U.S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury; Record Group Title: Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury; Record Group Number: 217; Series Number: T718; Roll Number: 1
• Ancestry.com. U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed June 13, 2019), "Record of Jedediah Hyde", Ancestor # A061655.

See also:

• Hyde genealogy, or, The descendants, in the female as well as in the male lines, from William Hyde, of Norwich, Volume 1, J. Munsell, Albany, 1864. On Archive.org page 115
• Perkins, Fred. Perkins Family of Connecticut, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1860) Vol. 14, Page 114
• The Record of Connecticut Men in the Military and Naval Service During The War of the Revolution (1775-1783), Edited by Henry P. Johnston, A.M., under the authority of the Adjutant General of Connecticut, Printed by The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, Printers and Binders, Hartford, CT, 1889, (pp. 19, 58, 74, 107, 183, 639)
• Rogers, Ernest E.: Connecticut's Naval Office at New London during the War of the American Revolution: Volume II of Collections of the New London Historical Society, (Copyright 1933); Published 2008 by Heritage Books, Inc. 100 Railroad Avenue #104, Westminster, MD21157 (Chapter V: The Ship General Putnam, New London Privateer, pp.54-63)
• Child, Hamilton; Gazetteer and business directory of Lamoille and Orleans counties, Vt., for 1883-84; Syracuse, N.Y., H. Child, 1883.
• Revolutionary War Pension Application #S39759
• https://vermonter.com/oldest-log-cabin-usa/.
• "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQV-NM4Z : 3 March 2021), John Hyde, 14 Sep 1795; citing Birth, South Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont, United States, various town clerks and records divisions, Vermont; FHL microfilm 005488096.
• Ancestry.com. U.S., Revolutionary War Pensioners, 1801-1815, 1818-1872 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007, The National Archives; Washington, D.C.; Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U.S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury; Record Group Title: Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury; Record Group Number: 217; Series Number: T718; Roll Number: 1.
• Ancestry.com. U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
• Ancestry.com. Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015, Probate Records, 1748-1917; Author: Connecticut. Probate Court (Norwich District).
• "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6CTY-7WRD : 11 January 2021), Capt Hedediah Hyde in entry for Jedediah Hyde, 1761.
• Ancestry.com. 1820 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010, 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Hydepark, Orleans, Vermont; Page: 377; NARA Roll: M33_127; Image: 354.
• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3Q-C3NM-9?cc=2546162&wc=WD6Q-RM3%3A1588792203 : 24 January 2018), Connecticut > image 124 of 977; citing various published state rosters, United States.

See also:

• Ancestry.com. Connecticut, U.S., Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, Connecticut State Library; Hartford, Connecticut.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVH-56TZ : 26 July 2019), Jedediah Hyde, 1822; Burial, Hyde Park, Lamoille, Vermont, United States of America, Jedediah Hyde Cemetery; citing record ID 7977577, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.