Show EN GENEALOGY LOGY Li 1 TIlE Ir HYDE FAMILY LY A. A scrap A-scrap scrap of ot paper sometime sometimes boars bears a I wonderful significance I to the tho goncal s-eneal- A scrap of ot paper per containing an nn I Inquiry about some member of ot tho Hy e I family cut from tho ho Boston Doston Transcript a n few tew wc weeks a ago o has led to most In Interesting interesting In- In genealogical consequences fo forthe for tor tho the Hyde HYdo family of oC Utah Orson Hyde Hydo was ono one of or tim the pioneers pioneer of or this state Ills name was a 0 household house house- hold wore word In tho the early days das of or this state and it was ho he who traveled to Jerusalem er s lem In the tho carl early forties and ancl there ther h re laid the ho foundation for tor subsequent in inI In- In I cresting events c which have o taken place and which arc taking place Genealogically speaking Orson hyde could not conne connect t himself with an any o othe ot of the New England Hydo Hyde ancestors and niu at his death h ho knew vcr very little about abou his pedigree It had hacI been supposed h b by some seine members of or tho the Hyde family that tha the they were of ot Tore Torey origin and that tha they could not get any line iino on their thol American beginnings and you 1 0 masure ma y mab b be sure euro this was a cross to the loyal loya patriotic hearts of tho the children and grandchildren of or Orson Hyde Hydo Not ot fo for tor them on tho paternal side was there therean an any possibility of oC Joining the Sons and Daughters pf pr the Revolution or nn any other of ot tho famous Camous patriotic or organizations of or the United State States Sketch I I. I Prepared Recently one of ot the tho sons eons Joseph SHyde S S. Hyde prepared a genealogical sketch o ohis ot of his father s line so far tar as It was known which was pub published In tho the Utah Genealogical Gen Gen- magazine two years e arR ago An And now ver very the tho e editor of ot this department handed over to Mr lr Hyde a tiny clipping from the tho genealogical g department do do- of ot tho the Boston Transcript which was an on Inquiry concerning members members mem mem- bers bore of the Hydo Hyde family A few tow Initials wore were signed to this clipping and and Joseph S. S Hyde at once wrote to tho the address given Jhen and as a result ho he Is Just now no In possession of a a. typewritten privately spared prepared leather-bound leather genealogy o otho ot of the tho hyde Hydo family The Tho book has been prepared under tho the direction of or tho the wealthy wealth and famous copper king Willard Will- Will ard S. S Morse whose wife was a n Hyde and the husband hus has had h-acI this worl work done as a labor Jabal of ot love The copy which has come como to Utah Is embellished with elegant steel engravings s fac- fac of tho the sword and pouch ant and tho the old family Bible of Humphrey Hyde who ho was as the tho first Immigrant the thc the Bible being belnA printed In 1608 Among Amons- other engravings 8 i In the book boole are copies o or of revolutionary re papers and of ot tho the Old hyde Hydo homestead of ot Fairfield Conn oy Hyde settled In Fairfield In IG O and probably came come over hero directly after the tho pilgrims landed lande His descendants were famous In every overy line lino of ot endeavor and In ever every walk of or lIfo life One of or the direct lines was a n revolutionary revolutionary soldier Jam James s Hyde Hyde under under General Washington at Valley Forge and It Is from this James that the Utah family descended Wording IN IM Quaint Quaint ol old wills COI copy of ot deeds eeds and of ot with old- old of ot legal papers time tim phraseology aro In this record ALthe Al Althe Altho the tho back o of the book thero there Is a complete completo com corn pleto diagram of tho the Hydo tam family II as aswell aswell aswell well as of or the Ford family in small smal and neat copp r plate script Among the quaint things told about In this book bo k are the tho following The Tho Hl Hide e family t are believed to havo have been and there seems to be no Question question question ques Ques- tion about It It of ot tho the best blood of ot England Eng Eng- Eng Eng- land They have always been staunch sterling thrifty men In the town and for tor a a. Deacon Hide has ren- ren rese resel ted the tho family in tha the Greens Green's Farms arms Congregational ch chUrch Notes accompanying relics of ot Humphrey humphrey Hum hum- Hide The Thc Pitch Pipe was sas used b by Joseph Hydo II to set sot tho the tuno In tho the church at Goyns Goyn's Farms ie being chosen choen en leader ot of the In iii 1780 when only 19 years of ot age He was great great-great- great grandson of Humphrey H Hyde dc Served Sen-ed In AVar James Hide HIdo private In Capt John Mills company compan enlisted January 1 1 1777 term war term war no date of or discharge In Col Cot Charles Webbs Webb's re regiment which served In the summer and fall of ot 1777 al along ng the Hudson Joined Washington's army In Pennsylvania and engaged ens-ased In Inthe Inthe the tho sharp action at Whitemarsh where It lost a number of ot officers killed and wounded wintered at Valley Forgo 1777 1778 8 and present at lit battle battlo of ot Monmouth On the gravestone lie Ho was a a. soldier of ot the revolution And a friend to his country A good 1000 and faithful citizen And a believer in Impartial grace Among the tho wills Will of or John Hide Hido third But as for tor my negro ro woman when sho Is free rec from ron her mistress sho she may choose which of the tho seven en she selects to live with and her then mistress shall pa pay each sister r as ag the they shall agree Will of ot Elizabeth Hide wife of ot John Hide HIdo second I commit m my soul unto the tho hands of ot God who gave e it and m my body after aUer death to a lowly Jowly place in yo ye 0 earth from whom it wa was wag taken hoping for tor a Il joyful resurrection at yo ye 0 great and last cIa day and ye C pardon of ot all my 01 sins through ye yo alwa always s 's m merits end mediation mediation media media- tion of or my dear Savior and Rc Redeemer leemer the Lord Jesus Christ Funeral Funer il charges and just d debts hoing ho- ho ing discharged I dispose of ot what worldly estate God line has condescended to bestow mo me as I 1 do give and bequeath up to m my best hest and well beloved daughters Deborah Jackson Elizabeth Jessup Sarah FantOn Fanton Fan Fan- ton to and 01 Mary Hum ey the of ot my movable estate Ith aith all household goods wearing clothes only ml ye 0 w wearing wearing wear wear- arInS' arInS ar- ar ing InS now or ir r believing to be to be equally equal equal- ly 1 divided among them Will of or Humphrey Hide Hido first I commit mv 01 soul Into the hands ands o of my dear R Redeemer de Je Jesus Christ trusting to be saved by His Ills merits and ond and my body to a seemly burial In hope of a jo Joyful tul resurrection And for my temporal e estate tate world l ly goods which God have hive given 01 me my Just debts and funeral charges being satisfied m my will wilt Is la this a I r give unto my son John my gun gunt t nd sword otc etc S |