Nathan Hyde (1767 - 1822)

Born 8 May 1767 in Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Sally (Thorpe) Hyde — married 1789 in Oxford, New Haven, CT

Descendants

Died 17 Jul 1822 at age 55 in Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Nathan Hyde was born 1767 in Oxford, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut Colony.^[1][2][3]

Nathan married Sally Thorpe about 1789 in Oxford.^[4]

In 1792 he was a taxpayer in Oxford.^[5][6]

The War of 1812 was a continuation by the British refusal to accept the declaration of Independence of 1776. It was the final nail in the coffin to the British Empire's attempt to divide and destroy the new Nation.

Military record Number 4531 from War of 1812 indicates that Nathan was a private serving in 4 USInfantry at age 50 on 8 May 1813, making him born in 1763 and states he was born in Derby (Oxford District was originally a part of Derby, CT). He was recruited by Captain Cook for 5 years. Military record describes him as 5' 10" blue eyes, dark hair and light complexion and confirms my previous statement that he was a "shoemaker," and that he was born in Derby (Oxford District), New Haven, Connecticut.

He was an "American prisoner of War," and was exchanged (for British prisoners) and received at Chazey, NY 11 May 1814. Surgeon's Certificate of discharge was dated near Buffalo [NY] 19 Dec 1814 in consequence of Old Age, etc. also was discharged from Captain John Smith's Company dated Buffalo [NY] 11 Feb 1815, Book 556 and I. R. 28 Feb 1815. Discharged 11 Feb 1815 at Buffalo or Fort Erie or Williamsville for Old Age (Book 668).

He was a boot maker, and moved from Oxford to what was known as Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut at that time. Canaan was a center for shoemakers. He was working with his men in the field and drowned in the Housatonic River on July 17, 1822.^[3] His body was not found until a week later. He was buried on the family homestead in Oxford occupied by his eldest son, Abijah.

Sources

1. ↑ Oxford was a parish in the town of Derby until 1798, when Oxford was incorporated as a separated town.
2. ↑ Family records from his grandson indicate birth year 1767. As cited by Myrtle Stevens Hyde, "Nathan Hyde and Sally Thorpe."
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Death notice for Mr. Nathan Hyde, Connecticut Courant and Hartford Weekly Intelligencer, 6 August 1822. “Drowned at Canaan, on Wednesday the 17ty ult. [17 July] in attempting to cross the Housatonic River by swimming, Mr. Nathan Hyde, formerly of Oxford, aged 56. His body was found on the Saturday following.” As cited by Myrtle Stevens Hyde, "Nathan Hyde and Sally Thorpe." See image.
4. ↑ Marriage date calculate based on children's brith dates.
5. ↑ W. C. Sharpe, "1792 - Tax List - Oxford", History of Oxford - Part Two (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1910), p. 98. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html.
6. ↑ Norman Litchfield & Sabrina Connolly Hoyt, "Oxford Tax List, 1792", History of the Town of Oxford, Connecticut (1960), p. 305.

See also:

• Holbrook, Mary Louise, The Holbrook Family of Derby, Connecticut (New Haven, CT, Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., 1932), p. 10.
• Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850., General Editor, Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000, p. 51.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #178079255
• Hyde, Myrtle Stevens. "Nathan Hyde and Sally Thorpe." Biography. Accessed via FamilySearch, contributed by user Myrtle Hyde.

Census records:

• "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKV-KWF : accessed 26 March 2021), Nathaniel Hide, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; citing p. 94, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1; FHL microfilm 568,141.
• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRS-WTL : accessed 26 March 2021), Nathan Hide, Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; citing p. 223, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 2; FHL microfilm 205,619.