Leyde Name Study

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Surnames/tags: LEYDE LEIDY LEYDA

About the Project

The Leyde Name Study project serves as a collaborative platform to collect information on the Leyde/Leyda name. The hope is that other researchers like you will join the study to help make it a valuable reference point for other genealogists who are researching or have an interest in the Leyde name.

As a One Name Study, this project is not limited to persons who are related biologically. Individual studies can be used to branch out the research into specific methods and areas of interest, such as geographically (England Leyde's), by time period (18th Century Leyde's), or by topic (Leyde DNA, Leyde Occupations, Leyde Statistics). These studies may also include a number of family branches that have no immediate link with each other. Some researchers may even be motivated to go beyond the profile identification and research stage to compile fully sourced, single-family histories of some of the families they discover through this name study project.

Also see the related surnames and surname variants.

How to Join

To join the Leyde Name Study, start by browsing our current research pages to see if there is a specific study ongoing that fits your interests. If so, feel free to add your name to the Membership list below, post an introduction comment on the specific team page, and then dive right in!

If a research page does not yet exist for your particular area of interest, please contact the Name Study Coordinator: Ray Sarlin for assistance.

Once you are ready to go, you can also show your project affiliation with the ONS Member Sticker:

Research Pages

Here are some of the current research pages included in the study. I'll be working on them, and could use your help!

LEYDE

• List of LEYDEs on Wikitree
• G2G feed of questions tagged "Leyde"
• Orphaned LEYDE profiles on WikiTree
• Unsourced LEYDE profiles on WikiTree
• Unconnected LEYDE profiles on WikiTree

LEYDA

• List of LEYDAs on Wikitree
• G2G feed of questions tagged "Leyda"
• Orphaned LEYDA profiles on WikiTree
• Unsourced LEYDA profiles on WikiTree
• Unconnected LEYDA profiles on WikiTree

Membership

• Ray Sarlin, son of Grace Elizabeth Leyde

Related Surnames and Surname Variants

• Laidy
• Leidey
• Leidich
• Leidig
• Leidy
• Leyda
• Leydi
• Lide
• Lyde
• Lydi
• Lydie
• Lydig
• Lydye

Migration

One focus of this site is the genealogy of French and Indian War and Revolutionary War veteran John Leyde (1732-1810), his two wives: Arrientje Rosencrans and Maria; and their seven children. It can be confusing because John's surname is shown in contemporary records in at least nine ways, from Leidy in the French and Indian War to Lyde at his first marriage, to Leyda on Revolutionary War records, and Leyde on his tombstone. One thing is consistent, the Leyde/Leyda family members were pioneers who moved across the continent in major family movements as the country was born and expanded:

• From the British New York and New Jersey Colonies
• Across Pennsylvania in the 1700s
• Into Ohio in the early 1800s
• West to Iowa and Minnesota in the mid-1800's
• Further West to Washington State in the late 1800s.