Jedediah Hyde Esq. (abt. 1761 - 1824)

Born about 5 Nov 1761 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut Colony [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Friot) Hyde — married 10 Nov 1783 in Pawlet, Vermont, United States

Descendants

Died 21 Nov 1824 at about age 63 in Burlington, Chittenden, Vermont, United States

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Biography

Captain Jedediah Hyde Esq. served with 3rd Connecticut Regiment (1777), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Jedediah Hyde Esq. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A061655.

The Hyde Log Cabin, pictured in the images section, is believed to be the oldest log cabin in the US, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. It was moved in 1946.^[1]

Born

Jedediah was born in 1761.

Marriage

married, November 10, 1783 at Pawlet, Rutland County, Vermont, Elizabeth Friot (1765-1842) of Albany

Children

He had ten children (5 sons and 5 daughters)

1. Alexander Frasier (1784-1873)
2. Archibald Waterman (1786-1847)
3. Jedediah (1788-1845)
4. Abraham Henry W. (1790-1864)
5. Elizabeth (Betsey) (1792-1859)
6. Mary (Polly) (1793-1866)
7. John (1795-1876)
8. Maria (1798-1858)
9. Catherine (b. 1800)
10. Julia (b. 1803).

Died

He passed away in 1824.

Research Notes

Jedediah (Jedidiah) was the first of eight children born of Jedediah Hyde (1738-1822) and his first wife Mary (Waterman) Hyde (1739-1780). Jedediah's siblings were: Jerusha (b. 1763), William (b. 1765), Arunah W. (b. 1768), Mary (b. 1770), Deborah (b. 1772), Thomas W. (b. 1774), Pitt Williams (b. 1776), and of his step-mother Elizabeth (Brown) (Parker) Hyde (1751-1825): Reuben C. (b. 1781), Martha Post (b. 1783), Elizabeth (b. 1785), Russel Brown (b. 1787), Diadama (b. 1789), Jabez Perkins (b. 1791), and Hiram (b. 1796).

In May 1775, Jedediah, at the age of 13, enlisted out of school into Captain William Coit's Grenadier Company in which his father was 1st Lieutenant. Coit's Company marched to Boston and was engaged in the Battle of Bunker (Breed's) Hill, June 17, 1775. After the battle, they became the 4th Company, Colonel Samuel Holden Parsons's Sixth Connecticut Regiment, Continental Line. Soon thereafter, Jedediah was "returned on command" and served as a Clerk to Colonel Stephen Keyes who kept a Sutlers Store for the Connecticut Line, 1775.

In early 1776, Jedediah, enlisted for one year in Captain Jedidiah Hyde's (his father's) Company, Colonel Samuel Wylly's Connecticut (22nd Continental) Regiment. After the evacuation of Boston by the British, Wylly's Regiment marched under General George Washington to New York by way of New London, Connecticut and Long Island. The Regiment remained in the vicinity of New York until the close of the year. After the Regiment arrived at New York, Jedediah was assigned to Lieutenant Colonel Rufus Putnam and served as Clerk in the Regiment's Engineer Department. Jedediah was in charge of issuing out and receiving in all the tools that were required by the Regiment's Fatigue Parties during the 1776 Campaign.

In early 1777, Jedediah, enlisted, for the duration of the war, in his father's Company, Colonel John Durkee's Fourth Connecticut Regiment, Continental Line. Upon being mustered into service, Jedediah was appointed Quarter Master Sergeant and served in that capacity for about 16 months. Colonel Durkee's Regiment went into camp at Peekskill on the Hudson River in New York, Spring 1777. In September, the Regiment was ordered to join General Washington's army in Pennsylvania. The Regiment, being on the left flank of the army, was engaged in the Battle of Germantown, Pennsylvania, October 4, 1777. During that battle, Jedediah commanded a Platoon. Soon after, the Regiment was ordered to Fort Mifflin on Mud Island near Red Bank on the Delaware River. They were engaged in the defense of Fort Mifflin for about five or six weeks, lost a great many men, retreated and took up winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. On June 28, 1778, at the Battle of Monmouth, New Jersey, in which the Regiment was closely engaged, Colonel Durkee was wounded losing permanent use of his right hand and Jedidiah was internally injured while lifting an ammunition wagon, in danger of falling into the hands of the enemy, out of the mire and/or from the excessive heat of the day. Jedediah was never again able to do hard labor and had frequent turns of raising blood. He, however, was not so unwell, but continued his regimental duties of Quarter Master Sergeant until September 1, 1779 when he was appointed Conductor of Military Stores to the First Connecticut Continental Brigade. Jedediah continued this assignment until November 1, 1780, when he was granted a leave of absence due to his declining health.

Jedediah returned home and upon the advise of surgeons, physicians and friends that "sea breezes" and salt water might improve his health, he spent much time at the sea shore and then embarked upon a two month cruise aboard the Favorite a 14 gun Brig out of New London, Connecticut. They set sail and put out to sea, August 14, 1781. After taking several valuable prizes, they in turn were captured, August 29th, by the British Frigate Media. After 4 days, Jedediah and 39 other prisoners were put on board the British Frigate Iris. Several days later the Iris was engaged by the French Fleet. On September 11th, the Iris was driven into Chesapeake Bay and captured by the French. Jedediah remained on board the French Fleet assisting at the blockade of Yorktown until after British General Cornwallace and his army surrendered, October 22, 1781. Jedediah was put ashore at Yorktown where he met an old acquaintance "Old Colonel Robert Cochran", the Officer of the Day, who took him to Headquarters where he reported to Captain William Colfax, Captain of General Washington's Life Guards (a former Sergeant in Jedediah's Father's Company). Captain Colfax returned with a permit to proceed home with the men that had been taken with him and an order from General Washington to draw provisions from the Commissaries of Stores on the road.

Jedediah wintered, 1781-1782 at Norwich. Not recovering his health, he was advised to try the country. In the year 1782, he spent time in Albany, Albany County, New York and Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont.

Jedediah married, November 10, 1783 at Pawlet, Rutland County, Vermont, Elizabeth Friot (1765-1842) of Albany by whom he had ten children (5 sons and 5 daughters): Alexander Frasier (1784-1873), Archibald Waterman (1786-1847), Jedediah (1788-1845), Abraham Henry W. (1790-1864), Elizabeth (Betsey) (1792-1859), Mary (Polly) (1793-1866), John (1795-1876), Maria (1798-1858), Catherine (b. 1800), and Julia (b. 1803). During the winters, 1783-1787, Jedediah taught school in Williamstown, Massachusetts and at Pawlet. During the summers he assisted his father surveying several of the towns in what is now Grand Isle and Lamoille Counties, Vermont. About 1787, he moved from Pawlet to the northern part of South Hero (later Middle Hero and now the Town of Grand Isle), Chittenden (now Grand Isle) County, Vermont.

Jedediah served on various committees whose works resulted in the dividing of "The South Hero" into two separate towns: South Hero and Middle Hero (now Grand Isle). He served the Town of Grand Isle as Road Surveyor, Justice of the Peace, Selectman 16 years: 1800-1801, 1804-1811, and 1819-1824; and State Representative, 1824. He was Clerk of the Grand Isle County Court, 1806-1823; on the Council of Censors, 1820; and Assessor of Internal Revenue, 1814-1821.

Jedediah was taken ill while attending a session of the State Legislature meeting in Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont, , where he was the elected Representative of Grand Isle, Vermont.^[2]

On November 17, 1824, he was brought to Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont where he died. His remains were conveyed by Steam Boat to Grand Isle for interment.

Sources

1. ↑ https://vermonthistory.org/hyde-log-cabin.
2. ↑ 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.

1 - Hyde Genealogy, page 486, https://books.google.co.in/books?id=rIKhN5aMelcC&pg=PA486#v=onepage&q&f=false

2 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15949621/jedediah-hyde

References:

(1) "Hyde Genealogy; of the Descendants in the Female as well as in the Male Lines from William Hyde of Norwich" Vol. I., by Reuben H. Walworth, 1864, Pgs. 115, 116, 485, 486, 488 and 489

(2) "Gazetteer and Business Directory of Franklin and Grand Isle Counties, Vt., for 1882-83" by Hamilton Child, 1883, Pg. 224

(3) US Federal Military Pension File # W25816

(4) "The Record of Connecticut Men in the Military and Naval Service during the War of the Revolution 1775-1783." By Henry P. Johnson, 1889, Pgs. 72, 74, 107, 143, 182, 183, and 187

(5) "The Vermont Historical Gazetteer:" Vol. II., by Abby Maria Hemenway, 1871, Pgs. 532, 533, and 542-544

(6) "History of the South Hero Island being the Towns of South Hero and Grand Isle Vermont" Vols. I & II., by Allen L. Stratton, 1980, Pgs. 32-34, 36, 307, 360-361, 425, 553, 677-681, 818, and 820.

• "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP3T-PXFN : 15 April 2022), Jedidiah Hyde, ; citing Birth, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272236.
• 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.
• Ancestry.com. Vermont, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1778-1840 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.