Hester HYDE

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Esther Hyde

Notes:

Name:
"Hyde Genealogy": What renders it almost certain that three of the seven daughters of Hester Hyde and John Post must have died previously to 18 of Jan., 1686, and probably unmarried, is that by deed of that date, upon the Windham records, it appears that William Hyde willed to the daughters of his only daughter, Hester Post, certain lands in Windham. That a controversy arose between the eldest son of her brother and the devisees, in relation to the validity of this will; and that a compromise took place between him and the three sons-in-law of Hester Hyde and John Post; Caleb Abel, John Hough, and Nathaniel Rudd. And by their deed the latter three conveyed, to the said oldest son of Samuel Hyde the first, one-half of the lands in dispute, in compromise of his claim. And no mention is made of any other granddaughters of the testator, as being in existence, to make any claim to the lands under the will devising the same to the daughters of the testator's daughter, Hester Post.

Hester married John POST on 31 Mar 1652 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA. John (son of Stephen POST and Eleanor PANTON) was born before 13 Sep 1629 in Otham, England; died on 10 Nov 1711 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Margaret POST was born on 21 Feb 1652/53 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA; died on 02 Nov 1700 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA.
2. Elizabeth POST was born on 22 Feb 1655 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut.
3. John POST was born on 11 Apr 1657 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut; died on 15 Jul 1690 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut.
4. Sarah POST was born on 06 Nov 1659 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA; died after 1702 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA.
5. Mary POST was born in 1662 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 13 Nov 1705 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA; was buried in Franklin Cemetery, New London, Conn..
6. Abigail POST was born on 06 Nov 1664 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA; died in Apr 1676 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA.
7. Samuel POST was born on 08 Mar 1668 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 23 Apr 1735 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut.
8. Hannah POST was born on 06 Oct 1671 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA.
9. Lydia POST was born on 11 Mar 1674 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; died on 20 Sep 1753 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1659, Removed to Saybrook, Conn.
• Residence: Abt 1660, Removed to Norwich, Conn.

Notes:

Excerpt from New England Families: William was among the founders of Hartford, Connecticut, and his name is on the monument to the first settlers there. He was a man of considerable importance and wealth for his day, and was frequently selectman and held other places of trust.

"Hyde Genealogy": The name of William Hyde, first appears at hartford, Conn., in 1636. And his name is on the monument in the old cemetery at that place as one of the original settlers; and he had lands assigned to him there.

Many families of the name of Hyde had been settled in different parts of England for five or six hundred years prior to the settlement of New England. One of the names, Sir Nicholas Hyde, was chief justice of the court of King's Bench in 1626; another, Sir Robert Hyde, was chief justice of the court of common pleas in 1660. And a third, Sir Edward Hyde, afterwards the Earl of Clarendon, was lord chancellor at the restoration, 1660; and was the grandfather of Queen Mary the 2d, and Queen Ann, and of Edward hyde, Lord Cornbury, who was one of the provincial governors of New York.

William Hyde the first of Norwich, was a contemporary of Sir Robert Hyde and of the Earl of Clarendon; but was undoubtedly of humbler origin. I have not been able to ascertain from what part of England he came; to what family he belonged; or where he first landed in this country, or the precise time when he arrived here. He probably, however, came over in 1633, with the Rev. Thomas Hooker, the first minister of hartford; sojourned a short time at Newton, Mass., and removed with him to Hartford, in 1636. The time of his removal to Saybrook, is not ascertained, but he owned lands in Hartford as late as 1639. He probably went to Saybrook soon after that, and his dau. was m. there early in 1652. No information has been obtained as to the name of his wife, or when or where she died. ....

William married ? UNKNOWN about 1630 in London, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]