Elizabeth BROWN

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"Hyde Genealogy": After the death of his first wife, he m. in 1781, the widow Elizabeth (Brown) Parker, b. in 1751, at Stonington, relict of David Parker, and daughter of Humphrey Brown and Mary Fanning of Stonington. The tradition in the family, in relation to this marriage is, that soon after the marriage of David Parker and Elizabeth Brown, he enlisted in the company of Capt. Hyde; and that she applied to the captain to release her husband. that he declined doing so: but told her, jocosely that if her husband should be killed and his own wife should die before his return from the war, he would himself become her husband. That her husband was killed in battle; and that the first wife of Capt. Hyde having died, he kept his promise, by marrying the widow of Parker. They removed to the then new township of Hyde Park, VT., named for him, and of which he was one of the original proprietors; where he died 29 May 1822. She survived him and d. 28 Nov. 1825. He was a farmer.

Family/Spouse: David PARKER. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Capt. Jedediah HYDE in 1781. Jedediah (son of Rev Jedediah HYDE and Jerusha PERKINS) was born on 24 Aug 1738 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 29 May 1822 in Hyde Park, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Martha Post HYDE was born on 6 Jul 1783 in Pawlet, Rutland Co., Vermont; died on 9 Sep 1852 in Hyde Park, Vermont.