Joseph Hyde is the third soldier or sailor of the Revolutionary War to be found in our family, and we are honored by his presence.
This research was posted by Kathy Valloch, who walks the cemeteries of Vermont seeking interesting gravestones, then building the biographies to honor the historical figures. She reports that this essay has been given to the Vermont Society Sons of the Revolution [VSSR]. We present this wonderful paper by Ms. Valloch with our deepest appreciation for her research.
Joseph Hyde is the father of our ancestor, Civil War veteran Thomas H. Hyde. Thomas was born to Joseph and Betsey (Uttley) Hyde, enlisted from Barton, Orleans County, Vermont on August 6, 1864 and served in Company D, 4th Regiment, Vermont Infantry. By November he had contracted a disabling illness (probably dysentery), and died in hospital in Montpelier, Vermont on March 7, 1865.
Ruth Woodworth Criger for the Woodworth/Hale family project
Private Joseph Hyde
Birth: 1765 Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. USA Death: September 22, 1846. For many years before the Revolution, Joseph resided in Woodstock, Windham County, Colony of Connecticut. While residing there in February 1781, he enlisted for 1 year, at New London, as a Private (Mariner) on board the 18 gun Randolph a Privateer Sloop commanded by Captain Buckley. Five other men (N. Cutter, Linies Aitahel, Benjamin La Doit, Henry Morris and George Morris), all of Woodstock, enlisted at the same time and sailed with Joseph. One other man, John Nedds, an Indian, also from Woodstock, enlisted a little later and sailed with them. The Randolph sailed from New London in about 1 week after Joseph enlisted. In the Spring following, they took a gun boat which was conveying provisions to the enemy at New York.
They brought the gun boat into port at New London and remained in port about a week. When they sailed again they continued cruising on the American coast until April 1782 when they were captured by a British Brig of 24 guns after a severe action. They were carried into New York and Joseph was put on board the Jersey Prison Ship where he remained a Prisoner of War 3 or 4 months. Three of the Woodstock men who sailed with Joseph and the Ship’s Captain died on board the Jersey. Joseph was then put on Mackwell’s Island, an island between Hell Gate and New York where he was kept a prisoner 5 or 6 months, making 9 months or more that he was a prisoner. Joseph was then exchanged and returned to his friends at Woodstock. One other of the Woodstock men died on the Island.
Joseph married, October 27, 1796, at Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut, Betsey Utley (1776-1855) by whom he had at least 6 children (5 sons and 1 daughter): John (b. 1797), Asa (b. 1799), Jared (1803-1849), Laura Ann (1805-1888), Thomas (1816-1865), and Henry C. (1819-1841).
In the 1800 US Census of Woodstock, Joseph was enumerated as a Head of a Family with 1 Free White Male and 1 Free White Female of 26 thru 44 years of age and 2 Free White Males under 10. In 1804, Joseph moved from Woodstock to Irasburg, Orleans County, Vermont and in turn he moved, in early 1820, to the village of Orleans, town of Barton, Orleans Country, Vermont.
In the 1810 US Census of Irasburg, Jos. was enumerated, as a Head of a Family with 1 Free White Male and 1 Free White Female of 26 thru 44 years of age, 1 Free White Male 10 thru 15, and 3 Free White Males and 1 Free White Female under 10 years of age.
In the 1820 US Census of Barton, Joseph was enumerated as a Head of a Family with 1 Free White Male and 1 Free White Female of 45 years of age and upwards, 2 Free White Males 16 to 18, 1 Free White Male and 1 Free White Female 10 to 16, and 4 Free White Males under 10 years of age.
References:
(1) US Federal Military Pension File No. W.1186
(2) Woodstock, CT, Vital Records, 1686-1854, published reproduction, pages 184, 211, 218, 224 and 371
(3) “Gazetteer and Business Directory of Lamoille and Orleans Counties, VT., for 1883-84”by Hamilton Child, 1883, page 211
(4) Mss. Vermont Vital Records, Vermont Records Center, Middlesex, Washington County, Vermont
Gravestone Inscription:
JOSEPH HYDE
Died Sept. 22, 1846
AGE 81 Yrs.
Burial: Maple Street Cemetery, Orleans, Orleans County, Vermont, USA
Kathy Valloch
Retrieved 16 November 2015 from online source.
Editorial note: minor changes to spelling, punctuation, and formatting flaws that occurred in transmission.
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