Jonathan HYDE [scrapbook] 1, 2 was born 3 in 1626 in London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom. He died 4 on 5 Oct 1711 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Jonathan married 5, 6 Mary FRENCH 7 in 1650 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
Other marriages:REDIAT, Mary
Jonathan Hyde was born in England in 1626. He was in Cambridge Village (Newton) in 1647, being one of the first settlers. With his elder brother, Samuel, he purchased in 1652, a tract of 240 acres which the two brothers owned in common until 1661. He was a large land owner, and in some of the numerous transfers he is called Sergeant. He in, (I) Mary, dau. of William French of Billerica. She d. May 27, 1672, and he m. (2) Jan. 8, 1673-4, Mary Rediat, dau. of John Rediat of Marlboro. Six days (date Jan. 2, 16734) before his second marriage he entered into a marriage contract with Mary Rediat's father and brother. This document is still extant. By its terms he made ample provision for his second wife in ease she should outlive him. By his first wife, Mary French, he had fourteen children, and seven by his second wife, Mary Rediat, so that in all he was the father of twenty-one children. Little wonder is it that one historian remarks that the posterity of these two brothers (Jonathan and Samuel) is as the sand upon the sea shore. He died Oct. 5, 1711, ae. 85 years. His second wife died Sept. 5, 1708. His eldest son by his first wife was: Jonathan Hyde, b. in Cambridge, April 1,1651: m. May 6,1613, in Billerica, Dorothy Kidder. He d. Aug. 2, 1731, Their daughter Elizabeth Hyde b. May 23, 1680; m. Isaac Farwell.
Came to Cambridge Village in 1647, and purchased two hundred and forty acres of land in the village.
Source: "History of Newton Massachusetts" by Francis Jackson
