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Richard Hyde (b. 1682, d. 02 May 1719)
Notes for Richard Hyde:
Extensive research on the early Hide/Hyde is by:Laura Clowe,
Revised: July 22,2002
by Laura Clowe
"The Hydes of Northampton County" paraphrased from theNorth Carolina Genealogy Society Journal May 1994:
Richard Hyde was hiredby James Colbert as a "Licensed Indian Trader." Richard's father, also known as Richard Hyde, had also been employed by Colbert as a packhorseman. The elder Hyde was a former pirate and member of Blackbeard's gang. Hyde quit his life ofpiracy when Edward Teach (Blackbeard) was killed in 1718. While escorting the Superintendent of Indian Affairs through Creek Territory, both the Superintendent and the elder Hyde were severely beaten and disfigured by some Creek warriors when they were caught in bed with the Indians' wives.
According to 'History of the North-American Indians' by Adair, p.151:
"The Muskhoge lately clipt offthe ears of two white men for supposed adultery. One had been a disciple of Black Beard, the pirate...."
More About Richard Hyde:
Date born 2: 1683, Surry, North Carolina, USA.3070
Died 2: Abt. 02 May 1719, Surry Co., VA.3071
More About Richard Hyde and Mary Evans:
Marriage: 17103072
Children of Richard Hyde and Mary Evans are:
- +Richard Hyde, b. 1717, Southwark Parish, Surry County, VA3073, d. May 1762, Northampton, North Carolina, USA3074, 3074.
- Benjamin Hyde, b. 1719, Northampton, North Carolina, USA3074, d. 04 Jan 1754, Surry, Virginia, USA3074.
- David Hyde, b. 1712, Surry, Virginia, USA3074, d. Jun 1785, Norhthampton, Virginia, USA3074.