William - came to America from Chestershire (Cheshire), England.

"Founder and original proprietor of Hartford, 1636. Selectman 1637." (This is stated on a monument in an old graveyard of First Church of Hartford, Conn.)

No children from his second marriage to Joanne, the widow of Robert Abell.
 

Willima Hyde came to New England from old England in 1633 in company with the Rev. Thomas Hooker, the first minister at Hartford. For a short time they remained at Newton, mass., and then both came to Hartord in 1636.
At a later period, William Hyde went to Saybrook, where his daughter was married in 1652; still later, Mr. Hyde and son Samuel were among the thirty-five original proprietors of Norwich. There he died in 1781, a man of considerable importance in colonial affairs. (Biographical Record of Tolland and Windham Counties, page 301)
Children with Mrs. (Quick Family Chart)
i.	Hester Hyde was born about 1625 in England and died on 13 Nov 1703 in Norwich, CT .  Hester married John Post on 31 Mar 1652/1653 in Saybrook, CT. John was born on 16 Sep 1629 in Otham, Kent, England. He was the son of Lt. Stephen Post and Eleanore Panton. He died on 27 Nov 1711 in Norwich, CT .  See Post family for children.
ii.	Samuel Hyde was born about 1637 in Hartforf, CT and died Jul 1677 in Norwich, CT . See #17. below.
----- Seventeenth Generation -----
17.	Samuel Hyde - was born about 1637 in Hartforf, CT and died Jul 1677 in Norwich, CT . He was the son of William Hyde.  Samuel married Jane Lee Jun 1659 in Saybrook, CT. Jane was born on 12 Sep 1640 in England. She was the daughter of Thomas Lee and Phoebe Brown. She died on 12 Jan 1722/1723 in Lebanon, New London, CT .  Samuel - is reckoned among the first proprietors of Norwich, as is likewise his father.  The descendants of the five sons of Samuel Hyde in 1779 showed updards of twenty families of Hydes, comprising 150 persons in the town plot and western part of Norwich.  "Samuel and Jann (Lee) Hyde are also the ancestors of Grover Cleveland, President of the United States. Their eldest son, John Hyde, who married experience abel, had a son James, known as Capt. James Hyde, who married Sarah Marshall. They in turn had a daughter, Abiah Hyde, who married Rev. Aaron Cleveland. Their son, William Cleavelamd and his wife Margaret Falley, were the grand-parents of Grover Cleveland."  ( from A genealogical History of the Kelley family) (Sources: - 5 (pg 301) - 6)
Children: (Quick Family Chart)
i.	John Hyde was born Dec 1667 in Norwich, CT and died on 26 Jul 1727 in Norwich, CT . See #18. below.
----- Eighteenth Generation -----
18.	John Hyde - was born Dec 1667 in Norwich, CT and died on 26 Jul 1727 in Norwich, CT . He was the son of Samuel Hyde and Jane Lee.  John married Experience Abell. Experience was born Dec 1674 in Norwich, CT. She was the daughter of Sergt. Caleb Abell and Margaret Post. She died on 24 Oct 1763 in Norwich, CT .  John - was a farmer and in 1719 bought a farm from Nathenial Backus at Wawecus Hill which remained in the hands of his descendants until 1859.  President Grover Cleaveland is a lineal descendant of John and Experiance (Abell) Hyde. (Sources: - 5 - 7 (pg 58) )
Children: (Quick Family Chart)
i.	John Hyde was born on 5 Dec 1698 and died on 22 Oct 1762 .
ii.	Experience Hyde was born on 7 Sep 1700 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut and died on 30 Sep 1753 . See #19. below.
iii.	Capt. James Hyde See #20. below.
----- Nineteenth Generation -----
19.	Experience Hyde - was born on 7 Sep 1700 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut and died on 30 Sep 1753 . She was the daughter of John Hyde and Experience Abell.  Experience married Samuel Gifford on 12 Jun 1720. Samuel was born on 23 Sep 1694 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut. He was the son of Samuel Gifford and Mary Calkins. He died on 30 Sep 1753 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut . (Sources: - 8 - 9) (Sources: - 8 - 9)
Children:
i.	Hannah Gifford
20.	Capt. James Hyde - He is the son of John Hyde and Experience Abell.  Capt. James married Sarah Marshall. Sarah was born on 12 Apr 1720.
Children: (Quick Family Chart)
i.	Abiah Hyde was born on 27 Dec 1749 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut and died on 23 Aug 1788 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut .  Abiah married Rev Aaron Cleveland.  See Cleveland family for children.
Sources:
1 My Hyde Anscestors Tod Marshall Web: http://todmar.net/ancestry/Hyde_main.htm
2 Burke's Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland Burke, Bernard London: Colburn, 1837-38 (view detail...)
3 avalusek April Valusek Web: http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2545088&id=I534996499
4 Toni's Tree toni v Web: http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3152430&id=I241345
5 Biographical Record of Tolland and Windham Counties, Connecticut Connecticut. Chicago, IL: J.H. Beers & Co., 1903.
6 A genealogical history of the Kelley family Kelley, Hermon Alfred,. Cleveland, Ohio. 1897. (view detail...)
7 The Abell Family in America Horace A. Abell and Lewis P. Abell The Tuttle Publishing Co, Inc. - Rutland Vermont
8 L Roxburgh email L. ROxgurgh July 2004
9 Ware/Erdman/Williams/Ingalsbe Family Lance Ware Web: http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ware&id=I2565 (view detail...)  see also Stirnet
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