John Hyde of Charterhouse Square
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D.O.D: 1795
London merchant (d. 1771) and Governor of the London Assurance. John Hyde with William Snelling was a co-owner alongside the South Sea Co. in a slaving voyage by the Bonita to West Central Africa and Buenos Aires in 1725, and could have been either John Hyde of Poplar (q.v.) or – more likely – his son, John Hyde of Charterhouse Square; the ‘John Hydes’ [sic] shown as co-owner alongside Samuel Hydes [sic] in a slaving voyage by the Bonetta [sic] to West Central Africa and Charleston in 1735 was the son, John Hyde of Charterhouse Square. John Hyde jun. was a director of the London Assurance in 1722 with William Snelling.
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Hyde
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John Hydes
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PROB 11/966/310, with codicils of October 1771 PROB 11/971/381
Political State of GB Vol. 20 (1722)
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Will
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Will of John Hyde of Chareterhouse Square made 08/01/1771. He left £9000 to his daughter Elizabeth, and explained that he had not left a similar amount to his daughter Jane - to whom he gave £800 - because she had a more competent provision by her aunt Elizabeth Lawson Hyde; he left £6800 to his eldest son West Hyde and £8800 to his son John Hyde.
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