P_10433_2217 – Samuel Hyde
Co-owner with John Hyde of Charterhouse Square (q.v.) of a slaving voyage from London by the Bonetta to West Central Africa and Charleston in 1735. The two men were brothers, sons of John Hyde of Poplar (q.v). The will of Samuel Hyde refers to his brother John Hyde and to his settlement with creditors. Samuel Hyde had a ‘servant’ of African descent, Nathaniel Johnson, sent from Maryland, who died in England 28/01/1755 and was buried at Acrise in Kent with a relatively extended epitaph.
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First name: Samuel
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Last name: Hyde
Aliases: Samuel Hydes
Primary cohort: London
Sex: Male
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Sources: PROB 11/762/291 The inscription for Nathaniel Johnson at St Martin's, Acrise reportedly reads: On a Wooden Rail in the Church Yard. Here lieth Nathaniel JOHNSON of African Extraction, born in Maryland, sent young to the Proprietor Saml. HYDE Esq. who used him tenderly whilst He lived as did his Daughter the Widow of William SEYMOR Esq. She encouraged his Instruction, and Baptism, and left him a kind Legacy for Life, wch. a Consumption ended the 28th of January 1755. Sensible of his Death, he ask’d Forgiveness, and had, through Xt. great Confidence of it, for that he had pleas’d all his Masters. Learn, You, who have had more Instruction.
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Crossings (1)
76865 - Bonetta (1735 - 1736)
Role: Owner
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Date: 1747
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Date: 26/02/1747
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Memorial details: Family memorial https://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/research/monumental-inscriptions/bromley
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Was slave trading profitable: Don't know
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Courts: PCC
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