"John (Hyde), b. 16 Nov. 1686; d. unm, at Newton 27 Mar. 1760, aged 73. He lived on the homestead received from his father, and had as his housekeeper his first cousin, Elizabeth Williams to whom he made a bequest. He was always called 'Junior,' to distinguish him from his second cousin, John3 Hyde (Job,2 Samuel1), who also lived in Newton and was nearly five years his senior. In his will, dated 21 Mar. 1760 and proved 14 Apr. 1760, he bequeaths to cousin Nathaniel Hammond, to the children of his late sister, Relief Thayer, to Rebecca Whitney, Martha Jackson, and Mary Jackson, daughters of his brother Timothy Hide, to the children of Gershom Hide [son of his brother Timothy), deceased, to Elisha, the only surviving son of his late brother, Timothy Hide, and to his cousin Elizabeth Williams. The homestead was left to Timothy's son Elisha. (Middlesex Probate Files, 11255.)"
