Person:Meshach Hyatt (1)

Meshach Hyatt married Sarah Bremfield (b.1727 in Maryland- died 1762.) Children: Shadrach, Meshach Jr., Abednego, Eli b. 1754, Asa b. 1756, and Sarah. Meshach Hyatt remarried after the death of Sarah Bremfield. He married Susannah Hobbs and had the following children: Jesse b. 1763, Susan, Elizabeth, Joseph, Lavinia, Ezra, Sophia, and Catherine. Asa Hyatt was a soldier in the army of the American Revolution, serving in a unit of the Maryland Militia. He fought at the battles of Germantown, Whitemarsh, Monmouth, and possibly Long Island. After he was discharged he sold some beef to the American army while it was beseiging Cornwallis at Yorktown. Asa Hyatt married Mary Sale, a widow, whose maiden name was Wood. She was the daughter of Henry Wood of Orange Co. Virginia. Children: Dorcas b. 1782, David, Allen Alse b. 1794 (in Wake County, North Carolina), William Hyatt, John Hyatt, James Hyatt, and Ruby Hyatt.