"1. Dea. Samuel1 Hyde was born, probably in England, about 1610, and died at Cambridge Village (now Newton), Mass., 12 Sept. 1689, aged 79. He embarked in the ship Jonathan, from London for Boston, in Apr. 1639, and settled at Cambridge Village about 1640. He married Temperance _____, who probably came to New England in the same ship with him.
With his younger brother, Jonathan, who also came over in the same ship with him, Samuel Hyde bought 40 acres of land in 1647 from Thomas Danforth and 200 acres in 1652 from the heirs of Nathaniel Sparhawk. This land was held in common by the two brothers until 3 May 1661, when it was divided between them. (Middlesex Deeds, vol. 3, fo. 321.) Samuel Hyde was admitted as freeman 2 May 1649. …
According to his will, dated 10 June 1689 and proved 1 Oct. 1689, his grandson Samuel was to take the homestead and provide for the widow, Temperance. After her death his farm at Watertown, of 124 acres, was to be divided among three of the children of his son Job, viz., Samuel, John, and Sarah. The testator confirmed previous gifts to his son Samuel and his son-in-law Thomas Woolson, and made his wife Temperance sole executor and his brother Jonathan and Thomas Woolson overseers. (Middlesex Probate Files, 11279.)"