, 1879-07-07
THE WEALTH OF TIE HYDES.


THE WEALTH OF THE HYDES.
Over Three Huntlroa Millions OF Do,laa
Awaiting claimants In tho flank of En-.
gland-Dcsoendants OF n Colonial Cloth.
DrcsauF.
ytn 1ork Herald, Jufv4.
Tho descendants Of John Hyde were invited
Yesterday by advertisement to call At the oflico
of hir. II. @. Furke, at Mo. sc Front strect. This
Invitation Is the rtsult Of scrIcs Of resolutions
passed at a recent meeting, at which some thirty
five Of the relatives OF Alr. Hyde were repro
scntod. At that gathering Alr. N. b. Morgan
yas cho,sn P5esidenti W !: u; Army and :. u.
Il. Lyon, Hecro.aries; MD stes.rs. Parkc Army,
Morgan, md Lyon IN Executive Commltteo to
collect evidence. Since they assumed the task
imposed n upon ssaod them Tho COMMITTEES hayo
an almost bewlllerlng mass OF mut-rtnl.
said to amount to $500, ,odo, 900, and It Is
any claim to 1t. These arc all Americans. aud
| the money ts n the Bank Of England; It is tho
accumulated fortune loft by two brothers To q
John Hyde, the heir IN question, came TO-
| America from England IN tho yeas 17Ba. Ho
was cloth-dresaor By trade, and soou after bis
hat bunsss snS n s0oas Ioax sna. o~ long
he remained has not yot been ascertalncd, but It
| Is certain tint he married Frcnchwotnnn IN
| New York and tttcEya5de !, enlisted; As wont % 70
ton. He Was killed In battle, leaving widow
IN Nov York, with saycfal children. Many Of
these have bccn traced, and they are now con-
t,ibuttng services and noney to e. p9sses'loa
eseir s snces'er. Tbt. ss @osey 'sk sss isit %
ey BIZ wo two rss esSs, e eiua s wsea saa
quite young, amasscd Immense wealth
Ind died iuiessatc. Repute, alter ali these
years, gives them the highest elaim to be elsssad
- ssl III they ware doyosedy attached to each other,
/ md owed mitch OF their succcss In life to
honesty and integrity In dealing.
The estate Was all In money and stocks, and
Il IT, smoantad noun t to @ troatyvs ss ysars
ago, and that heing tho case, It hos probably
rsssDs passss + q 10 z Yoa a. ob.nsd,7 @ p 4
England, glycn IN connection With this
.eetye The fortune. This is because It Il money:
hare Eone to the Crown, tho bofrs being aliene.
In January last this opinion WIS given and
made public, and since TINT time some OF taa
tablIsh their right. They found Tint for fow
to advance IN the matter suddenly. would
ouiy serve probably to throw the whole mat
s. essh eoer 0 esnsy ey yhss ssss nx ds
cidcd 10 gather together all the descendants Of
John Hyde, collect nl the documents necessary
9s s E bass set5 81 rsa ad pts !Sa aI Hemps III
ths Hd.n monoy, ay but aled. his S Was oss tho
present claimants say, TO the feet that % these
and 70 cleared away a great, deal Of
.he 4ssl John liyds, sd and, 5s:iSs., put
worth, a. Il seldcn, and many other prominent
followed il until tley discovered they wore
kns a q S a'%tS.y o. 9 ssat hs h'eue
Two enormous volumes on tue hyde family;
These are now IN the hands OF tho present
rs!slss' rsee1s fSss ssae%ss Induced
take up tho subject through an adVertiscnent
that appeared In tho London Times on the 9Th
Of Aprtl, 1851. Soon after a nect!ng Of the
family was called 10 Boston, md there were
: present on TINT Occasion some 300 momboFs OF
J boz. and nancy ended ID failure when ihey
won't to England Tho Hyde family eau ba
tr1cod, 1t ls held, back to the rot9u Of Quecn
st9Ss aa9 s It nv a% .as ss HaE a
INIT theY arc In no way connected with tho
American branch, VINO OVID III this catate, and,
ssnes; .s It & s sefg s T. ese o &c. H. G.
Parke last evening In relation to the subject
, tiat Is ou SO many tongues at the present mo-
ment NJ paEke as: ~ an r. 'pfd r1 At y II, -, work. a
|
at,aro Of TINT litlu balance. Ny wife Ia hyde.
She oomea directly fro1n Jnhn and 10 do bosh
these ladies yon $50 here. nm @ @orly connestca.
!. ostab'ish our Identity and claim by two old
family Dtbles In which tho records Of the several
D mou,6ers hayo been carefully kept. aud after
that by tho certificates a'd documents In charge
! "Thcro IL toiue l!tslo difficulty at present IN
. | tracing johns whole life here; but we will mas
I tcr ali that T1lcss difficulties aro not due to
|
p p'eses snl Localities asd .acl ike, NoT, tleSs
!. oalied Quasa strest, snd 50 Ia iets of cases N
/ the times NC are dealing With. can settle The
snssmo9t questio@n @ In Albany ana ;I prove IT, ,hs
. know atl ahont John's children md Williams,
+ anil won't haro the loast difficulty tn establish
'ny who Nc a.e knS" 9n1g a anrs o. ts tanS
y tho ladies' talk among themselves and bring W
: thelr grandmother, and eroat aunt, and III tho
lo,aalaasr ot ths , family a but ttt really toot
. osted. We Iaya il ~ horo bsforc us. and VI
Q are ro.ng 70 DO eseryshtng In our power to hslp
d | . youpR lady undeF 20. She is represented noN
a ~ lawyer, but VIC shall al scnd tho same rop.
, resen.atisss to England. Haa good dea!
taking W my tLno ,ay,ng ,A,y thought they tney
) family, but then suppose shall
- have to put up With mora Of TINT
4 sortot thing. Ono gentleman came who may
~ be attic 10 assist and will, bare no doubt, to
= the best Of bis ability, John Hyde, the artist
Of Boston, Is ons Ut tic genuine family, thuk
4 nnl there ara IN Boston ManY others. l thlns
ii wo shall number fully $50. It will take us aoa
X tima to anass Ill Tia proofs and testimony wa
Il require; but when II ID entirely ready-anl W.
IA ieGl confident thai there eau ba no mshap-wo
:: !: Will dispatch our messenger 10 EnSland.n
10 A Posoued Cigar.
" A bridegroom nj Grinnull, H.. received 4 c!.
ro gar by mall, accompanied by the written aaaur-