Bryant/Maddox/Parr/Hyde Genealogy: From William Hyde to Nancy Hyde

8th Generation: John Henry Hyde

• John was born in 1746 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
• He married Catherine Rouse, and they had four children together: William, Elizabeth, Benjamin, and John.
• When Catherine died in childbirth, he remarried a lady named Rebecca Leatherwood, and they had four children together: Henry, Rachel, Annie, and Margaret.
• John was one of the first settlers of Pleasant View, North Carolina.
• He died in 1819 (73 years old) in Lincoln County, North Carolina.

8th Generation: Catherine Rouse

• Catherine was born in 1750 in Norfolk, Virginia.
• She was previously married to a man named Sharp and had a son named Thomas Sharp from her first marriage. Her first husband died and left her a widow.
• She married John, and they had four children together:
  • William (1769-?)
  • Elizabeth (1770-1830) (60 years old) Died in Burke County, North Carolina
  • Benjamin Wesley (1772-1850) (78 years old)
  • John (who we are descended from) (1774-1818) (44 years old)
• Catherine died in 1774 (24 years old) in Lincoln County, North Carolina due to childbirth.

Rebecca Leatherwood (second wife)

• Henry (?-?) Born in Lincoln County, died in Missouri
• Rachel Messer (1783-1865) (82 years old)
• Annie
• Margaret Johnson (1775-1850) (75 years old)