That is correct. I was looking in the dictionery for correct spelling to a word and I noticed this hide with three seperate bold face headings. I read each and the last one just surprised me to pieces. It goes as follows: hide (with a small 3 above the e), n. old English measure of land, usually 120 acres, concidered adequate for one free family and its dependents. [ME; OE hid (e), hig(i)d, f. hig(an) family, household + - id, suffix of apurtenance] The American College Dictionary - page 570, column 1, bottom of page. Maybe you all already know this. I have not delt with early land records of the colonies as yet. Then to maybe they did not describe the land in this way manner. I find so many learning things in my research that leads me to many things. I do hope this info will help someone on the list. Now if I see that in an old land record I will know what it means. I shall keep a copy of this in my files as reference. Beej