This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Benjamin Hyde, Thomas Hyde Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4Yk.2ACIB/1122.1 Message Board Post: I wonder if they aren't related to other Hydes, specifically a Benjamin Hyde of Annapolis Maryland. I've heard that a lot of Tory families moved from the 13 colonies to Canada to excape persecution/retribution when the war ended. And they often sought places with familiar names. Any ideas? I'm related through my mother to a whole slew of Hydes of Annapolis Maryland, some of whom have descendents scattered around the country now, including two direct descendents (second cousins to me) who live in Kileen Texas. One of the Annapolis Maryland Hydes was Mayor of Annapolis Md. Right after the Civil war. His grandfather was purportedly a "financieur" of the American Revolution. Just curious