Keywords: Clyde, Clyd, Moffit, Rankin, Rockingham County, Londonderry, Windham, New Hampshire, NH, Lunenburg, Billerica, Cambridge, Boston, Massachusetts, MA, Tyrone, Ireland, Brickmaker, Spinning Wheel, Militia, Eigth Regiment, Lexington Alarm, Minute Men Greetings fellow researchers. I am hoping someone on the list has information on Hugh Clyde, brother to Joseph Clyde, Sr. If you have information on any of the Rockingham County Clyd (Clyde) family, please let me know. What follows is information Colonel Joseph Clyde, Jr., son of Daniel Clyd of Londonderry and Windham. Source: BOOK: Geneological and Family History of the State of New Hampshire, Vol 2, Pg 940-941; Ezra S. Stearns. FICHE, LDS-FHC 6046857 pg 17. "Colonel Joseph, eldest child of Daniel and Esther (Rankin) Clyde, was born in Londonderry, Ireland, in 1722, and died in Windham, June 7 1805, aged eighty-three. He accompanied his father's family to America and shared the hardships of the voyage to Massachusetts and of the following winter. At that time he was about ten years old. He learned the brickmaker's trade, and worked for a time in Billerica. After his marriage he settled on what is still known as the Joseph Clyde farm in Windham, where he built a one-story house near the highway, a few rods from the present house, where the ancient cellar is still to be seen. He took a foremost position in the town's affairs, and was selectman in 1749-50. He was commissioned lieutenant of a military company, May 7, 1764, and captain of the company, which was a part of the Eighth Regiment, May 3, 1770. When the "Lexington Alarm" reached Windham, Captain Clyde, who commanded the company of minute men in the town, was plowing in the field. He left his plow in the furrow and started immediately at the head of his company, each man having been notified. The women -- wives, mothers, and sisters of the soldiers -- at once cooked a large amount of food, and sent it to the front to the men. One of Captain Clyde's brothers loaded his horse quite heavily with provisions which his mother had cooked, and followed the company. It is not certain how far this company went, nor the length of the time of its service, as the muster-roll is lost, but it is not improbable that they joined the New Hampshire militia near Boston, as Captain Clyde's pay-roll to Cambridge for the services of his men was 35 pounds 8 shillings. He was commissioned captain of a company of minute-men, with the rank of colonel, February 16 1787. He married in Billerica, Massachusetts, Margaret Moffit, born in county Tyrone, Ireland, and came to Londonderry, New Hampshire, with her father when seven years of age. They were thirteen weeks and three days coming over, and when they arrived at Boston the passengers offered prayers of gratitude before leaving the ship. Her father was a maker of spinning wheels. He lived in Lunenburg, then a part of Billerica. He accidentally cut his wrist and bled to death. She used often to tell in her later years how plentiful wild animals were when she first settled in Londonderry. Sometimes, while she was spinning, the bears looked in at the windows of her cabin. Colonel Clyde kept two dogs, one to stay at the house with his wife, the other to hunt bears of of the corn. The children of this couple were: Daniel, Ann, Margaret, Mary, John, and Joseph...." This is just an extract. There is more information in the book. I do not have it, so unfortunately cannot do look ups. If you have a copy of this book for sale, or know where I can purchase it, please let me know. As always, let me hear from you if you make a connection. Happy hunting. Shannon Clyde Katy, Texas http://wwclyde.com/clydefamily