Note 100 — HISTORY (continued 2)

The Virginia Gazette on January 27, 1738, announced that Major Cornelius Lyde, “Son of Mr. Lionel Lyde, an eminent merchant in Bristol, died at his House in King William County.” Later it referred to “Capt. Lyonel Lyde of Bristol, [master of] the Gooch.” Mercer’s account with Lyde in Ledger G is headed “Mr Lyonel Lyde, Mercht in London.” Lyde died in 1749 before Mercer settled his account. Elsewhere in the ledger is an account with “Messrs Cooper, Macartney, Powel, & Lyde. Exrs of Lyonel Lyde.” Another Lyonel Lyde, who became “Sir Lyonel” by 1773, was evidently heir to the business.