Tenth Generation

784. Nicholas IDE was born about 1620 in Ide, Devonshire, England. He died on 18 October 1690 at the age of 70 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA. Mentioned several times in Early Rehoboth (Richard Lebaron Bowen, 1948) as son-in-law of Thomas Bliss and as owning 3 acres of meadow (p. 159). He is mentioned as having acquired the share of John Houlbrook in 1643. He was listed as an inhabitant of Rehoboth February 7, 1689. He was listed among the Rehoboth soldiers who served under Major Bradford in King Philip's War.

See "The Pennsylvania Branch of the Ide Family" by Silas C. Ide, 1940. Martha BLISS and Nicholas IDE were married on 16 May 1647 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA.³⁰⁵

785. Martha BLISS was born on 8 December 1622 in England. She died on 3 November 1676 at the age of 53 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA. also referred to as Martha Wheatlie of Belstone. There's a question as to whether this Martha married Nicholas Ide. Martha married Nathaniel Toogood and Benjamin Carpenter, according to Carl Boyer in Ancestral Lines, p. 95.

Children were:

392	i.	Timothy IDE.
	ii.	Nathaniel IDE was born on 11 November 1647.
	iii.	Mary IDE was born on 10 December 1649.
	iv.	John IDE was born in December 1652.
	v.	Martha IDE was born in October 1656.
	vi.	Nicholas IDE was born in November 1654. He died before 3 July 1723 at the age of 68 in Attleborough, Bristol Co., MA. He was a weaver. His will dtd. February 18, 1722/23, probated July 23, 1723. Names wife, children.
	vii.	Elizabeth IDE was born on 6 April 1658.
	viii.	Dorothy IDE was born on 11 May 1662.
	ix.	Patience IDE was born on 25 May 1664.
	x.	Experience IDE was born in October 1665.
	xi.	Margaret IDE was born (date unknown).
	xii.	Samuel IDE was born (date unknown).