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Subject: Kidder - History of Westford, Mass. et al
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 13:14:48 EDT

Subject: KIDDER
Source: History of Westford, Mass. by Rev. Edwin R. Hodgman, A.M. 1883
p.459
KIDDER

I.
The first of this name who lived in this town was Thomas Kidder son of John &
Lydia (Parker) b. 1690 at Chelmsford, MA.

.John Kidder was the son of James Kidder and came from Billerica about 1685.

.Thomas Kidder m. Joanna Keyes 1816.
Children:
Thomas, Aaron, Reuben, Joseph and Josiah Kidder (see also History of New
Ipswich, p.405.)

II.
Thomas Kidder m. Elizabeth Wheeler of Acton, MA.
Children:
.Elizabeth b. 1743 m. Zaccheus Green of Concord, MA 1765.
.Isaiah Kidder b. 1749 d. 1759.
.Sarah Kidder b. 1761. This record is evidently imperfect.
There were other children whose births were not recorded, bearing the names
of
Francis, James, Jacob, Mary and perhaps Isaac.
.Thomas Kidder known as "Cornet (military rank) Kidder" died in 1793
aged 75.

III.
James Kidder supposed to be the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Kidder m. Patty
Cummings 1799.
Children:
.James Kidder b. 1800,
.Charles Proctor Kidder b. 1801
.George Kidder b. 1803,
.John Lewis Kidder b. 1805,
.Martha Caroline Kidder b. 1808,
.William Kidder b. 1811,
.Nancy Kidder b. 1814 and
.Mary Ann Kidder b. 1817.

IV.
.James Kidder m. Lucy Pushee of Littleton, 1827. Children:
.James Otis Kidder b. 1831.
.Sarah Jane Kidder b. 1834 and
.Elizabeth Ann Kidder b. 1836.

V.
Charles Proctor Kidder m. Mary Ann Wright 1827.
Children:
.Harriet Kidder b. 1836.
.Nancy Kidder b. 1837,
.Charles Kidder b. 1839 and
.Mary Ann Kidder b. 1841.

VI.
.George Kidder m. Lydia Sawtell 1831.
Children:
.Lydia Maria Kidder b. 1836,
.Laura Ann Kidder b. 1846,
Almira Kidder b. 1849,
Andrew J. Kidder b. 1852.

VII.
James Otis Kidder m. Charlotte F. Bruce.
One child Josephine A. Kidder b. 1849.
Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth
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Subject: KIDDER
Source: Groton Historical Series by Dr. Samuel A. Green Vol 1 Chapter 5
p.3
Capt. Francis Kidder was a Trustee of the Western Society of Middlesex, Mass.
Husbandman, Incorporated Feb 28, 1803
Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth
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Bond's Watertown
p.815
Thomas KIDDER of Watertown, admitted freeman April 18, 1690
p.326
John KIDDER of Waltham m. Nov 2, 1775, Elizabeth Townsend and had dau
ElizabethKidder baptized Oct 13, 1776
John KIDDER, of Charlestown, m. Dec 12, 1780 Ruth Fillebrown of Waltham.
Eliza KIDDER died in Waltham, Dec 13, 1796, aged 27 years.

Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth
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Subj: KIDDER, Phineas
History of Chelmsford, MA - Soldiers, Revolutionary War
LIST OF CHELMSFORD SOLDIERS COMPILED FROM "MASSACHUSETTS SOLDIERS AND SAILORS
OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR."

Kidder, Phineas, Chelmsford. Order on Maj. Barber, dated Cambridge,
June 24, 1775, signed by Col. E. Bridge, for cartridge boxes for said
Kidder and others belonging to Lieut. John Flint's Co.; also, Private,
Capt. Benjamin Walker's Co., Col. Ebenezer Bridge's (27th) Regt.;
company return (probably Oct., 1775); also, order for bounty coat or
its
equivalent in money dated Cambridge, Nov. 30, 1775; also, Private,
Capt. Stephen Russell's Co., Col. Samuel Bullard's Regt., Gen. Warner's
Brigade; enlisted Aug. 15, 1777; discharged Nov. 30, 1777; service, 3
mos.,
28 days, in Northern department, including 12 days (240 miles) travel
home; roll dated Dracut; also, list of 6 months men raised agreeable to
resolve of June 5, 1780, returned as received of Maj. Joseph Hosmer,
Supe~intendent for Middlesex Co., by Justin Ely, Commissioner; also,
descriptive list of men raised to reinforce the Continental Army for
the
term of 6 months, agreeable to resolve of June 5, 1780, returned as re-
ceived of Justin Ely, Commissioner, by Brig. Gen. John Glover, at
Springfield, July 7, 1780; age, 23 yrs.; stature, 5 ft., 9 in.,
complexion,
dark; engaged for town of Chelmsford; marched to camp July 7, 1780,
under command of Capt. Dix; also, list of men raised foir the 6 months'
service and returned by Brig. Gen. Paterson as having passed muster in
a return dated Camp Totoway, Oct. 25, 1780; also, pay roll for 6 months
men raised by the town of Chelmsford for service in the Continental
Army at North River during 1780; marched from home June 30, 1780;
discharged Jan. 7, 1781; service, 6 mos., 19 days, including 10 days
(200 miles) travel home.
Edited by Janice Farnsworth

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