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Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 19:58:41 EDT

Subject: Surname: KIDDER
Source: Prescott Memorial by Dr. Wm Prescott, 1870, N.H.

John Prescott (founder of Lancaster, MA) & wife, Mary Platts Line, Lancaster,
MA

p.61
Dr. Jonas Prescott b. August 6, 1754 at Lancaster, MA son of John Prescott &
his
wife, Mary White of Lancaster. Dr. Jonas Prescott m. (1) March 31, 1779,
Susannah Wilder; she died and he m. (2) Ruth Kidder; he studied medicine and
settled at Templeton, Mass., where he died. (he had 5 children by his first
wife).

Subject: KIDDER
Source: Farnsworth Memorial by Moses Farnsworth 1897 2nd Ed. by R. G. Nye
1974

Benjamin Farnsworth/Mary Prescott Line, Groton, MA

p.231
Samuel Barron Locke b. May 1, 1767 son of James Locke, Jr. and his wife,
Hannah
Farnsworth of Ashby, MA. Samuel B. Locke m. 1789, Hannah Russell dau of
William Russell of Littleton, N.H. b. 1765; d. April 5, 1822. He m. (2) Nov
8, 1824,
Polly Kidder of Hollis, N.H. He was at Thetford, VT in 1790, Lempster, N.H.
in
1792 then located permanently at Bethel, Maine. He was a mill-wright and
called to
various places by his business. In Bethel, Maine, he purchased a tract of
land and
erected some mills, now known as "Locke's Mills," owned and occupied by his
sons James & Charles Locke in 1853. He died Oct 12, 1840. He had 10
children by
his first wife Hannah Russell. (see p. 260)

p.260 Samuel Barron Locke & his first wife, Hannah Russell had:
1. Hannah Locke b. 1790 at Thetford, VT d. 1791.
2. John Locke b. 1792 at Lempster, NH m. 1825, Mary Morris b. 1806 at N.J.
3. Luther Locke b. 1794 at Newport, NH died unm.
4. Hannah Locke 2d b. July 8, 1795 at Fryeburg, Maine; m. 1819, William Swan
b.
1792; of Paris, Maine. They resided at Woodstock, ME and had 7 children
(un-
listed.
5. Clarissa Locke b. 1797 at Bethel, ME m. 1821 Josiah Black of Sedgewick, ME
She d. 1848. Resided at Cambridge, NH (9children unlisted)
6. Clementina Locke b. 1799 at Bethel, ME m. 1820 Orin Stone of Dixfield, ME
he died and she m. (2) ____Harvey; had 5 children by 1st husband
(unlisted)
7. Samuel B. Locke, Jr. b. 1801 m. 1825, Lucetta Edgerly b. 1806 at Buxton, ME
They resided there and had 7 children (unlisted)
8. Charles Russell Locke b. 1806 at Bethel, ME m. 1832, Susan Hill b. 1809 at
Saco, ME; resided at Bethel; had 7 children (unlisted)
9. Mary Locke b. 1808 at Bethel, ME m. 1828 Moses Swan b. 1801 at Paris, ME.
he was a carpenter; both he and his wife died in CA (4 children, unlisted)
10. James Locke b. 1803 m. 1826 Marcia Stowe b. 1806 at Newry, ME; had 5
children (unlisted)

Subject: KIDDER
Source: Birth, Marriage and Death Register, Church Records & Epitaphs of
Lancaster, MA 1643 to 1850 by Henry S. Nourse, A.M. 1890
p.141
Timothy Whiting, Jr. of Lancaster & Abigail Kidder of Billerica entered their
Intentions
of Marriage April 12, 1781.

p.255
Abram F. Kidder of Lowell, MA aged 22 yrs m. Sarah M. Burbank of Lancaster, MA
aged 20 yrs. Married Oct 12, 1846 by Rev. Clark Sibley of Harvard, MA

p.347 Baptized at Lancaster's First Church on Aug 23, 1818 were: Sally R.,
Mary W.
and Charlotte Kidder, children of Nathaniel Kidder.

p.149
Heywood Kidder of Winchendon & Zilpah Phelps of Lancaster entered their
intentions
of marriage Oct. 14, 1796.

p.161
Heywood Kidder of Winchenden and Zilpah Phelps of Lancaster were married Dec.
15, A.D. 1796 - Entered by William Stedman, Town Clerk

p.246 Publishments
Feb 15, 1840 - Mr. Levi B. Burbank of Lancaster and Miss Jane Kidder of
Townsend,
MA..

p.345 Baptized at the First Church of Lancaster
October 13, 1811
Jeffry Kidder son of Nathaniel Kidder of Prospect, Maine.

p.344
July 1, 1810.
Nathaniel Augustus Kidder, son of Nathaniel Kidder of Prospect, Maine was
baptized at the First Church of Lancaster.

p.350 Members of the Church of Lancaster, recommended to other churches:
Jan 29, 1797: Zilpah Kidder to the church in Winchendon.

p.167
July 10, 1808
Nathaniel Kidder of Prospect (District of Maine) was married to Sally
Atherton of
Lancaster, MA.

Subject: KIDDER
Source: History of Westford, Mass. by Rev. Edwin R. Hodgman, A.M. 1883
p.459
KIDDER
The first of this name who lived in this town was Thomas Kidder son of John &
Lydia (Parker) b. 1690 at Chelmsford, MA. John 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.)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

James Otis Kidder m. Charlotte F. Bruce. One child Josephine Kidder b. 1849.

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 (MA)
Husbandman, Incorporated Feb 28, 1803

Material gathered and transcribed by Janice Farnsworth

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