Hannah KIDDER

Hannah married Benjamin HEYWOOD in 1706 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Benjamin (son of John HEYWOOD and Sarah SIMMONDS) was born on 7 Mar 1682/3 in Concord, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; died on 04 Jan 1763 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Benjamin HEYWOOD was born on 16 Sep 1712 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 12 Mar 1728 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
2. James HEYWOOD was born on 23 Jul 1714 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 20 Nov 1716 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
3. John HEYWOOD was born on 18 Jan 1716 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 06 May 1728 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
4. Hannah HEYWOOD was born on 05 Dec 1717 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
5. Elizabeth HEYWOOD was born on 23 Jan 1720 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
6. Sarah HEYWOOD was born on 02 Apr 1722 in Billerica, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
7. Joseph HEYWOOD was born on 13 Dec 1724 in Billerica, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
8. James HEYWOOD was born on 13 Dec 1724 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 06 Nov 1791 in Chelmsford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

James married Elizabeth BROWN on 23 Sep 1677/8 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of William BROWN and Elizabeth RUGGLES) was born in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 10 Aug 1691 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Excerpt from "A Genealogy of The Kidder Family": Ensign James Kidder, the progenitor of practically all persons in the United States who bear his surname, believed to have been born at East Grinstead, Sussex, England, about 1626; died at Billerica, Middlesex County, Mass., 16 Apr. 1676, "aged fify" according to contemporary records. He married at Cambridge, Mass., presumably late in 1649 or early in 1650, Anna Moore of that place, born in England about 1630; died at Billerica in 1691, daughter of Elder Francis and Katherine Moore. She married secondly at Chelmsford, Middlesex Co., Mass., 17 Mar. 1684/1685, William Underwood of that town.
James Kidder's probable birthplace, East Grinstead, is a small town about thirty miles from London, and in the near vicinity of Maresfield, ancient seat of the Kidder family. Nothing is known of his early years nor of the reasons which prompted his leaving the home of his fathers to settle in New England where he is believed to have arrived about 1649, shortly before his marriage to Anna Moore.........
That Ensign Kidder was a man of high standing in the community in which he lived is evident from the fact that he married the daughter of so prominent and prosperous a man as Elder Francis Moore of Cambridge, as well as from his varied activities there and in Billerica, where he filled civil and military positions of responsibility, and where he was active in church affairs.
He died leaving an estate of about three hundred and seventy pounds, not a large one measured by present standards of wealth, but a comfortable one for the period in which he lived...

Excerpt from "A History of the Kidder Family": In 1675, when King Philip's war took place, he was in the public service, and kept guard over the small trie of Indians at Wameset, now forming part of Lowell,and soon after was appointed to the command of a garrison-house, which contained seven families, including his own and that of his son James. He died, April 16th, 1676, in the midst of the war, aged about 50, it has been suggested from disease caued by his exposure in this war, which was the most trying time ever seen in New England......"Thus passed away the patriarch of the family in this country; and though no stone marks the spot or perpetuates his memory, the name seems destined to live through all coming time, as his descendants,now numbering some Thousands, are spread over this broad land, from the Penobscot to the shores of the Pacific, and from Canada to Louisiana," representing nearly every occupation and profession, in many of which the name has gained considerable prominence. His descendants have fought in all the wars of the Union, in all grades from the private to the colonel, and in the last war the name was largely and honorably represented both on land and sea.

James married Anna MOORE about 1651 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Anna (daughter of Francis MOORE and Katherine ?) was born about 1630 in England; died in 1691 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 1630, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

William married Elizabeth RUGGLES in 24 Apr 1655 in Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Elizabeth was born on 08 Dec 1633 in Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1685 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Daughter of George Ruggles and Elizabeth

James married Elizabeth ? about 1600. Elizabeth was born between 1580 and 1605 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: 22 May 1639, Was made a freeman

Francis married Katherine ?. Katherine died on 28 Dec 1648 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]