Thomas KIDDER

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Capt.
• Fact: Between 1747 and 1749, Representative for Billerica in the General Court
• Fact: 1762, Representative for Billerica in the General Court

Thomas married Rachel DANFORTH on 10 May 1726 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Rachel (daughter of Samuel DANFORTH and Hannah CROSBY) was born on 14 Aug 1703 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 15 Sep 1764 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Susannah SNOW on 07 Jul 1767 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Excerpt from "A Genealogy of The Kidder Family": Ephraim Kidder with others took the oath of fidelity "before their chiefe officer," 4 Feb. 1677/8. He was taxed in Billerica in 1688. His name appears in a list of men sharing in a distribution of lots in the vicinity of "Rocky Hill," southeast of Billerica, and in a second division made in the Spring of 1708 he received an additional allotment of forty-seven acres. He inherited the old homestead in Billrica, on which he was born, and there he died "in ye 65th year of his age," as the inscription on his tombstone in the old burying ground on the Bedford Road reads. Nereby "lies ye body of Mrs. Rachel (Crosby)," his wife. The estate of Ephraim was administered by two of his sons, Thomas and Benjamin, Joseph "being gone to sea." His inventory totalled L224, a tidy sum for his day.

Ephraim married Rachel CROSBY on 04 Aug 1685 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Rachel (daughter of Simon CROSBY and Rachel BRACKET) was born on 24 Aug 1660 in Braintree, Massachusetts; died on 14 Sep 1721 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]