Hello, I've been looking at KIDDER information this week and I'd like to post some information on KIDDER's who were living in Cambridge, Charlestown, Boston, and Medford during the 1700's: o Deacon Samuel KIDDER (James), born in Billerica, MA, in 1665/66. He married Sarah GRIGGS in Cambridge, MA, in 1689. Samuel KIDDER appears to have lived in his youth with an uncle, Francis MOORE, from whom he is said to have acquired by gift the MOORE Mansion house and farm in Cambridge, erected if tradition is to be trusted, by James MOORE in 1660. It stood near the corner of Main and Spruce streets, then Kidder's Lane, about opposite Cedar Street. He owned a mill for the manufacture of malt, in which industry he met with marked success..... He served as selectman from 1716 to 1721 o Deacon Samuel KIDDER (Francis, Samuel, James) was born in Cambridge, MA, in 1720. He married (1) Mary THOMPSON in Medford, MA, in 1744, who died suddenly in 1766. He married (2) Joanna DODGE ~1768. Samuel was a housewright. When a young man he moved from Billerica to Medford, where he resided the remainder of his life (d1777). By industry and acumen he acquired a considerable property. o Deacon Samuel KIDDER (Samuel, Francis, Samuel, James) was born in 1746 in Medford, MA. He married in 1778 in Medford to Mary GREENLEAF of Medford. Samuel, a life-long resident of Medford, was a builder. He took a prominent part in town affairs. During the Revolutionary War he was an ardent patriot and made substantial financial contributions towards its support. ...... About 1806 "Deacon KIDDER" built for his own use a large and handsome house on (248) Forest Street, which for more than a century was occupied by descendants. In later years it was known as the "Osgood Kidder Place." It was set far back from the street and surrounded by 12 acres of rolling and heavily wooded land and attractively laid out walks and gardens. It was one of the beauty spots of Medford. (I believe someone told me it was also known as "The Lilacs.") o James KIDDER (Samuel, Francis, Samuel, James) was born in Medford in 1776. He married in 1798 in Medford to Susannah BRADSHAW. James was a cooper, and he served as toll-gatherer on the Medford Turnpike from 1804 to 1840 (died in 1852). o Samuel KIDDER (Samuel, Samuel, Francis, Samuel, James) was born in 1781 in Medford, MA. He married in Tewksbury, MA, in 1806 to Hannah (PHILLIPS) ROGERS. "Dr." KIDDER, as he was generally known, began business in Charlestown, MA, in 1804 as an apothecary and chemist. .. For nearly 50 years he headed the firm of Samuel KIDDER & Co. in Charlestown. .. He personally originated most of its products. .. After more than a century, the old sign is still in place on the front of the original shop and factory on Main Street. His estate on Cordis Street, Charlestown, was famous for the extent and beauty of its gardens. In 1840 he returned to Medford where he resided until late in life. (He possessed unusual eyesight and was a remarkably fine penman.) o James KIDDER (Samuel, Samuel, Francis, Samuel, James) was born in 1793. James was an artist and engraver, specializing in views and public buildings in and around Boston and Cambridge, and Providence. The June 1813 "Polyanthus," an old-time Boston publication, refers .. to an aquatint, "View of Boston Common" contained in that number as "a specimen of the talents of Master J. KIDDER, a youth of Boston, and also his first essay in aquatint, "Snow's History of Boston, 1825." ....."A description of the Tremont House," published in Boston in 1830 .. contains his "Facade of the Tremont House...." The first number published of the "Daily Evening Transcript," Boston, . 1830, contains a reference to his "Brokers Office" ... which depicts the place of business of his brother, William, with whom he was a time associated as a broker. ... In 1830 he maintained a studio in Winter Street. o Joseph KIDDER (Ephraim, James) was born in Billerica, MA, in 1689. He married in 1736 in Billerica to Dorothy DOWSE of Charlestown, MA. Joseph was a mariner and later a tavern keeper. In 1716 he appears on the records of the Town of Boston as the Master of "ye Brig Mich & Eliza from Barbadoes. No passengers." He was landlord of the "Three Cranes," a tavern in Charlestown, and in 1734 was "keeper" of the famous "Green Dragon Tavern" in Boston. .....This information is taken from the NEHGS "Kidder book" published in 1941, entitled, "Descendants of Ensign James KIDDER (1626-1676) of Cambridge and Billerica, MA....." (It is believed that James arrived in MA ~1646, and ~1656 moved his large family to Billerica.) This is the "Kidder family web site" http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/1255/1255.htm Have a pleasant and safe .. Labor Day Weekend! Betty (near Lowell, MA) "There are two lasting bequests we can give our children; one is roots, the other is wings." Hodding Carter, Jr. "What does Jesus want in his "stocking" on Christmas morning? Loving kindness, a warm heart, and the stretched out hand of tolerance!" The Bishop's Wife (1947)