Hello, I have just subscribed to this List, although I already belong to the ME and NS Lists, for different surnames*. I would like to provide the following paragraph from the book, "Early New Brunswick Probate Records (1785-1835)." "KIDDER, Calvin Parish of St. Stephen, Charlotte Co. Intestate. Administration granted 8 March 1802 to Ambrose BATES. Fellow Bondsmen William JACKSON and Jonathan STICKNEY, all of St. Stephen. Inventory, dated 4 June 1802, valued at 72 pounds, including one-eighth part of Harmony Sawmill, by Peter McCALLUM, Robinson CROCKER and Robert HITCHINGS. File also contains a grant of administration on 8 February 1817 of estate of Calvin KIDDER of St. Stephen to Robert HITCHINGS with fellow bondsmen Elisha ANDREWS and Peter CHRISTIE." I have been researching my line of KIDDER men for 8 years, and Calvin Kidder is the only one whom I have very little information on. However, as to not confuse the issue, there were two men, father and son, who were both known as Calvin Kidder! In 1785 Calvin Kidder left Temple, NH, to travel north towards Calais, ME. Some think that he might have had a Land Grant in Princeton, ME. However, at some point, he settled in St. Stephen, NB, instead. Nothing is known about Calvin Kidder (1765-1799) and his married life (or adult life). All I know is that he had a son born to him in January 1799, whose birthname was Joseph Calvin Kidder. But, throughout his life, he was known as just Calvin Kidder (1799-1891). Unfortunately, in March 1799, Calvin Kidder, the father, was killed in a mailboat accident in the St. Croix River. (one of 5 men lost, according to newspaper report). Recently, I saw a vague reference to this Calvin Kidder having been married in St. Stephen in 1798. It must have been early 1798, as their son was born in January 1799. :o) I have no idea who Calvin Kidder's wife was. No information can be found at all on this lady. The son, Calvin Kidder, seems to have grown up in St. Stephen and remained living there until he was at least 30 years old. At around Age 32, he moved across the river and settled in Calais, ME. In 1834, he married Mary Wilkins from northern ME. Calvin and Mary Wilkins lived in and around Calais for most of their married life. They had either 6 or 7 children, depending on resources. Only four children lived to adulthood. Their three married sons all had large farms in.....Princeton, ME. And, Calvin Kidder settled there as an older man, moving in with his married daughter who had a house in Princeton. I would like any information at all about the Harmony Sawmill. Calvin Kidder seemed to be part-owner of the facility. Sometimes with two partners, sometimes with more. And, I would appreciate any other information about things mentioned in the quoted paragraph. Thank you very much for your time. Betty (near Lowell, MA) *One of Calvin Kidder's sons was Joseph Kidder. Joseph married a Clarissa Wilkins from Canterbury, NB. I believe she was one of six children born to George and Mary Wilkins, who had originally lived in northern ME. .... I believe this Clarissa Wilkins might have been a niece of her husband's mother, the former Mary Wilkins. I am also researching the family of Daniel V. Rice and Lucy (McDonald) Rice whose families moved from Digby, NS, to Lubec, ME. Their son, Charles Wellington Rice, married Adelaide Crosby Hutchinson of MA. Charles and Adelaide Rice's daughter, Louise Rice, married George S. Kidder of Princeton, ME, in 1898. They were my great-grandparents. I am also researching another set of great-grandparents who were BRITISH HOME CHILDREN. John Lewis and Mary Corkill, along with seven younger siblings, left Liverpool in 1874, and sailed into Halifax, NS. I am looking for information on the married lives of Joseph Lewis, Mary Lewis, and Elizabeth Lewis, and of Julia Corkill, Esther Corkill, John Corkill, and Robert Corkill, all youngsters in 1874.