Hello, I just checked the 1941 "KIDDER book" and the Joseph KIDDER mentioned as having been born in 1761 turns out to be a first-cousin of my ancestor, Calvin KIDDER, b1765, and his two brothers, Wilder and Joseph. The 3 KIDDER brothers who lived in New Ipswich and Temple, NH, as adults had 2 other brothers. Thomas (Cornet) KIDDER, the oldest brother, remained in the Westford, MA, area, and Francis KIDDER, the youngest brother, seems to have lived in both Concord, MA, and Tyngsboro, MA. And, Francis KIDDER, and his wife, Lucy _____, had 10 children. One of them was a son, Joseph KIDDER, b1761 in Concord, MA. The book says that this Joseph KIDDER had his name appear on the list of men who marched from Temple, NH, to Cambridge, MA, on the Alarm of April 19, 1775, and he was later on the roll of Capt. SMITH's Company, enlisted for service in NY, out of Col. Enoch HALE's Regiment, Sept. 21, 1776. The book also says that he had married for the second time to Huldah STILES of Temple, NH (b. Middleton, MA) in 1795. And, they had children born to them from 1795 to 1814, so he could not have been the soldier who died in NY in 1777. (Joseph and Huldah moved to Topsham, ME, at some point and remained there.) Thank you for your time. Betty (near Lowell, MA) P.S. The 4 Joseph KIDDER's mentioned in my other e-mail this morning were: Joseph KIDDER, b1720 CT, with no family information and no date of death. Joseph KIDDER, b1741 MA, who died "after 1777." Joseph KIDDER, b1763 NH, with no further information after 1777. Joseph KIDDER, b1761 MA, who married in 1795. So, the two choices for being the Joseph KIDDER who died at Saratoga, NY, were the man from CT at Age 57, or my ancestor's brother, the man from NH at Age 14 !!