Hello, I haven't written about the KIDDER families in a while ! But, I continue to try to help George KIDDER in FL in his attempts to update the 1941 "KIDDER book." One family with a lot of missing information is the James KIDDER family which was one of the first families to leave the MA Bay Colony. He and his wife moved to Mansfield, CT, ~1703 - about when that town was being founded. They had many children born there, but, if you read his paragraph in "the KIDDER book," it seems that many members of his family, including himself, might have been victims of the "Smallpox epidemic" in the 1720's ! One curious thing is that the "KIDDER book" says that the eldest son, James KIDDER, "was appointed executor of his father's estate" in 1729, and "was present at the settlement of his grandfather's estate in Cambridge, MA," in 1734. In 1740, he "deeded" his land to his mother and an "in-law" in Mansfield, CT and moved to VT, and subsequently to Delhi, NY. What is curious is that the KIDDER book has him marrying a Hannah CURTIS (no place, no year), but him not having a son, James KIDDER, until ~1780 -- when James was in his 70's !!! This past week, someone has posted a query about James' brother, Ephraim KIDDER, who married Freedom BARNARD, in Coventry, CT. They had 8 children born there, and then moved to Nine Partners, NY, ~1750, where they had 3 more sons ! The "KIDDER book" only has information on 3 of their sons, Oliver, Abel, and Ephraim, Jr., and one of their daughters (out of 11 children). But the person looking for information is looking for the next-to-youngest son, John KIDDER, b~1755. (One of the sons moved to the "Berkshires" in MA, but we don't know which one !) I was wondering if anyone had any information on these KIDDER families ! And, I was wondering if anyone has any KIDDER information which they would like included in the "updated version" of the 1941 book - which George Kidder in FL hopes to publish next year ! Thank you for your time ! Betty (near Lowell, MA) P.S. I believe Nine Partners was one of those "border towns" which might have been in VT at some point.