Hello, I wonder whether there is good information on the families in Chelmsford during the 1600's and very early 1700's. I did have the smaller "history of Chelmsford," but I loaned it to a relative and did not get it back. I've borrowed the larger "history" from the library several times over the years, but not recently. I did purchase that book in CD format, and I haven't looked at that lately, either. In the RICHARDSON information just offered, I noticed that a Cornet HILLS, innkeeper, was mentioned. From my KIDDER research, I know that "Cornet" is a title given to a man (or soldier), so I'm curious who the HILLS man was owned the "inn" and where it was located. Betty (near Lowell, MA) (My KIDDER line goes from patriarch, James, to his older son, John, who married in Chelmsford and lived there. (I think over in the part of town became South Lowell.) I've never found out where John's sons lived in Chelmsford. Except I know that his son, Thomas, lived in the part of town which became Westford, and he lived in the western part of the town near Littleton. And his oldest son was called "Cornet" Thomas KIDDER. My ancestor was one of the 3 brothers moved to New Ipswich, NH, in the mid-1700's. The youngest son remained in the area and lived in Littleton, I believe.) (What has been curious to me is that John KIDDER had 10 children and always lived in Chelmsford, as supposedly most of his children did (early 1700's). But the book has very little information on most of his children. Did they live so far away from the center of town that not enough records were kept on them?)