Hello, A POWERS researcher e-mailed this afternoon, and, while I was responding, I remembered that when Rev. Walter POWERS built his large home in 1711, it would have been in Chelmsford at the time ! Westford hadn't annexed off yet ! So, it appears that both Thomas KIDDER and Rev. Walter POWERS lived in the part of Chelmsford which annexed off to become Westford. Having said that, I saw the the current Samuel Fitch B&B is directly on the Littleton line, so I am now curious whether the border between Chelmford and Littleton changed at some time. While looking for information on the history of Littleton, I found this "brief history" on their web site: http://www.littletonma.org/General%20Info/history_of_littleton.htm It took me 15-20 minutes to find out when Littleton was incorporated as a town, but it was 1715 ! The various reasons why it was settled in the 1600's, but not incorporated until the 1700's is discussed on the above web site. This also means that, when Rev. POWERS built his large home, and probably had a large property, it would have either been in Chelmsford, or in the "Nashoba" settlement, or half and half ! ... Not only do genealogists also have to be historians, we also have to be geniuses, and very alert ! :o) Betty (near Lowell, MA) P.S. Thank you to Janice for posting the information from the Westford history about the KIDDER name ! Maybe it also mentions the POWERS name ! I'm going to borrow the history of Westford from the Library later this week !