This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: KIDDER, DANFORTH, SNOW, PHELPS, KITTREDGE, HOVEY, BOWERS, Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AFB.2ACE/1809 Message Board Post: History of Billerica, Massachusetts, with a Genealogical Register by The Rev. Henry A. Hazen, A.M. Boston: A. Williams and Co., 1883 Genealogy section Page 83. THOMAS KIDDER: 6. Thomas, son of Ephraim, 3, b. 1700, Aug. 3; m. 1726, May 10, Rachel Danforth, dau. of Samuel, 3. She d. 1764, Sept. 15; he m. 1767, July 7, widow, Susanna Phelps, of Andover, (see KITTREDGE, 9). He d. 1791, Jan. 8, in Tewksbury. Ch. Jonathan, 10, b. 1728, March 26. Francis, b. 1730, July 15; d. 1748, Sept. 15. Rachel, b. 1732, May 22; m. 1751, July 8, John Hovey, of Malden. Allice, b. 1734, May 18. Abigail, b. 1735-6, Jan. 10. Hannah and Dorothy, b. 1738, Oct. 19. Hannah m. 1761, Jan. 1, William Bowers, of Chelmsford. >From the above note: FRANCIS KITTREDGE: 9. Francis, son of John, 2, b. 1706, Oct. 27; m. 1) Lydia _____, who d. 1736, Aug. 1, and he m. 2) before 1740, Susanna Snow. She m. 2d, _____ Phelps, of Andover, and 3d, Thomas Kidder, 6. <So, it appears that the 2nd wife of Thomas KIDDER had the full name: Mrs. Susanna (SNOW) (KITTREDGE) (PHELPS) KIDDER> Francis and Lydia KITTREDGE had children: Francis, b. 1728, Josiah, b. 1730, d. 1744, Zephaniah, b. 1832, Lydia, b. 1734, d. 1736, Solomon, b. 1736. (Lydia d. 2 mos. after childbirth) Francis and Susanna had children: Reuben, b. 1740, d. 1743, Jessoniah, b. 1742, d. 1754, Susanna, b. 1744, d. 1745, Susanna, b. 1746, Rebecca, b. 1747, Reuben, b. 1749, d. 1754, Josiah, b. 1752 d. infant, Abial, b. 1753. It appears that, even though they lost several children, the ones who lived, according to the book, had "numerous" descendants ! ============================================= Special thanks to BETTY (Lowell) Massachusetts Middlesex Rootsweb Mailing list for this transcription.