Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 06:16:23 -0500 Subject: KIDDER Surname - Any Information at All - Kidder Families or Placenames Hi Betty, I can give you a little bit of information about Kidder(s). Every little bit helps. The information is copied from Maine Families in 1790 Vol.1 Lynde in Maine Page 92 Samuel Dutton, b. Townsend MA 26 Oct 1746 (VR) s of John & Johanna (Crosby) Dutton of Billerica MA: d Bangor 26 Mar 1807 (Bangor Historical Mag., 3;151): m (1) Concord MA 23 Aug 1768 Ruth Edward (VR) who d 21 Nov 1802: m (2) Hampden 11 Aug 1804 Amelia Kidder (VR: Samuel moved to Hallowell c1770, and to Bangor in 1803. He served in the Revolution. Children: births (VR) Hallowell: death Maine Historical magazine 9:71-2 i. Samuel Edwards, b 16 Jun 1774: d Bangor 16 Feb 1830: m Hallowell 2 Jan 1803 marcis Page (Bangor Historical Mag., 3:151), dau. of Robert & Abigail (Brown) Page of Readfield. She d. Bangor 3 Aug 1863 (g.s. Mt. Hope cem) ii. Jonas, b. 22 Jan 1776: d 26 Dec 1807. iii. James, b 23 Oct 1777: d Readfield Jan 1805: m Hampden 10 Apr 1804 Polly Patterson. iv. Rhode a b 19 Aug 1781: d East Machias 16 Dec 1825: m. Eddington 10 Oct 1802 Dr. Horatio Balch (VR). v. Ruth, b 15 Dec 1783: d Bangor 11 Jan 1846 (will in Pen co Probate Feb 1846) vi Sophia, b. 2 Aug 1786: d Bangor 14 June 1836 (g.s. Mt. Hope cem): m Bangor 21 may 1807 John Godfrey of Hampden (VR)................................ 2.John Polersky b c1747 m Nancy Puchard who d 29 Aug 1850...Children: Nancy, Lucy m. 1 jan 1807 Edward Kidder (Dresden church records)John, Francis F. (there is more information)............................................................ 3.Samuel Dunton b Westport 1745 m. 17 Nov 1768 Lydia Crosby (VR Woolwich) dau og Simon & Lydia (Kidder) Crosby, b. Billerica, MA.Eight children with information................................................................... ........ 4.Nathaniel Harlow, b. Plymouth MA m. Mary Shaw 9 Dec 1782 (Plymouth MA church records) Children: (Bangor Historical Magazine, 4:98 1. Mary m. Capt. Robert Parker (VR) 2. Nathaniel, b. 17 Aug 1785 m. (1) Mary Wyatt (2) Sarah Wyatt (3) Mary Kidder of Norridgewock (VR) who d 19 Nov 1836 age 40. (4) Sarah Mason, who d 14 Sept 1851 age 48 (5) Mrs. Sarah Plummer, widow of Charles Plummer (VF) who d 2 Mar 1870 age 71y. (also a bit more information) (this man ate a lot of wedding cake)