At 10:05 PM 01-22-1998 EST, you wrote: >Lucinda Kidd Roll (1834-1902) was the daughter of John Kidd (1813-1875) and >Siche Maria Booraem (1813-1859), NOT the daughter of William Kidd the pirate >who was hanged in 1701. John Kidd was listed as a "shipper" in the NJ death >records. You'll find Lucinda and her husband Jonathan Smith Roll listed with >John Kidd at Evergreen Cemetery in Hillside, NJ. (More on my web site.) Please >correct your records! >---Robin > >In a message dated 98-01-22 18:26:08 EST, you write: > ><< Jonathan Smith Roll was born in Westfield, Union County, N.J. > > > >Lucinda Kidd was the daughter of Captain William Kidd, the Pirate. > > > >Jonathan & Lucinda lived most of their lives in Elizabeth, Union Co., N.J. > >They lived for a short time in Ovid, Seneca Co., N.Y. Jonathan Smith Roll > >was a Stonemason. They are buried in the Evergreen Cemetery, Elizabeth, > >Union Co., N.J. > > > > Dear Martha, > > Thank you. It will take me a while to look over your pages, they may > contain new information. I will get back to you about any differences. > > Right away I notice one problem: Captain William Kidd was a ferry boat > captain out of Elizabethport, NJ, on Newark Bay, possibly on the > Elizabethport-Bayonne ferry. > > The pirate Kidd is back in the 18th century, and no current relationship > can be proven. This Kidd was hanged, mostly for political reasons, in > England a little before or after the beginning of the 19th century. He had > a wife in New Amsterdam, and may have had children. I understand that he > was a member of the Dutch Reformed Church of New Amsterdam in good > standing. I have a little information about this Kidd, if you are interested. > > Sincerely, > William Henry Roll >> > > Dear Martha, Oops! Got my centuries mixed up. Pirate William Kidd lived in the 1600s (17th cent.); hanged 1701, the first year of the 18th cent. Sorry. Sincerely, William Henry Roll _________________________________________________________________ William Henry Roll Blythe, California [email protected] The Roll Family Genealogy Windmill http://members.aol.com/whroll "A thousand candles have burned themselves out; yet I read on."