James Kidder (jr?) was born to James Kidder (sr? b.1595, d.1684) in East Grinstead, England in 1626. James Kidder was in Cambridge MA in 1649. He and Anna, his wife, were members at the Cambridge church in Full Communion. In 1655, James occupied a farm of 289 acres which was situated in what is now East Cambridge. They settled in Billerica MA about 1659, and were charter members of the church there.
In Dec, 1661, James signed the Billerica Compact; served as a Juror at Cambridge in 1662; made Sargent of Military Compound at Billerica in 1662; and, in 1675, was Sargent in the militia during King Philip's War. In this responsibility, he kept guard over a small tribe of Indians at Wamesit, now a part of Lowell, and was, afterward, in command of a garrison house containing seven families, including his own.
James Kidder died April 16, 1676, near Billerica, during an Indian attack.
CHILDREN:
Hannah b 1649/50 m Nathaniel Kettle
James b 1652 m Elizabeth Brown
Dorothy Kidder 1654 m Jonathan Hyde Jr.
Thomas b 1657
John b 1656 m Lydia Parker
Nathaniel never married
Ephriam b 1661 m Rachel Crosby
Stephen b 1662
Enoch b 1664 M Mary Haywood m2) Hannah Crosby
Samuel b 1666 m Sarah Griggs
Sarah b 1667 m George Brown
Joseph Kidder b 1670
SOURCE: The New England Ancestry of
William Calvin Fortenberry
By: Delores Bateman Tousinau
(Used with permission)
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In Dec, 1661, James signed the Billerica Compact; served as a Juror at Cambridge in 1662; made Sargent of Military Compound at Billerica in 1662; and, in 1675, was Sargent in the militia during King Philip's War. In this responsibility, he kept guard over a small tribe of Indians at Wamesit, now a part of Lowell, and was, afterward, in command of a garrison house containing seven families, including his own.
James Kidder died April 16, 1676, near Billerica, during an Indian attack.
CHILDREN:
Hannah b 1649/50 m Nathaniel Kettle
James b 1652 m Elizabeth Brown
Dorothy Kidder 1654 m Jonathan Hyde Jr.
Thomas b 1657
John b 1656 m Lydia Parker
Nathaniel never married
Ephriam b 1661 m Rachel Crosby
Stephen b 1662
Enoch b 1664 M Mary Haywood m2) Hannah Crosby
Samuel b 1666 m Sarah Griggs
Sarah b 1667 m George Brown
Joseph Kidder b 1670
SOURCE: The New England Ancestry of
William Calvin Fortenberry
By: Delores Bateman Tousinau
(Used with permission)
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James Kidder (jr?) was born to James Kidder (sr? b.1595, d.1684) in East Grinstead, England in 1626. James Kidder was in Cambridge MA in 1649. He and Anna, his wife, were members at the Cambridge church in Full Communion. In 1655, James occupied a farm of 289 acres which was situated in what is now East Cambridge. They settled in Billerica MA about 1659, and were charter members of the church there.
In Dec, 1661, James signed the Billerica Compact; served as a Juror at Cambridge in 1662; made Sargent of Military Compound at Billerica in 1662; and, in 1675, was Sargent in the militia during King Philip's War. In this responsibility, he kept guard over a small tribe of Indians at Wamesit, now a part of Lowell, and was, afterward, in command of a garrison house containing seven families, including his own.
James Kidder died April 16, 1676, near Billerica, during an Indian attack.
CHILDREN:
Hannah b 1649/50 m Nathaniel Kettle
James b 1652 m Elizabeth Brown
Dorothy Kidder 1654 m Jonathan Hyde Jr.
Thomas b 1657
John b 1656 m Lydia Parker
Nathaniel never married
Ephriam b 1661 m Rachel Crosby
Stephen b 1662
Enoch b 1664 M Mary Haywood m2) Hannah Crosby
Samuel b 1666 m Sarah Griggs
Sarah b 1667 m George Brown
Joseph Kidder b 1670
SOURCE: The New England Ancestry of
William Calvin Fortenberry
By: Delores Bateman Tousinau
(Used with permission)
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In Dec, 1661, James signed the Billerica Compact; served as a Juror at Cambridge in 1662; made Sargent of Military Compound at Billerica in 1662; and, in 1675, was Sargent in the militia during King Philip's War. In this responsibility, he kept guard over a small tribe of Indians at Wamesit, now a part of Lowell, and was, afterward, in command of a garrison house containing seven families, including his own.
James Kidder died April 16, 1676, near Billerica, during an Indian attack.
CHILDREN:
Hannah b 1649/50 m Nathaniel Kettle
James b 1652 m Elizabeth Brown
Dorothy Kidder 1654 m Jonathan Hyde Jr.
Thomas b 1657
John b 1656 m Lydia Parker
Nathaniel never married
Ephriam b 1661 m Rachel Crosby
Stephen b 1662
Enoch b 1664 M Mary Haywood m2) Hannah Crosby
Samuel b 1666 m Sarah Griggs
Sarah b 1667 m George Brown
Joseph Kidder b 1670
SOURCE: The New England Ancestry of
William Calvin Fortenberry
By: Delores Bateman Tousinau
(Used with permission)
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