Kidder Family in Alstead - USGenWeb

Lieut. Samuel Kidder served in a company of Rangers in the French and Indian War, and accompanied it on an expedition against the City of Quebec which,
however, had been taken before his arrival. Samuel Kidder then went to Alstead, New Hampshire, at the time a little settlement in the wilderness.

Samuel Kidder served during the Revolutionary War, he appeared on a list of officers to be commissioned, 1 July 1776. Samuel Kidder was commissioned 20 July 1776,
before the town Council. He served as a Lieutenant in Captain John Brewer's 1st Company, of Colonel Josiah Brewer's, Penobscot Regiment.
He served as Lieutenant in Capt. Amos Shepard's Company, Col. Benjamin Bellow's Regiment, in June and July 1777.

Children, born at Alstead:
i. DELIVERANCE, b. 1 Nov. 1774; d. 15 Mar. 1864; m. 17 Nov. 1797, PHINEAS OLDS, b. 12 Oct. 1767; d. 2 May 1842, son of Ezekiel and Elizabeth Olds.
Children (surname Olds), probably born in Williamstown:
1. Jesse, b. 16 June 1798; d. 28 Aug. 1801. 2. Samuel, b. 12 Mar. 1800; d. 4 Feb. 1854; m. Polly Fuller. 3. Polly, b. 1 Jan. 1802; d. 21 Jan. 1802. 4. Betsy, b. 16 May 1803; d. 6 Oct. 1862; m. 8 Apr. 1823, David Burnham. Nine Children. 5. Almira, b. 6 Mar. 1805; d. 22 Oct. 1807. 6. Elisha, b. 5 Apr. 1807; d. 19 Oct. 1874; m. (1) Abigail W. Flint; m. (2) Mary A. Deming; m. (3) Electa E. J. Huie. 7. Mehitable, b. 17 May 1809; d. 20 Mar. 1816. 8. Louisa, b. 14 Nov. 1811; d. 10 Apr. 1859; m. 8 Apr. 1833, George D. Fellows. 9. Lewis, b. 14 Mar. 1814; d. 19 June 1875; m. 16 Apr. 1840, Eunice Scovel. 10. Mehitable, b. 24 Mar. 1817; d. 1 June 1900; m. 21 Sept. 1844, Miles J. Stebbins.

ii. BETSEY, b. 19 Aug. 1776; d. at Sullivan, N.H., 28 Mar 1843; m. at Alstead in Dec. 1827, DALPHON GIBBS, of Sullivan, b. 15 Feb. 1778, son of Jonathan and Lucy Gibbs.

iii. AMOS , b. 21 Feb. 1779.
iv. JOHN b. 20 Feb. 1781.
v. SAMUEL b. 11 Jul. 1783.
vi. MAYNARD b. 30 Dec. 1785.

vii. HANNAH, b. 5 Mar. 1788; d. at Dixon, Ill.; m. JAMES HATCH, of Surry, Cheshire Co., N.H., b. at Acworth, Sullivan Co., N.H., in 1787.
Children (surname Hatch):
1. Samuel, b. at Surry, 1 June 1823; d. there 21 Feb. 1824. 2. Eliza, b. at Surry, 1 Apr. 1825; d. there 11 July 1830. 3. Child, b. in Illinois.

- - - - Lieutenant JAMES KIDDER (James3, John2, James1), born at Chelmsford, Mass., 14 or 3 May 1745; died at Alstead, N.H., 10 June 1820.
He married at Upton, Worcester Co., Mass., 18 July 1771, DEBORAH WOOD, born at Upton, 31 Mar. 1749; died at Alstead, 30 Dec. 1830
daughter of Capt. Ezra and Anna (Chapin) Wood of Uxbridge, Mass.

James Kidder during the Revolutionary War marching to the Lexington Alarm on 19 April 1775, serving for 10 days, with the rank of Sergeant,
in Capt. Andrew Elliot's Co. of Col. Learnard's Regiment. He served in Capt. Bartholomew Woodbury's Co. in the same Regiment and rank,
receiving pay for billeting at Sutton, MA, on 9 Dec. 1775. He also served in Capt. Abijah Burbank's Co., of Col. Jonathan Holman's Regiment,
for 41 days and 76 miles, marching to Providence, RI on 10 Dec. 1776. James Kidder was commissioned Lt., in Capt. Andrew Elliots Co.
of Col. Jonathan Holman's Regiment, served 30 days which included 290 miles travel to and from Worcester County, MA, to reinforce the Northern Army
at the taking of British General Burgoyne. He served in 1776, 1777, and 1778 in the 5th Worcester Company of which he was commissioned.

Children, born at Alstead:
i. ANNA, b. 22 Jun. 1772; m. JONAH BROOKS, son of Chapin Kidder Brooks.
Children (surname Brooks): 1. Chapin Kidder, b. in 1803; d. 3 Dec. 1881.
ii. JAMES, b. 27 Jul. 1774.
iii. ABIGAIL, b. 8 Oct. 1776; d. 16 July 1832; m. Dr. ISAAC BAKER.
Child (surname Baker): 1. Osman C., b. at Marlow, N.H., 30 July 1812; d. at Concord, N.H., 20 Dec. 1871. He became a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
iv. CHAPIN, b. 12 Apr. 1779; d. unm. 24 Mar. 1847.
v. EZRA, b. 29 Jul. 1781.
vi. GRACE, b. 28 May 1784; d. at No. Brookfield, MA, 1 Feb. 1872; m. JOSIAH BRYANT.
vii. DEBORAH, b. 25 Sept. 1787; d. at Peterbourough, NH, 26 June 1864; m. DALTON BLAKE.
viii. NAHUM, b. 20 Feb. 1790.

THOMAS KIDDER (James3, John2, James1), born at Chelmsford Mass., 8 Nov. 1746; died at Enfield, NH, 25 Nov. 1827, aged 81.
He married PHEBE AXTELL, born 12 Mar. 1748; died at Enfield, 3 June 1815, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Sherman) Axtell
of Marlborough, Mass., and later of Grafton, NH.

Children, born at Alstead:
i. ISAAC, b. 19 Jul. 1770.
ii. SARAH, b. 27 Sept. 1772; d. at Enfield, 5 Sept. 1802.
iii. PHEBE, b. 21 Jan. 1777; d. at Enfield, 3 Sept. 1838.
iv. THOMAS, b. 10 May 1779; d. at Shaker Village, NH, 20 Sept 1840.
v. JASON, b. 30 Oct. 1781; d. at Enfield, 7 Jan. 1869.
vi. ELI, b. 28 Jul. 1783; d. at Shaker Village, N.H., 9 Jan. 1867.

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