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William Keniston, one of the brothers, was a petitioner of Sanborn- ton, 1768, and soon after he settled in Northfield. The history of Sanbornton gives a record of his service in the Revolution. He m. - Keniston, of Durham. Ten children. Order of age not known.
i. DAVID. Lived in Northfield.
ii. LYDIA. m. David Dustin (see).
iii. JONATHAN. m. June 9, 1788, Sarah Cilley, of Andover. He lived in Andover.
2. iv. WILLIAM, b. Oct. 10, 1760.
v. FRANCIS. Lived in Wilmot and Northfield.
vi. JOHN. m. August 16, 1793, Hannah Bartlett, of Andover. He settled in Andover.
vii. SUSAN.
viii. SARAH.
ix. PRISCILLA.
x. ANNA.
2. WILLIAM KENISTON, son of William 1, b. Oct. 10, 1760, removed about 1790 to Sanbornton. His farm below Union bridge for many years was known as the Keniston place. He was an intelligent man of unblemished character. He m. Nov. 27, 1788, Sarah Morrison, b. March 25, 1770, dau. of Ebenezer Morrison (see). She d. Dec. 6, 1839. He d. Oct. 30, 1853. Ten children.
i. SALLY, b. Oct. 18, 1789. m. Dec. 6, 180S, Robert Smith, b. June 16, 1785, son of Joseph Smith. Res. Campton.
ii. WILLIAM, b. June 24, 1791. m. May 16, 1813, Lydia Glines, of Northfield. Res. Campton. He d. Nov. 11, 1816.
iii. AGNES, b. June 25, 1793. m. Feb. 25, 1812, Timothy Silver, b. May 8, 1790, son of John Silver, of Sanbornton. Removed to Craftsbury, Vt. Ile d. Jan. 8, 1861.
iv. EBENEZER, b. April 6, 1795. m. Harriet Crane; lived in Boston, Campton, Hampton, and Sanbornton. He d. Dec. 8, 1863. She d. August 30, 1859. Nine children.
3. v. JOHN, b. March 14, 1797.
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vi. . SAMUEL, b. Dec. 8, 1798. m. March 4, 1824, Elizabeth Baker, b. Campton, Oct. 8, 1807, dau. of Maj. Benjamin and Hannah (Wyatt) Baker. Res. Campton, where he d. August 21, 1870. He was a selectman, representative, and fife major in the militia. Five children.
vii. DAVID DUSTIN, b. Feb. 20, 1801. Lived in Rumney.
viii. LYDIA, b. Oct. 15, 1804. m. Rev. Oliver Barron, a Baptist minister in Rumney, Campton, Sanbornton, and in Maine. He d. Wood- stock, 1869. She d. in Plymouth, Nov. 20, 1891.
ix. ABIGAIL, b. Oct. 5, 1806. m. William Moses, of Campton. Their son Thaddeus Stillman Moses m. Emily Jane Currier, dau. of Aaron 19 Currier (see).
X. JACOB MORRISON, b. June 28, 1808. m. Sylvia Ann Croney, and removed to Rumney. His dau. Annie m. Charles D. Kelly (see).
4. xi. GEORGE WASHINGTON, b. Dec. 22, 1810.
xii. ALMIRA S., b. June 6, 1814. m. Samuel Jewell (see).
3. JOHN KENISTON, son of William 2, b. March 14, 1797. m. Dec. 28, 1820, Mary Baker, b. Campton, August 14, 1803, dau. of Maj. Ben- jamin and Hannah (Wyatt) Baker. He was a successful merchant in Campton thirteen years. His position in that town is attested by the town records. He was a colonel in the militia, moderator, over- seer of the poor, selectman many years, and a representative from Campton, 1831, 1832, 1834, 1836, and 1844. He removed from Campton to Plymouth, 1848. He was a director of the Citizens' National Bank and trustee of the Iona Savings Bank from their organization until his death. He was respected by all and his good judgment and experience supported his growing influence in the public and financial affairs of the community. He d. Sept. 27, 1874. His wife d. March 28, 1874.
5. i. CYRUS, b. Oct. 11, 1823.
ii. MARY BAKER, b. March 6, 1826. m. Walter D. Blaisdell (see).
iii. JOHN WESLEY, b. June 18, 1829. d. Feb. 22, 1830.
iv. MARTHA JANE, b. March 19, 1835. m. Thomas F. Glynn (see).
v. DORA DAVIS, b. June 27, 1840. Mt. Holyoke College, 1861. m. Nov. 11, 1863, Charles W. Johnson, of Manchester, who d. 1866. m. second, Nov. 11, 1869, Silas Wright Davis, M.D., of Plymouth (see).
4. GEORGE WASHINGTON KENISTON, son of William 2, b. Dec. 22, 1810, was a superintendent in Cady's Stone Works, Medford, Mass. Soon after his marriage he removed to Thornton, and five years later to the Baker farm in Campton. He was an active, respected citizen.
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He was a selectman of Thornton and a representative of Campton, 1859, 1860, and deputy-sheriff. He m. Sept. 14, 1837, Deborah Davis Baker, dau. of Col. Davis and Hannah (Church) Baker, of Campton. He d. in Campton, Sept. 29, 1884. She d. Plymouth, March 20, 1904.
i. EMMA ELIZABETH, b. Feb. 11, 1839. m. William Thornton (see).
ii. GEORGE HANCOCK, b. Sept. 29, 1840. Was a soldier in the Civil War, serving in 11th Mass. Battery, and became permanently lame. He m. 1864, Anna Childs, of Stoneham. Res. Stoneham. iii. ANN, b. Oct. 1, 1847. d. Nov. 7, 1866.
6. iv. DAVIS BAKER, b. July 1, 1850.
5. CYRUS KENISTON, son of John 3, b. Oct. 11, 1823. Dartmouth College, 1845. He heeded not the traditions of the college by entering one of the learned professions, but followed the inspiration of his family by becoming a merchant. He conducted a store in Plymouth from 1848 to 1879. He was a genial man of culture and ability. He was a deputy-sheriff, and sometimes accepted a town office, but he had no ambition for public life. He m. in South Reading, Mass., Nov. 27, 1856, Pamelia Ann Hutchinson, dau. of William Hutchinson, of South Read- ing. He d. Dec. 18, 1890. She d. August 26, 1899. Three children.
i. KATHLEEN, b. Dec. 28, 1857. d. Jan. 13, 1858.
7. ii. JOHN, b. July 15, 1859.
iii. WILLIAM HUTCHINSON, b. July 12, 1862. d. Oct. 20, 1864.
6. DAVIS BAKER KENISTON, son of George Washington 4, b. July 1, 1850. Removed from Campton to Plymouth, 1883. He was pro- . prietor several years of a clothing store, and is now in the same line of trade in firm of Keniston & Batchelder, the partner being Moses A. Batchelder. He is treasurer of the Plymouth Veneer Company, and an enterprising, respected citizen. He m. Jan. 4, 1876, Ada Elizabeth Howe, dau. of Lucius M. Howe (see). Three children.
i. ELIZABETH HOWE, b. Oct. 5, 1876. m. Jan. 18, 1902, Kennedy Furlong Rubert, b. Geneva, N. Y., son of Charles Bennett and Sarah L. (Thomas) Rubert. He is a successful physician of Owego, N. Y. (1) Elizabeth Thorndike, b. June 17, 1903.
ii. DAVIS BAKER, b. Sept. 14, 1880. Dartmouth College, 1902.
iii. SARAH THORNDIKE, b. Oct. 23, 1881. Plymouth High School, 1898. Smith College, 1903.
7. JOHN KENISTON, son of Cyrus 5, b. July 15, 1859. Graduate Conference Seminary, Tilton, 1879. He is a teacher of music and a conductor of musical assemblies, and the organizer and leader of the Keniston band. He has always res. in Plymouth.
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He is superintendent of the public schools of Ashland, chairman of the school board of Plymouth, and a member of the town history committee. From the beginning he has been a useful member of. the committee and has warmly supported every enlargement of the early plans concerning the work. He m. in Boston, Mass., July 15, 1884, Elizabeth Perry Freeman, b. Boston, July 11, 1862, dau. of Asa and Elizabeth (Perry) Freeman.
i. CARL WINTHROP, b. May 14, 1885. Plymouth High School, 1903. Student, Massachusetts Institute Technology, Boston.
ii. EVERETT ASA, b. Feb. 17, 1887.
iii. WILHELMINA RUTH, b. Dec. 27, 1888.
iv. MIRIAM ELIZABETH, b. August 12, 1891.
v. RACHEL PAMELIA, b. April 21, 1901.
KEYES.
1. SOLOMON KEYES, emigrant ancestor, m. in Newbury, Oct. 2, 1653, Frances Grant. He lived in Newbury until about 1665, when he acquired land and removed to Chelmsford, where he was a town clerk and tithing-man. He d. March 28, 1702. Five children b. Newbury, and five b. Chelmsford.
2. MOSES KEYES, son of Solomon 1, b. Chelmsford, March 21, 1671. m. Mehitable - -. He lived in Chelmsford, and received grants of land in the several divisions of the common land. Six children.
3. EZEKIEL KEYES, son of Moses 2, b. Chelmsford, March 19, 1699. m. Abigail - -. He lived in Chelmsford, where he d. 1742. His children were Sarah, Ephraim, Abigail, Jonas, and Abner.
4. EPHRAIM KEYES, son of Ezekiel 3, b. Chelmsford, August 14, 1727. m. in Billerica, July 11, 1751, Rebecca Townsend ; he lived a short time in Billerica and in Dunstable, coming to Plymouth, 1764, where he d. 1802. They had eight children.
5. i. EZEKIEL, b. August 24, 1752.
6. ii. EPHRAIM, b. Dec. 11, 1754.
7. iii. EBENEZER, b. Nov. 18, 1755.
iv. SAMUEL, b. 1758. m. in Plymouth, Feb. 7, 1788, Sarah Merrill, b. 1766. He was taxed in Plymouth, until 1789, when he removed to Rumney. A record of this family has not been secured. A daugh- ter, Hannah, m. John Dearborn. His widow Sarah d. in Plymouth. v. STEPHEN, b. Jan. 24, 1760. Served five enlistments in the Revolu- tion. He was with his brother Ezekiel in Capt. Everett's com- pany ; in Capt. Willoughby's company; in Capt. Tarlton's company. May, 1778, he enlisted for two years into the Con-
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tinental service and assigned to Col. Scammell's regiment; dis- charged May 30, 1780. He enlisted, March 21, 1781, into the Continental service for three years. He removed from Plymouth, 1788. He m. Nancy Webber, and was deceased 1818.
vi. REBECCA, b. May 29, 1762. m. June 19, 1781, Benjamin Smith, of Wentworth. He was a pensioner. He d. July 14, 1838. She was a pensioner and d. after 1840.
vii. SALLY, b. 1764. unm. Was living 1850.
viii. MARY, b. 1766. m. Nathan Emerson (see).
5. EZEKIEL KEYES, son of Ephraim 4, b. August 24, 1752, was a soldier in Capt. Everett's company, Col. Bedel's regiment, nearly all the year 1776. He m. in Plymouth, Oct. 4, 1778, Miriam Rowell, and removed 1788, from Plymouth to Orford, returning to Plymouth, 1810. He was a pensioner. His wife d. about the date of his return to this town. He m. second, June 12, 1815, Elizabeth McCollister, of Bridgewater. He d. about 1846.
i. SAMUEL, b. May 29, 1780. m. in Orford, June 27, 1805, Betsey Tierney.
ii. JONAS was a soldier in War of 1812. He was taxed 1814 and 1815.
iii. JESSE. m. June 18, 1807, Sarah George, of Strafford, Vt.
iv. JONATHAN.
v. LABAN, b. 1796. Was in the U. S. army. Subsequently he m. Joan Condon. d. Washington, Ill., August 7, 1883.
vi. ELIZABETH.
vii. DEBORAH.
viii. SYBEL.
ix. JOANNA. m. Jesse Jenness (see).
6. EPHRAIM KEYES, son of Ephraim 4, b. Dec. 11, 1754. m. Oct. 13, 1777, Bridget Sawyer, b. Dec. 25, 1756. He lived in Plymouth until 1800, when he removed to Rumney. He d. July 10, 1831. She d. June 14, 1839. Ten children.
i. ABIGAIL, b. June 6, 1778. m. 1804, Amos Craig and removed to St. Johnsbury, Vt.
ii. JAMES, b. July 22, 1779. m. Sept. 7, 1806, Mary Harvell, dau. of James Harvell (see). He removed from this town to Rumney, 1807. Seven children : (1) George, b. June 18, 1807. d. unm. April 29, 1840. (2) Henry Spalding, b. Feb. 19, 1809. (3) Wil- liam, b. Feb. 15, 1812. (4) Ephraim. (5) James P., b. April 19, 1820. (6) Andrew J. (7) Mary J. (8) Martha M.
iii. BETSEY, b. April 20, 1781. m. Nov. 17, 1805, Nason West. He d. in Plymouth March 7, 1808. She m. second, 1811, Thomas Clif- ford (see).
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iv. MARY, b. March 29, 1783. m. Jacob Bean (see).
8. V. SAMUEL, b. Dec. 18, 1784.
vi. EPHRAIM, b. Nov. 21, 1786. d. Jan. 24, 1790.
vii. JOSHUA, b. August 30, 1788.
viii. SALLY, b. July 14, 1790.
ix. EPHRAIM, b. Feb. 17, 1792.
x. BRIDGET, b. May 20, 1794. m. 1820, Benjamin Bickford.
xi. ISAAC, b. April 26, 1796.
xii. ALMIRA, b. June 2, 1798.
9. xiii. LEWIS, b. Feb. 16, 1800.
7. EBENEZER KEYES, son of Ephraim 4, b. Nov. 18, 1755. m. in Plymouth, Dec. 10, 1778, Esther Hildreth. He lived in Rumney until 1805, when he returned to Plymouth, where he d. about 1828. He was a soldier in the Revolution, serving in Capt. William Walker's company, Col. David Gilman's regiment, from Dec., 1776, to March, 1777. Eleven children. Order of age is not known.
i. EBENEZER, b. April 15, 1785. m. April 23, 1806, Betsey Kelley. He lived in Rumney, Plymouth, 1807-1818, and Haverhill.
ii. BENJAMIN H., b. 1791. Taxed in Plymouth until 1840. He m. 1818, Mehitable Bickford. Intentions recorded in Plymouth. He removed to Barton, Vt. IIe d. Brookfield, Mass., Jan. 20, 1858.
iii. STEPHEN. Was taxed in Plymouth until 1829. He m. 1821, Martha Keyes, of Rumney.
iv. ABEL. Was taxed until 1821.
v. TOWNSEND.
vi. SEWELL. Was taxed until 1831. Removed to Concord. He m. August 24, 1826, Mary Ann Place, of Rhode Island.
vii. ESTHER.
viii. REBECCA.
ix. MARY.
x. OLIVE.
xi. CHARLOTTE. m. Dec. 4, 1822, John D. Small.
8. SAMUEL KEYES, son of Ephraim 6, b. Dec. 18, 1784, removed to Ashburnham, Mass., where he m. Dec. 5, 1811, Abigail Benjamin, b. June 17, 1789, dau. of Daniel and Tamezin (Felton) Benjamin, of Ashburnham. He lived a few years in Ashburnham, and in Weston, Mass., returning to Plymouth, 1812. In 1820 he removed again to Ashburnham, where he d. March 16, 1868. She d. Feb. 16, 1869. Nine children.
i. ANN MARIA, b. March 13, 1813. m. James Cooper, of Jamaica Plain, Mass.
ii. JOHN T. G., b. Nov. 10, 1814. d. August 14, 1829.
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iii. SAMUEL H., b. August 13, 1816. m. 1841, Elizabeth C. Newell, of Lynn, Mass. He was a farmer in Ashburnham, Mass., where he d. March 31, 1843.
iv. DANIEL B., b. Oct. 22, 1818. m. Mary Jane Stevens. He d. in Boston, Mass., August 14, 1856.
v. ELIZABETH J., b. August 27, 1822. m. James Cooper.
vi. SARAH H., b. Oct. 19, 1824. m. Sept. 22, 1845, Lewis Kimball Ward, b. March 24, 1823, son of Jacob and Sally (Whitmore) Ward, of Ashburnham, Mass.
vii. CHARLES S., b. Feb. 23, 1827.
viii. CATHERINE W., b. July 13, 1832. m. Feb. 26, 1854, Otis P. Butler, son of Jabez and Betsey (Boyden) Butler. They lived in Rindge, where she d. April 7, 1880.
ix. CAROLINE W., twin, b. July 13, 1832. m. Nov. 15, 1870, Aaron S. Sawtell, son of Aaron and Ruth (Metcalf) Sawtell, of Rindge. She d. Oct. 4, 1878.
9. LEWIS KEYES, son of Ephraim 5, b. Feb. 16, 1800. He lived in Rumney. m. Jan. 1, 1822, Henrietta Ramsay, dau. of David Ramsay (see). He d. May 10, 1874. She d. March 6, 1871.
i. SARAH GRACE, b. August 26, 1822. m. July 31, 1848, Samuel O. Greenough, of Rumney (see).
ii. ELIZABETHI GOODHUE, b. Feb. 8, 1824. d. Nov. 4, 1826.
iii. JOSEPH CARPENTER, b. Jan. 24, 1826. m. Nov. 27, 1851, Sarah II. George, dau. of Benjamin George (see). She d. Jan. 10, 1864. m. second, Dec. 14, 1865, Almira Willoughby.
iv. ELIZABETH MARIA, b. Dec. 21, 1827. d. Oct. 21, 1844.
v. ANGELINE H., b. June 23, 1829. d. same day.
vi. LOUISA ADALINE, b. Nov. 7, 1831. m. Knights Stoddard Osgood, b. Nov. 15, 1828, son of William and Mary B. (Stoddard) Osgood. He is a tailor, Roxbury, Mass. See " History of Milford."
vii. MARY EMELINE, b. Sept. 19, 1833. m. Chase W. Calley (see).
viii. HANNAH VALERIA, b. Feb. 9, 1836. Res. Boston.
ix. CAROLINE MARIA, b. Oct. 9, 1840. m. Feb. 9, 1864, William Har- rison Lake. She d. Dec. 30, 1866.
ยท 10. JONAS KEYES, son of Ezekiel 3, and brother of Ephraim 4, b. Chelmsford about 1730. He m. in Billerica, April 21, 1756, Elizabeth Townsend, and removed from Hollis to Plymouth, 1764, where he lived until he d. 1815. In 1771, and later, he had a ferry across the Pemigewasset River. Five children are named in his will, which was proved Oct. 6, 1815.
i. EZEKIEL. m. June 12, 1815, Elizabeth McCollester, of Bridgewater.
ii. BETSEY.
iii. ANNA.
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iv. PETER, b. Dec. 26, 1761. Was a soldier in the Revolution, serving from July 15 to Oct. 1, in a squad of scouts in Coos, commanded by Lieut. Jonah Chapman, of Campton. He was one of the six months' recruits raised in June, 1780, to reinforce the Continental Army. He m. in Plymouth, Nov. 1, 1781, Rhoda Durkee, and lived in this town until 1795, when he removed to Sheffield, Vt., and from Sheffield to Pittsfield, Vt. A record of his children is not available. In 1835, he removed to Eagle, Wyoming County, N. Y., to live with his son.
v. JOHN. m. June 26, [1797, Martha Avery, and was taxed until 1806.
11. NATHAN T. KEYES, belonging to some of the foregoing families, was taxed in Plymouth, 1818-1833. He m. Sept. 14, 1819, Polly R. Bickford, of Campton.
12. OLIVE KEYES was a resident of Plymouth. There is a record of intention of marriage, 1793, of Adam Nutt to Olive Keyes, and May 2, 1795, Jonathan Springer married Olive Keyes. Whether Olive changed her mind, or whether there were two of the same name, I am uncertain. Adam and Jonathan could tell.
KIDDER.
1. JAMES KIDDER, b. East Grinstead, Sussex, England, 1626. Was in Cambridge, Mass., before 1650, where he m. Anna Moore, dau. of Elder Francis and Catharine Moore. He settled in Billerica, Mass. He was an ensign in Capt. Danforth's company, 1675, and his house was one of the garrisons. He d. April 16, 1676. His widow m. second, March 17, 1684/5, William Underwood, of Chelmsford, Mass.
2. JOHN KIDDER, son of James 1, b. Billerica, 1655/6, m. Dec. 3, 1684, Lydia Parker. He purchased five hundred acres in Chelmsford, and there resided. Twelve children.
3. JOSEPH KIDDER, son of John 2, b. Chelmsford, August 11, 1697. m. 1720, Hannah Proctor, and settled in Sutton, Mass., and after several years removed to Nottingham West, now Hudson. He d. August 15, 1758. She d. 1786.
4. JOB KIDDER, son of Joseph 3, b. Sutton, Mass., July 14, 1725. Was in Hudson, and settled in Goffstown about 1760. He was an active, useful man. By wife Molly he had sons Elijah, Noah, Job, and Benjamin. Job the father d. Oct., 1823, aged 98.
5. JOB KIDDER, son of Job 4, was a resident of Goffstown. No dates are given, but he was born about 1746.
6. DANIEL KIDDER, son of Job 5, b. in Goffstown, m. Ruth Mudgridge.
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7. BENJAMIN KIDDER, son of Daniel 6, b. Goffstown, April 8, 1813, m. Dec. 23, 1847, Jane M. Hadley, b. Sept. 25, 1827, dau. of John Hadley. He removed to Plymouth, 1864. He d. August 21, 1882. Seven children b. Goffstown and three in Plymouth.
i. WEALTHY ANN, b. Sept. 5, 1848. d. April 4, 1851.
ii. SUSAN P., b. April 19, 1850. d. Dec. 9, 1851.
iii. MARY P., b. Jan. 13, 1852. m. Sept. 7, 1867, Henry A. Sparks, of Stowe, Vt., farmer.
iv. ELLEN T., b. June 3, 1854. m. Nov. 19, 1872, Nathaniel D. Drew, of Ashland, farmer.
v. WILLIS, b. Nov. 16, 1856. m. Nov. 10, 1897, Ida M. Stafford, dau. of Isaac Duane Stafford (see). He res. in Plymouth. (1) - b. Jan. 11, 1900. d. young.
vi. IDA D., b. July 4, 1860. unm. Res. Stowe, Vt.
vii. ANNA E., b. Oct. 10, 1863. m. April 26, 1884, Charles L. Barnard (see).
viii. HERBERT J., b. April 15, 1866. m. June 20, 1897, Mabel P. Thomp- son, b. August 24, 1869, dau. of Thomas P. Thompson, of Frank- lin. He is a machinist. Res. Franklin.
ix. SADIE JANE, b. August 30, 1868. m. August, 1895, Elmer Shaw, of Moscow, Vt.
X. ARTHUR W., b. Dec. 22, 1871. m. May 31, 1899, Nellie A. Clark, b. March 7, 1875, dau. of Albert J. and Nellie M. (Emery) Clark. He is a blacksmith. Res. Tilton.
8. EPHRAIM KIDDER, son of James 1 and Anna (Moore) Kidder, b. Billerica, Mass., August 31, 1660. m. August 4, 1685, Rachel Crosby, b. August 30, 1660, dau. of Simon and Rachel (Brackett) Crosby, of Billerica. He lived in Billerica, where he d. Sept. 25, 1724. His wife d. Sept. 14, 1721. Nine children.
9. BENJAMIN KIDDER, son of Ephraim 8, b. Billerica, Mass., Au- gust 3, 1702. m. Nov. 9, 1731, Hannah Richardson, b. July 7, 1712, dau. of Andrew and Hannah (Jefts) Richardson. He settled in Bedford, Mass., where his wife d. July 5, 1752. Four children d. in infancy.
10. JOHN KIDDER, son of Benjamin 9, b. Bedford, Mass., August 2, 1740. m. Jenny Lynn, about 1762. They removed, 1769, to New Chester, now in Bristol. He was a soldier in the Revolution, serving at Bennington, 1777, in Col. Mooney's regiment, 1778, and in Con- tinental service, 1780. He d. in Bristol, Sept. 7, 1828. His wife d. August 3, 1833 (see " History of Bristol"). Of their eight children two are named below.
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11. i. JAMES, b. April 30, 1771.
ii. BETSEY, b. May 25, 1781. m. Enoch Cheney (see).
11. JAMES KIDDER, son of John 10, b. April 30, 1771. m. Mary Blake, b. August 16, 1775, dau. of Oliver S. and Deborah (Ingalls) Blake. They lived on Kidder Hill, the homestead being partly in Plymouth and partly in Hebron. Subsequently he removed to Enos- burg, Vt., where he d. Oct. 30, 1833. They had five children, two of whom are named below.
12. i. OLIVER BLAKE, b. August 19, 1796.
13. ii. REUBEN, b. August 9, 1798.
12. OLIVER BLAKE KIDDER, son of James 11, b. August 19, 1796. m. Betsey Dodge, b. Nov. 6, 1794, dau. of John Dodge, of Enosburg, Vt. He removed to Kidder Hill, where the two oldest children were born. In 1840 he removed to Plymouth, where he d. July 2, 1854. She removed to Chelsea, Mass., and d. in Orland, Me., Jan. 9, 1875.
i. MARY A. m. - -- Marston, and lived in Warren.
ii. JAMES D., b. 1824. Was furniture mover, Boston, Mass. He m. Kate Dodge. Res. Charlestown and Somerville. d. 1887.
iii. ELIZABETH, b. 1826. m. Henry Partridge, of Orland, Me.
iv. HARRIET, b. 1828. m. Isaac Eaton.
v. CLARISSA, b. 1830. m. Ambrose Bradley, of Lowell, Mass.
vi. LOUISA, b. 1833. m. Corey Smith, of Somerville, Mass.
14. vii. AMOS MANSFIELD, b. March 28, 1837.
13. REUBEN KIDDER, son of James 11, b. August 9, 1798. m. Nov. 6, 1823, Sarah Powell, b. March 3, 1800, who d. in Plymouth, March 5, 1860. He m. second, Nov. 2, 1861, Rhoda Collier. He removed from Plymouth to Turner's Falls, Mass., where he d. April 30, 1875.
i. MARY, b. Oct. 25, 1827. m. Alexander McMurphy, of Alexandria. She d. Feb. 14, 1852.
ii. ELMIRA, b. April 27, 1830. m. Warren Glover (see).
iii. ORPAH, b. Dec. 30, 1834. d. July 18, 1835.
iv. DAVID SMITH, b. Dec. 9, 1838. m. Sept. 3, 1861, Augusta Ann Boynton, dau. of John Boynton (see). He was in trade in Bristol until 1868. IIe now res. at Chicopee Falls, Mass. Four chil- dren : (1) Fred S., b. March 4, 1863. Res. East Orange, N. J. (2) Infant, b. August 13, 1871. d. Sept. 22, 1871. (3) Cora Augusta, b. March 23, 1873. (4) Minnie Belle, b. Feb. 13, 1876. Res. Chicopee Falls, Mass.
14. AMOS MANSFIELD KIDDER, son of Oliver B. 12, b. Hebron, March 28, 1837. The family removed to Plymouth when he was three years
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of age. He attended the schools of Plymouth and the Chelsea High School. He was a clerk in stores and a bank in Boston six years, when he became connected with the Lynn & Boston Railroad, of which he was a director, treasurer, and for three years the manager. In these employments he proved his capacity. In 1865 he removed to New York, and engaged in banking, founding the well-known firm of A. M. Kidder & Co. He maintained an interest in a profitable business until his death. From 1883 until 1897 he lived in Plymouth, build- ing Kidder's block, and a substantial residence, and doing much for the improvement of the streets and adornment of the village. He d. April 25, 1903. He m. Lucy Noyes, dau. of Henry Noyes, of Chelsea, Mass. Three children.
i. HARRY WALTER, b. 1859. d. August 22, 1867.
ii. WILLIAM MAGEE, b. Feb. 5, 1864. m. Dec. 13, 1889, Emily F. Bliss. He d. May 16, 1902. Three children : (1) Amos Mans- field, b. March 23, 1892. (2) Delos Bliss, b. July 25, 1894. (3) Margaret Emily, b. Sept. 18, 1898.
iii. LUCY WARREN, b. Dec. 29, 1867. m. June 12, 1895, Edwin M. Bulkley, a banker, and member of the firm of Spencer, Trask & Co., of New York. Res. Englewood, N. J. Four children: (1) Harold Kidder, b. June 30, 1896. (2) Katharine F., b. Jan. 2, 1898. (3) Lucy Kidder, b. April 22, 1901. (4) Edwin M., b. Sept. 13, 1903.
KIMBALL.
1. RICHARD KEMBALL, emigrant ancestor, b. England, about 1595. Sailed from Ipswich, England, 1634. Settled in Ipswich, Mass., 1637. d. June 22, 1675. He m. Ursula Scott. ni. second, Oct. 23, 1661, Margaret Dow, widow of Henry Dow, of Hampton.
2. BENJAMIN KIMBALL, son of Richard 1, b. Ipswich, Mass., 1637. Lived in the part of Rowley later Bradford, Mass. m. 1661, Mercy Haseltine, dau. of Robert. He d. June 11, 1695.
3. DAVID KIMBALL, son of Benjamin 2, b. July 26, 1671. m. Eliz- abeth Gage, dau. of John Gage. m. second, about 1717, Ruth -. He. d. June 14, 1743.
4. AARON KIMBALL, son of David 3, b. June 7, 1710. He removed to Hopkinton about 1740. m. Dec. 17, 1730, Susannah Smith. He d. July 30, 1760.
5. SAMUEL KIMBALL, son of Aaron 4, b. Hopkinton. m. Feb. 5, 1767, Susannah Jewett. m. second, May 25, 1789, Susannah Clement. He lived in Hopkinton.
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6. JOSEPH KIMBALL, son of Samuel5, b. Hopkinton, Sept. 1, 1783. He m. Nov. 28, 1804, Nancy Currier, b. Concord, Sept. 26, 1787, dau. of William and Mary (Carter) Currier, of Plymouth (see). They settled in Groton, where he was a prominent citizen, a justice of the peace, town officer, captain in the militia. In 1820 he removed to Plymouth, and lived first on the Samuel Emerson farm, where he built a house, and later on the Marsh farm. In 1834 he journeyed to Elgin, Ill., returning to Plymouth in the autumn. In February, 1835, he returned to Elgin, where his son Samuel had located. In returning to Plymouth for his family, he d., after an illness of five days, at Perry, Ohio. His widow and the younger children of the family removed to Elgin, where she d. Sept. 22, 1888, only four days less than 101 years of age. Seven children b. in Groton and two in Plymouth.
i. WILLIAM CURRIER, b. Feb. 17, 1806. m. June 9, 1835, Caroline Willard, b. Jan. 24, 1813, dau. of William R. and Eleanor M. Willard. He left Plymouth, 1828, and after a few years in Sher- brooke, P. Q., he removed, 1837, to Elgin, Ill. He was a mer- chant, active in public affairs and Mayor of Elgin, 1871. He d. May 5, 1875. She d. Jan. 3, 1884. Seven children.
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