"There was a Richard Bidwell in Windsor who was buried 25 Dec. 1647; he had a daughter Hannah born there in 1644, on 22 Oct. 1644 according to Hinman, but on 2 Oct. 1644 according to Stiles in his History (under Bidwell) or 22 Oct. 1634 (under Eno), the earlier date evidently being given under the Eno family to make possible the conclusion of Stiles (more probably of his co-editor, Ruth T. Sperry) that James Eno's wife Anna Bidwell, to whom he was married 18 Aug. 1648, was identical with the Hannah daughter of Richard Bidwell who was born by Windsor records in 1644. By setting the date back a decade, she was made nearly fourteen years old when this marriage occurred. Edwin M. Bidwell in his Genealogy accomplished the same purpose more ruthlessly by setting back the birth of Eno's wife to 1624 and making her daughter of an older Richard. Unfortunately, no births of 1624, nor of 1634 either, were recorded in Windsor, the one date being earlier than the settlement of the town, and the other earlier than the organization of town government there."
