Person:Elijah Kidder (1)
Elijah Kidder
b.1762 Goffstown, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA
d.1810 Goffstown, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA
Parents and Siblings
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m. Est 1755
  1. Elijah Kidder1762 - 1810
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m. 27 Nov 1783
  1. Jacob KidderAbt 1783 - 1870
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Facts and Events
Name Elijah Kidder
Gender Male
Birth[1][2][3] 1762 Goffstown, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA
Marriage 27 Nov 1783 Goffstown, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USAto Mary Sargent
Death[1][2][3] 1810 Goffstown, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Stafford, Morgan Hewitt. A Genealogy of the Kidder Family: Comprising the Descendants in the Male Line of Ensign James Kidder, 1626-1676, of Cambridge and Billerica in the Colony of Massachusetts Bay. (Rutland, Vt.: Tuttle Pub. Co., 1941)
    85-6, 170-173.

    link Elijah5 Kidder (Job4, Joseph3, John2, James1), b. at Goffstown about 1762; died there in 1810. He married at Goffstown, 27 Nov. 1783, Mary Sargent, born there 8 Mar, 1764; died at Grantham, Sullivan Co., N. H., 30 Mar. 1849, daughter of Trueworthy and Hopestill (Weed) Sargent. Elijah Kidder was a private in Capt. James Aikin's Company of Col. Moses Kelly's Regiment of New Hampshire Volunteers. His name appears on the Goffstown bounty list.
    Children, born at Goffstown:
    i. John, a farmer, born at Goffstown, Hillsborough Co., N. H. in 1784; died there 26 Apr. 1879, aged 95. He married at Goffstown in Sept. 1802, Sally Paige of that place, born there about 1785; died 7 Oct. 1872, aged 87.
    ii. Jacob, born at Goffstown, N. H.; died at New London, Merrimac Co., N. H., 18 Mar. 1870. He married Mehitable Johonnot of Goffstown, born at Sunapee, Sullivan Co., N. H. about 1776; died there 31 Mar. 1859, aged 83, daughter of Moses and Mehitable (Emerson) Johonnot.
    iii. Betsey, b. 13 Sept. 1790; d. at Grantham, 31 May 1889, aged 98 years, 8 months, 18 days; m. at Goffstown, 7 Dec. 1814, Allen5 Kidder (Reuben4, Noah4, Joseph3, John2, James1), No. 267, b. probably at Vassalboro, Kennebec Co., Me.; d. at Grantham, 23 Feb. 1871.
    iv. Edward, born at Goffstown, N. H., 15 Mar. or 29 Apr. 1792; died at Hancock, Addison Co., Vt., 19 Nov. 1872. He married at Enfield, Grafton Co., N. H., 10 Jan. 1820, 5 Kidder (Joseph4, Noah4, Joseph3, John2, James1), born 28 Oct. 1790; died at Hancock, 4 Sept. 1869, daughter of Joseph and Mercy (Fox) Kidder (No. 108).
    V. Polly Sarah, b. in 1799; m. Timothy5 Kidder (Joseph4, Noah4, Joseph3, John2, James1), No. 269, b. at Enfield, N. H. in 1796; d. there 28 June 1873.
    vi. Jesse, of Rochester, Vt., born at Goffstown, N. H., 29 Apr. 1808. He married at Rochester, 5 Dec. 1830, Annie Maria Cary of that place, born there 4 July 1810, daughter of George and Deborah Cary.
    vii. Lucy, m. at Rochester, Windsor Co., Vt., 7 Dec. 1826, Benjamin Martin of that town.

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hadley, George Plummer. History of the town of Goffstown, 1733-1920. (Goffstown, New Hampshire: Published by the Town, c1922-1924)
    2:256-8.

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  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kidder, Frank Eugene. A history of the Kidder family from A. D. 1320-1676: including the biography of our emigrant ancestor, James Kidder, also a genealogy of his descendants through his son John Kidder, who settled in Chelmsford, Mass., about 1681. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1940)
    81.

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  4.   Application Roland Henry Baker, III # 197553, in Register of the Massachusetts Society of Sons of the American Revolution: Historical Memoranda with lists of Members and their Revolutionary Ancestors. (Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States: Massachusetts Society of Sons of the American Revolution, 1899)
    Elijah Kidder Ancestor P-259711.

    (Also see DAR database DAR # A065621) He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War volunteering from Goffstown. On 7 Aug 1778 he served as a private in Capt James Aiken Company in Col Moses Keller's Regiment for 27 days including two days travel to Rhode Island from Goffstown, New Hampshire. He was number six in the Goffstown Bounty List (Page 258, Vol IV, NH Rev Rolls). He and his brother Noah, almost starved to death. After traveling many miles, they finally found a safe place to light a fire. They took "the shoes from their feet, roasted, and ate them, declaring it was the sweetest morsel they had ever tasted." Search the NSSAR Database and Direct Link to Elijah Kidder in the DAR Database

  5.   Elijah Kidder, in Revolutionary War and Pension Records.

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