Samuel Kidd

Other Events:

• Baptism: 24 Jan 1713, Middlesex County, Virginia, USA
• Grant: 30 Aug 1763, Albemarle County, Virginia; Aaron Kidd - Grantee; 80 acres on the north side of the Rivanna River on the Roundabout Creek.

Notes:

Died:
Will dated August 28, 1775

In the name of God Amen, I, Aaron Kidd of the County of Albemarle, being [thro'] the Abundant mercy of God tho weak in body, yet of a Sound and Perfect understanding, and memory, [do] Constitute this my Last Will & Testament, and desire it may be Received by all as Such.

First I most Humbly bequeath my Soul to god my maker beseeching his most Gracious Acceptance of it, through the all sufficient Jesus Christ who gave himself to be an atonement for my Sins, and is able to Save to the utmost, all that Come to god by him, Seeing he ever [Sesieth] to make Intersession for them, and who I trust will not Reject me Who desires to Come to him for mercy, in this hope & Confidence I Render up my Soul with Comfort, humbly beseeching the most Blessed god [thrum] Christ, to prepare me for the time of my [dis___lution] and then to take me into himself into that peace & Rest which he has prepared for all that love and fear his holy name amen.

Blessed be god I give my body to the Earth [from] whence it was taken in full assurance of its Resurrection from thence at the Last day and as to my worldly Estate it may be distributed as followeth:

As for my debts I positively Order first to be paid, I lend to my Loving wife Susannah Kidd, during her Life all my Estate, if she do not marry, in Case she should marry, then to have her [dowery?] According to Law, my desire is that all her Children live with [her] all that do not [Chuse] to go from her to keep the Estate Together.

Item; I give & Bequeath to my Son William Kidd, all my Land the Other Side the North River, where I formerly lived to him & his Heirs for Ever

Item I give & bequeath this Tract of Land whereon I Live to be Equally divided between [my] two Sons, Benjamin and Samuel & their heirs [for] Ever after my wifes [indeciph.]

Samuel Kidd to have the house & Improvements thereto, Item; I give and bequeath to my daughter Milly Baltimore one Cow, and bequeath all the rest of my personal Estate to be Equally divided between my three daughters Mary & Sarah and Annah Kidd, After my wifes Susannah Kidd decease.

My desire is that my Neighbor Richd[Richard] Omohundro, and my son Benjamin Kidd, May Stand My Executors, to this my Last will & Testament, as Witness my [hand] and Seal this Twenty Eighth day of August in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred and Seventy five.

Stephen Seay Marke Joseph Woolling Aaron X Kidd Seal \\ Richd[Richard] Omohunder his At Albemarle March Court 1776

This will was provd by the Oath of the Witnesses [thereto] and Ordered to be Recorded Test John Nicholas [indecipherable]

Aaron married Susannah in 1743 in Middlesex Co., Virginia.. Susannah was born in 1718 in King and Queen County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Will: 28 Aug 1775, Albemarle County, Virginia; Mentioned in husband Aaron's will

Notes:

Will:
to my Loving wife Susannah Kidd, during her Life all my Estate, if she do not marry, in Case she should marry, then to have her [dowery?] According to Law, my desire is that all her Children live with [her] all that do not [Chuse] to go from her to keep the Estate Together.

Other Events:

• Father's Will: 25 May 1680, Middlesex County, Virginia, USA; Named in father's will: Son William Kidd to have plantation of 200 acres.

Notes:

Father's Will:
....further my will and pleasure is that my sonne William Kid have my other plantation with two hundred acores theirto ajoining;

further my will is that my son William have the first increase of the mare called gemo and then she and her increase be equally devided between my three children, William, Elizabeth & Jane, at their coming of age;

William married Margaret in 1700 in Middlesex County, Virginia. Margaret was born in 1680 in Virginia?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Her last name is NOT Deare. The William Kidd that married Margaret Deare, did so in England in 1644.

There is no proof that she is a Chowning either. If you have proof of that connection, please let me know.

Other Events:

• Emigration: 1648, England to York/Lancaster County, Virginia
• Grant: 31 Mar 1653, Lancaster County, Virginia; Thomas Kidd, Grantee; Description: 200 acres on the south side of Rappahannock River and on the north west side of a south west branch of Burnhams Creek.
• Witness: 1657, Lancaster County, Virginia; Thomas Kidd appears is the Lancaster Order Book, pg 20, as witness to Constable John Woodles and Thomas Conner's deed. Middlesex County was created from Lancaster County and Thomas Kidd was a member of the Christ Church, where the birth of all his children appear, except for the oldest, Thomas Jr, who may have been a son from an earlier marriage.
• Grant: 7 Apr 1664, Lancaster County, Virginia; Thomas Kidd, grantee; Description: 194 acres at the head of Burnhams Creek als Sunderland?s Creek; upon a branch of Peanketank Swamp called White Oak Branch.

Notes:

In reference to Thomas Kidd's parentage and birth place:

The date and place of birth for Thomas is entirely hypothetical, and NOT proven at this time. Sandra Kidd, coordinator of the Kidd Y-DNA Project tracked down a later Kidd who emigrated from Soham, England to the US, and persuaded him to participate in the Kidd DNA Project, and he did not match any of the VA Kidds.

Sandra writes (April 19, 2011):

"Of course, one Y-DNA test does not mean that anything is definite. But when Max's results came in, I delved back into the Ken Smallbone research that had been commissioned by a man named Rod Harless, whose wife is a Kidd from West Virginia.

I had both copies of Smallbone's report and copies of Rod's letters to him. As I read it more closely, I realized that Rod had picked Soham as a point of origin for Thomas Kidd primarily because there were IGI entries for a Thomas Kidd of about the right age to be Thomas of Middlesex Co VA (IGI is a set of records collected by the Mormon Church, you may know of these).

"I was able to track Rod down and ask him what led him to choose this particular Thomas Kidd. The answer: nothing more than a hunch!

He picked this Thomas, and then commissioned Ken Smallbone to research whether the Thomas Kidd of Soham Parish, born ca 1625/6 to William Kidd and Elizabeth Nethercoat, married and/or died in Soham.

Smallbone searched the parish registers (which evidently is a daunting task) and concluded that there was no marriage or death or will for this particular Thomas Kidd, which means he could have left the area. But even if he did leave the area, he could have gone anywhere--Cambridge, London, etc. And more importantly, there is nothing to connect the Thomas of Soham with the Thomas of Middlesex Co VA. and there are a dozen of more Thomas Kidds in the IGI born around this same time--so what led Rod to pick this one, I still do not know.

"This information, needless to say, was a bit sobering--because by this time (2006), the Soham Parish origins had been broadcast far and wide--and I was one of the people helping to broadcast them. It has proven impossible to retract--but I fear there is nothing to support it. I keep looking for another Y-DNA candidate, but I have not yet found one with Soham roots.

"The only possible tantalizing clue--which may or may not have relevance--is that the first record created for Thomas Kidd in then York Co VA (1646) is for the will of a Peter Deare or Death--though the name is more likely Deare. In Soham, there is one marriage for a Margaret Deare to a William Kidd. Could the Deare surname be a connection? I really do not know.

"As a footnote to this tale, I did also manage to contact Ken Smallbone to see if he would pick up the Thomas Kidd research to try to determine if anyone did emigrate to America from the line, or if this Deare-Kidd connection had relevance. He was by then in the main retired, and turned down my offer to hire him."

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In 1648 William Kidd came as an indentured servant sponsored by Richard Lee. He settled on 200 acres on the Burham Creek in Lancaster Co Va on the south side of the Rappahannock River, which became part of Middlesex Co. There were a number of land transactions involving Thomas Kidd between 1658 and 1674. By 1674 Thomas had acquired a 400 acre tract and a 200 acre tract in Middlesex Co.

Many researchers believe Thomas Kidd married Jane Willis, daughter of Thomas Willis, whose lands adjoined those of Thomas Kidd. Her last name hasn't been proven


Emigration:
Thomas Kidd came to Lancaster, Virginia on the south side of the Rappahanock River in 1648. He came as an indentured servant, his transportation and that of 22 others being sponsored by Richard Lee, Gentleman

Grant:
Thomas Kidd was granted 200 acres in Lancaster County, near Robert Chounige. In 1653, Richard Bridges sold land formerly owned by Thomas Kidd

Died:
Will of Thomas Kidd May 28, 1680;

Middlesex County, Virginia In the name of God Amen, I Thomas Kid of Rapahanack River in the county of Middlesex being sick of body butt in perfect health of memory praised be to God for it att the making of this my Will and Testament.

First I bequeath my soule to God my maker, that gave it to me and my body the ground.; to bee burried in a decent manor.

Second my will and pleasure is that my son Thomas Kid shall have my dwelling house & plantation after his mothers decease with foe hundred and fifty acors of land ajoying theirto;

Lirkewise my will and pleasure is, that noe parte nor parcell of the estate shall bee alienated or disposed of; but it shall remaine to him and his heires lawfully begotten or to my sonne William or his heires lawfully begotten and in case of mortallity that niither of my sonns enjoy it; then the whole tract of land, that is now undivided between my sonns, to be equally devided between my toe datterss, Elizabeth and Jane,

further my will and pleasure is that my sonne William Kid have my other plantation with two hundred acores theirto ajoining;

further my will is that my son William have the first increase of the mare called gemo and then she and her increase be equally devided between my three children, William, Elizabeth & Jane, at their coming of age;

further my will and pleasure is that my sonn Thomas; have that horse colte that sires one my other mare called bonny;

further my will is that my datter Elizabeth have a cow called brandy, with hur increase and my sonn William to have one yearline heafer called by the name of brandy's heafer with her increase,

further I will and bequeath to my wife Jane Kidd all the rest of my estate and my wife Jane Kid bee whole executrixe and ? adminisstrative and after my wife's decease if he be alive, I appointe my sonn Thomas Kid to be gardian to the rest of my children; and Richard Willis and John Willis to be oversseres.

All the aforesd articles is the will and desire of me Thomas Kid as witness my hand and seale this 28th day of May 1680.Testes; JOHN WILLIS (his X mark) Tho Kid (signed) Edward Docrose

Thomas married Jane in 1668 in Lancaster County, Virginia. Jane was born in 1625 in England ?; died after 1685 in Middlesex County, Virginia, USA; was buried in Christ Church Cemetery, Middlesex County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Will: 25 May 1680, Middlesex County, Virginia, USA; Named in husband's will:

Notes:

Will:
To wife Jane, Dwelling House and Plantation that goes to son Thomas, after her death.

further I will and bequeath to my wife Jane Kidd all the rest of my estate and my wife Jane Kid bee whole executrixe and ? adminisstrative