Enoch Kidder

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information: ¹⁶¹²
Enoch Kidder, son of James Kidder, was born at Billerica, Massachusetts. on 16 Sep 1644; and died there on 1 Dec 1752 in his 89th years. His first wife was Mary Hayward, daughter of John Hayward and Ann White (Sarah Simonds). Mary died at Billerica on 21 Mar 1742. His second wife was Hannah Crosby, widow of Samuel Danforth. Hannah was born at Billerica on 30 Mar 1672/73 and died there on 3 Oct 1752 at the age of 80. Hannah was the daughter of Simon Crosby and Rachel Brackett.

Children of Enoch Kidder and Mary Hayward born in Billerica:

• Mary, born 14 Sep 1693; died 28 Sep 1693
• Abigail, born 16 Dec 1694, died at Billerica, 7 Nov 1748; married Lieut. Simon Crosby on 17 Jun 1714
• Enoch, born 30 Dec 1697
• William, born 5 Dec 1700; died at Billerica, 10 Oct 1702
• Francis, born 1 Oct 1703
• Mary, born 26 Mar 1707; died at Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut, 30 Nov 1789; married Nathaniel Patten, born at Billerica, 10 Dec 1717, son of Nathaniel Patten and Hannah Ross; married, as her second husband, at Stafford, 25 Nov 1756, Nathaniel Woodward of Coventry, Connecticut
• William, born 13 Mar 1709

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, p. 15.




Enoch married Mary Heywood, daughter of John Heywood and Sarah Simonds.¹⁶¹² (Mary Heywood was born on 3 Nov 1669 in Concord, Massachusettes, British American Colonies and died on 21 Mar 1742 in Billerica, Massachusetts, British American Colonies.)