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Category Archives: 19th Century
Colonel Samuel Tidd?
One of the more interesting new datasets available online today are FamilySearch’s war pension applications from the American Revolution and the War of 1812. Over the past few days, I’ve looked at references to any and all Tidds. Three documents might relate to Samuel Tidd, b1759 in Woburn, the direct ancestor of all Georgetown Tidds.Continue reading “Colonel Samuel Tidd?”
Who Was Samuel Charles Tidd? Part II
In 2022 I went on a hunt for a link between my direct ancestor Samuel Charles Tidd of Georgetown and his supposed parents from Woburn, Samuel and Ruhamah Richardson Tidd. That effort, which ended in absolute failure, is summarized here. I finally found what I was looking for thanks to Pliny Tidd, who died inContinue reading “Who Was Samuel Charles Tidd? Part II”
Who Was Samuel Charles Tidd?
The first Tidd in Essex County might have been Samuel Charles, who shows up in Western Rowley (later Georgetown) in 1807. Where did he come from? How did he end up there? Who was this man of mystery, anyhow?
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