KIDDS OF COLONIAL VIRGINIA From their mother state of Virginia, descendants of Thomas Kidd emigrated across the South and Midwest. By the late 1800s, Kidds of this family were found as far north as Wisconsin and as far west as California. Significant numbers moved to Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Ohio, Mississippi, Missouri, Louisiana, and Texas.
	COLONIAL KIDDS 1646-1850
	THE THIRD GENERATION IN MIDDLESEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA: The Grandchildren of Thomas and Jane Kidd... CHILDREN OF THOMAS KIDD, JR AND ALICE TRIGG... Of the sons of Thomas Jr. and Alice, only Thomas Kidd III and John Kidd had families that can be documented in the records of Middlesex and Essex Co's VA. Henry’s birth was recorded in the Christ Church Parish register, but he was not named in his father’s will, so he likely died prior to 1727. Daniel drops from sight after 1751, and William died by 1740 while still a young man. CHILDREN OF WILLIAM AND MARGARET KIDD: William and Margaret’s eldest and youngest sons—William and Benjamin—married into prominent Middlesex County families and remained in the area for their lifetimes. WILLIAM AND MARGARET'S CHILDREN MIGRATE... With no land to call their own, the remaining six sons of William Kidd, and at least one daughter, are known to have left the Middlesex County area and headed westward across Virginia within a few years after their parents’ deaths in the spring of 1727. Robert, Moses, Duel, Aaron, John, James, and sister Margaret who married John Southern, migrated to areas including the present-day counties of King and Queen, Caroline, Goochland, and Albemarle. The area in which they eventually settled in Albemarle Co includes the present day counties of Albemarle, Amherst, Buckingham, Fluvanna, and Nelson. From there, Kidds moved into the southside of Virginia, to Brunswick, Mecklenburg, Halifax, Pittsylvania, and Franklin Counties. Another group settled in southwest Virginia, in Tazewell County. These Kidd families were on the move in the mid to late 1700s, which can be a very difficult time to research in Virginia and surrounding states due to there being relatively few vital records (birth, death, and marriage) in this timeframe, especially in Buckingham County due to a devastating courthouse fire in 1869. Fortunately, land, court, and tax records help to fill the information gap. CREDITS: Research of Reiley Kidd, MD, and Sandra Kidd on the Kidds of Virginia 1646-1850, https://www.kiddroots.org			**It appears from all available records, along with Y-DNA evidence, that many of the Kidds who left Middlesex Co VA were descendants of Thomas’s younger son, William Kidd.
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