Today in 1803, Congress voted to accept Ohio‘s borders and constitution, although it did not become a state until March 1. I have lots of family connections to Ohio. It seems most branches were there at some point. AJH
Archive for the ‘Northwest Territory’ Category
James Hill and His Sister Rebecca
Posted: February 14, 2011 in HILL, Northwest Territory, Ohio, Pennsylvania, TIDDA History of the Tidds of Ohio has material on not only the Tidd family, of course, but also the Hills. It is difficult to know how much of it is accurate. For example, Maryland is mentioned as the home state of the Hill family, but all census records of James Hill record Pennsylvania as his birthplace. But [...]
A postcard from yesteryear. My ancestor Martin Tidd is buried in the Old Kinsman Cemetery. His son-in-law James Hill and he arrived in Kinsman with their families in 1802, moving from Youngstown, where they settled in 1797. ajh
Martin Tidd, James Hill, and Their Families
Posted: October 10, 2010 in HILL, Northwest Territory, Ohio, TIDD, United StatesWhile searching for the burial place of my ancestor Martin Tidd, which I think is the Old Kinsman Cemetery, I happened upon a new book, at least new to me, with more details on the Tidd and Hill origins and their coming to the Northwest Territory, as it was called then. They settled in the [...]
