Search Results for: Martin Tidd
Martin Tidd in Kinsman
I finally got my first hit on “Martin Tidd” as a search phrase for one of my many Google Alerts. Martin is mentioned in a post on a blog about Kinsman, Ohio, where he lived for many years. He is buried in the Old Kinsman Cemetery, although the marker for his grave may be lost. He … Continue reading Martin Tidd in Kinsman
Martin Tidd & Robinson’s Rangers
Commanded by its namesake, Captain Thomas Robinson, Robinson’s Rangers was a citizen militia unit during the American Revolution. My ancestor Martin Tidd is listed as serving in this unit in a document at the Pennsylvania State Archives, some of which are online. (Martin’s brother William also served during the war. William Tidd’s file at the National Archives is nearly 200 … Continue reading Martin Tidd & Robinson’s Rangers
Martin Tidd’s Portrait
This is one of my great-great-great-great-great-great paternal grandfathers, Martin Tidd. This portrait, probably painted in the 1820s, currently hangs in the Western Reserve Historical Society Museum in Cleveland. According to the museum, it is in the Empire style and dates from 1830 to 1840. The artist used oil paint and gilt gesso on wood. ajh
Martin Tidd, James Hill, and Their Families
While 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 … Continue reading Martin Tidd, James Hill, and Their Families
Samuel Holmes Tidd, brother-in-law of my ancestor James. Sam married his sister, Rebecca Hill.
Samuel’s father was Martin Tidd. His sister Sarah Tidd was James Hill’s wife and mother of eight children who lived to adulthood. Samuel married a woman named Rebecca Hill. Not much is known about Rebecca. I wasn’t sure if she was related when I first began researching the family tree. Then, I became convinced that … Continue reading Samuel Holmes Tidd, brother-in-law of my ancestor James. Sam married his sister, Rebecca Hill.
Marvin-Randall-Tidd
Today I found some links I’d never known about before. A woman sent a query to the DAR, which was subseqently published in the DAR magazine, in the March 1986 issue. MARVIN-RANDALL-TIDD: David Randall, 1765-1835, is son of David Randall, 1742-1820 and wife Sarah Ann Marvin, Dec 1748-1822 Kinsman, OH; she dau. of Samuel John Marvin … Continue reading Marvin-Randall-Tidd
William Tidd’s File at the National Archives
Every since finding my great-great-great-great-great-great-great uncle’s Revolutionary War pension file on Footnote.com a few years back, I have been meaning to get a hold of it again and then put it somewhere easily accessible. I don’t mean a hard copy, but a digital one. Unfortunately, the document — a Revolutionary War pension file — apparently is only available … Continue reading William Tidd’s File at the National Archives
Zopher Tidd
Zopher Tidd is a man listed among the “Proprietors of the Five Townships,” a document dated the 17th of June 1770. It was printed in the book A History of Wilkes-Barré, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania by Oscar Jewell Harvey and Ernest Gray Smith. Among the original early Wyoming documents now in the possession of the Wyoming Historical … Continue reading Zopher Tidd
Letter from Dean Tidd to James Wilbur Hill
I just learned of the passing of Dean Tidd, who helped research two significant lines of the family, the Hills and the Tidds. Years back I posted a letter he had written to James Wilbur Hill on my genealogy website. (I’ve added a short biographical post about Dean, based mostly on information in his obituary.) Originally part … Continue reading Letter from Dean Tidd to James Wilbur Hill