THREE TIDDS OF 1637

There is a group of about 20 of us TIDD researchers who have distilled the following 
information.  Believe it or not, Savage, Pope, Wyman and Cutter made mistakes.

There were 3 John Tidds who arrived in the MA Bay Colony in approximately 1637. 
They have gotten a bit mixed up. None of them appear to have been born in Yarmouth, 
Isle of Wight.  That was the reputed point of departure for one of them. To say that he 
was born there would be like saying we were born at LaGuardia, NY since we left from 
there.

John Tidd b. abt 1589 in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England, d.24 April 1657 Woburn, MA 
was married in Eng. to Margaret.
Children all born in England:
Hannah b.abt 1615 m. Wm Savell/Saville 1641
Samuel b. abt 1617 m. Sarah Maye
Ebenezer b. after 1620
John b. abt 1625 m. Rebecca Wood,d. 4/14/1650
(this is a 2d John Tidd)
Mary b. abt 1626 m. Francis Kendall
Elizabeth b. 9/19/1626 m (1)Thomas Bowen, 
(2)Thomas Fuller on 13 June 1642
James (possibly, but no proof of existence)
Joseph ( " )
2d wife Alice m. after 1651 in Woburn, MA
no children

John Tidd, the servant of Samuel Greenfield, left from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, 
England rather than Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.  He was the son of Allen Tidd of Norwich, 
Norfolk Co, England. He was apprenticed in 1636 to Samuel Greenfield for a period of 8 
yrs. He, Samuel Greenfield, Samuel's wife Barbara and his two daughters arrived in 
Salem, MA in 1637. They all moved to Exeter, NH where they were still found in 1662.

				submitted by Bonnie Miller, January 2000