EPHRAIM KIDDER, born at Nine Partners, NY, about 1754; died at Penn Yan, NY, 15 Nov. 1838, "aged 82." He married in Columbia Co., NY, SARAH SPENCER, born in 1763; died at Penn Yan, NY, 27 March 1821, "aged 62 years, 1 month, 8 days." Ephraim Kidder went to Benton, NY, from Spencertown, NY, in 1800. Family accounts say that 16 or 17 children were born there.

Private EPHRAIM KIDDER Jr., at twenty-three years of age enlisted in a New York Regiment during the war. Ephraim enrolled at Spencertown, New York for service in the Ninth Regiment, Albany County Militia. They fought at the Battle of Stillwater also known as Freeman's Farm in New York, 19 September 1777. Ephraim Kidder served as a private in nine different battles from 1776 to 1780 under the command of Captains Salisbury, Spencer, and McKinster. He was granted a military pension #20152, 8 Aug. 1822.

Children, all but Amos Muscisco born at Spencertown, before moving to Benton:
DAVID DANIEL, b. 29 Jan. 1778.
EPHRAIM.
AMOS MUSCISCO, b. at Hillsdale, N.Y., 23 Aug. 1781.
NATHAN L., d. at Benton 1847.
LOUISA, d. unm. at Benton.
SARAH, m. GEORGE BROWN.
ISAAC, b. about 1785.
CHARLOTTE, b. in 1787.
OLIVE, d. at Benton, NY; m. ABRAHAM OLDFIELD of Benton.
ANICE or EUNICE, m. SIMEON HURD, of St. Paul, Minn.
ERASTUS, b. in 1792; d. probably in Michigan in 1882.
ABEL, resided in Flint, Mich.
CYRUS PHILIP, b. in 1799.
HORACE.
Three other children who did not live to adult age; names not known.

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Stafford C. Cleveland, History and Directory of Yates County, Vol. 1 (Penn Yan, NY: Published by S.C. Cleveland, 1873), pp. 237-241, https://archive.org/details/historydirectory01inclev/page/n7/mode/2up

KIDDER FAMILY.
Ephraim Kidder was from Spencertown, Columbia county, born about 1754. He settled in Benton on the farm opposite the Dr. Nathan L. Kidder farm, in 1800. His wife was Sarah Spencer, an aunt of Truman and Elijah Spencer, born in Columbia county, in 1763. All their children, except one, was born previous to their coming to this county. They were seventeen in number, fourteen of them reaching adult age. The father died in 1836, at the age of eighty-two, and the mother in 1821, at fifty-eight. Their children were David, Ephraim, Amos, Nathan L., Louisa, Sarah, Charlotte, Olive Anice, Isaac, Erastus, Abel, Cyrus and Horace.
David married Miriam Stanton of Columbia county. They settled in Benton east of the Pre-emption road, where he died in 1853 at the age of seventy-five, and she in 1856 at the age of eighty. Their children were Samuel S., Sarah, Mary, Elizabeth, Olive and Nancy. Samuel S. married Elizabeth Bell of Benton, and settled on a farm adjoining the paternal homestead, where his wife died leaving three children, Milan, David and Miriam. Milan married Susan Carr of Milo, and moved to Saline, Michigan, where they live and have three sons, Albert, Amos and Frank. David married Elizabeth Sheridan, and re- sides on the homestead. They have three children, Samuel, Bessey and Anna. Miriam, the daughter of Samuel S. Kidder, married Clement W. Kidder of Benton. Sarah, daughter of David Kidder, married Dr. Henry Pettibone, and settled at Naples, where she died, leaving three children, William, David and Harvey. Mary, the daughter of David Kidder, married Joseph, a son of Samuel Hartwell, and moved to Memphis, Tennessee. Elizabeth, the next sister, married Robert Shear- man of Penn Yan, settled on the farm now owned by John Hutton, and finally moved to the village, where he died in 1852, leaving eight children : Joanna, Francis, Henry, Robert, Jane, Elizabeth, David and George. Joanna married George Howell, a saddler of Penn Yan, and moved to Indiana, where both died, leaving two sons, Charles and Jonas. Francis married Mary Knapp and moved to Minnesota. Henry married Harriet Hartwick, and resides at Mishawaka, Indiana. They have two children, Mary and Dora. Robert resides in Penn Yan, single. Jane married Edward Kimble, and moved to Des Moines, Iowa. Elizabeth married Miles V. Bush, moved to Independence, Iowa, and died there. David lives in Penn Yan single. George married Virginia Barker of Branchport, and resides in Penn Yan. Olive, daughter of David Kidder, died young, and Nancy married Henry Winters of Benton, where he died leaving seven children : William, Mary J., Samuel, Adaline, Frank and Edwin.
Charlotte Kidder, born in 1787, married Amasa Kneeland, of East Haddam, Connecticut, at Benton in 1807, and settled in Marcellus, Onondaga county, where he died leaving ten surviving children : Stella, Ellen, Stillman, Spencer, Mary, John, Adoniram Judson, Jane, Ann, Benjamin and Adolphus. El- len married Seymour Tracy, who settled near the Hopeton Mills, and was there engaged in the Milling business as agent first, and subsequently on his own account. About 1849 they moved to Penn Yan where they still reside, and where Mr. Tracy and his son William are largely engaged in the purchase and shipment of grain and wool. Mr. Tracy is a prominent citizen and was recently President of the village. Their children are William C, Morgan D., Stella, Spencer S. and John. William married Adella Gould. Morgan D. married Emma, daughter of Daniel Morris. He was for some time a Special Detective in the United States Revenue service, and is now a merchant in this village. Jane Ann Kneeland married Martin Spencer, for many years a resident of Penn Yan, and now a resident at Galva, Illinois. They have one son, Judson. Adoniram J. Kneeland married Esther Griswold of Homer, N. Y., was a resident of Penn Yan some years, and held the office of Police Justice, and other positions. He is now a resident of New York City, where he is an able officer in the Revenue service. Mrs. Charlotte Kneeland survives with the living at the age of eighty -three, and resides with her daughter, Mrs. Seymour Tracy, in Penn Yan.
Ephraim Kidder, jr., married Mary Bottghton of Columbia county, and lived on the Pre-emption road north of Dr. Kidder. They had four children, Hiram, Desdemona, Nathan B. and Calista* Hiram married Mary Brown of Bristol, Ontario county, and moved to Michigan, near Adrian, where he engaged largely in the lumber business. Desdemona became the wife of Abraham H. Bennett, senior. Nathan B. married Miss. Strow- bridge of Geneva, where he was a lawyer and banker ; was previously a school teacher of note, and now resides at Chicago. They have two daughters. Calista married Spencer Booth, who was an important business man at Branchport for many years, and is now a resident of Syracuse. Mr. Booth died at Branch- port, leaving four children : William S., Virginia, James and Kitty. William S. married Frank, only daughter and only child of Robert Ferrier of Dundee, and is cashier of Harvey G. Stafford's bank in that village. Virginia married Pratt Hamilton and resides in Illinois. James is unmarried and a merchant at East Saginaw, Michigan. Kitty married Robert, a son of Tompkins W. Boyd, who is a partner of her brother James in trade at East Saginaw.
Nathan L. Kidder was a physician, and married Mary, daughter of Asahel Stone, senior, of the Friend's Society, and settled in Benton on what has since been known as the Dr. Kidder farm, where he died in 1847. They had five children, Almon S., Asahel S., Addison, George and Aurelia. Almon S. married Maria, daughter of Job Briggs of Potter, and settled on a part of the Asahel Stone homestead in Jerusalem, where he still resides. They have two children, Susan Ann and Frank. Susan Ann married Hiram Sprague, and resides on the home- stead. Asahel S. married Anna Lacey, and settled in "Warren, Pennsylvania. They have one child, Nathan H. Addison married Mary A. Pearce, and lived in Penn Yan, where he died in 1868, leaving five children : Adaline, Mary E., Caroline, Ann and Amorette. Adaline married Mr. Winants, and moved to Iowa. Caroline married Peter Mead of Penn Yan. Ann married Homer Wheeler of Jerusalem. George married Hansey Quick of Benton, and moved to Michigan. Their children are Mary, Helen and Emma. Aurelia A., daughter of Dr. Nathan L. Kidder, married Charles Ketchum of Benton.
Amos Kidder married Anna Moore, a widow, and settled at Lewiston, N. Y., where he died leaving seven children : William, Benjamin, Ephraim, Amos, Joseph, Jane and Susan.
Louisa died single on the homestead.
Sarah married George Brown, brother of James, the Friend, and resided on the family homestead during his life. They had two children, Darius and Ann.
Olive married Abraham Oldfield of Benton, and settled in that town where both died. Their children were, Orson, Sabrina, Charlotte, Maria, Valentine and Nelson.
Anice married Simeon Hurd of Benton, and they now re- side near St. Paul, Minnesota.
Abel married, and resides in the town of Flint, Michigan.
Isaac was a physician, married Betsey Haxton of Benton, settled at Liberty, Steuben county, and removed thence to Pekin, Niagara county, where he died, leaving three children.
Erastus married and resides in Michigan.
Cyrus, born in 1799, married Maria Waldron, and settled on the homestead where he has lived since he was six months old, and where his wife died about 1858. They had twelve children, eleven of whom reached adult age. They were Welling- ton, William, Caroline, Ephraim, Emily, Charlotte, Oliver C, John, Edwin, Clement W., Ann and Marietta. Wellington resides in Michigan. William married in Tennessee and settled in southern Illinois, where he died leaving two sons. Caro- line married Jeremiah Rapalee of Milo, and died leaving five children. Ephraim is married resides in Prattsburg, and has two children. Emily married Albeit Enos and settled in Benton, where she died leaving one son, Cyrus. Charlotte married Leonard Bohall of Benton, where she died leaving two children. Oliver C. is a physician and emigrated to Tennessee. John emigrated west. Clement W. married Miriam Kidder. Ann is unmarried. Mariette married Mr. Moore of Benton. They moved to Michigan with three children.
Horace Kidder married Lydia Rippey, and settled in Benton, where she died leaving one son Henry. His second wife was Rachel Jones of Seneca, and they reside at Honeoye Lake, Ontario county, and have three children, Mary J., Henriette and Horace.

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