Project News
The Kidd Y-DNA surname study actively seeks participation from any interested Kidd family members. If you are a female Kidd, please consider recruiting your father, brother, uncle, or male cousin to join the study.
Through sponsorships, some funding for test kits may be available for selected Kidd lines that are not currently represented in the Kidd Y-DNA surname study.
If you would like to sponsor a particular Kidd line, or to make a contribution to the group fund to fund general Kidd Y-DNA testing, please contact Sandra Kidd at skkidd AT bellsouth.net or Steven Perkins, study group administrator, at scperkins AT gmail.com.
"Most Wanted" Kidds for the Y-DNA Study:
A documented descendant of Thomas Kidd II, eldest son of Thomas Kidd, the immigrant to Virginia. The study has no proven descendant of Thomas II, who married Alice Trigg. Finding a descendant of this line is very important--because we have good representation already from the line of William Kidd, younger son of Thomas Kidd the immigrant. FULL SPONSORSHIP will be provided to fund a 37-marker test for a documented descendant of Thomas Kidd II and Alice Trigg through one of their known sons Thomas III, b ca 1692, m (1) Margaret, (2) Elizabeth Laurence, (3) Phyllis; John, b ca 1694, m Rebecca Godbee; Daniel, b ca 1696, m unknown; or William, born and baptized 1716, m unknown. This family lived in Middlesex Co and Essex Co, VA. For details, please contact Sandra Kidd at skkidd AT bellsouth.net.
Any Kidds of Maryland descent, especially Calvert Co, Maryland.
Any Kidds with documented descent from Cambridgeshire, England, especially Soham Parish. FULL SPONSORSHIP to fund a 37-marker test will be provided for a Kidd with documented descent from Soham Parish who does not descend from either Thomas Kidd, emigrant to Virginia ca 1646, or Asa Kidd, emigrant to Illinois ca 1850s. For details, please contact Sandra Kidd at skkidd AT bellsouth.net.
Any Kidds from the Borders region of England and Scotland, and Kidds from Yorkshire.
Any Kidds of Fife, Scotland, and and any other Kidds of English, Irish, or Scottish origins.
The Kidds' general ancestral origins and Derek Ham's research:
Study participant Derek Ham, who is a Kidd descendant from the British Isles, is tracking the ancestral origins of the Kidd family.
Derek welcomes visits to his website at www.geocities.com/djham@btinternet.com. If you are interested in where the Kidds came from centuries past, then Derek's website is the place for you!
Derek's own research continues, and he is now tracking his Kidd roots within Scotland. He can be reached at djham AT btinternet.com .
Resources for your Kidd genealogy research:
If you need help with your Kidd family tree, please consult the Kidd message boards at www.genforum.com or at www.rootsweb.com. The Kidd rootsweb mailing list is open to all Kidd family researchers; to subscribe, send an email to KIDD-L-request@rootsweb.com with the single word subscribe in the message subject and body. To subscribe to the digest version of the mailing list, send an email to KIDD-D-request@rootsweb.com with the single word subscribe in the message subject and body. You can browse or search the Kidd mailing list archives at http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/k/kidd.html#KIDD
Or feel free to email the study co-administrators Sandra Kidd or Steven Perkins, and we will be glad to try to answer your questions or point you toward others who might be able to help you.