The will of Thomas Kidd, husband of Alice Trigg, is very interesting in regard to the property question.  William Kidd died on April 28, 1727.  Thomas Kidd wrote his will a week after his brother, William, had died.  Thomas Kidd's will left the 400 acres upon which his brother, William, formerly lived to his (Thomas') son William.  Did this mean that William had lived on the property until his death or that William had vacated the land prior to his death?  Because the will had only recently been drafted, one would think that William Kidd lived there until his death.

The ownership of the 400 acres was litigated in the Middlesex Court in the matter styled Kidd v. Kidd.  That litigation in 1740 involved the will of the original Thomas, dated May 28, 1680, the patent received by William Kidd on October 21, 1687, and the second Thomas' will dated May 6, 1727.

The Thomas Kidd - Alice Trigg Kidd heirs ended up with all of the property, and they remained in Middlesex County.  The William Kidd - Margaret Kidd heirs ended up with no property; most of these heirs left Middlesex County following the death of their parents in 1727.

At this juncture, the Thomas Kidd - Alice Trigg Kidd heirs will no longer be subject of this narrative because the writer of same traces his ancestors from the William and Margaret Kidd stem.  To the extent that Thomas and Alice Kidd heirs need to be distinguished from heirs of William and Margaret Kidd, they will be listed in the approximate stem in the appendix of this narrative.