I am
writing a history of the Tidd family, for Zella, at her request. I hope my
children will find it interesting, also, so I am making copies for them.
Daniel
Tidd, our grandfather, was born at Holliston, Massachusetts, July 11, 1825. His
family had been in this country for at least one hundred years before that –
perhaps longer than that. They had come from England by way of Holland, and
there is a tradition in the family that there was an Irish ancestor, named Sir
Daniel Tidd, somewhere along the line. At any rate there was a Daniel Tidd in
each generation. Our grandfather’s father was Daniel Tidd, and back as far as
we know, there is a Daniel in the family. When Earl and I visited Holliston,
which is a small village, we found many graves of the Tidd family in the
cemetery adjacent to the Congregational Church building. This was the church to
which our grandmother Tidd belonged. One grave was that of a Daniel Tidd, who was
a soldier in the Revolutionary War. It was marked by the emblem, which is
placed on the graves of all veterans of the Revolution.
