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One Name Studies: H to M / Re: Kidd / Kydd / Kyd
« on: Sunday 11 March 18 20:57 GMT (UK)  »
Well my last post was in 2015!  Since then we found (on his death certificate) that John Creswick was NOT a sheepherder, but a ship's captain.  His father was a silversmith in Sheffield, England and he had siblings in America, England and Australia. Nothing new on his daughter who married a Kidd.

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Clackmannanshire / Re: George and William Niblack/Niblock/Niblick
« on: Saturday 15 November 08 22:40 GMT (UK)  »
Looks like the message boards got a bit confused.  The NIBLACK_L group has tossed around Rhoda Niblick Craig's origins with no success.  George Niblock of NC was just a guess.  At present, we are leaning toward Samuel Niblack and Agnes Aiken of New Jersey who died in NC according to the internet.  They had a daughter named Letitia who married a William Craig...quite a coincidence and we wonder if our James might have been a brother or cousin to this William.

We do NOT know when or where Rhoda and James were born or married. James applied for and received land in Long Cane in 1771, so the guess is that he was then 21 and then got married.

James' pension papers stated he died at 1 AM o 1 Feb 1781 - which means possibly at Cowan's Ford, Mecklenburg, NC.

Possibly his father was the John Craig who signed Rhoda's application for James's pension.  His wife appears to have been named Ann, since a grave for an Ann Craig has been found near Long Cane.  It is unknown where John moved after his wife died.

Rhoda moved to Arkansas with her daughter Rhoda Niblick Craig Crawford.  We do not know when she died.

We ASSUME all the four Craig children were born in Long Cane, Abbeville District, SC. 

There are a slew of Niblick/Craig researchers out there, so things can get confusing. The worst part is that the old stuff never goes away from the internet so it messes with the new stuff.

I assume you mean Marion Stark Craig's book.  It was a private edition and I do not have a copy, but Marion did write to me years ago and I have information from it and the map showing James' land in Long Cane.

There is also a Niblack book by Ellen Frew.  After much consideration, Ellen just decided to include Rhoda as a relative and not actually attach her to George.

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Clackmannanshire / George and William Niblack/Niblock/Niblick
« on: Wednesday 10 August 05 01:55 BST (UK)  »
William Niblack immigrated to Pennsylvania in the 1700's and migrated down to Rowan County, North Carolina.  His tombstone says he was born in Clackmannan. 

He raised a large family and most of them moved down to Kentucky and on to Florida.  However, one relative did not. 

Her name was Rhoda Niblick (she did not spell it the same way) and she moved across the river to Abbeville, South Carolina where she married James Craig.  We know she was not William's daughter because she and James had a son named John who married Elizabeth Andrews, the daughter of Martha Niblock who WAS William's daughter. 

In an old letter, a granddaughter stated that Martha and Rhoda were cousins.

Some researchers believe she was the daughter of William's son George.  However, a little arithmetic with her children's ages proves she was too old to be his daughter - more likely his cousin.  Some believe she was the daughter of a brother of William's - possibly named George - who also came from Clackmannan.

Has anybody ever found a Niblack/Niblock/Niblick in the 1700's or before that in Clackmannanshire?

Many, many people would love the answer to this.  Since I am afraid to fly, I can never go there myself.  I have heard stories of people traveling there and finding the name in phone books.  Of course these people never wrote the names down or tried to contact the people. ::)

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Angus (Forfarshire) / Re: KIDD,DAVID c1730 Angus,Scot.
« on: Wednesday 10 August 05 01:42 BST (UK)  »
I found a David Kidd today connected to the Creswick family in Dundee.  I am looking for the family of John Creswick who married Mary Ann High in Dundee in 1851.  On the 1881 Dundee, Forfar census, he is gone and his wife Mary Ann Cresswick is head of household.  Living with her are her two daughters, Ellen and Mary Ann Creswick KYD, plus two grandchildren - Mary Ann Creswick KYD, age 6 and Lilly C. KYD, age 2.  They are living on Barry Road and daughter Mary Ann KYD is a Linen Weaver.

Mary Ann married David KIDD (not spelled KYD like the censustaker did) 24 Nov 1873 in Dundee.

John and Mary's son, John William Creswick, was born 09 Feb 1851 in Dundee.  He immigrated to the United States in 1879 according to census records.

The family is trying to find out as much as they can, of course.  They think his family raised sheep on the border, but he was definitely Scottish.  Do you know the Kidd connection? 
 

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One Name Studies: H to M / Re: Kidd / Kydd / Kyd
« on: Wednesday 10 August 05 01:09 BST (UK)  »
Whew!  First time online and goofing it up already :-X
I am looking for the family of John Creswick who married Mary Ann High in Dundee in 1851.  On the 1881 Dundee, Forfar census, he is gone and his wife Mary Ann Cresswick is head of household.  Living with her are her two daughters, Ellen and Mary Ann Creswick KYD, plus two grandchildren - Mary Ann Creswick KYD, age 6 and Lilly C. KYD, age 2.  They are living on Barry Road and daughter Mary Ann KYD is a Linen Weaver.

Mary Ann married David KIDD (not spelled KYD like the censustaker did) 24 Nov 1873 in Dundee.

John and Mary's son, John William Creswick, was born 09 Feb 1851 in Dundee.  He immigrated to the United States in 1879 according to census records.

The family is trying to find out as much as they can, of course.  They think his family raised sheep on the border, but he was definitely Scottish.  Do you know the Kidd connection?

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