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Kidman farm, Dry Drayton
History of the Kidman family, Dry Drayton
Location of farm is currently unknown
1841
Richard Kidman, 50, farmer
Elizabeth, 45
James, 24
William, 22
Elizabeth, 14
Thomas, 17
1851
Farmhouse
William Kidman, 29, farmer 141 acres, b Croxton
Thomas, brother, 25
Elizabeth, mother, 56, b Comberton
Rebecca Friar, servant, 13, b Dry Drayton
Cottage (not known at present if this family next door were related)
Thomas Kidman, 33, carpenter, b Hardwick
Elizabeth, 28, b Caldecote
James, 1, b Dry DRayton
1861
William Kidman, 40, farmer 140 acres, b Croxton
Ann née Summers, 36, b Dry Drayton
Thomas Kidman, brother, 35, farmer, b Croxton
Susan Loats, 71, visitor, b Caxton
Emily Binge, 16, servant, b Dry Drayton
John Amps, 68, shepherd, b Toft
1861 Apr:
Mary Elizabeth Kidman born
1865 Sep:
Anne Jane Kidman born
1871
Thomas Kidman, head, farmer of 8 acres, 47, b Croxton
‘Uncle’ Tom Kidman, Dry Drayton
Ann Kidman, sister in law, widow, 46, b Dry Drayton
Mary Elizabeth Kidman, niece, 9, b Dry Drayton
Anne Jane Kidman, niece, 5, b Dry Drayton
Mary Aust, servant, 40, b Dry Drayton
1881
Mary Aust, head, widow, 51, b Dry Drayton
Mary Kidman, niece, 19, b Dry Drayton
In this census the next household listed is headed by brothers Richard and John Few, described as farmers of 141 acres. This is the same size as the Kidman farm in 1861 and suggests that the Few brothers own or at least manage the farm now.
Annie J Kidman is a boarder, an apprentice, aged 15, living with Hannah Joyce, 69, at 10 Whitby Street, Wisbech St Peter.
1889
Ann Jane Kidman married William Collett Phypers (1857-1921)
Ann Kidman
1891
Mary Kidman is now a general servant working for the Griffith family in Hammersmith.
Ann Jane Phypers née Kidman is now living with her family on the High Street, Dry Drayton.
1898
Mary Kidman married farmer Stephen William Chapman, b 1862, Withersfield, Suffolk. Their marriage certificate shows that Stephen was a farmer at Helions Bumpstead and his father, William, was also a farmer.
Mary Elizabeth Kidman
Mary’s sister Ann Jane and her husband were also farming in Helions Bumpstead by 1901.
In 1891 at New House Farm in Helion Bumpstead there are:
Sarah Chapman, head, widow, 47, farmer, b Balsham
Linda Chapman, daughter, 5, b Wickham
William Chapman, son, 3, b Wickham
Frederick Chapman, boarder, 25, agricultural labourer, b Woodditton Suffolk
John Chapman, boarder, 21, agricultural labourer, b Hargrave Suffolk, idiot from childhood
Stephen Chapman, boarder, 29, farm bailiff, b Withersfield
In 1881 William Chapman, 41, (wife Susan, 38) is farmer of 119 acres at High Noon Farm in Withersfield, Suffolk. Their children are Stephen W 19, Robert 16, Harriet 13, John 11, George 9, Jameson 7, Charles William Potter Chapman 5.
1901
Stephen and Mary have a son, William and are living at Elm Halls, Colne Engaine, Essex.
1911 Perry Appleton, Helion’s Bumpstead
Susan Chapman, widow, 68, farmer, b Withersfield
George Chapman, son, 39, working on farm, b Withersfield
George Chapman, Helions Bumpstead
Beatrice Chapman, daughter, 29, dairy work, b Helion Bumpstead
Beatrice Chapman, Helions Bumpstead
In 1911 Beatrice and George’s brother, Charles W P Chapman, is a farmer aged 35 at Olmstead hall, Castle Camps.
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