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He gave the city as his place of birth and said he was aged 41 in testimony under oath at the High Court of the Admiralty in October 1695.
Reports that Kidd came from Greenock have been dismissed by Dr. Dobson, who found neither the name Kidd ( or Kyd ) in baptismal records.
The myth that his " father was thought to have been a Church of Scotland minister " is also discounted.
There is some information that suggests he was a seaman's apprentice on a pirate ship much earlier than his own more famous seagoing exploits.
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