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Kidd was born in Dundee, Scotland January 1654.
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.
Researcher Dr David Dobson later identified his baptism documents from in Dundee in 1654.
His father was Captain John Kyd, who was lost at sea.
A local society supported the family financially.
Richard Zacks in the biography The Pirate Hunter ( 2002 ) says Kidd came from Dundee.
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 no mention of the name in comprehensive Church of Scotland records for the period.
A contrary view is presented here Kidd later settled in the new colony of New York.
It was here that he befriended many prominent colonial citizens, including three governors.
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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