Editing William Kidd (section)

===Early life and education===
Kidd was born in [[Dundee]], Scotland<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite web |last=webmaster |date=2015-12-08 |title=Captain William Kidd |url=https://www.ddtours.co.uk/archive/captain-william-kidd/ |access-date=2022-04-15 |website=DD Tours |language=en-GB}}</ref> prior to 15 October 1654. While claims have been made of alternative birthplaces, including [[Greenock]] and [[Belfast]], he said himself he came from Dundee in a testimony given by Kidd to the High Court of Admiralty in 1695. There have also been records of his baptism taking place in Dundee.  A local society supported the family financially after the death of the father.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.angelfire.com/mi4/polcrt/Kidd.html|title=Courtly Lives – The Kidd Family|website=[[Angelfire]]|access-date=19 November 2019}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=April 2022}} The myth that his "father was thought to have been a [[Church of Scotland]] minister" has been discounted, insofar as there is no mention of the name in comprehensive Church of Scotland records for the period. Others still hold the contrary view.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pirates: William Kidd |publisher=Genealogy & Family History Achievements Heraldry and Research |url=http://www.achievements.co.uk/articles/william_kidd.html |access-date=13 December 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217032212/http://www.achievements.co.uk/articles/william_kidd.html |archive-date=17 December 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | author = Hawkins, Paul | date = 2002 | title = Captain William Kidd Web Site: History | format = self-published historical site | url = http://www.captainkidd.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/| access-date = 7 January 2017 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081023184854/http://www.captainkidd.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ | archive-date = 23 October 2008 }}</ref>