Kidd's Island is one of the Thimble Islands off Stony Creek, a section of Branford, Connecticut, possibly named for Captain Kidd, who, legend has it, buried treasure on nearby Money Island. The Thimble Islands are an Archipelago of small Islands in Long Island Sound, in and near the harbor of Stony Creek Connecticut in the southeast Stony Creek is a shorefront section of Branford Connecticut, centered on a Harbor on Long Island Sound, in the southeast corner of the town Branford is a town located on Long Island Sound in New Haven County, Connecticut, eight miles (13 km east of New Haven. William " Captain " Kidd ( c 1645 &ndash May 23, 1701) was a Scottish sailor remembered for his A legend ( Latin, legenda, "things to be read" is a Narrative of human actions that are perceived both by teller and listeners to Treasure (from Greek θησαυρος Thesaurus, meaning "a treasure of the chest" is a Cognate) is a concentration of riches often one One of the Thimble Islands off Stony Creek, a section of Branford Connecticut, Money Island is named after the legend that Captain Kidd buried