Chronologies of Lost Branches

Parentage of Lost Branches: Revised Sept 2006

Basic Logic of Parentage for Benjamin Todd 1749-1823 and John Todd b abt 1745 d 1809/10

DNA evidence proves that Benjamin and John shared a common ancestor in the Anne Arundel County Maryland Todd Family.
Benjamin was in northwest Anne Arundel Co in 1776 suggesting a connection with the family of Lancelot Todd d 1735 and Elizabeth Rockhold.
The children of three of the four sons of Lancelot Todd d 1735 have been established in that Thomas Todd and Sophia (Lawrence?) and John Todd and Ruth (Dorsey) had children baptized in Queen Caroline Parish, Lancelot Todd 1707-1791 had his children listed in a Purtian devotional book. None of theses had a son Benjamin. This leaves only Nathan with children undetermined.
Nathan was a minor in 1735 but had a wife Lucy as evidenced in deeds 1742 to 1745. This suggests they would have had children in the 1740s.
Benjamin was born in the 1740s (1749) and had a daughter Lucy, possibly named after his mother.
John and Edward were born in the 1740s as evidence by their being of age in 1768 when they signed a petition to move the county seat to Baltimore and John having children by 1766. Also signing with them was a Nathan Todd, possibly their father. In 1773, Nathan and John Todd appeared in the Delaware Hundred, Baltimore Co tax record.

See essay on John Todd md Mary Jarman for more details.

Chronology Summaries for Three “Lost” Branches

Benjamin Todd 1749-1823
Date/Event	Source
1749: Born	1820 court case in Logan Co KY states that Benjamin was 71 years old
1776: A witness for the will of John Marriot at a parcel in NW Anne Arundel Co near where his cousin Alexander Todd b 1736 had bought land.
1781: Appears on a Baltimore Co militia list
1781: Marries Eleanor Ford	Marriage Licenses of Maryland
1783: leases Baltimore lot from John Eager Howard	Balitmore Deed
1786: sells lease to Edmund Ford (brother-in-law) and John Ezekial Dorsey (nephew of Ruth Todd)	Baltimore Deed
1786: Benjamin Todd of Baltimore Co buys Yates Contrivance in AA County from Edward Dorsey son of John Dorsey father of John Ezekiel Dorsey	AA Deeds
1790: Census in Patapsco Lower Hundred, Baltimore Co	6M >16, 3M < 16,
1797: Sells Stevens Level to Joshua Merriken Jones
1798 Federal Assessment:	Where is he?
1800: Census: Anne Arundel Co:	1 male under 10, 1M 10-16, 1M 26-45, 1M over 45; 1F under 10, 1 f 16-26
1804: Mortgage of AA lands
1806: Mortgage paid off AA lands
1806: Arrives in Bourbon Co, KY	Court case in Logan Co mentions dealings in Bourbon Co.
1808: Benjamin Todd of Logan Co, KY sells AA lands	AA Deeds
1820: Court Case involving Maryland-origin Hardin and Drane families of Logan Co KY	Court records of Logan Co, KY
1823: Dies in Logan Co, KY	Will probated: Logan Co
Children’s Names and birth years/places:
Benjamin L abt 1784-1848 Pike Co MO
Lucy abt 1790 md John Henry Fugate
John Ford 1800-1857 Franklin Co, KY







John Todd d 1809/10 Bourbon Co, KY
1743: born (accuracy uncertain)	Estimate based on dau Ruth Todd reportedly born 1766 (md Jacob Greathouse b 1778) and dau Susan b 1767 and dau Eliz b 1768. Basis and accuracy of these dates unknown.
1768: assumed to be John who signed petition to move county seat to Baltimore	Assumed because Edward Todd also signed petition and this is the only Edward in Balt or Ann Arundel Co.
1773: appears on tax list in Delaware Hundred, Baltimore Co along with Nathan
1783: on Tax list of Westmoreland/later Fayette Co PA:
1785-1789 tax list & 1790 censu in Fayette Co PA
1792: on tax list in Bourbon Co, KY
1809/10: Will and death in Bourbon Co, KY
Children’s names, birth years/places
Benjamin B. prior to 1780
Ruth b 1766 d1842	Exact birth date given by Greathouse family, source unknown. Husband reportedy born 1778. She would have been 12 years younger.
Susan b 1767 md
John b 1771	Date source unknown
Elizabeth md 1793 Felix Ashbrook
Rebecca 1786-1843 md Richard Morris
Sophia 1785 md 1821 John Trimble	1811 court record: became ward of Benjamin Todd


Edward Todd d 1795 Bourbon Co KY
1747 : born	Based on estimated birth of eldest daughter in 1775 and being of age in 1768
1768: assumed to be Edward who signed petition to move capitol to Baltimore, others on petition include Nicholas Dorsey Jr and John Elder who lived in Delaware Hundred.	Don’t know if one needed to be legal age to sign petition.
1777: assumed to be Edward Todd who was in a court case in the Virginia-claimed portion of SW PA
1783: Tax list of Westmoreland Co, PA
1785-1789: Tax lists of Fayette Co, PA
1792: tax list of Bourbon Co, KY
1795: Died	Court cases established that Edward and John were brothers.
Children:
Margaret born abt 1775
Levin born abt 1779 md Jemima Kemp 1805
Polly/Mary
Edward born abt
Jane

John Todd md Mary Jarman
1767-1770: born	Based on being 21-24 when married in 1791
1773: father Thomas, carpenter on tax list of Patapsco Lower Hundred
1783: father Thomas in Middlesex Hundred tax list
1790: father Thomas in 1790 census for Middlesex Hundred
1791: married Mary German by Baptist minister	Marriage Records of Maryland by Barnes
1802-1805: involved with father Thomas and brother Samuel Todd in land dealings in Sophia’s Garden, Baltimore Co (Back River Hundred)	Baltimore Deed Recrods; Womelsduff research
1808: reportedly in Ohio Co, VA
1810: in Fairfield Co, OH
1820: Census in Fairfield Co, OH
1823: dies in Franklin Co OH
Note: One family tradition asserts that he was son of John Todd and Susanna Rolfe of Dorchester Co, MD; DNA suggests however an Anne Arundel Co origin
Children:

1st wife

Benjamin b 1792 Baltimore Cod 1882 OH.

John b 1795 d 1861 OH.

Joseph b 1797 MD d 1851 IN.

Jessie b 1801 MD d 1877 IN.

Mary Elizabeth b 1803 MD d 1884 OH.

William Zacharius b 1806 Ohio Co.,WV, d 1872 IA.

Thomas Wilkinson b 1808 Fairfield Co.,OH, d 1846 OH.

Mary b 1810 OH d 1888 IN.

Susannah b 1813 Fairfield Co.,OH, d 1897 IN.

2cd wife

Anna b 1817 OH.

Catherine b Abt 1818 OH.

Rebecca b 1819 OH. She married Samuel Boone.

Sarah Ann b Abt 1820 OH.

Samuel Wesley b 1822 in Violet,Fairfield Co.,OH.

Hannah b 1824.