Todd Family Final DNA Report

Richard McMurtry

February 2010; revised August 2010; April 2013; August 2019

“Correcting the Errors!”

 

This report gives a snapshot of the conclusions detailed in the various DNA reports on the Todds between 2004 and 2019. Almost 200 samples were collected from various Todd families, mostly in America but also in England, Scotland, Ireland, and Canada.     A major goal of this revision is to correct the errors I introduced in the family history by making guesses and deductions that weren’t fully supported by the data.  Please forgive me for these errors! I believe I have it right this time.

 

The most interesting discovery of this study is that mutations in DNA patterns happen at a frequency such that only in a few families is the DNA of the descendants an exact match with the ancestor.    Often, in each lineage, there is at least one mutation that occurred in the past 200 years.     So it takes at least 3 samples in each family to reveal for each DNA marker which is the dominant value for that marker and hence what is the value for that marker for the common ancestor for each of the kits.   For example, in the family of Andrew Todd d 1801 Tazewell county Virginia, there were three samples in which each lineage had one mutation so that none of the three had the DNA pattern of their common ancestor Andrew Todd.   But for each marker, two of the three samples had the same value and so the third sample’s value could be considered the mutation and the shared value could be considered the value for that marker for Andrew Todd d 1801.  Hence, we can deduce the entire DNA pattern for Andrew Todd d 1801.

 

This is a powerful technique because one can then compare the DNA of the ancestors rather than just comparing the DNA of the descendants.  This can be useful, for example, in answering the question:  “Does Andrew Todd d 1801 have the same DNA pattern as Robert Todd 1697-1775 of the Mary Todd Lincoln family?”  The answer is “No, it isn’t identical; it differs by one mutation from the DNA of the Mary Todd Lincoln family of Todds, but it is identical to the Todds of Hunterdon Co and and certain Irish immigrant families.”

 

A major focus of this effort was on the families who came to colonial New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia but a few families from New Hampshire, New York, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina were also included.  Also, in 2010, an effort was made to secure samples with origins in known areas of Ireland, including Co Down, Co Tyrone, Co Armagh, Co Antrim and from certain areas of Scotland and from Yorkshire and other locations in the border counties of England.

 

This report lists the 24 Todd family groups and under each family group is a description of the families having an identical or a very similar DNA pattern.  If you scan the report and find your family, you will know what other families have been found with similar DNA pattern and you will know what families do NOT share the same DNA pattern.  Those with similar DNA may provide clues for research into your own family origin.  For those families in America with a family tradition of being related to the famous Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of President Abraham Lincoln, this report will show you whether that tradition is true or wishful thinking on the part of some forebear.

 

A companion file contains the actual DNA data of  almost 200 Todds who are members of the 24 family groups which you can use to compare your own DNA results and see which group your family is associated with. Another companion file lists all the Todd Families by Todd Family Number, e.g. TF17.

 

 

            The 23 Family Groups

 

#

Family Group

Todd Family No.

Families in This Group

1

Families Similar to that of Mary Todd Lincoln’s Todd family

 

 

1a

Families with Matching DNA Patterns to MTL family

 

1.  Mary Todd Lincoln’s documented ancestor, Robert Todd 1697-1775 and his half-brother Andrew d 1791.  Andrew Todd’s family has a unique value for marker 461 that enabled us to distinguish the ancestor of two John Todd’s – John Todd b 1750s died 1813 Shelby Co KY as the son of Andrew d 1791 and John Todd 17546-1829 Lincoln Co TN as the son of William Todd d 1760-1770 Virginia.

2. Andrew is the half-brother to Robert Todd d 1775, ancestor of Mary Todd Lincoln), but he has a unique value in one DNA marker that distinguishes him and his descendants from other branches of the family. (TF19)

3.   John Todd 1750-1813 of Chester Co & Bedford Co PA and Shelby Co KY matches other descendants of Andrew Todd d 1791

4.   William Todd=>Abingdon Presbyterian Church 1723-1738; Hunterdon Co NJ 1740s; Augusta Co VA 1750; Bedford Co 1760-1770,   Could be brother OR cousin.

5.   John Todd 1746-1829 Lincoln Co, TN (TF19) (son of immigrant William Todd of NJ, PA &VA)

6.   Preston Todd b 1805 TN =>Moniteau Twp MO by 1840 and Macon Co MO by 1850 (grandson of Low Todd 1723-1792 of NJ, PA, VA, TN)(TF19)t

7.   James Todd d 1799 Augusta Co VA (possibly Irish Immigrant Augusta Co VA) (TF136)

8.   Nathaniel Todd 1751 Ireland d 1828 Laurens Co SC (TF47)

9.   Patrick Todd 1768 Ireland d 1852 Laurens Co SC (TF48)

10.              James Todd b 1760s Co Antrim md Jane Erskine=>Pendleton

 District (later Anderson and Oconee Co SC) by 1800 (TF53)

11.              Robert Todd 1784-1844 Co Antrim->Anderson Co SC (TF46)

12.              Nathaniel Todd b 1786 of Ballyalbanagh=>Dearborn Co IN by 1829 (TF205b)

13.              William Todd b 1822 Ireland son of Nathan Todd =>Ontario  by 1851=>Michigan by 1860.(TF201)

14.              William Todd b 1800 Carnlea Co Antrim->Drumadarragh (TF205a)

15.              James Todd b Canada 1826=>VT by 1850=>IL by 1859=>Berrien Co Michigan by 1870 (TF202)

16.              Nathaniel Todd b 1820 Ireland=>Edwardsburg, Ontario by 1847 (TF203)

17.              George Todd 1745-1810 Henrico Co VA (TF42) (2 mutations)

 

1b

Hunterdon Co Todds (1 mutation different from Group 1a)

 

1.       David 1731-1809 of Hunterdon Co NJ

2.      John Todd 1729-1802 of Hunterdon and Somerset Co NJ

3.      John 1755-1820 of Hunterdon & Somerset Co NJ

4.      Andrew Todd b 1750s d 1801 Tazewell Co NJ  ( May be brother to John Todd 1755 or may be Irish immigrant).

1c

Mechlenburg Co NC Todds (2 mutations from Group 1a)

 

John=>Mechlenburg Co NC by 1767;

 

2

Somerset Co NJ Todds

 

Todds of Dreghorn, Scotland; Co Down, NW Antrim, Tyrone in Northern Ireland; New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, South Carolina, Tennessee

  1. Matthew Todd b 1770 Dreghorn Ayrshire (TF285)
  2. Todd migration to Somerset Co: Andrew 1720-1781, James 1730-1781, John 1739-1823, William d 1760 (TF14)
  3. Andrew Todd 1697-1777 Ireland Londonderry Co, NH (1720)(TF3)
  4. James Todd 1748-1815 OH r Nashville 1780s (TF58)
  5. Andrew Todd b 1756 Co Down=>Laurens Co SC 1816 (TF49)
  6. Robert Todd d 1793 Loudon Co, VA (TF138)
  7. Thomas Todd b 1765 Co Down d 1855 Fayette Co PA (TF35)
  8. Charles Todd b 1795 Hunterdon Co NJ (TF107)
  9. William Todd 1791-1824 Chester Co; son James d 1820 Kennett T, Chester Co PA (TF130)
  10. John Todd md Mary Gillespie d Washington Co, PA aft 1808 (TF 21)
  11. Thomas 1781-1826 Fleming Co KY (TF132)
  12. Archibald Todd  1745 Co Antrim =>96 District SC 1772 (TF52)
  13. Robert b 1794 Laurens Co=>1846/48 Meriwether Co GA (TF50)
  14. James Todd b 1784 Laurens Co, SC =>TN 1822/26 d abt 1870 Henderson Co TN (TF50)
  15. Daniel Todd b 1822 b SC =>Henderson Co TN=>Gibson Co TN (prob son of above James b 1784)(TF50)
  16. Robert Todd b 1806 Co Down=>Ohio (TF211)
  17. John Todd b 1793 Washington Co NY (assumed grandson of Robert Todd b 1740s who came to Washington Co by 1771, and assumed son of John Todd b abt 1770)TF 103
  18. Alexander Todd b 1806 Co Tyrone=>Philadelphia 1826=>Peoria, Illinois (TF232)
  19. Ancestor of resident of Toddstown, Co Down (TF210)
  20. John Todd b 1760s NW Co Antrim (Dunluce/Coleraine) (TF204)
  21. Andrew Todd b 1760s surgeon res. Sligo 1770 (TF244)
  22. James Todd d 1704 Aghaderg Co Down (TF212)
  23. Ralph Todd  1800-1874 Glaskerberg Co Down (TF 213)
  24. John Todd md 1859 Fanny Sinclair, Coleraine Co Londonderry
  25. William and James Todd of Derrykeighan, Co Antrim (TF209)

3

Joseph Todd                            1742-1809 Ontario Co. NY

TF102
  1. Joseph Todd 1742-1809 Ontario Co NY (TF 102)
  2. James Todd  1765 Prince George Co VA d 1823 Roane Co TN (TF144)
  3. James David Todd 1821 VA d Johnston Co NC
  4. William Todd d 1820 Horry Co SC
  5. Mallory Todd b 1742 d  1817 Isle of Wight Co VA (TF41)
  6. Henry Todd b 1797 VA d Fayettte Co VA

4

William Todd d 1769              Bertie Co. NC

TF150
  1. William died in Bertie Co NC in 1769 (TF150)
  2. John Todd md 1805 Charity Farrow, r Wilmington NC (TF149/150)

5

Thomas d 1671 of Anne Arundel Co Maryland            

TF30/ TF111

1.  Thomas came from England to Anne Arundel Co, MD abt 1651 (TF 30), includes John Todd d 1809 Bourbon Co KY (TF111), Benjamin Todd 1749-1823 Logan Co KY (TF110), John Todd md Mary Jarman (TF112)

6

Michael Todd d 1730 Dorchester Co.

TF32

1.  Michael Todd came to Dorchester Co MD by 1690

7

Thomas Todd d 1677 England (desc in Baltimore and Virginia)

TF31
  1. Thomas Todd came to Gloucester Co VA by 1664; to Baltimore by 1669
  2. John A Todd b 1815 VA d 1857 MO

8

Hanover Twp, Lancaster Co related Todds

TF20a
  1. James Todd 1717-1783 Lancaster Co PA
  2. John Sharp Todd 1724-1799 Rowan Co NC
  3. Samuel Todd d 1759 Rowan Co NC
  4.  

9

John Todd b c 1690 d 1775  Chester Co,

TF18

1.  John Todd was in Chester Co PA by 1714, d 1775.

10

John Todd 1754-1819  Washington Co, PA

TF21
  1. John came from Ireland to SW PA and New Virginia and died in Washington County PA in 1819.(TF124b)
  2. Edward Todd b 1770, r Washington Co PA=>Brooke Co VA=>Steubenville, OH
  3. William Todd 1756-1852, Washington Co 1810, Harrison Co OH by 1818.
  4. Daniel Todd b 1798 Ballycastle, Co Antrim (TF206)

11

Joseph Todd d 1699  Philadelphia

TF17
  1. Joseph came to Philadelphia from England just before his death in 1699.  Descendants to Rowan Co NC and Madison Co KY and Georgia. (TF17)
  2. Joseph Todd d 1817 Faquier Co VA; son Benj 1796-1879 Muskinghum Co OH (TF17?)
  3. James Todd b abt 1765 d 1810 Surry Co NC (need to reconfirm these results)
  4. George Todd b 1798 Fifeshire, Scotland (TF260)

Walker Todd b 1822 Rutherford Co TN is assumed to be a son of an unknown Todd female and a member of the family of John Frazier b 1777 Ireland.  Jefferson Todd 1817-1857 is assumed to be the son of an unknown Todd female and a member of the Pate family.   Asa Todd son of Jemima Todd dau of Benjamin Todd 1759-1855 is assumed to be a son of a Medford.

12

James Todd d 1772 East Nottingham Twp Chester Co, PA

TF24

1.   James Todd died in Chester Co in 1772 (TF 24)

2.   David Todd b 1805 NC (resided Davidson and Forsyth Co NC)(2 mutations from James d 1772)

3.   William Todd 1762-1843 Salter’s Grange, Co Armagh (TF222)

4.   William Todd 1801 Co Antrim 1866 Ontario (TF208)

13

Henry Todd b 1779 r Cumberland/York Co PA d 1845 Marion Co IN

TF122

1. Henry in Cumberland Co PA 1778-82, in Franklin by 1790. (TF122)

14

Cornelius Todd d 1750 Northumberland Co, VA

TF140
  1. Cornelius Todd d 1750 Northumberland Co VA (TF 140
  2. Samuel Todd of Davidson Co TN (TF161)
  3. John B Todd 1777-1851 of VA-NC-Lincoln/Shelby CoTN

15

James G Todd 1770-1850 Russell/Washington Co, VA

TF141
  1. James G Todd b abt 1770 came to Russell Co VA 1802, reportedly from NY.(TF 141)
  2. Joseph Todd b 1804/1808 of Russell Co VA
  3. Lewis Todd b 1815 VA
  4. Joseph Todd b abt 1780 came to Russell Co VA by 1801, to Pulaski Co KY by 1827, possibly to Adair Co 1820-23.
  5. close match (2 mutations of 25) to Joseph Todd d 1835 Co Armagh and John Todd b 1838 NY d 1877 CA.(son of Jacob Morningstar Todd b 1808 Canada d 1881 Linn Co IOWA, son of James Todd)

 

 

 

 

16

Robert b 1796 VA d Pulaksi Co KY

TF55
  1. Robert Todd was born in VA abt 1790, came to Indiana before 1821 when his son was born, in Morgan Co 1830-32, in Hancock Co IN 1836, in Whitley Co KY by 1840; in Pulaski Co KY by 1843. 
  2. John Todd 1782-  , to Orange Co IN, to Greene Co IN by 1822
  3. Preston Todd 1817-1889 Russell Co VA, Lawrence Co IN, Ozark/Douglas Co MO, Fulton Co ARK (assumed son of Thomas b 1796 and grandson of James d 1801 Washington Co VA)  These samples should be rechecked as they appear to be 4 mutations different from John and Robert.)
  4. William (b abtc1810 Ireland=>/Canada; son Charles Wesley Todd b 1835=>Chattaqua Co NY)    (TF59) 
  5. Thomas Todd 1799-1866 =>Pulaski Co KY by 1811 (1 mutation of 25 and 2 mutations of 37 from John Todd b 1782)

 

17

George Todd 1711-1790 Caroline  Co VA

TF137

A descendant of George is 2 mutations different from Mary Todd Lincoln group, From Orkney Islands of Northern Scotland.

18

Jesse Todd b 1770-80, James B b 1788 NC, William T b 1793 NC

TF162
  1. Jesse, James B. and William T all settled in the portion of Rutherford Co TN between 1810 and 1814 (TF162)
  2. Joseph Todd b1798 Co Derry=>Perry Co Illinois (TF252)

19

Elial Todd 1810 d pr 1860        England Detroit

TF60

Elial Todd b 1810 England, md in Canada, d Detroit MI (TF 60)

20

William Todd d 1802 Alnwick, England

 

 

21

John Todd 1621-1689/1690 Yorkshire, England - Rowley, Massachusetts

TF3

 

22

John Todd 1804 NY md 1826 NJ d 1869 Livingston Co, MI

TF106

 

23

William Todd abt 1667 Stafford Co VA

TF 40

 

24

John Todd d 1758 Liberty Co Georgia

TF 155

John came from Philadelphia to North Carolina and then 1745 to Craven District, SC, then 1751 to Newport District (later Liberty Co) GA.

29

Lewis Todd b 1760 r Edgecombe Co NC

Hardy Todd b 1773 r Edgecombe Co NC

Hardy Todd d 1801 Warren Co GA

TF 158

Resided in Edgecombe and Bertie Co but not related to William Todd d 1769 Bertie Co NC.

30

Armagh Todds

TF114 & TF221

Joseph Todd d 1835 Co Armagh; son James b 1821=>Iowa (TF221)

William Todd d 1820 Cecil CO Md (TF114)

John A. Todd 1838-1877 d San Luis Obispo Co CA

32

Western Londonderry Todds

TF251 &

 TF252

John Todd md Isabella Mowbray pr 1833 Toneduff Cumber Lower, Co Londonderry (TF252)

John Todd md Jane Craig,son Samuel Craig Todd b 1847 d 1890) (TF251)

 

 

 

 

 

Comments on the Groups:

 

  1. Mary Todd Lincoln Group of Todd (Group 1)

 

This group is  named due to Mary Todd being the famous wife of US President Abraham Lincoln.  Much of the initial research in the DNA project went into the kin of Mary Todd which resulted in the discovery that William Todd 1700-1760/70 who baptized his son Low Todd in Philadelphia Co in 1723 and went to Augusta Co VA by 1750 was close kin.   some of the family had come to Pennsylvania by 1723.  The other 3 included William Todd who went to Augusta Co VA by 1750, John Todd who went to Mecklenburg Co NC by 1767 and possibly James Todd who remained in Hunterdon Co NJ.  Descendants of Robert Todd were pioneers and land speculators in early Kentucky, including the ancestor of Mary Todd Lincoln.

There were also a couple of families with this DNA pattern that were in colonial PA and Virginia who may have migrated independently of the Mary Todd Lincoln family, namely Andrew Todd b about 1760 who lived in York Co PA by 1779 d 1801 Tazewell Co VA and Patrick Todd who also lived in York Co PA and migrated to Maryland; and the James Todd d 1799 Augusta Co VA.

There were branches of this group that migrated independently from Ireland to South  Carolina, namely, Nathaniel Todd 1751 Ireland d 1828 Laurens Co SC  and Patrick Todd 1768 d 1852 Laurens Co SC and James Todd d abt 1835 Anderson Co SC md Jane Erskine.  

Most recently we discovered three families with the same DNA pattern that came to Canada with two of them moving on to the US, one originating in Ireland (William b 1822 Ireland son of Nathan) and the other supposedly born in Scotland James Todd b 1826 Canada son of James Todd. 

Nathan and Nathaniel Todds appears in the Tithes of the 1820s only in area around Ballyeaston in Co Antrim.  The Ballyeaston Church 1813 census shows a Nathaniel Todd b 1746 whose son Nathaniel b1786 and grandson Nathaniel b 1807 both went to Dearborn Co Indiana in 1829 and whose great-nephew Nathaniel went to Saint Lawrence Co NY by 1850.   DNA of the Dearborn family matches Group 1 pattern.   There was also a Nathaniel Todd b 1820 son of John Todd who is probably the Nathaniel who went to Edwardsburg, Ontario, Canada by 1844. 

We also discovered four Todd families still in Ireland that lived in the Ballyeaston area and Carnmoney/Carrickfergus area (Drumdarragh and Carnlea and Coggry) that matches this pattern.  

ne possibility among many in interpreting these results is that this area is where the Mary Todd Lincoln family originated.

The family of Nathan Todd in Laurens Co SC had a family tradition that the family lived in the Loch Lomond area of Scotland before migrating to Ireland.  We have found a Todd family of Loch Lomond origin, a family with Glasgow origins and a family with west Lothian origins who all share the same Group 1 DNA pattern.  This supports the family tradition that the Todds of Ballyalbanagh came from the Loch Lomond area.

George Todd 1745-1810 of Henrico Co has 2 mutations from the base pattern; so additional markers or additional samples are needed to determine if he shares a common ancestor with this group or not.

  1. Hunterdon County New Jersey Todds

The family of David Todd 1731-1809, John Todd 1729-1802 and a possible nephew John Todd 1755-1820 of Hunterdon Co NJ have a DNA pattern totally different from the Somerset Co NJ Todds described below.  However, both of the John’s migrated to Somerset County and the two families became conflated in the eyes of later family historians.    This DNA pattern also matches that of the family of Andrew Todd b 1750s, lived in York Co 1779-1783, married Elizabeth Sipes in 1782 in Maryland, migrated to SW Virginia in the late 1780s and died in Tazewell Co in 1801.  Andrew may be related to a Patrick Todd who was also in one of the York Co tax lists and signed the oath of allegiance along with Andrew in Harford Co MD where Patrick settled.   I suspect Andrew and Patrick are close kin and immigrants from Ireland just before the Revolution.

  1. Ayrshire/Co Down-Co Antrim- Co Somerset County New Jersey “second wave” group

The Todds of Somerset County New Jersey consists of a sister and 5 brothers: Robert, William, John, James and Andrew identified as such in the Janeway Store records in Somerset County in 1735 and 1736.   We believe that three of these are the Todds that appear in later records in Somerset County, namely Andrew Todd d 1781, William Todd d 1760 and James Todd d 1781.  and that John and Robert moved on to other locations.   The DNA pattern has no match with either the Todds of Hunterdon Co NJ (see above) or the Mary Todd Lincoln group of Todds or the Mechlenburg Co NC Todds.  

Almost identical DNA has been found in the families that came to Carricknaveagh, Aghaderg, and Glaskerberg in Co Down in Northern Ireland in the 1600s and in a family in Dreghorn, Ayrshire Scotland (Matthew b 1770).     So this maybe the Scottish origin and the Irish origin of the many families that came to America in the 1700s and 1800s.

This group includes the Andrew Todd 1697-1777 who came to Londonderry Co NH by 1720; familes that came from Co Down and Co Antrim to South Carolina, families that settled in PA, TN, KY, VA.

In Ireland, this pattern is the most widespread of all the DNA patterns of Todds.  We find them in NW Co Antrim (John Todd b 1760 possible kin to Daniel Todd d 1737 Co Londonderry), in two locations in  Co Down, (James Todd d 1704 Aghaderg, Co Down and Ralph Todd b 1800 Glaskerberg Co Down; John and Robert Todd of early 1600s Carricknaveagh in northern Co Down).  Also we find them in Co Tyrone - Alexander Todd b 1806 who came to Philadelphia in 1826; John Todd who came from Co Tyrone about 1800 and settled in Washington Co PA;  and Robert b 1775 and Alexander b 1786 who lived in Ardstraw, Co Tyrone.  

  1. Group 3:

This group has a few families of eastern Virginia (Prince George Co, Dinwiddie Co, Isle of Wight Co), a family that settled in New York (Westchester and Ontario Co), and a family that settled in Horry Co SC.

 

  1. Group 5:  Anne Arundle Co MD Todds

This group is an English family that settled in what became Annapolis, Anne Arundel Co Maryland in the 1600s.  Various branches of the family that settled in Kentucky and Ohio were connected to the stem of this tree after extensive research,  including Benjamin Todd of Logan Co KY, John Todd of Bourbon Co KY and John  Todd of Ohio.

 

  1. Group 6:  Dorchester Co MD Todds

 

This family also settled in Maryland in the 1600s and has many numerous well documented branches and many loose ends.

 

  1. Group 7: Baltimore Todds

This family is descended from Thomas Todd who came to Gloucester Co VA by 1664 with some branches to Baltimore by 1669 and other branches that remained in Virginia (King and Queen Co), including the ancestors of Thomas Todd the Supreme Court Justice who migrated to KY.

 

  1. Group 8: Hanover Twp, Lancaster Co Todds

This group is intriquing because of misleading narratives about the family published in the 1890s in PA.  These narratives were useful in guiding our search that led us to discover branches of the family that left Lancaster Co PA and settled in North Carolina in the mid 1750s.

 

  1. Group 9: Quaker Todds of Chester Co.

This group is interesting because it was a Quaker family that was in Chester Co PA by the 1720s and includes a descendant who was the first husband of Dolly (Payne) Todd Madison.

 

  1. Group 10:  Washington Co PA Todds

This group came to SW PA from Ireland sometime around 1800.

 

  1. Group 11:  Eling England Todds

Joseph Todd came from Eling, Southhamptonshire in southern England to Philadelphia by 1699.   Descendants went to Rowan Co NC, Georgia, and Madison Co KY.  There is also a branch of this family (Joseph Todd d 1817 Fauquier Co VA) whose connection to the main stem of the tree has not been determined.  James Todd d 1810 Surry Co NC may be related to this family but additional testing is needed.

 

 

  1.  Group 12

James Todd d 1772 in East Nottingham Twp, Chester Co.   Family tradition cites a Scottish origin.  A family in North Carolina (David b 1805) has a near matching pattern.

  1. Group 13:

Henry Todd was in Cumberland Co PA by 1778.  Son Henry went to Indiana.

  1. Group 14:

Cornelius Todd d 1750 in Northumberland Co VA.  One branch went to Switzerland Co Indiana; another branch to Rockingham NC and then to Davidson Co TN and Shelby Co TN.

  1. Group 15:  Russell Co VA Todds

This family is interesting because it left a tradition of having come to Russell Co VA from New York by 1802.   One branch (James G. Todd 1770-1849) may have settled briefly in NC before coming to VA and had a son Lewis b 1815 who went to eastern KY, son William who went to Fentress Co TN, son  Joseph who remained in Russell Co.  James’ assumed brother Joseph married Charity Henninger of Washington Co Va and moved to KY (possibly Adair Co 1820-23, then Pulaski Co in 1827)

This family was a 2 mutation match with a family with origins in Co Armagh  (Joseph Todd d 1835, probably Tartaraghan Parish).  Son James b 1821 came to Elgin Illinois in 1845, then Fremont, Winneshiek Co Iowa in 1856.  The Armagh family was only a 1 mutation match from a John Todd b 1838 NY d 1877 CA, the son of Jacob Mornginstar Todd 1808 Canada d 1881 Iowa.

  1. Group 16: Washington Co Todds

This group has a genetic link between the Todds who settled in Washington Co VA by 1792 and the Todds who settled in Indiana by 1811 and the Todds who settled in Pulaski Co KY by 1811.  The connection between the Pulaski Co Todds and the Washington Co Todds has still to be determined.  One DNA sample from the Pulaski Co Todds is 2 out of 25 different from the Indiana Todds assumed to be from one branch of the Washington Co Todds.

A previous deduction that Preston Todd b1817 Russel Co VA was part of this family has been revealed to be untrue though Preston may have been adopted by the Washington Co Todds. Preston Todd who married into the Andrew Todd d 1801 Tazewell Co VA after the family moved to Indiana in the 1810s is the son of a member of the Horton family of Russell Co Va.

There is also a near match (2 mutations of 25) with a family that came from Ireland after 1810 to Canada and then to Chautaqua Co NY by 1850.

  1. Group 17:  George Todd of Caroline Co

This family (George b 1711) came from the Orkney Islands to Caroline Co VA.  He is 2 mutations of 25 from the Mary Todd Lincoln Group, but additional testing is needed to see if this family is related to the MTL group or not.

  1. Group 18: Rutherford Co/Cannon Co TN Todds

       Jesse Todd b 1770-80, James B. b 1788 NC and William T b 1793 NC settled in the portion of Rutherford Co

TN that became Cannon Co (TF162).   This matches an Irish family that lived in Co Londonderry in the

1800s and came to Perry Co ILL.  Jesse may be the Jesse Todd who married in Iredell Co to Sarah

 

  1. Group 19: Elial Todd

Elial Todd was born 1810 in England and married in Canada and died in Detroit 1850-1860.

  1. Group 21:  Yorkshire Todds (TF 3)

This family is descended from a John Todd b 1621 in Yorkshire who came to settle in Rowley Massachusetts.  This is a very large family with descendants in Connecticut and New York.

  1. Group 23: Stafford Co Va

William Todd (TF40)  died in Stafford Co VA in 1667.  Descendants went to KY.

  1. Group 24:  John Todd (TF 155) came from Philadelphia to North Carolina and then in 1745 to Carven Co SC and then 1751 to Newport District, Liberty Co Georgia.  No relationship to other American families has been found.
  2. Group 29:  Hardy Todd b 1775 and Lewis Todd b 1763-1851 resided in Edgecombe County and sometimes in Bertie Co.  However they are not related to the William Todd d 1769 Bertie Co.  Also sharing the same DNA is the Hardy Todd d 1801 of Warren Co GA.  Possibly related is the Hardy Todd b 1755 Tyler Co NC.

 

Each of these families has a separate history that would take a book to chronicle.   Some details are on the internet; some details can be found in the Todd Families in America microfilm available through the Mormon library and on a CD of the microfilm.