Todd Family Final DNA Report

Richard McMurtry

February 2010; revised August 2010; April 2013; August 2019, April 2022, April 2025       

“Correcting the Errors and Summarizing the Discoveries!”

 

This report gives a snapshot of the conclusions detailed in the various DNA reports on numerous Todd families between 2004 and 2025. Almost 300 male DNA samples and 500 other DNA samples (including autosomal DNA testing) were collected from various Todd families, mostly in America but also in England, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.    

 

 A major goal of this revision is to make it easy for Todd family historians to learn about the discoveries relevant to each family that have been made over this 21 year period.   A second goal is to correct the errors I introduced in the family history by making guesses and deductions that weren’t fully supported by the latest data.  Please forgive me for these errors! I believe I have it right this time.

 

History of DNA Project Testing Methodologies

 

Initially the study focused on 25 and 37 marker male DNA testing through the Family Tree DNA laboratory in Houston Texas.     Male DNA uses the DNA on the chromosome that males pass down through the generations virtually unchanged.   So two samples that match each other infer that they share a common ancestor at an unknown point in the past.   The results of this type of testing are in the form of a table of 25 or 37 DNA markers referred to as DYS numbers with a value for each marker.   The values for each marker for each sample are compared with the corresponding values for each marker for all other samples.   Where there was a high degree of matching values (e.g. 33 out of 37 markers identical), the samples were considered matching samples, implying that both sample donors shared a common ancestor at some unknown point in the past.  See elsewhere on this site for the raw data for each sample.

 

Later, autosomal DNA testing was investigated.    This type of DNA uses DNA from both parents and is most powerful when the samples being compared are within 5 generations of each other.   However, recent refinements enable one to estimate the number of generations to a common ancestor at greater distances than 5 generations. This is most useful when you have two sample donors who you believe based on genealogy or male dna to be cousins and you are wanting to confirm how closely related they are.  The results for this type of testing is an estimate of the whether the two donors are first cousins to third cousins, second to fourth cousins, third to fifth cousins, fourth cousins to remote cousins.  This data can also be uploaded to a website called “Gedmatch.com” where the comparisons estimate the number of generations from the donors to their common ancestor.

 

Later, beginning around 2014, the most refined (and most expensive) form of testing – called the Big Y – was explored.   This test is also a male DNA test.   The results are (1) 700 DYS markers compared to the earlier testing involving 25, 37, 67 and 111 markers, and (2) a genetic tree from the donor back to the genetic Adam 100,000 years ago.  The results of this genetic tree is a “block diagram” showing graphically which families share the same most recent genetic marker, and the genetic tree showing how closely related families are related to each other.   

 

The 37 marker test has proved to be a reliable indicator of a common ancestor as confirmed by the Big Y test.  However, my attempts to imply closeness of kinship based on minor differences in the 37 markers has been proven by the Big Y to be unreliable (much to my surprise and embarrassment!)   See elsewhere on this website for a special report on Big Y testing of various families.   

 

A major focus of the Big Y testing has been on (1) families having a common ancestor with the Mary Todd Lincoln family of Todds, including families in Ireland and the Glasgow region of Scotland, and (2) families that came from County Down, County Antrim, and County Monaghan in Ireland to New Hampshire, New Jersey, and South Carolina in colonial days and appear to have had earlier ancestry in Ayrshire, Scotland.

 

In 2010, a major effort was initiated to sample the Todds of Northern Ireland and Scotland.   In 2023-2024, a major effort was initiated to sample the Todds of Northern England.

 

Focus of this Report

 

This report focuses principally on families that migrated to America with indications of their origins in England, Scotland or Ireland.      These families came principally to colonial New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia as well as a few families to New Hampshire, Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina.   See elsewhere on the DNA sections of this website for special reports on (1) Todds of Northern England, (2) Tod/Todd families of Scotland, and (3) Todd families of Ireland.

 

This report lists the 30+ 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. 

 

Section 2 of this report lists the principal discoveries for each of the 30+ groups.  Section 3 of this report lists each of the families in each of the groups.

 

A companion file contains the actual DNA data of  almost 300 Todds who are members of the 30 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 is Todd Family 17, the family of Joseph Todd of Eling Southampton, England died 1699 Philadelphia.

 

Section 2: The Major Discoveries

 

  1.  Group 1:  

Group 1 contains 23 families having a male DNA pattern identical to or similar to the pattern of the Todds related to Mary Todd Lincoln.   Since these families have a similar male DNA pattern we know they have a common male Todd ancestor, but there are no genealogical records early enough to share how they related genealogically.

See the discussion of Group 1 Todds elsewhere on this website for a detailed discussion of which of these families each of these families are most closely related to.

The most important discovery for this group are that they share common ancestry with Todds who lived in County Antrim in northern Ireland in various villages and rural areas in a 10 mile by 8 mile swath lying about 10 miles north of Belfast and with a family of Todds that can trace their ancestry back into the 1500s in the Haghill area of Glasgow.   I interpret this to mean that the family origins of the entire group were in the Glasgow area and that various branches of this family came to Northern Ireland in the 1600s and from thence in later generations came to America.

 Another important discovery was that the family of Mary Todd Lincoln is most closely related to a family of Todds that lived in Carnlea at the northern end of the swath mentioned above in County Antrim.   refutes the assertion of George Seilhammer who in 1905 published the manuscript about the Todds written by Mary Todd Lincoln’s half-sister Emilie Todd Helm.  Seilhammer claimed the these Todds descended from a John Todd who lived in County Armagh in Northern Ireland and who died in 1719.   He based this simply on the similarity of names of the children of this John Todd mentioned in his will with the brothers and sisters of Mary Todd’s ancestor Robert Todd 1697-1775.     He noted that John Todd was a member of the Church of Ireland, not a Presbyterian, but this did not dissuade him.  He did not consider that the father of Robert Todd 1697-1775 might have died without a will which is true for most Todds of Ireland.   The internet is full of genealogies of this family repeating the error of George Seilhammer, asserting an Armagh rather than an Antrim birthplace for Robert Todd 1697-1775.

Other discoveries:

(1)   John Todd 1746-1829 died Lincoln Co Tennessee was the son of William Todd who came to Augusta County, Virginia in 1750 and died 1761-1770 probably in Bedford Co, Virginia.  John Todd 1750-1813 died Shelby County, Kentucky was the son of Andrew Todd d 1791 Louisa County Virginia, the half-brother of Robert Todd 1697-1775, the ancestor of Mary Todd Lincoln.

(2)   Andrew Todd d 1801 Tazewell County Virginia, David Todd 1731-1809 and his brother John Todd 1729-1802, William Todd b 1800 resided Carnlea County Antrim in 1813, and Samuel Todd md 1863 Ellen McMeekin in Ballymena, County Antrim were all closely related to Robert Todd 1697-1775, the ancestor of Mary Todd Lincoln.

(3)   James Todd 1774-1839 who died in Quebec was most closely related to William Todd of Augusta Co Virginia.  

(4)   Preston Todd b 1805 TN died Macon Co Missouri was descended from Low Todd b 1723, the oldest son of William Todd of Augusta Co Virginia.  

(5)   The John Todd 1755-1820 who died in Somerset County, New Jersey and who married Jane Todd daughter of David Todd 1731-1809 was a very distant cousin, not a close relative, to David Todd 1731-1809.

(6)   John Todd d 1799 Mecklenburg County, North Carolina was most closely related to an Adam Todd b 1784 who came from County Derry, Northern Ireland to New Brunswick.   The Mecklenburg Todds were kin to the Mary Todd family but not close kin.

(7)   The families of Nathaniel Todd 1751-1820/30 who came to South Carolina by 1794 and Patrick Todd d 1852 who came to Laurens County South Carolina prior to 1800 may have shared a common ancestor in the early 1700s and so may be very closely related.  However, they do not seem to be brothers since they do not share the same most recent genetic mutation.

(8)   The family of James Todd d 1799 Augusta County Virginia is not close kin to the William Todd family that came to Augusta County in 1750.   His genetic pattern branched off from the main trunk of the Todd genetic tree in 1500.  So though he shares this pattern with the Todds who lived in Ballyalbanagh in County Antrim in 1813 and the Todds of Haghill, Glasgow, their common ancestor could be any time between the 1500s and the 1700s.

  1. Group 2:

The Group 2 Todds consist of 35 families that share a similar DNA pattern to the family of Matthew Todd md 1715 Fenwick, Ayrshire, Scotland.  Since we have not found this DNA pattern elsewhere in Scotland, I assume that all the Todds of this group have an Ayrshire origin prior to their migration to Ireland, America, Australia and New Zealand.

Major discoveries:

(1)   The five Todd brothers who came to Somerset County New Jersey about 1735 (William, James, John, Robert, and Andrew) did not share common ancestry with the Todd brothers (David b 1731 and John b 1729) who came to came to Hunterdon County New Jersey about 1749.    John migrated to Somerset County and later historians assumed incorrectly that the two families were related.

(2)   William Todd d 1760 was the father of John Todd 1739-1823 md Sarah Ismay and the father of Robert Todd md 1770 in Dutchess County New York to Elizabeth Vervalin.   William was not the father of John Todd 1755-1820 as stated by a professional New Jersey genealogist.  This latter John Todd 1755-1820 does not share the Group 2 DNA pattern..

(3)   One branch or a group of branches of the Ayrshire family went to NW County Antrim/NE Derry in the 1600s and another branch or branches went to central and southern County Down also in the 1600s.   Daniel Todd  died in Coleraine County Derry in 1737 and a James Todd d 1704 in Aghaderg in southern County Down.   A Todd family settled in Toddstown by 1625 in central County Down.

(4)   The County Down Todds were the ancestors of the family of (a) Thomas Todd b 1781 died Fleming County, Kentucky, (b) Thomas Todd b 1765 died in Fayette County Pennsylvania, (c) Robert Todd b 1806 md Killinchy, County Down, died Butler County Ohio, (d) the Todd brothers of Somerset County New Jersey (William b 1760, Andrew b 1781, James d 1781), (e) Robert Todd b 1740 of Washington County New York, (f) Robert Todd b abt 1735 died Loudon County Virginia (probably related to the Somerset County NJ Todds), (g) Andrew Todd b 1756 of County Down, County Monaghan and Laurens County South Carolina.

  1. The County Antrim Todds were the ancestors of (a) Andrew Todd b 1697 who came to Londonderry, New Hampshire by 1720, (b) William Todd b 1792 of Derrykeighan, County Antrim who came to Delaware, (c) William Todd b 1791 whose son James died in Kennett Square, Chester County, Pennsylvania in 1820.
  2. The County Antrim Todds, based on the genealogical record for some and the genetic record for others, were the ancestors of (a) James Todd b 1748 who came to Nashville, TN by 1780 then moved to Xenia, Ohio, (b) Robert Todd b 1750s who came to Laurens County South Carolina in 1772, (c) John Todd d 1808 Washington County, Pennsylvania with descendants to Ohio County Virginia, (d) Charles Todd b 1795 who was in Hunterdon County NJ by 1830, (e) Archibald Todd who came to 96 District, South Carolina in 1772,

3.  Group 3 Todds

The Group 3 Todds were a group of Todds of widely disparate geographical distribution not previously considered kin to each other prior to the DNA study.  The most important discovery for this group was finding a genetic match with a John Todd b 1737 in Scarborough, Yorkshire in northern England which may be the ancestral homeland of all these families.

One of these Group 3 families was a Christopher Todd 1617-1686 who settled in New Haven Connecticut by 1639.  The family historian of this family asserted that he was the Christopher Todd baptized in 1617 in Pontefract, Yorkshire.    We have not been able to corroborate this with a DNA sample from the Todds later living in the vicinity of Pontefract, but the DNA of Christopher Todd’s family matches the Scarborough, Yorkshire Todds.  So both the family tradition and the DNA point to a Yorkshire origin.

Christopher Todd’s family DNA is most closely related to Joseph Todd 1742-1809 who lived in Orange County New York before moving to Ontario County New York.   But he may have been born in England (based on military record from the French and Indian War) and is therefore most likely a cousin not a descendant of Christopher’s.

Another of these families was a William Todd d 1820 Horry County South Carolina.  A family historian in the 1990s asserted that this William was the William b 1745 in Moffatt, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, but there appears to be no basis for this assumption and the DNA from one family of Moffatt Todds did not match the Horry County Todds.  This Horry County Todd family shares a common ancestor most closely with the Christopher Todd family and second most closely with the Scarborough Todds.  I believe that Yorkshire, England may be the ancestral home of this Horry County family.  FTDNA estimates that this family branched off from the Christopher Todd branch of the Todd genetic tree sometime around 1400 with an estimate of the common ancestor around 1700.   FTDNA estimates the common ancestor of these families with the Scarborough Todds about 1350.

Another of these Group 3 families was a John Todd d 1677 Bermuda.   His descendant Mallory Todd 1742-1817 came from Bermuda to Isle of Wight County, Virginia.

The Bermuda family might be the ancestor of a James Todd 1765-1823 Roane County Tennessee who was ancestor of a Henry Todd b 1797 died Fayette County Virginia.

The other members of this group were: (1) James David Todd 1821 VA d Johnston Co NC (2) William Todd b 1814 England md 1846 Henry Co Iowa.       Of all this group of families, the family of William Todd b 1814 is the most closely related to the Scarborough Todds.

 

 

  1. Group 4 Todds

This group is headed by William Todd who died in 1769 in Bertie County, North Carolina.  The significant discovery was a match with a Walter Todd 1790-1820 who lived in Bradford, Yorkshire suggesting this as the ancestral homeland of the William Todd d 1769 family.

This family also matches a John Todd md 1805 Charity Farrow of Wilmington, North Carolina – genealogical connection unknown.

  1. Groups 5 and 6

These two groups are composed of the family of Thomas Todd who came to Anne Arundel County Maryland abt 1651 and died in 1671 and the family of Michael Todd died 1730 who came of Dorchester County Maryland by 1690.  In our first research, we concluded that the two families were unrelated but the Big Y revealed that they share a common ancestor but possibly in the 1400s or 1500s.

The most interesting discovery for this group was a near genetic match with a family descending from a William Todd b 1696 in Barton Upon Humber, in Lincolnshire, England.   There were Todds in the parish records as early as 1550.     So this could be the ancestral home of both the Anne Arundel and Dorchester Todds.

Other interesting discoveries included genetic matching with John Todd d 1809 Bourbon County, Kentucky, Benjamin Todd 1749-1823 died Logan County Kentucky and John Todd who married in 1791 to Mary Jarman in Baltimore, Maryland and died in Franklin County, Ohio.  Based on genealogical research, I concluded that John Todd who married Mary Jarman was the son of Thomas Todd 1743-1808, the son of Lancelot Todd 1707-1791 who married Rachel Warfield, that John d 1809 and Benjamin d 1823 were brothers and sons of Nathan Todd b 1717.   

  1. Family 7:

Family 7 is the family of Thomas Todd died 1677 who came to Gloucester County, Virginia by 1664 and to Baltimore by 1669.   We have not found a match with any early English Todds though we did find a match with a Benjamin Todd b 1818 London who married Mary Cumberworth.    Two Missouri families of unknown genealogical connection to the Thomas Todd were also found: John A. Todd b 1815 Virginia died 1857 Missouri and Charles Rankin Todd b 1817 Kentucky died 1869 Franklin County, Missouri.

  1. Family 8:

This group of families settled in Hanover Township in Lancaster County about 1749.  Samuel and John Todd were listed in a land record there at that time.    Samuel migrated to Rowan County North Carolina where he died in 1759.   John Sharp Todd 1724-1799 died in Rowan County.    James Todd 1717-1783 remained in Hanover Township.

We have not as yet found any matching Todds in England or Scotland or Ireland.

Our research revealed that Dr. William Henry Egle, state archivist of Pennsylvania, published an article in 1896, which confused the Hanover Todds with a Hugh Todd d 1772 Lancaster County and a Cornelius Todd who moved to North Carolina – neither of whom are related to the Hanover Township Todds based on DNA from a descendant of Hugh’s father James Todd died 1772 East Nottingham Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and descendants of Cornelius Todd md 1739 Mary Jones in Richmond County, Virginia and died in 1750 in Northumberland County, Virginia.

  1. Family 9 and Group 15

Family 9 is the family of John Todd born ca 1690 a Quaker who died in Chester County in 1775.  Group 15 includes (1) the family of James G. Todd born abt 1770 who came to Russell County VA about 1802, reportedly from New York, (2) the family of Joseph Todd b abt 1780 who came to Russell County Virginia by 1801, went to Pulaski County by 1827 and possibly to Adair County by 1820-1823, (3) the family of James Todd who came to Pennsylvania and then to Canada where his son Jacob Morningstar Todd b 1808 Canada died 1881 Linn County Iowa.

The most interesting discovery for this group was the match with Joseph Todd who died in 1835 in northern County Armagh.  We have not yet found a match with a Todd family in England or Scotland.


  1. Group 10:

Group 10 includes the family of John Todd who came from Ireland to NW Virginia and SW Pennsylvania and died in Washington County PA in 1819.   Genealogy suggests a connection with Edward Todd b 1770 who went from Washington County PA to Brooke County VA and then Steubenville Ohio and with William Todd 1756-1852 who went from Washington County PA in 1810 to Harrison Co Ohio by 1818.

The interesting discovery was that Group 10 matches two families who lived in Ballycastle, northern County Antrim in Northern Ireland:  Daniel Todd b 1798 and William Todd b 1772.

  1. Family 11

Family 11 is the family of Joseph Todd who was born in Eling, Southhampton, England in 1654 and who came to Philadelphia and died there in 1699.  There are a couple of families that have the same DNA:  Joseph Todd d 1817 Faquier County, Virginia and James Todd b about 1765 d 1810 Surry County, North Carolina.   We do not know how these families are related.

Also interesting is that this family matches a family of George Todd b 1798 Fifeshire, Scotland.  But the genetic mutation may have happened at a very early date – perhaps before the advent of the widespread use of surnames in 1400.

Also interesting discoveries in the family of Joseph Todd of Eling were: (1) that Walker Todd b 1822 Rutherford County Tennessee was somehow kin to Benjamin Todd b1754 but not through the male line.  Walker’s father appears to be a John Frazier b 1777 Ireland who came to Tennessee and settled in Shelby County, Tennessee, (2) That Asa Todd 1817-1904 was the son of Jemima Todd (daughter of Benjamin Todd 1759-1855) and a Medford, and (3) that Jefferson Todd was the son of a Pate.

  1. Group 12:

The original family that constituted this group was that of James Todd d 1772 East Nottingham Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.   Later it was discovered that David Tod b 1805 who resided in Davidson and Forsyth County, North Carolina and a William Todd b 1801 Ireland died 1866 in Ontario were genetic kin to James d 1771.   

The interesting discovery for this group was a match with the family of William Todd 1762-1843 of Salter’s Grange, County Armagh, Northern Ireland and the family of William Todd b 1758 of Haydon Bridge, Northumberland County, England.

So this group appears to have had a County Armagh Irish origin and before immigrating to Ireland, a Northumberland County England ancestral homeland.

  1. Family 13:

Family 13 is the family of Henry Todd b 1779 who resided in Cumberland and York County Pennsylvania and then went to Marion County Indiana where he died in 1845.   Henry is genetic kin to Samuel Todd b 1845 who migrated to Madoc, Hastings County, Ontario.  These two families both match the family of John Todd 1783 to 1871 who lived in Markethill, County Armagh, Northern Ireland.

  1. Family 14:

Family 14 is the family of Cornelius Todd who married in 1739 in Richmond County, Virginia and died the Northumberland County, Virginia in 1750.   He had a son Cornelius Todd born abt 1746 who had a son James Todd b 1786 who went to Vevay, Switzerland County, Indiana and died there in 1868.  He also had a son William Todd who went to Rockingham County North Carolina and had children (1) a son John B. Todd b 1777 died 1851 who was in Rockingham in 1810 and then went to Tennessee eventually settling in Shelby County where in died in 1851 and (2) Samuel Todd of md 1810 to Nancy Newton in Davidson County Tennessee who moved to Lawrence County, Tennessee.

The interesting discovery for this family is a match with a John Todd born 1730 md 1765 Jean Sangster in Old Meldrum, Aberdeenshire.

  1. Family 16:

The original family of this group was the family of four brothers (William b 1795 Anderson b 1797, Thomas b 1799 and Henry b 1802) who came with their mother to Pulaski County Kentucky by 1811.    Though there was a tradition in this family supported by a marriage record that their father was a William Todd who had lived in Washington County, Virginia, we have found no record of a William Todd in Washington County.    However, there was family with DNA matching the Pulaski County Todds, namely, a John Todd who came to Washington County about 1792 and left there around 1810 and went to Orange County, then Greene County Indiana.   I believe this John Todd had a son Robert Todd who was the Rober Todd born in Virginia about 1790 who was in Indiana by 1821 and then came to Whitely Co Kentucky by 1840 and was in Pulaski County by 1843.    Family historians reported Robert as brother to the four Pulaski County Kentucky Todd brothers listed above.   However, I think he was a cousin and that his father was John Todd of Washington County, Virginia and Orange/Greene County Indiana and that John Todd may have had a brother who was the father of the Pulaski County Kentucky Todds.  

Most interesting discovery was that these families match the DNA of several families of south-central County Tyrone, in Northern Ireland, including a couple of families that migrated to Quebec:  William Todd who migrated to Quebec in 1819 and then moved to Ontario, and John Todd b 1790 who migrated to Godmanchester, Quebec by 1817 and then moved to Ormstown, Quebec.  The parishes of County Tyrone where Todds of similar DNA lived in the early 1800s were Cappagh, Errigal Trough, Carnteel, Drumragh, Dromore, Clogher.  Also matching were the family of John Todd b 1799 Errigal Trough who came to St Johnsbury, Vermont by 1848 and a Henry Todd b 1774 who came to Allegheny County, Pennsylvania in 1825.

  1. Family 18

Family 18 consists of the family of Jesse Todd b 1770-1780, James Todd b 1788 North Carolina, William Todd b 1793 North Carolina.    This family matches a Todd family that lived in County Derry in Northern Ireland, namely, Joseph Todd b 1798 who came to Perry County Illinois and a family that lived in Tullamore, Kings County/Offaly County, namely James Todd b 1833 md 1864.  We have not found a Scottish or English family with this pattern.

  1. Family 21

Family 21 is the family of John Todd b 1621 died 1689/1690 who came to Rowley, Massachusetts about 1648.  The historian of the family of Christopher Todd of New Haven reported contradictory conclusions about this John Todd, namely that his kinship with Christopher was unknown and that he was a cousin of Christopher.  The first conclusion was that of the compiler of the records for Christopher Todd’s family and the second conclusion appears to be the guess of the editor of those same records.    DNA reveals that John Todd of Rowley MA is not kin to Christopher.  Rather we have found several families in Cumberland County, England that match John’s family, namely (1) Joseph Aston Todd b 1816 Wigton, Cumberland County, (2) Thomas Todd b 1787 Dacre, Cumberland County, (3) John Todd b 1786 Greystoke, Cumberland County, (4) William Todd b 1818 Hensingham, Cumberland County, (5) John Todd b 1803 Whitehaven, Cumberland County.

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The Family Groups

The following table groups all the Todd families that have the same male DNA pattern into a group - implying a common ancestor for those families back in the mists of time.  Prior to doing this DNA testing, the kinship between these families was not known or knowable.   The label TF and a number (e.g. TF19) refers to the Todd Family numbering system which gives each distinct family a number to make it easy to find information about that family elsewhere on the Todd website.

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Family Group

Todd Family No.

Families in This Group

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Families with DNA similar to that of Mary Todd Lincoln’s Todd family

 

1.  Branches of the Todd family of Mary Todd Lincoln (Todd Family 19) :

a. Mary Todd’s documented ancestor, Robert Todd 1697-1775 and his half-brother Andrew d 1791. 

b. John Todd 1750-1813 of Chester Co & Bedford Co PA and Shelby Co KY shown to be son of Andrew Todd d 1791

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

d.      John Todd 1746-1829 Lincoln Co, TN  (shown to be son of immigrant William Todd of NJ, PA &VA)

e.   Preston Todd b 1805 TN =>Moniteau Twp MO by 1840 and Macon Co MO by 1850 (shown to be grandson of Low Todd 1723-1792 of NJ, PA, VA, TN, son of William Todd the immigrant

Closely related genetically to Mary Todd Lincoln group of Todds

2.      Andrew Todd b 1750s d 1801 Tazewell Co NJ 

3.      David 1731-1809 of Hunterdon Co NJ  & John Todd 1729-1802 of Hunterdon and Somerset Co NJ

4.      James Todd 1774-1838 Quebec ->James Todd b Canada 1826=>VT by 1850=>IL by 1859=>Berrien Co Michigan by 1870 (TF202)

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

6.      Samuel Todd md 1863 Eliz McMeekin, Ballymena, Co Antrim

Other kin:

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

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

15.              John Todd 1755-1820, Ireland to Somerset Co NJ md Jane Todd, daughter of David Todd 1730-1809 Hunterdon Co NJ

16.              John Todd=>Mecklenburg Co NC by 1767

17.              Adam Todd b1782 County Derry d 1851 New Brunswick

18.              Thomas Todd b1798 County Derry d 1887 Brant Ontario

19.              James Todd 1801-1886 Rashee, County Antrim

20.              Robert Todd 1807-1844 Donegore, Co. Antrim =>Prince Edward Island, Canada

21.              William John Todd 1839 of Trench Hill, Co Antrim

22.              Nathaniel Todd 1802-1880 of Magherabane, Co Antrim

23.              John Todd b abt 1660 Haghill, Glasgow

24.              John Todd md 1777 Barbara Scott, Bonhill, Loch Lomond, Dumbartonshire

25.              Robert Todd md 1838 Agnes Kirk, Coggry, Co Antrim

26.              Thomas Todd b 1817 Ballyeaston =>Australia md 1844

27.              Robert Todd  b1829 Ireland =>Harford Co, Maryland

28.              Andrew Todd 1804-1882 Coggry Co Antrim

29.              Nathaniel Todd b 1746 of Balllyalbanagh, Co Antrim; son James b 1773 to Dearborn Indiana in 1829

30.              John Todd md Isabel Millar, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland: son John b 1782 Abbey Paisley

31.              James Todd b 1750s=>Washington Co PA=>Warren Co OH (TF26)

32.              Robert Todd 1784-1844=>Pendleton Co SC 1802 (TF46)

33.              George Todd 1745-1810 Henrico Co VA (TF42) (2 mutations different from the main pattern)(Big Y being sought in April 2025)

 

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Somerset Co NJ Todds

 

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

  1. Matthew Todd md 1715 Fenwick, Ayrshire (TF285)
  2. Todd migration to Somerset Co, NJ: Andrew 1720-1781, James 1730-1781, William d 1760 (TF14): includes Robert Todd md 1770 Rombout Twp, Dutchess Co NY
  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 about 1625 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)
  26. James Todd d 1820 Kennett Twp, Chester Co PA (TF130)
  27. John Todd md 1868 Louisa Deane in Tynan, Co Armagh
  28. Thomas Todd b 1765 Co Down to Delaware to Fayette Co PA, d 1855
  29. Robert Todd md Anne McCarley of Co Derry; Son Robert b 1866
  30. Robert Todd b 1750s=>Rabon Creek, Laurens Co SC by 1773
  31. Robert Todd b 1790s md Isabella Love, Ardstraw, Co Tryone
  32. Andrew Todd b 1756: Co Down to Co Monaghan 1756; to Laurens Co SC by 1816
  33. Samuel Todd 1804-1884 Ballynafoy, Co Down
  34. William Todd b 1817 md 1847 Mary Anderson, Cappagh, Co Down
  35. Alexander Todd 1819-1903 Lisburn Co Down

3

Todds of Haven, CT; Ontario NY; Prince George Co VA; Johnston Co NC; Horry Co SC; Bermuda; Scarborough, Yorkshire               

 
  1. Christopher Todd 1617-1686 England to New Haven  CT (TF1)
  2. Joseph Todd 1742-1809 Ontario Co NY (TF 102)
  3. James Todd  1765 Prince George Co VA d 1823 Roane Co TN (TF144)
  4. James David Todd 1821 VA d Johnston Co NC
  5. William Todd d 1820 Horry Co SC (TF164)
  6. Mallory Todd b 1742 d  1817 Isle of Wight Co VA (John Todd d 1677 in Bermuda) (TF41)
  7. Henry Todd b 1797 VA d Fayettte Co VA
  8. William Todd b 1814 England md 1846 Henry Co Iowa
  9. John Todd b 1737 Scarborough, Yorkshire, England

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)
  3. Walter Todd 1790-1820 Bradford, Yorkshire, England

5

Thomas d 1671 of Anne Arundel Co Maryland            

TF30/ TF111

1.      Thomas came from England to Anne Arundel Co, MD abt 1651;died 1671 (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)

2.      William Todd b 1695 Barton-Upon-Humber, Lincolnshire, England

6

Michael Todd d 1730 Dorchester Co.

TF32

1.      Michael Todd came to Dorchester Co MD by 1690

2.      William Todd b 1695 Barton-Upon-Humber, Lincolnshire, England

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
  3. Charles Rankin Todd 1817 KY d 1869 Franklin Co MO
  4. Benjamin Todd 1818 London md Mary Cumberworth

8

Hanover Twp, Lancaster Co related Todds

TF20
  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

 

9

John Todd b c 1690 d 1775  Chester Co,

TF18
  1. John Todd was in Chester Co PA by 1714, d 1775.

See Group 15: The Todds of County Armagh Ireland

10

John Todd 1754-1819  Washington Co, PA

TF21
  1. John came from Ireland to SW PA and NW 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)
  5. William Todd 1772-1854 Magheramore, Ballycastle, Antrim.

11

Joseph Todd d 1699  Philadelphia

TF17

Joseph came to Philadelphia from England just before his death in 1699.  Descendants to Rowan Co NC and Madison Co KY, Georgia, Rutherford Co TN. (TF17)

  1. Joseph Todd d 1817 Faquier Co VA; son Benj 1796-1879 Muskinghum Co OH (TF17?)
  2. James Todd b abt 1765 d 1810 Surry Co NC (need to reconfirm these results)
  3. 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)

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

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

5.   William Todd b 1758 Haydon Bridge, Northumberland Co England

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)

2.      John Todd 1783-1871 Markethill, Co Armagh, Ireland

3.      Samuel Todd b 1845 r Madoc, Hastings Co Ontario

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

4.      John Todd b 1730 md 1765 Jean Sangster Old Meldrum, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

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. Joseph Todd d 1835 Co Armagh and
  6. 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)
  7. John Todd d 1775 Chester Co PA

 

 

 

 

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. William (b abtc1810 Ireland=>/Canada; son Charles Wesley Todd b 1835=>Chattaqua Co NY)    (TF59) 
  4. William Todd b 1795, Anderson Todd b 1797, Henry Todd b 1802, Thomas Todd 1799-1866 =>Pulaski Co KY by 1811
  5. Todds of south-central Co Tyrone (see Ireland DNA report)

17

George Todd 1711-1790 Orkney Islands, Scotland=>Caroline  Co VA

TF137

No matches

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)
  3. James Todd b 1833 md 1864 Tullamore, Kings/Offaly County

19

Elial Todd 1810 Enland d pr 1860 Detroit

TF60

No matches

20

William Todd d 1802 Alnwick, England

TF132

No matches

 

 

 

 

21

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

TF3
  1.  John Todd 1621-1689 to Rowley Mass. by 1648?
  2. Several Todd families of Cumberland Co England (Whitehaven, Dacre, Greystoke)
  3. John Todd b 1809 Thirsk, Yorkshire

22

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

TF106

Mo matches

23

William Todd abt 1667 Stafford Co VA

TF 40

No matches

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.  (not sure we got a valid DNA sample due to non-paternity events.

29

Lewis Todd b 1760 r Edgecombe Co NC

Hardy Todd b 1773 r Edgecombe Co NC

Hardy Todd d 1801 Warren Co GA

Thomas Todd md 1740 Charity Hardy Bertie Co NC

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

James Todd son Jacob Morningstar Todd 1808 Canada 1881 Iowa

John Todd d 1775 Chester County, PA

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)

James Todd md 1840 Eleanor Ballantyne, Carrickatane, Castlemellon, Co Tyrone

34

Archibald Todd 1763 Ireland 1852 Ohio

TF125

Matches the family of Orr Todd 1838-1881 Belfast.

 

 

 

 

 

Comments on the Groups:

These comments may be duplicative of the above discussion or they may provide some additional details not include in the above.  I do not have the patience to edit it again.

  1. Mary Todd Lincoln Group of Todds (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.   Family lore of the family of Robert Todd 1697-1775 remembered Andrew Todd, Robert’s half brother but had forgotten their kinsman William Todd.

Andrew Todd’s family has a unique value for marker 461 that differed for the value of this marker for Robert and William Todd.  This 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 1746-1829 Lincoln Co TN as the son of William Todd d 1760-1770 Virginia.  Also, Big Y testing confirmed these relationships.

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 in Ireland 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 distant cousin John Todd 1755-1820 who migrated later to Somerset 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 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.  A son of Cornelius’ son Cornelius went to Switzerland Co Indiana; Cornelius’ son William went to Rockingham NC and then a son of his (Samuel ) went to Davidson Co TN and and another son John went to Shelby Co TN.

This family matches the DNA of the family of John Todd b 1730 Old Meldrum, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

  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 Virginia Todds

The most important discovery for this group is that the Todds of Pulaski County Kentucky and the Todds of Washington Co VA and Greene County Indiana match the DNA of Todd families in south-central County Tyrone in northern Ireland.  Hence this location in Northern Ireland may be the ancestral homeland of these families.

This group has a genetic link between:

  1. James Todd, John Todd, Patrick Todd who came Washington Co VA by 1792.      John Todd and his wife and children appear to have left Washington Co VA around 1810 and we find a John Todd probably son of John Todd, the immigrant, settling in Orange Co Indiana by 1820 and Greene Co by 1830.   A Robert Todd b abt 1790 was in Indiana prior to 1821, came to Whitley County KY just east of Pulaski County KY between  1836 and 1840 and was in Pulaski Co KY 1843-1847.  Though thought by some family historians to be a brother to the four Pulaski Co Todds, he may well have been a son of John Todd the immigrant.
  2. The four Todd brothers of Pulaski County, Kentucky:  William b 1792, Anderson b 1794, Thomas born 1798/99, Henry b 1801.
  3. Several Todd families of south-central County Tyrone: (a) Henry Todd b 1735 died 1823 of Corlea, Drumragh Parish (b) John Todd md 1865 Elizabeth Arthurs in Clogher Parish, (c) John Todd, father of Wilson Todd md 1860 in Carnteel, (d) James Todd 1804-188 of Fymore Todd, Errigal Trough Parish (e) John Todd b 1799 Fymore d 1881 St Johnsbury, Vermont, (f) James Todd 1805-1900 of Cappagh Parish, (g) William Todd b 1765 migrated to Canada 1819 died in Peel, Ontario in 1838, (h) Henry Todd b 1775 emigrated to western PA in 1825 (i)  

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. 

  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:  John Todd d 1689 Rowley Massachusetts (TF 3)

This family is descended from a John Todd b 1621 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.  And a consistent DNA pattern was not found amongst descendants.
  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.