Todd Family # 140: Cornelius Todd d 1750 Northumberland Co VA

Cornelius Todd md 1739 Mary Jones in Richmond Co VA d 1750 Northumberland Co VA

William Todd abt 1744=>Rockingham Co NC by in 1790 and 1800

John B. Todd 1777 VA=>Rockingham Co NC in 1810=>Lincoln Co TN by

1820=>Okibeha Co MS by 1840=>Shelby Co TN by 1850 d 1851

Samuel Todd b abt 1785 md 1810 Davidson Co TN Nancy Newton

Cornelius Todd b: c. 1746 d: before OCT 1792 (Northumberland Co., VA)

William Todd b: 23 FEB 1775 (Northumberland Co., VA) d:

John Todd b: 14 FEB 1777 d: before 1782

Henry Todd b: 13 SEP 1779 (Northumberland Co., VA)

John Todd b: 14 FEB 1782 (Northumberland Co., VA) m: 23 DEC

1812 (Warsaw, Richmond Co., VA) Matilda Dodson

Peter Todd b: 14 APR 1784 (Northumberland Co., VA) d: ???

1st m: 15 DEC 1813 (Warsaw, Richmond Co., VA) Elizabeth B.

Dodson

2nd m: 29 MAY 1816 (Warsaw, Richmond Co.,VA) Frances Ann

Pullen

James Todd b: 7 NOV 1786 (Northumberland Co. VA) d: 1868

(Switzerland Co., IN) (Jim Todd a descendant of this branch living in

Ohio donated a DNA sample)

(Jeff Danner of Ohio did the research on the Cornelius Todd Jr branch of the family.)

William Todd orphan of Cornelius Todd was listed in Order Books of Northumberland County, Vol 1 1753-1756 page 51 and 1756-1758 page 141. In 1758, William was bound out to John McGoon until he reaches the age of 21 to be taught the trade of weaver and to read the bible.

John B Todd b 1777 VA died Shelby Co TN and Samuel Todd md 1810 Davidson Co TN were linked to each other and to the Cornelius Todd family through male DNA. John and Samuel were linked to William son of Cornelius by census records indicating the John B. b 1777 was born in Virginia and had children born in North Carolina between 1802 and 1807. We found a John Todd in Rockingham County NC in the 1810 census with ages corresponding to John B. Todd of Shelby County TN. We found a William Todd in Rockingham County in 1790 and 1800 who was the right age to have been the William, orphan of Cornelius.

In 2024, we received a DNA sample from descendant of a William Todd b 1770 ld Meldrum, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This likely the origin of the Cornelius Todd family before coming to America though it is possible that branch of the Aberdeenshire family went to England and thence to America. However, no DNA samples from English Todds have as yet matched the Cornelius Todd family.

Note: There was an Eleanor Todd and James Starks who had a child Jane Starks in 1709 in Richmond Co VA. She could have been an aunt to Cornelius if related at all, which would suggest an earlier arrival of this family in America, perhaps in the 1600s.