Second
ADDENDUM TO PA TODDS
A. Fayette Co Wills and Deed Index
B.
C. Cumberland
Co Todds
D. Franklin Co Todds
E. Correcting the Errors in the Emilie Todd Helm Collection
A. Fayette Co Wills and Deeds
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Residence |
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Todd |
Alexander |
Union
Twp |
1,130 |
1,392 |
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Todd |
Andrew |
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1936 |
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Todd |
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1890 |
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Todd |
Ostrander |
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1878 |
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Todd |
Thomas |
Menallen |
3,183 |
3,183 |
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Grantor |
First
name |
Item |
Grantee |
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Instrument |
Date |
Location |
Area |
Book
page |
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Todd |
Alexander |
729 |
Todd |
Benjamin |
Deed |
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Q,
176 |
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James
etal |
733 |
Bucher |
Aaron |
Deed |
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Q,275 |
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James
C. 743,p146 |
743 |
Watkins |
Joseph |
Deed |
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George |
109
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Q,555 |
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Benjamin 784 |
784 |
Swearingten |
Wm |
Deed
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Interest
in |
R,502 |
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James
etc 943,p 6 Atty in Fact |
943 |
Huston |
James |
Deed |
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20-1/2
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X,183 |
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Jane
981, p 103 |
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1841 |
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Y,395 |
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Thomas
684, p 50 |
684 |
Mccormick |
John |
Deed |
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Redstone |
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James
et ux |
956 |
Veech |
David |
Deed |
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X,384 |
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James |
960 |
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John
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Deed |
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Union
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X,451 |
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James
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980 |
Stone |
Wm |
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1841 |
Uniont’n |
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Y,
395 |
Alexander,
729, Aaron 1234,
B. Lancaster Todds:
1. Taxables and early settlers
in 1750 of the West End of Hanover Township:…Samuel Todd (listed in the section
under "History of Dauphin County" suggesting that this portion of
Lancaster County became Dauphin County in
).
2. Taxables and early settlers
of the East End of Hanover at the same period:
…James Todd (many within limits of
Above two entries from
"History and Topography of Dauphin,
3. James Todd born 1758 in
Lancaster Co. died
C.
Henry
Todd was a Sergt. 1778-1779 under Capt William Findley and
under Capt Samuel Patton 1780-82-82.
The 1790 census shows the family as 1 man, 1 boy, 6 females and the will
of Henry Todd of Hamilton Twp, farmer, as Lettice Todd, my dearly beloved wife:
Son John Daus. Dorcas, Martha, Mary, Lettice,
Isabella: dated
D. Franklin Co.
John
Todd served under Capt Abraham Smith 5th Series, vol 5, p 497
Samuel
Todd served under Capt John Orbison as a private in 1780, vicinity of Welsh
Run, (5th Series, vol 6, p 274)
E. Correcting the Errors in the Todd Family
History ascribed to Emily Todd Helm
Mrs.
Emily Todd Helm spent several decades compiling the history of her Todd
ancestors who settled in colonial
The
following discussion seeks to correct two of the errors in Mrs
Helm's manuscript and in the version based on her manuscript published by
George O. Seilhamer in 1905. It focuses on Samuel Todd, son of Robert Todd
(1697-1775) and three children of Andrew Todd (d 1791), namely, Ann, Mary and
John Todd.
Ann
and Mary Todd
Mrs.
Helm mixed up the marriages of two of Andrew Todd's daughters. She said that Anne Todd married Samuel Todd
and Mary Todd married John McCulloh, but the opposite
was true. Mary Todd married Samuel Todd
and Anne Todd married John McCulloh.
Data
from the pension file of John McCulloh confirms that Ann Todd was the wife of
John McCullough.
"Pension
record of Major John McCulloh,"
John
McCulloh Pension number W.4489,
Collection
of Revolutionary War Records
on
microfilm in record group M-804, roll 1674, exposure 0732 and 0733,
National Archives and Records Service,
John
McCulloh and Ann Todd were married on
Ann
(Todd) McCulloh died on
14
days after the birth of her last son, James.
The
following letter confirms that Polly (alias for Mary) Todd was in
13
APR 1795 letter from Andrew Todd Fayette office
sister Polly family brought up under cousin Levi
Estate
settlement of Samuel Todd in Bourbon Co confirms that Mary was his executor and
that the male children of Samuel Todd mentioned the estate
are the same male children mentioned in Mrs. Helm’s manuscript. See Kentucky Records elsewhere in this
collection. This all fits with Mrs.
Helm’s statement that Samuel died coming to
Samuel
Todd
Mr
Seilhamer compounded Mrs. Helm’s errors by guessing
that the Samuel Todd (wife Ann) who died in 1812 in
John Todd
Mrs.
Helm's original manuscript claimed that John Todd, son of Andrew Todd d 1791
had 6 children in
Mr.
Seilhamer’s published version seems to have ignored
or not to have been aware of these handwritten notes on Mrs. Helm's manuscript.
Though
the children of John Todd as published (Wm, Andrew, were therefore not the
children of John Todd, the statement from the manuscript remains that “John
Todd son of Andrew Todd….It is supposed he moved to
Though
the geographical location where John is supposed to have settled is fairly
ambiguous, the impression that he moved to
In
a letter written supposedly written in 1799, Andrew Todd told John McCulloh that he had just seen his brother John whom he
hadn’t seen in 23 years. This also
suggests that John Todd may have been in KY.
See
elsewhere for a complete discussion of this John Todd that concludes that he is
the John Todd who settled in Shelby County, KY ca 1790.
Appendix:
Following
are:
1. Two page essay on Todd
Family origins written in 1833 by John McFarland, of Montgomery Co., PA,
grandson of Robert Todd (1697-1775).
2. Data on Samuel Todd from
published Helm manuscript
3. Comparison of published
manuscript and handwrittten manuscript re: John Todd,
son of Andrew and Samuel Todd, son of Robert.
Compiled by Terry L. Todd with Helen Todd Einhaus.
1.
Written by John McFarland, son of Arthur McFarland and Elizabeth Todd,
Robert
Todd and Isabella his wife together with five children came from
Elizabeth
the second daughter married William Parker the brothers of James who died
leaving her a widow with one son and one daughter the son left no son, the daughter
married Gen Andrew Porter and raised children, the widow Parker married Arthur
McFarland and raised four children to wit Margaret, Mary John and James.
Robert
Todd the younger raised his family in
Andrew
Todd half brother of Robert Todd mentioned in the foregoing page came to
The
foregoing is written by the undersigned as what he believes to be the
traditional geneally of the family as received in part from his mother and in
part from his own knowledge.
The
increase and migrations since their settlement in
John
McFarland, the son of Arthur and Elizabeth, mentioned before
To
the Reverend Andrew Todd of
2. Samuel Todd
The
Todd Family, Kitochtinny Magazine, p 78
XI.
SAMUEL TODD,* (died in 1812), son of Robert and Isabella (
1. SAMUEL, died in 1846; he had a son
James.
2. (Daughter), married John
Cummins, and had Susanna, Margaret, Eleanor, William and John.
*The
identity of Samuel Todd, as above given, must be regarded as only tentative.
3. References to John Todd, son
of Andrew d 1791 and Mary (Polly) Todd, daughter of Andrew d 1791 and Essay on
John's identity
a.
Will of Andrew Todd d 1791 Louisa Co, VA
Son
John Todd 6 shillings
Daughter
Mary Todd 6 shillings
Son
William Todd – gun, shirt, and other personal estate which I have left at his
house
Son-in-law
John Mccullough, loan office certificates, bed and
furniture left at his house and the balance of interest due on his bond of 80
pounds bearing date
Son
Andrew Todd – above mentioned bond of 80 pounds, and all my personal estate at
his house
All the rest of estate to be divided equally between sons Andrew and
Robert.
Executors: son Andrew and nephew Rev John Todd
b. Letter from Andrew Todd to John
McCulloh,
I
have also had the pleasure of seeing Brother John since my last whome I had not
seen for 23 years his
Wife was with him. They are both well,
Brother in particular - he was very healthy and looked well, he has 12 living
children one of whom is married…
c.
mentions John McCulloh's sister-in-law Polly
(widowed)
d.
21 DEC 1792 letter from Andrew Todd to John McCulloh
mentions Mr. Hendrick
brother John Todd
brother Robert
cousin William who has wronged us
sister Polly
e.
13 APR 1795 letter from Andrew Todd Fayette office
sister Polly family brought up under cousin Levi
f. The "Papers of Emily Todd
Helm" - GOING BACK TO THE ORIGINAL SOURCE
(from 1988 KY ANCESTORS V23-3, p 174,175)
The
following commentary was contributed by Terry L. Todd, …who
with Helen Todd Einhaus, is "working on a future
article about the history of this John Todd which will include his
"correct children."
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During
the latter part of her life, Emily Todd Helm, the half-sister of Mary Todd
Lincoln, collected much genealogical data about the Todd family. The following introduction to the "Emily
Todd Helm Papers" was taken from the microfilm copy of Mrs. Helm's
handwritten notes. The microfilm is
available and the original appears are reposited in
the library of the Kentucky Historical Society,
Miss Todd, family genealogist, in 1905 sold her
manuscript of the Todd family history to a publishing house in
In 1939, KHS librarian Nina M Visscher
presented the Society her typewritten "TODD FAMILY copied from
KITTOCHTINYY MAGAZINE, 1905. also from mss. Papers of Mrs. Emily Todd
Helm". Unfortunately, an
error introduced when the Kittochtinny articles were
written was repeated in the Visscher
compilation. The error - the
misidentification of the children of John Todd -- continues to impact
contemporary research of the Todd family.
To prevent further propagation of this inaccuracy, the Kittochtinny-Visscher interpretation will be compared with
Mrs. Helm's original handwritten entry.
The
following section for The Kittochtinny Magazine
article (vol. 1, No 1. Jan 1905, p 80) was transcribed verbatim by Miss Visscher. (The
Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, and the LDS Library Salt Lake
City, have copies of the four issues of the Kittochtinny
Magazine published by G.O. Seilhamer in 1905.)
(THE INACCURACY)
XVI.
JOHN TODD, son of Andrew and Elizabeth (McDowell) Todd, is supposed to
have gone to
1.
2. ANNA, married Samuel Turner;
they had a daughter married ____ Triplett
3. MARY, married William Hodge
(liii)
4. WILLIAM, married and had two
children living at
5. DAVID
6. ANDREW
In
the following two pages from Mrs. Helms original
notes, as taken from the microfilm, sentence structure, punctuation and items
crossed out are as she wrote them.
John Todd son of Andrew Todd is given in his fathers
will 6 shillings. It is supposed he
moved to supposed to be by this writer Johns daughters)
1. Betsy Todd married Rev. Wm
Coe of Blue Ball
2. Anna Todd married Samuel
Turner
3. Polly Todd married Wm
Hodge. Her granddaughter was Mrs. W. W. Richeson of Mayville died 1881
(This is the
end of one page and the beginning of the next--TLT.)
There were also three sons William
David and Andrew Todd
William married and had two children
Was living in
It is said went South
These six children were the children of a
sister of Dr. Andrew Todd and
Samuel Todd
his cousin - Samuel Todd lived
near
and died on his way whilst
removing his family
to
The Kittochtinny writer,
and subsequently Miss Visscher, disregarded Mrs.
Helm's strike-out of her comment "supposed to be by this writer Johns daughters" and listed the six children as
probable offspring of John Todd. What
they neglected to regard were Mrs. Helm's realization and statement that the
three sisters and their brothers were "children of a sister of Dr. Andrew
Todd and Samuel Todd his cousin."
Thus, by crossing out her earlier supposition, Mrs. Helm was
"correcting" her notes as pen and paper would allow.
Going back to Mrs. Helm's original papers put these
children in their proper place and opened up this John Todd's family anew. Researchers should realize, however, that
Mrs. Helm's notes can only be used as a guide to what may be correct. Further primary evidence must be sought
before a definitive statement can be made regarding anything she has written.