PREFA CE

Had I waited to make this genealogy perfect , it might a never have been written . Then , ple se , pardon the imper fections and let us work for perfection . Those who are interested should bear in mind that the writer is not supposed to make dates of births and events just to fit satisfactorly are into his family tree . He is aware that there some dis agreements and conflicts even in the records of land deeds , biographical sketches and historical discourses . He has recorded them as he found them , hoping that some one will furnish authentic information for satisfactory adjustments . You may notice the Si milarity of the Christian names which has caused so me confusion and also — it was not uncommon to o r find intermarriages in the early pioneer days . IF example , ’ ’ s s tepmother was her father s first cousin .

The writer is most interested , of course , in his own family tree , but has recorded in this book considerable information concerning the various branches of Todds , trusting that there might be some one who wishes to continue this work and may use some of the information that has fallen into this compila tion . To list the descendents of all the Todd lineage would require a book of many hundred pages .

Let us hope that some day there can be a Todd - family Society with a secretary for compiling the statistics for u se immediate to those desiring such information . The interest of the A merican people in genealogies seems, to be growing rapidly , as indicated by the number of research bu r u ea s: namely departments in public libraries , state historical societies and even commercial organizations which are be coming numerous ou account of the demands and are making valuable information available .

— MNT .

SIDE LIGHTS

Men and women throughout the country ar e discovering a new world of pleasure and interest in the pursuit of their s : ancestor . Their motives vary some are simply curious , some want to become members of the Sons or Daughters of the American Revolution or other patriotic here ditary socie k ties , some , see to establish a relationship with , a historical ) celebrity .

$Whether or not an ancestor was prominent and usually few are , nevertheless he contributed to the building of this nation ; One genealogical expert points, out that it teaches more history , geo graphy , and the psychology of human be “ ” havior than stamp collecting . It is more exciting , he de “ ” - n _ _ two clares , to locate an ancestor tha a rare cent stamp .

Most A mericans are not interested in their genealogy . Therefore the writer ought to apologize for this brief at ’ tempt ou one branch of his family s genealogy which may bring some pride and pleasure to some of the kin , but bear in mind that it is not written to be sold over the counter .

In by- gone days men were ranked largely by their au ces try , and in biblical times it was considered so important that the scriptures gave it a prominent place . To the modern reader of the Bible , the line of David down to Jesus Christ carried traditional authenticity of historical and legendary facts . .Today in America , particularly , men are measured by the success of their own efforts , perseverance and person ality .

We sometime hear people say , I do not believe in hered

-k ity , just loo at . Abraham Lincoln is one I f of the best examples of influence of heredity we have . Lincoln ’ s greatness is due to his early education and sur roundings , then we had better tear down our school houses and set our boys splitting rails , making sure in advance that they were born in log cabins ‘ Whatever may have been ’ Lincoln s ancestry , it was the happy combinations of chromo somes and genes with which he was born that made him Th i great . e th ng about great blood is that it overcomes all environment and rises to its level in the social and national i i s l fe . Th does not mean that training and schooling would b i not have een a good th ng for Lincoln .

F I VE H eredity teaches u s that man is. master of his fate and ” captain of his soul , and also shows u s that the kingdom of ’ heaven is within a man s heart and not in the chance of cir ’ cu mstances and su rroundings of a man s li fel Hans Christian “ A nderson left with us this quotation : It matters not if you were born in a duck pond , provided that you were born from ’ ” I e a swan s egg . Some people , have noticed , sp nd half their r t time boasting of their illustrious ancestors . They fo get tha these ancestors are like potatoes— the best half of them are o n under the ground . D you wo der what these ancestors would think if they could co me back and see some of their $ “ descendents today The ghost might take a good look , draw a long breath , and hurry back to the shades immed iat ely . i f Mankind is the greatest accompl shment o the world . God gave you an innate ability and the thing that counts in d your life is , what are you going to o with it .

We all have pedigrees , some good , some fair , and maybe i the d some bad , but what of it . It s no longer lad er by which one may enter the social pleasures and distinctions in

- - o f - f the modern way life . All in all , you cannot escape the act that your ascendents were human beings , not merely names th e T which have survived musty old records . ( hey lived and breathed , had their joys and pleasures , their trials and tribu lations, their work and play , however different these may e M have be n from yours . oreover you will find that they , obscurely or prominently , took their part in the affairs of their times and contributed in so me way t o the development of civilization . By learning more about them and their times , ” you will be wiser in they got that way .

Ch a t er s h s i p on ancestry are usually rather dull . T e e tedious mass of names and dates is about as interesting read i ing as the pages of an u nabr dge dicti onary . Oliver Wendell

Holmes said , Each of us is an omnibus in which our ancestry rides ; and we should know something of the passengers we ” are conveying .

When scientists cannot agree on the relative value of environment and heredity in the individual , surely we can n only speculate . S till family traditio s are factors in our edu

- cation , and our ta lent for music or what not , may be the ’ E result of the family s love and respect for music . xamine the family tree , then , to see what sor t of persons your ances tors vere and what aptitudes , tastes , and talents they pos sesseg

If you have studied natural science , even in a high school course in biology , your mind may begin t o analyze in terms ’ of Mendel s law and further you may ar gue in terms of genes and chromosomes , or most likely you may show no interest whatever in your genealogy . $To me it is of interest momen t r il J t o a f I a y. ust as writing a letter my kin or riend , want be to tell them something . Teaching is my business , and it ; comes a pleasure to tell something important th at may be old but of some value and also something new that should be r made known . Ev entually it may be of se vice , at least to a I ’ few . have made no scientific research of my family s genealogy further than collections made from voluminous readings in general , by conversations and from materials found upon the subject in Illinois State Library , Illinois State

Historical Library , State Historical Librar y of , the

Ne-wberr b Congressional Library , and the y Li rary , Chicago . E ” A cousin of mine , Mr . lza Todd and a distant relative , Mr .

Dan B . Bishop have made it a study and gone to much expense in travel to examine documents in the various court houses and are happy to say that a great many of the tradi

$ e tional information have been verified . It is inde d inter esting to trace , step by step , generation by generation and then know where your bloo d came from and it may be quite definite as to your immigrant ancestry or even some general T c s idea of your ancestry . ( elephone dire torie in towns and cities have a list of homes and business ’ where the father is listed under “ Todd ” besides the Todd sisters who changed their names in wedlo ck , and may be listed under their hus ’ band s name , which carry the same genealogy . The Todd ‘ genealogy has recently been brought to the world - wide atten “ ” tion by the book entitled , Mary Todd Lincoln by Carl Sand No burg . doubt the spotlight of the immortal Lincoln has given much emphasis and color to this. family , But what fiction the ever is told in this discourse , be it true or , _ gene alogy of this noted family will carry a heritage that played r t and will play a very prominent pa in the annals of history . Should you b e one o f those whose forefathers are in this great bracket of descendants then you should be proud of the fact and try to live so that it receives more honor through s your ervice for posterity .

It does fascinate one to know that , in general , some of the Todds came by way of the Cumber land Ga p through which the earlier settlers traveled westward into Kentucky and

Tennessee . This was far more than a railroad pass before R i the Baltimore and Ohio ailroad was bu lt . The state of “ ” Frankland will ‘be more than a mere phrase in the school textbook if your ancestors settled in Kentucky or Tennessee a 1784 bout . This state of Frankland was formed and lived ‘ t only a short time by people who longed for fur her freedom .

It was my pleasure to hear sometime past a noted speaker say that the immigration through th e Cumberland Gap into the near west reminded him of a saucer of milk in which the r c eam had gathered on the surface , and if there happened to be a nick in the edge of the saucer and slightly tilted , it would

S EVEN C permit all the cream to run off . Likewise the umberland

Gap permitted the cream of the inhabitants of Virginia , Caro linas and coastal states to migrate through to find the land of plenty z— the golden opportunity for the settlers seeking eco ‘ I imoth of 1830 nomic freedom . ( y Flint , a traveler , said of the inhabitants of Kentucky and Tennessee that they were a race of proud optimists , an ardent , boastful and enthusiastic breed , who made a religion of their politics and a creed of their hospitality .

The name Todd is found everywhere in western civili z ation , and dates back cen turies before the discovery of A b D merica . In the play , A raham Lincoln , ( rinkwater) one “ line has him to say , The Todds must be very bright people , “ ’ ” for it took two d s to spell their name when God only used ” one . There are records of thousands and thousands of

Todds , and it is quite safe to say that more than a million people have some of the genes of the great family in the chromosomes of their cells . (Formerly we spoke of it as the b o same lo d which flowed through their veins . )

EIGHT THE NAME AND S OME PERSONALITIES

The name Todd is an altered form of the Scotch word fox u tod , meaning . It is said undo btedly that the first person to assume the name was a very keen sportsman . Of the two spellings , Todd and Tod , the former is much more one common . With the exception of branch , the family of

Todd originally came from Scotland .

’ There is an Irish branch of the family which derived it s “ ” name from the translation of the surname Shanau gh , Irish “ ” fo r fox , into the Scotch or English Todd , when a law was passed by the English Parliament compelled all Irish to as sume English surnames . Then if the surname of Todd was given to keen sportsman who followed the hounds in the hue and. cry of chasing the

l tod (fox) naturally he was a tod - hunter and some would assume the surname of Tod hunter , a nimrod indeed .

An amusing sto ry is told of a market gardner of Middle sex which might indicate that the name had so mething to do with the sly wit of a fox . The gardner being haled before a magistrate for not h av ing paint ed on his cart his name , his ” c d . T pla e of resi ence , and the, words , axed cart , declared that he had complied with the law in every particular and invited the court to inspect his cart upon which was printed :

“ A Most Odd A ct On A Taxed Cart

This did not mo llify the court until it was explained to himthat it could be interpreted : n T x a . Amos Todd . A ctio . A ed Cart ,:

E i Besides the two nglish spell ngs of Todd and Tod , there G $ occurs in the erman form , Tode, Dode , Tott and Todt , as l c fo rms D D D h ee T z wel as the Fren h j odo , ode , ot and o d . G The othic , which is said to be another form of the name , ’ has been translated as the people s ruler . The Todds were people of much influence as recorded by Sandburg , Helm and others . A mong the Todds there were many worthy of notice , b i t the space permits us to mention only a few .

James Henthor n Todd , one of the best known Irish scholars in his day (born 1805 ) was consulted by both state ’ men and theologians Henry Jo hn Todd edited Johnson s

dictionary to which he added several thousand words . H e

NINE l R a was a so the editor for Milton . obert Bentley Todd was physician of great renown in the early part of the nineteenth ’

K . century . His statue may be seen at ing s College Hospital

- David Todd had a world wide reputation as an astronomer . The Mary of Coleridge ’ s verse was Mary Evans Todd r of Yorkshire , the stronghold of the Todds for centu ies .

A mong the Pilgrim Fathers from Yorkshire was Chris h er a the tOp Todd . He was the son of Willi m Todd who was m o son of a Willia T dd . Christopher was a prominent per somage in New Haven who came over with his wife , race , l 1639 and severa children about . What is now the campus ’ of Yale University was a part of Christopher s estate . Many f New o his descendants now live in Haven .

There was an Adam Todd who settled in New York R in sometime previous to the evolutionary War . He died Sc 1765 . He was from the highlands of otland and wore the S full garb . His wife arah , has been mentioned honorably “ ” ‘ R (I h eir for her loyalty as the Woman of the evolution . New k home was on Cliff Street , York . When the British too possession of the city she left it , but quickly returned when she heard that a servant whom she left in charge of her house , was passing herself off as the mistress and was taking in s s boarders . i he remained through the war with her daughter and was a ministering angel to the prisoners and the wounded “ in Re t the hospitals . Her home was called bel Headquar ers by the British , and an officer said of her and her daughters, “ N w ” They are the rebels in e York .

To the house of her daughter , Mrs . Margaret Whetten , was first brought the news of peace t o the citizens of New G York . Mrs . Todd received a letter from eneral Washington expressing thanks and gratitude in behalf of the country , and D asked leave to breakfast with her . uring the meal he rose “ er e twice to thank h for her devot d loyalty . The sword of “ ’

. s the Lord and Washington prevail , was Mrs . Todd s expre s sion of her faith in the righteousness of the cau e . Some British soldiers in her house were drinking and asked her “ ” fo r o Wh a t ast . y , we eat toast , she replied with so much simplicity that they supposed her ignorant of the meaning of ’ ’ St s the word . Mrs . Todd s grave is in . Paul churchyard , New C B r York ity . Her daughter , Sarrah married ev oort , one of the family whose name perpetuated in many ways the p i h metro ol s t at the family helped to build . Adam Todd , the s D i econd , married Mary odge . daughter of Jerem ah and M D V d . argaret anderbilt o ge The wife of John Jacob Aster . s coloni t . was Sarrah Todd . They were married about the

1785 . . A year Their son William married Margaret rmstrong . Vincent A stor is the fifth generation from John Jacob Aster and Sarrah Astor . Timothy Todd of Vermont , a surgeon , was at the battle ‘ ’ E of B enington and a member of the Governor s council . bner r Todd served through the wa of the Revolution . was also a memb er of the Continental ’ A is General H arr ison s rmy . H son , Charles was one of four aides and afterward minister to Russian Court .

In the , George Todd was a Lieutenant

o D G . Col nel . His son , avid , was overnor of Ohio

' John Todd of Vermont was a pr eacher , author and edu ’ S had cator . His tudent s Manual a great vogue , and he f ' oim d Mt S . helped to . Holyoke eminary

The Todds patented land in Gloucester County , Virginia , 1 2 T sb r in 65 and o dd u y Manor was their home . Thomas Todd was the builder of Toddsbu ry House in 11658 and by his will W it passed to his son , Thomas . The house built of brick alls f around the garden show extreme age . It is beauti ully pan eled on the inside . For generations it was the home of the

Todds , who were noted for their lavished hospitality . There was a Christopher Todd a nd a Francis Todd as the tomb stones show . Many times there has been asked questions concerning

- f - the coat o arms . (Greene in his writings give this one as most frequently mentioned and verified somewhat the origin of the name Todd .

The following is the description : “ ’ Arms— Three wolves heads couped gu “ ” — e Crest Wolfe sej ant proper .

E L E VEN A HERITAGE OF DISTINCTIO N

John Todd who fled from Scotland (covenanter) came A mt r in 16 9 d to , Ireland in 7 . He had two sons , An rew and

Robert , (1697 They were born in Ireland and came A i n 1737 e l to merica and settled in Pennsylvania . W shal leave the genealogy of Andrew for those interested in that hi branch . B u t we shall carry through the family tree of s brother Robert as he was the great ~ great ~ grandfather of Mary

Todd , wife of Abraham Lincoln . He was also the great ’ great grandfather of A n drew Todd who was the writer s grandfather .

’ Robert s first wife was Jean Smith as the records have in it and she died in Ireland . But there were two sons born n D Ireland to this u ion John and avid . They came to A Ro‘ s merica with their father , bert . Fir t , let us give a brief report of the brother John and then pass to the brother D avid .

John Todd was a distinguished Presbyt erian minister and left the vicinity of Norristown , Pennsylvania in 1749 , moved to a church in Louisa County , Virginia and established also a school where his three nephews came from P ennsyl vania to attend this school before moving on to Kentucky . lso His son , John Todd , Jr. became a minister a and delivered his first sermon in the same church where his father gave

Re 1 7712 - 1839 d his last sermon . The v . John Todd , Jr . ( ) move 1809 e to Kentucky in . He had three children , a son , Andr w , E s and two daughters , liza and Mrs . Jame Moore . Eliza mar Re Dr a was ried a v . . Mcc ulla and to this union one d ughter

e Rev o o 1723 - 17 born who marri d the . J hn Witherspo n ( He was a Scottish - A merican Divine His dynamic preaching

1 in Scotland , and elsewhere had a militant tendencies which made him a prominent figure during the American Rev olu H s n tion . . e accepted the second call to the pre ide cy of 176 Princeton University in 8 . This marked the turning point of his career and he brought visions of potentialities to this small school Which today has become one of the great A mer U S o to ican niversities . He encouraged many cottish pe ple e r come to Am rica which he had lea ned to love so well . He an w s was also a great statesm and educator . He a a member of the Continental C ongress and was the only clergyman to D t n w sign the eclara ion of I dependence . He as the mo der ator of the first General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America and had no little part in influence fo r the ad tion B ill R of the of ights to the American Constitution .

TWEL VE i 17 ,The first General Assembly met n Philadelphia in 89 , at the same time the first United States Congress under the New Th e new Constitution was meeting in York . church assembly appointed a committee , with John Witherspoon as chairman , to draft an address to President George Wash in n You gto and the congressional committee . $ may be as sured that the fathers of our country were very happy to know that the leaders of the Protestant churches were in hearty support for the Bill of Rights as amendments embody ing the very principle so dear to the hearts of the Protestant churches : Congress shall make no law respecting an estab li shment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ; or abridging the freedom of speech or the press ; or the right of the people to assemble , and to petition to the government ” for the redress of grievances .

John Witherspoo n was an embodiment of all Reform

Churches , all Protestant churches , and he also married a e Rev re re d scendent of the great leader , . John Todd who p sents the sacredness of the individual which is found so indel ibl y stamped within the Todds everywhere .

James Madison who wrote the Constitution of the United States was graduated from Princeton in 1771 and remained 1772 e another year in order to be und r Witherspoon . Madi son had thoughts of being a minister and desired the extra ’ year s work .

l ' H l R l ‘EEN TODDS CAME TO KENTUCKY FROM PENNSYLVANIA AND VIRGINIA

The common ancestry of the writer and Mary Todd

(Lincoln ) ) traces back to the Scotish Covenanters who , lov ing honor above earthly possessions and holding their faith greater than life , stubbornly fought the King and defied the E established Church of ngland . Of the Covenanters captured at Bothwell Bridge and sentenced to transportation to

America , two hundred of these Cov enanters were drowned in a shipwrec k off the Orkneys . Among those died thus , were F nwir h D two Todds , Robert of e s , and James of unbar . John

Todd , their brother , as previously stated , fled from the perse cu tions of Claverhouse in Scotland in 1679 and settled in the A c S s county of ntrim Ireland . He was des ribed as a cotti h

laird meaning simply that he owned land in . simple fee and was a landlord , not that he was in any degree allied with the A R nobility . (His two sons , ndrew and obert , came to America with their families in 1737 and located in Montgomery An County , Pennsylvania . We have left drew and his family o R rt in to those m re interested . But with obe whom our o H e interests lies , we begin our geneal gy . was born in Ire land in 1697 , there married his first wife, Jean Smith She died before they left Ireland . There were two sons by this D first marriage , avid and John .

His second marriage was to Isabelle Bodley , daughter of Ge : neral Bodley . To this union were born nine children

William , Andrew , Ro bert , Sa muel , Levi , Elizabeth , Rebecca , S D the son Mary and arah . avid , first by Jean Smith was born in Ireland and married on April 8 , 1 723 to Hannah

Owen . Their third son Levi married Jean Briggs , who begat seven children , the seventh being Robert Smith Todd who married Eliza A nn Parker and their fourth child was Mary T odd who married Abraham Lincoln .

The writer of this genealogy can trace their relationship s: Ro o to Mary Todd Lincoln , thu bert T dd . who came to A 1737 merica in , by his second wife , Isa belle Bodley , had nine children as previously stated . His fourth son by the ’ S S son second wife was amuel . amuel s , John Todd married Mary Ruble and settled in Shelby County abo ut thirty miles from Louisville , Kentucky . Land entries of Shelby County o 17 records show that he to k up land in 80 . To John and R o A Mary uble Todd were b rn eight children . t least three of these children were t orn in Pennsylvania as the census

F OURT EEN n records show . I all probability the other five were born in D Shelby County . The eighth child was avid Todd , born May ’ - 12 , 179 1 was the writer s great grandfather who was a third cousin to Robert Smith Todd , the father of Mary Todd Lin the coln . But the records show a closer kinship by following marriage .

’ The genealogy of Mary Todd s mother , Eliza Ann Parker , traces back to the same born in Ireland in 169 7 ’ o who fled from Scotland . R bert Todd s second wife was E Isabelle Bodley . The sixth child was lizabeth Todd who married William Parker . Their daughter married General A E ndrew Porter . Their daughter , lizabeth Porter mar ri ed R b o ert Smith Todd . Their fourth child married Abraham ’ Lincoln . It will be seen that Mary Todd s mother and father had the sa me great grandfather , Robert Todd , having de ’ scended through his great - grandfather s first marri age to

Jean Smith , and Eliza A nn Parker having desecended through ’ their mutual great - grandfather s second marriage to Isa belle

Bodley .

F IFTEEN SOME SHORT BIOGRAPHIES

DD R New N S . REV. JOH TO , was licensed by the Brunswick

Presbytery , November 13 , 1750 , and went to Virginia . He was ordained and installed by Hanover Presbytery , pastor of 22 is the Providence church , Louisa County , May , H ’ Rev Dr D M Calla S C daughter married the . . aniel c of outh aro i 1 l : lina , who d ed in 793 . The fo lowing were his children ' c Jr A d E . John Todd . , ndrew Tod , liza Todd (Mrs Mc alla ) and

Mrs . James Moore .

D n s “ E N D JR . e R V. JOH TO a son , was licensed by Ha over Pr byt er y, September 13 , 1800 , preaching his first sermon where i n 1809 his father preached his last . . the year , he moved to P Kentucky from the Hanover resbytery in Virginia .

- JOHN TODD , born 1772 of Virginia Scotch Irish Presby terian family became a settled pastor at Charlestown , I 1 17 manzse ndiana , in 8 . his wilderness , with its latch string always out , became a missionary stopping place . John G n 1839 Todd died in ree wood , Indiana , . His grave is in G reenwood cemetery .

A ND E DD— A h R W TO eminent physician . a surgeon in the

Revolutionary War , a gentleman of high attainments in his profession , an ardent patriot and deep piety . He died May 1 1 8 6 .

RE A ND DD 13 1 V. REW TO was born January , 800 at Paris , Rev Bourbon County , Kentucky . His grandfather was . John

Todd of Louisa County Virginia , a Presbyt erian minister of i high character and atta nments . He entered Princeton Semi 1818 nary , , passed through the entire course . He was licensed N w A 1 21 $ by the Presbytery of e Brunswick , pril 8 . Ordained of E 1 2 by the Presbytery benezer , Kentucky , January , 8 3 .

Went to Jacksonville , Illinois , as pastor , autumn of 1838 Died S 2 1850 c eptember , . His active ministry at Ja ksonville con tinu ed n for eleven years . He left two children , o e of whom is Re s P . v h D Mrs Belle T . Waugh , wife of the . Jo eph Waugh , . . of Washington , Pa .

E $ DD M A L L A Re Dr D cC . v . LI A TO ( ) . aniel Mccalla about this time 1 776, connected his marriage with Eliza , the second Rev o daughter of the . John T dd , of the county of Louisa , Va . Re Their only child was the wife of v . John Witherspoon . She 1809 passed away in .

S I$ T EEN

MISCELLANEOUS GENEALOGY

It is believed that the first Todd to emigrate to A merica was Robert of the Yorksh ire branch , who came to Virginia in 1622 . He had two sons ,William and Thomas ,the latter of whom l N 1 Va . 669 r sett ed in orfolk County , , in . His child en were R h 2 Thomas , obert , William , Phillip , and Christopher . T omas ( ) was the father of Richard , Dorothy , Margaret , Elizabeth , and ’ R D Francis . William s children were ichard , Thomas , orothy R and Betty . Phillip was the father of ichard , Phillip ,and Chris h r 1 o e . t p . Christopher , son of Thomas ( ) had one son , Thomas

Records show that several Todds were transport ed to Vir ginia as indentured servants during the seventeenth century .

There is no extant record of their descendants . Among those

Todds transported were Thomas , 1642 ; Mathew , 1646 ; Robert ,

1647 ; George , 1650 ; William , 165 1 ; Another Thomas , 1652 ; and 1 4 R another William , 65 . ecords show further that one John

Todd settled in Charlestown , Mass , in 1637 , removing to Row 164 S ley , Mass , in 8 . His children were John , Timothy , amuel , i l James , Moh tab e, Ruth , and Mary . There is a record of the descendants of John His child ren were Hannah , John and E D E lizabeth . Hannah married John ale and lizabeth married 3 the Sa R Nathaniel Boswell . John ( ) was father of muel , uth , D E a aniel , Mary , lizabeth , and Thomas . S muel had five children

— E 2 Samuel , Moses , Thomas , lizabeth and Sarah . Samuel ( ) G E was the father of Hannah , John , Alexander, eorge and noch .

At approximately the same time that John settled in

Charleston Christopher , his cousin settled in New Hav en , C Connecticut . hildren of Christopher were Samuel , Michael , S and John . amuel had the following children : Samuel , Jonah , D C e aniel , James and Abigail . hildren of Michael were B njamin ,

Gershon , and Michael . Children of John were John , Johna S 2 than , and Josiah . amuel ( ) had six children : Lydia , Caleb , E S nn h Christopher , lizabeth , amuel , and Suz a a .

EIGH T EEN THE TODDS AND THE COVENANTERS

Covenanters , a name applied to a group of people in Scot land , the members of which bound themselves by a series of c ovenants (hence the name) to uphold the Presbyterian forms

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‘ t of the ear l of doctrines of faith . The most impor ant y covenants was drawn up in 15 8 1 , at a time when a serious effort was being R made to regain Scotland from the oman Catholic Church .

The Solemn League of Covenant , entered into by the Gen eral A ssembly of the Church o f Scotland and the commissioners of the English Parliament in 1643 , was practically a treaty be tween England and Scotland provided freedom for the estab lishment of the Presbyterian Church in England , Scotland and I reland . Both of these covenants were repudiated later by C 1630 harles II . ( These paragraphs are added here to show that members of the Todd families were many of the lead h Go d in wn ers in the belief of the right to wors ip their o way .

This freedom of religious beliefs was interpreted early by

- such men as John Knox (15 05 72 ) and John Calvin (1509 - 64 ) and n ca be claimed by most Protestant Churches of today .

N l NE'l‘EEN LE CONDENSED FROM CARL SANDBURG ARTIC S . AND PAMPHLETS FROM NEWBERRY LIBRARY

I t is recorded that there lived in Providence Township ,

Montgomery County , Pennsylvania , a David Todd , of Scotch

Irish descent , of the covenanters who made bloody war against the established Church of E ngland , fled to Ireland and emi A grated to merica .

In 1783 this David Todd sold his land in Pennsylvania for and moved to Kentucky so as to be near the homes of his three sons .

These three sons , John , Levi and Robert , after being edu cated at the Virginia S chool of their uncle ,Reverend John Todd , R had taken to the Wilderness oad and gone to Kentucky .

Among the first settlers of Lexingt on , the blue grass town which became a university seat and a center of culture , was

Levi Todd . He took a hand in the fighting that was necessary for white people to hold the new country against the red men who once owned it and for a long time had fought wars among each other for the hunting and fishing rights .

G G R Lieut . marched under eneral eorge ogers Clark in campaigns to hold the west against Indian tribes and D British troops . When aniel Boone gave over command of the

Kentucky state militia , the office was assumed by Lev i Todd as Ge R Major neral . His Uncle everend John Todd got from the Kentucky legislature the charter for the Transylvania Sem inary, later a university of which General Levi Todd was a trus a tee . This school is still prosperous university . On the Rich mond Pike near Lexington and neighbor to ’ s home was the large and elegant country estate of Levi Todd , named “ E ” llerslie .

’ The seventh of Levi Todd s eleven children , born in 1791 , was Robert Smith Todd , who at fourteen entered Transylvania

University , studied mathematics , Latin , astronomy , logic ,

Greek , history , and according to the university president ,James “ Blythe , conducted himself in a becoming and praiseworthy m anner . Leaving the university he studied law and was ad ’ mitted to the bar in The twenty - year - old lawyer didn t begin practice ; he held on to his job in the Fayette County cir ’ cuit court clerk s office . And he paid attention to a seventeen

- E She year old girl , liza Parker . was the daughter of Major

Robert Parker , a Revolutionary War officer, and a first cousin

TWENT Y of Levi Todd . The Parker home , it was said , was the first brick residence in Lexington . ’ 1 00 G When Eliza s father died in 8 . the Kentucky azette “ noted him as an early adventurer to Kentucky— of extensive — ” acquaintance and universally esteemed . His will , leaving farms , slaves , town lots and personal property to his widow , “ enjoined It is my sincere will and desire that all my children be carefully brought up and well educated .

1812 R S Then came the War of . obert . Todd as captain of a company of raw militiamen , disbanded his men and enlisted the ' r E with them in Lexington Light Infant y . arly in the field service Todd went down with pneumonia , was brought back to

Lexington , recovered his health ,a nd decided to go to the field E She of battle . Young liza Parker was willing for him to go . N was also willing to marry him before he should go . On ovem 2 1 12 ber 6 , 8 , they were married . On the next day he kissed her goodbye and with a brother rode off to join Kentucky so ldiers M u e Riv er camped in sleet and snow on the a m e . They marched J to D f Fort e iance through snow drifts and across icy streams .

They marched with an expedition against Frenchtown on the River Raisin and in a battle with Proctor and his Indians the rifles and tomahawks of the red men killed half of the boys of the company from Lexington . The Kentucky Gazette noted “ with the news , Never havepeople of this town and its neigh borhood met with a stroke so afflicting as that produced by the R late battle of aisin . We all have lost a relative or friend .

Tw m ed o of the Todd brothers , Sa and John . were wound hi $s and taken prisoners . John ran the gauntlet and made s cape; Sam was adopted into a tribe and lived with the copper faces for a year, when his liberty was bought for a barrel of

. R S c whiskey obert . Todd was in the thi k of the fighting , came thro ugh alive , and before the end of 1813 was at home in Lex in t on g housekeeping with the young cousin he had married .

R s obert S . Smith was a pro perous grocer , a partner in ’ “ ” Smith and. Todd s Extensive Grocery Establishment , Clerk of the Kentucky House of Representatives , member of the Fay ette County Court , and still later president of the Lexing ton Rob Branch Bank of Kentucky , also a cotton manufacturer . S o ert . Todd was a s lid and leading citizen . The growing fam

‘ ily that came was served by negro slaves ; Jane Sanders, the housekeeper ; Chaney , the cook ; Nelson , the body servant and “ ” ' coachman ; old Mammy Sa lly and you ng Judy , who took care of the little ones .

E e n Two daughters , lizab th and Frances , were bor . then a son De m 13 18 18 A nn i Levi , then on ce ber , Mary Todd . L ke the s he r others , Mary eemed to be of the well born . S was bo n as one more beautiful baby in the world , flawless and full of prom

TVVENTY - ONE i e A . s . baby brother came , died in the second summer Then a girl who was named A nn Marie and thereafter Mary Ann dropped the Ann from her name , except in signing legal do cu ments .

A A nd a nother baby brother came . the house was d rk . And the horse two wheel carriage of the doctor stood in front of the

- A n one house . d the children were taken next door to their grandmother .

It was the Fourth of July ; artillery cadets firing cannon : church bells ringing ; famous generals visiting Henry Clay at “ a ba rbecue dinner , toasts to Washington , the Uni on and The

— Ladies of the Western Country the rose is not less lovely , nor its fragrance less delightful because it blooms in the Wilder ” n ess .

- 1 s .And the one horse g g of the doctors waited in front of the home of Robert S . Todd . The new child , the baby brother , ’

E . came . But liza Parker Todd didn t live through it It was the next day that old Nelson , the black slave , hitched up the family carriage and delivered to the friends of his master little cards with black border , reading :

Yourself and family are respectfully invi ted toattend the Es P . E C R S . . . r funeral of Mrs . liza , onso t of obert Todd $ , from ” ’ a his r esidence on Short Street , this evening t four o clock . July

6,

R S e Seven months later obert . Todd had plans und r way She to marry Miss Elizabeth (Betsy) Humphreys . was the r Of D A e d u S V . daughter r. l xan e H mphreys of taunton , irginia 1 1 l h an d She had uncles d st ngu s ed in medicine and politics , was “ ” c s Sh e herself mentioned as hav ing harm and culture . quoted a First Family saying of thetime : it takes seven generations to R t s S . make a Lady . The alk of her pos ible marriage to obert R ’ Todd was unpleasant to Mrs . obert Parker , mother of Todd s first wife .

“ ’ .The wedding came off at the bride s home in Frankfort , N 1 1826 Kentucky , on ovember , . The best man was John J .

Crittenden , a United States senator .

R S . By this second marriage obert . Todd had nine children

The first , a boy , named Robert Smith To dd , died a few days Th after birth . e others ,three boys and five girls grew into man t hood and womanhood . Their father for nearly a quar er of a century was elected clerk of the House of Representatives , held “ v arious public offices , conducted a bank that never failed , and ’ T ‘ M in . . Green s Historic Families of Kentucky was noted as “ not a man of brilliant talents , but one of clear strong mind , sound judgment , exemplary life and conduct dignified and $ manly bearing , an in uential and useful citizen .

TWENT Y - TWO Since interest has given impetus for this genealogy , it seems feasible to add something concern ing Mary Todd Lin

A n and - u coln . d what was the childhood the growing p of this

— Kentucky girl having a father who was a fighter , an old school gentleman , a lawyer , a grocer , a cotton manufacturer , a politician— having a mother such as Eliza Parker Todd but only till she was eight years old — having a stepmother in Elizabeth Humphreys Todd who was reported to be in earnest as to the d theory that seven generations are require to make a lady .

Physically , Mary Todd h ad the comforts and was well he d nourished . S ran , played tag , climbe trees , invented mis chief and was something of a tomboy . There were picnics in summer , barefoot wading in creeks , nutting parties in the fall , sleigh rides in winter . a wide variety of games and sports .

S he rode horseback and once raced a white pony of hers up the gravel driveway of Ashland where Henry Clay himself “ came out to see her mount a new possession . He can dance ” — look $ shouted Mary , touching him with the whip and the white pony went up on his white legs , forepaws curved in the air , with the salutation to Henry Clay .

In their further talk Mary said , Mr . Clay, my father says U S you will be the next president of the nited tates . I wish I t ” could go to Washington and live in the Whi e House . And

Clay gave her the laughing promise , If I am elected president

I shall expect Mary Todd to be one of my first guests .

She absorbed politics readily and at fourteen she know why she was a Whig .

U Dr ntil she was fourteen her schooling was in . John ’ A R Ward s cademy . He was strict with his pupils . ecitations ’ were held before breakfast . Classes assembled at five o clock in the morning . In the winter Mary and her sister Elizabeth often walked in the dark before dawn several blocks to their school i to recite their lessons , stud ed by candlelight the night before .

A t fou rteen Mary Todd entered the boarding school of C L eClere Mentelle Madame Victorie harlotte . The madame Th was a scholar , musician , dancer . e school was advertised in “ L ex tin ton : w the g Intelligencer Mrs . Montelle ants a few more S 12 young Ladies as cholars . Tuition $ 0 per year including A t board , washing , paid quarterly in advance . this school she R spent four years . eports indicate that she was happy in this school . It refers of her taking the leading part in plays . A “ Louisville woman states her recollec tion years afterwards : She w as . i a merry companionable girl w th a smile for everybody . h S e was really the life of the school , always ready for a good

” time . Besides , she was one of the brightest girls in the school , ” a lways had the highest rank and took the biggest prizes .

TWE NTY - TH REE To the region of Springfield , Illinois came three Todd sis N E E . ters . lizabeth at fourteen was engaged to inian W dwards 183 9 and at sixteen married him . Frances in married William

Wallace , a practicing physician who kept a drug store in S pringfield . In the midst of this political and social awakening of the new state capital and the quickened interest and high hopes of the leading citizens gathered from all parts of the S h S M tate , t ere , came into pringfield circles Miss ary Todd of

- Kentucky , t wenty one years of age , handsome , accomplished , vivacious , witty , a dashing and fascinating figure in dr ess and h e s conversation , gracious and imperious by turns . S ea ily singled out and secured the - admiration of such of the Spring o field Beaux as most pleased her s mewhat capricious fancy . h N E E e . S was the sister of Mrs inian W . dwards , ( lizabeth ) “ ” whose husband was one of the Long Nine , and who was terri tor ial governor of Illinois and later elected governor of the e state . This circumstance made Lincoln a frequ nt visitor at ’ ’ the Edward s name ; and being much thrown in Mary s com pany , he found himself , almost befo re he knew it , entangled in a new love affair , and in the course of twelve months engaged to marry her .

S he married Abraham Lincoln , November 2 , 1842 , and

- r assassination ended twenty two yea s of married life . Mary Todd Lincoln (1818 wife of A merica ’ s mar

- tyr President , whose career in the White House , to which she looked forward with happy anticipation , was filled with he r anxiety and ended in tragedy . S was bo n in Kentucky of a pioneer family , but spent her young womanhood with her sister s an in Springfield , Illinoi . Here she refused offer of marriage A D S . from tephen ouglas and accepted Abraham Lincoln . It is said that her lifelong ambition was to be the wife of the Presi ’ dent , and that in spite of her friends opinions she chose A bra c ham Lin oln as the man more likely to obtain that office . Until ’ Lincoln s election , she remained quietly in Springfield W i th her three sons .

When she reached the White House . her position was attended by none of the pomp which she had anticipated . It

- was a war time capital .

Willie died while they lived in the White House . Tad died ’ r R sho tly after his father s assassination . obert was very suc cessfu l ; graduated from Harvard Law School held many prom inent positions and finally was. made p resident of the great i l Pullman Company . He marr ed Mary Har an of Iowa . Of the h im in 1 2 three children , two survived . He died 9 6.

TWENT Y - F O UR

the name of one or more of the Todds or the near - relatives in

the list of trustees , faculties or students .

G eneral Levi Todd and Jane Briggs had eleven children . ’ The seventh child , Robert Smith Todd (Mrs . Lincoln s father) ,

was born February 25 , 179 1 , in the house built by his father a R few miles from Lexington on the ichmond Pike . He named the “ place Eller sly in honor of a small Scottish village once the

home of the Todds . The house is still standing and is now

owned by the Lexington Water Company .

' Robert Smith Todd held positions of trust and responsibil t h r ity . He was for many years e clerk of the House of Rep e sentativ es, was state senator and was the president of the Lex ing ton branch of the Bank of Kentucky from its establishment 1 in 836 until his death .

He and Eliza A nn Parker were married at the home of her parents in Short Street , Lexington , Kentucky . The property is ’ now used as a Baptist orphan s home . The young couple went

- to house keeping in a house built by Mr . Todd on an adjoining : E lot to the Parker home . They had seven children Levi . liza beth , Frances , Mary (born December 13 , 1818 ) Ann ; Robert

Parker Todd , who died when he was fourteen months o ld and w d f h as buried in a cemetery on Main Street . The bo y o the c ild and that of the mother who died when George was born were later removed and buried together in the To dd lot in the Lex in n gto cemetery .

Mary Todd was related to many illus trious families in

Pennsylvania : the Parkers , the Bodleys , the Owens , M cF ar

- lands Findleys , Majors and Porters . The great grandfather , G A eneral ndrew Porter , was the close friend of Washington .

The Porters furnished Pennsylvania with a governor , and two of them filled cabinet positions . The Todds occupied positions

- of trust and honor and made the best citizens wherever found . 7 1 08 (Lexington Herald , Feb . , 9 )

The Todds have intermarried with the Wickliffs, the Shel i bys , the Breckenridges , the D dla kes, the Brents , the Woodleys , the Craigs , the Swifts , the McDowells, the Parkers , and so on and on . These families have intermarried with the Prestons , the M cCaws, the Paines , the Kinkeads, the Wo olfolks, so the s interests of the Todds extend to most hou es in this community .

’ - John Todd (Mary Todd s great uncle ) , the brother of

David Todd , was a graduate at Princeton in 1749 and located

C . in Louisa ounty , Virginia . He became distinguished as a Pres byt erian minister that it is said no history of the Presbyterian

Church could be written without honorable mention of him .

’ David Todd , John Todd s brother , was the great - grand father of Mary Todd , in 1783 sold his land in Pennsylvania for

TWENT Y - SI $ and moved to Kentucky , he and his wife Hanna Owen being so grieved at the loss of their di stinguished son ,

John Todd , who had been killed two years before at the battle of Blue Licks (said to have been the bloodiest battle between the whites and the Indians ever fought on Kentucky soil) , that R they wished to be with the remaining sons , obert and Levi . D . David died the year after he . moved to Kentucky avid Todd and Hanna Owen had four sons , one of whom , Owen , settled in

Ohio and bore a brave part in Indian warfare . The other three , J R e ohn , ob rt . and Levi were educated in a classical school in

Virginia taught by their uncle , the Reverend John Todd . The eldest , Colonel John Todd , was appointed by Patrick Henry , ' then governor of Virginia to be the first civ il governor and

- e lieutenant commander of what is now the great stat of Illinois . His record— or minute book is now in possession of the Chicago Historical Society and forms an interesting chapter in the his tory of the state .

During the war of the Revolution , General George Rogers

Clark numbered among his brave soldiers , three of the Todd 1780 brothers . In Kentucky was divided into three counties ,

Lincoln , Jefferson , and Fayette , and Patrick Henry then gov rn r e o of Virginia , appointed John Todd , Colonel of Fayette , D aniel Boone as lieutenant , and Colonel Thomas Marshall , as R e surveyor . ob rt , the second son of David Todd and Hanna u a Owen . married his co sin , a d ughter of Parson John Todd . studied law and settled in Virginia . Levi , third son of David and Hannah Owen was born in Pennsylvania in 175 6, was edu cated u by his uncle , also st died law and came early to Kentucky .

He was the purchaser of the first sale of lots in Lexingt on , Ken tucky , 1781 , filled several offices , became a brigadier— and

- then a major general . Both of these titles were won in actual

- service . He was a sensible , intelligent , well educated man , so G ’ states in T . M . reen s report .

L ’ evi Todd , one of the three brothers , was Mrs . Lincoln s

. , b grandfather The following statement written y _ one of his 1775 sons . In . Levi Todd was defeated in an election in Vir ginia for ensign , as lieutenant of a company ; then concluded to o g to Kentucky and went , in early 1 776 with his brother Robert

Todd . He became a lieutenant under who sent him as a spy from Kaskaskia to Louisiana to examine the S u panish forces and disposition to the American ca se .

TWENT Y - S EVEN THE TODD- BODLEY POSTERITY

The writer of this genealogy and his relatives can trace

— their relationship to Mary Todd Lincoln , thu sz Robert Todd who came to A merica in 1737 , had two children by his first wife , Jean Smith , and by his second wife , Isabella Bodley , had

- Sa nine children as previously stated . The fourth child , muel , is one of forebear of the b ranch which I am to tell about . His son , John Todd married Mary Ruble and with his first three children moved to Shelby County about thirty miles from

Louisville , Kentucky . The record shows that he had eight chil dren , evidently five were bo rn in Kentucky . Land entries and 1 old records show that he took up land in 780 . In the Kentucky land entries is found that he purchased two tracts of land on G 400 ists Creek , one for acres and the other for acres . This land or a part of it was divided between some of his chil 1 27 d dren in 8 . The names of the chil ren will be listed later . The ’ i D - e ghth child was avid Todd . He was the writer s great grand R e father . John and Mary ubl Todd were buried in the old cem eter C G C S o y near Olivette Baptist hurch on ists reek . far , we have not verified this fro m their tombstones . This we hope to d do . But their names are recorde on the church roster . The ’ writer s great - grandfather married Mary Martin in Shelby

County on January 20 , 1 814 and moved to Lawrence Coun ty , 1 16 Indiana , in 8 and settled near Mitchell .

They both are buried in Fr eedom Cemetery , one mile south of Mitchell and their tombstones bear the following :

D o b - 12 179 1 d - 8 1852 avid T dd , May , ; July , . Mary Todd , b - 20 1790 d- 11 1878 March , ; August , . Their first Indiana home “ ” was a log - cabin and is now in replica at Old Town in Spring

Mill State Park two miles east of Mitchell . The logs of this “ ” cabin were later moved to the Old Town in the Park near the grist - mill which obtained its power from the water coming

- b b from C ave near y . The cabin was there re uilt and used as a ’ ’ s cobbler s store . The cobbler s name was Mun on .

ITheir second home and more substantial was located about six miles east of Mitchell and East of Fishing Creek . about one half mile in order to be near their son , A ndrew who had. pur chased so me 360 acres , and during his elderly a g e sold it to the subsidiary of the Bedford Limestone $ uarry Company .

Robert Smith Todd , father of Mary Tod- d Lincoln and the ’ - D writer s great grandfather . avid Todd . were born the same

- year 179 1 in Kentucky ; had the same great grandfather ,Robert

TWENT Y - EIGH T 1737 ’ Todd who came to America in . In other words the Writer s ’ great - grandfather and Mary Todd Lincoln s father were second cousins . This may not be the exact legal statement as required bu t e If in law is the one us d in general conversations . you plot the genealogy graph it can be seen quite definitely .

Now let us go back and bring up some of the children that might be of interest for those who wish to trace further lineage :

To John and Mary Ruble Todd of Shelby County , Ken tucky , the following children are recorded : Elizabeth (Clayton ) , A n Andrew , n (Bazel Tegarden ) , Johnston ,Mary (Mcc ormick ) , R r S G D obe t , ally (James lenn ) and avid .

’ This David Todd , the writer s great - grandfather , had four children : Eliza (Bohanon) , Abe , Elizabeth (Dalton) , and A n drew .

’ To Andrew Todd , the writer s grandfather born January

3, 1822 ; married Elizabeth Stevens , born , August 19 , 1824 , twelve children grew to adult age , namely : William Granville , ’ i the writer s father , Eliza (Murray) , George , Mary (M ller) ,

Caroline (Oldham) , Nancy (Shade ) , Caroline (Fordyce ) , L u cetta (Kirby) , John , Harriett (Staniford) , Harrison , Ella

(Simpson) , Marion .

The following are the families of th e twelve children of Andrew and Elizabeth $ Todd :

William Granville and Elizabeth Todd (Miller) Arche , E Neidiffer O N ffie ( ) , scar died at age of two , Malcolm . Todd ,

(the writer of this geneal ogy) , Otto , Roscoe , Blish , Cleo (Mc

Clintic ) .

To Eliza Todd Murray was born Cora (Taylor) , Dora

(Mayden ) , Homer .

The children of Mary Todd (Miller) : Albert , Ev a (Bayer) ,

Bessie (Kirby) , Verna .

The children of George and Mary Todd : Ida (Miller) ,

Cora , Delbert , Walter , Rose (Smith ) , Everett , Beulah (Ever s ole) , Leslie .

The children of Caroline Todd (Oldham) : Wilbert , Willie .

Nancy and John Shade had no children but had an a do pted niece , Hattie Fordyce Shade .

C arolyn and John Fordyce children : Charles , Ira , Fred ,

Harrison and Hattie . Ed K R Lucetta and . irby children : Minnie ( ichardson ) , N Oscar , Jennie ( ugent) . E John and Mary Todd : Cassie (Enochs ) , Eddie , lza .

TWENT Y - NINE E Harriet and . Staniford : no children but an adopted child .

R A r H arrison and C lara Todd : alph , lbert . Herbe t , Floyd ,

Homer , Dallas , Bert , Hazel (True ) .

E o : lla and Joe Simps n no children .

Marion and A lice Todd : Madge (Gaines) , Dewey , Murel

(Gaines ) , $ ella (Gaines) , Hallie (Trotter) , Paul , Harley , Ev a (Beasley)

The author of this genealogy , Malcolm Newt on Todd , mar H i i r 1 11 ried Grace e tme e , of C arlyle , Illinois in 9 . There are Dr e of three children , . Malcolm C . Todd , a surgeon and memb r the Fellowship of A merican College of Surgeon , located at Long E Beach , California . The daughter , Jean lizabeth , married Lt . C D R olonel C . H . unning of the egular Army and located at pres D Dr ent at enver , Colorado . The youngest son is . William

Henry Todd , specialist in Internal Medicine and Cardiology , located at Long Beach , California . The writer has the distinguished honor of having served as a teacher and sc hool administrator for more than fifty years . He has been honored by two school boards as Superintendent Em is ' $ eritus of schools . He listed as Who Who in American E G n R ducation , and is Past over or of otary . He is a writer , : author and lecturer . Present address Lawrenceville , Illinois , 47 Box 7 .

FAMILY TREE IN BRIEF

m A m 1 f u r Rob ert Todd ca e to erica in 737 . The i g res in parentheses rep e f m sent the n u m ber o f children in the a ily .

Rob ert Todd

m l f Jean S ith , st wi e I sa b ella B odley , 2n d wife

Dav id odd 4 ) 2 n d c hild T ( S am u el Todd (9 ) 4th child

L ev i Todd 4th child John Todd ( 5 ) l st child

11 7th Rob ert S . Todd ) child ( Dav id Todd ( 8 ) 8th child

Mary Todd ( L incoln ) ( 7 ) 4th child A n drew Todd ( 4 ) 4th child by l st w ife , nine children b y second f wi e .

Wm . Todd ( 12 ) l st child

M alcolm Todd ( 8 ) 4th child

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