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The Virginia Todds Gc 929.2 T5665W 1593403 REYNOLDS HISTORICAL GENEALOGY COLLECTION ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 01433 7486 Tl THE cj VIRGINIA ^ v3 .' '.p.. *''• ,, . (/ . i u l\ ! Compiled nv J. R. VVlTCRAFT Merchantvillk, N. J. Dispatch Publishing House kkankkord, phila. t 1 ARMS OF THE TODD FAMILY I IRELAND (Reg. Ulsters Office). Ar on a bend gu three crosses cross- I Todd— I lets fitchee of the first, in base a pelican Az—Crest a fieur-de- ENGLAND 1593403 ' Todd— (Tranby Park, Co. York, descended from Tjiomas Todd, Esq., of Swanland, same Co. temp. Charles I; named in an in- i quisition held on the death of Sir Ralph Elleker, Knt. A. D. j 1642). Ar three foxes heads couped gu, a border vert. Crest { on a chapeau gu turned up erm. a fo.x sejant ppr. i Motto Oportet vivere. ! Todd—Ar a fess chequy of the first and sa bet. three foxes heads couped gu Crest a foxes heads as in the arms, j i Todd—Ar three foxes heads erased gu. Crest a fox sejant ppr. Todd Ar three foxes heads couped gu. Crest a fox running away j — v^ith a goose over the back all ppr. j i Todd—Ar on a bend engr. sa plain cotised az bet. two estoiles of ! the last three foxes heads erased or Crest a fox pass. ppr. col- [- lared and chain reflexed over the back or supporting with the dexter paw an escutchen sa charged v/ith an estoile gold. y Todd— (Sturmer Co. Essex). Ar three foxes heads couped gu. Crest a fox sejant ppr. Todd— (Bray, Co. Berks). Sa two bars betw. three martlets or Crest a v/olf's head or collared flory counter fiory gu. per ! Todd— (Belsize House, Hampstead). Or on a bend bend gu and az-cotized sa bet, t^.vo roundles per pale of the third and I three foxes couped of the field. Crest a Mount i second, heads vert thereon a fox sejant ppr. resting the dexter forepaw on a I reflexed 1 roundle as in the arms gorged with a collar and chain the pommel of a sv/ord erect I therefrom or the chain attached to on the Sinister Side of the fox, the point downward also ppr. i I EARLY VIRGINIA IMMIGRANTS Robert Todd came over in the Hopewell, in 1622, and scaled in Virginia. He had a son William and Thomas—who was prob- ably the Captain Thomas Todd mentioned herein. He was then twenty years old and a member of the Church of England. William Todd, 1G51, transported by Mr. Antho Stevens, North- ampton Co., Va. George Todd, 1650, transported by Wm. Yarrett ?nd Ira, Wit- tington Co., Va. William Todd, 1654, transported by Christopher Regault, Glou- Matthew Todd, 1646, transported by John Broach, York County, Va. Thomas Todd, 1642, transported by Roger Symmons, Va. Elizabeth Todd, 1637, transported by Thoas Todd, her husband. New Norfolk, Va. Robert Todd, 1647, transported by Thomas Jackson, Gent, Northampton Co., Va. Mary Todd, 1652, transported by John Howett, Northumber- :' •' ' -ii • • land County, Va. ; rv rr..T- ! :., Thomas Todd, 1652, transported by Tobias Horton, Lancaster County, Va. N. B.—There is a record of a Robert Todd baptized October 4, 1602, of Danby, in Calvery Church, Yorkshire, England, parish register. I'.r,. i ... The following is from the Land Books of Annapolis, Md., showing early arrivals who settled in Maryland and Virginia, by the name of Todd: LAND BOOKS ABH, Page 63, Thomas, servant, transported, 1638. 16, Page 630, Thomas Todd, transported, 1640. 6, Page 129, Cornelius Todd, transported, 1654. 6, Page 87, Francis Todd, immigrant, 1658. 4, Page 137, David Todd, transported, 1659. 9, V^^e ?69, Elirabeth Todd, transported, 1665. 8, Page 269, Robert Todd, transported, 1665. 4, Page 4.34, Alexander Todd, transported, 1666. 12, Page 202, Capt. Thomas Todd, immigrant, 1669. 12, Page 202, Ann Todd, wife of Captain Thomas, 1669. 12, Page 203, Ann Todd, daughter of Capt. Thomas, 1G69. 12, Page 202, Frances, daughter of Capt. Thomas, 1669. 12, Page 202, Johanna, daughter of Capt. Thomas, 1668. 12, Page 202, John Todd, son of Capt. Thomas, 1669. 12, Page 202, Robert Todd, son of Capt. Thomas, 1669. 16, Page 79, Thomas Todd, transported, 1670. 13, Page 122, Frances Todd, transported, 1670. 16, Page 394, Richard Todd, transported by Thomas, 1671. 18, Page 160, Jane Todd, transported, 1674. 15, Page 544, John Todd, transported, 1674. 15, Page 418, Thomas Todd, transported, 1678. (1) Thomas Todd brought his family from England to Norfolk County, Va., in 1669, married Ann Gorsuch and had: (2) Thomas, of Gloucester. (3) Robert, of York River. (4) William, of King and Queen; had Richard, Thomas, Dorothy and Betty. 3 ' : (2) Thomas married and had (5) Richard, who had Bernard and William ; both died s. p. before 1745. Thomas had Philip and Christopher. (4) Major William married Martha Vicars and had (a) Richard, who married Elizabeth Richards, by whom • 'i ;;o;v , he had three (3) sons: ^V' . ,. "' • William, of Kentucky ''- '>•- ''('h : Richard, of Kentucky Judge Thomas, born 1765, died in 1323. (b) Thomas, living in 17-15, died 1781, had: William, of King and Queen, IV i'2 ••• Harry, of King and Queen. Gordon. (c) Dorothen, married Gorden (d) ; had Wm. (d) Elizabeth, married Barber; had Richard. (6) Fhilip. 103; (7) Christopher, born April 16S9, died March 26, 1792, aged and had: married Elizabeth , born 1702, died 1764 Lucy, born 1721, died 1784; married, 1743, ^" ' Edward Tabb. C.i-! Elizabeth, 1723-178S, married Booth. Mary, 1725-1794, married Wyatt. Thomas, 1728-1780. (4) William, of King and Queen, died 1705; married and had Margaret, Francis (Alex Broom, Esq.) THE VIRGINIA TODDS Robert Todd came over in the Hopewell in 1822 and settled in Virginia. He had a son, Thomas Vvilliam, that we know of. Capt. Thomas Todd brought over, in 1669, his family, John, Robert, Averella, Ann, Frances and Johanna. Capt. Thomas Todd brought over, at various times, other Todds. This was before and after he settled permanently. (See list). 4 Captain Thomas Todd and Ann Gorsuch, of Toddsbury, Wr.rc parish, Gloucester County, Va., and Baltimore County, Md., where he settled in 1G69. Burgess for Baltimore County, 1674-75, died at Bea in 1676. Children: Thomas, John, Robert, Joanna, Ann, Frances and Averilla. (2) Thomas married and had (3) Anne, (4) Thomas, Jr., (5) , (6) V/illiam, (7) Philip, (8) Frances, born 1707; Frances born 1G82, died 1703, Christopher. (4) Thomas, Jr., married Elizabeth and had Thomas and Robert. oy ^^i.uj, j^u.ii ...«^~, U*Cu l.~-.; mui-Tied Liordcca: Lcoke, oi V/aretov/n, of Gloucecter; Christopher, of Toddsbury, born 1690, died 1743, married Elizabeth and had (10) Thomas, born 1724, died 17S4, and Lucy, born 1724, died 1794, married Edward Tabb. Thomas, of Baltimore County, married Elizabeth and had (12) Thomas, of Toads Neck, Baltimore Comity, Md. ; died 1739; m.sT- ried Eleanor Dorsey and had Robert, of Showan, Baltimore County, Md., also Robert, (5) Richard married and had Bernard and V/illiam. (6) William married Martha Vicaris (of King and Queen Co., Va., 173G), and had (13) Thomas, (14) Richard, (15) Dorothy, (16) Betty. (13) Thomas married Betty Waring, daughter of Col. Thoinas V/aring, of Essex County, Va., and had (17) William (living in King and Queen Co., 1772. had then only daughter), (22) Henry (a member of Del. for King and Queen, in 1784). (14) Richard married Elizabeth Richards and had William, of Pittsylvania County, Va., Sheriff, 1786, (19) Thomas, born in King and Queen, 1735, died in Kcn'.ucky, 1S26, Justice of United Supreme Court, and (20) Bernard, member of Del. Charlotte County, 1787-1791. (8) Frances, born 1707, died 1753, married Robert North, of Marj'land. 5 Thomas Todd, Sr., patented land in Elizabeth City Co., in 1G47, and in Gloucester, in 16'34 (Land Books of Virginia). The will of Captain Thomas Todd, of North parish, Patapsco River, Md., dated 1675, proved May 30, 1677, makes his son Thomas sole executor, gives wife Anne four hundred pounds sterhng, and in the hands of Alderman Richard Booth, in London, one hundred seventy pounds sterling in the hands. Of Mr. Robert Gorsuch and also a parcel of land in Old Eng- land, also in the possession of Robert Gorsuch, legacies to hia four daughters by name, to his brother Christopher, money and 700 acres Todd, There is filed vnth the will a copy of a letter from Thomas ship Virginia, Sr., dated April 1, 1676. He was then on board the bound for England, and was very rich. It is addressed: "ITiere for my son Thomas Todd, at his house on North River (Gloucester) witli all speed" This Capt. Todd did not bring his family over till 1609, but it is probable he was in Virginia as early as 16^0. Robert Todd, who is mentioned in the records of York County, Virginia, in 1642, and v.'ho bought land in Gloucester in 1652. His eldest son, William Todd, patented 5C0 acres in Gloucester in 1660. Thomas Todd epitaph at Toddsbury is printed in the William 7-153-8-631. and Mary Quarterly, 3, 116. See also Hening V, 395, There is recorded in Maryland, December 12, 1683, a division be- tv/een Charles Gorsuch and Thomas Todd, of Gloucester, of a tract of land purchased by said Gorsuch and Capt. Thomas Todd, de- ceased, father of said Thomas Todd, of Gloucester. Her Epitaph (3-Ann) at Wareham. Sec William and Mar,» Quarterly, 2-224 (4 Thom.as). His will, dated January 11, 1714-16, was proved in Baltimore Co., Md., June 11, 1715, and in Essex Coiinty, Virginia (where he had an estate), on September 23, 1715.
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