• TODD, WILLIAM DAR Ancestor #: A114427
• Service: PENNSYLVANIA Rank(s): CIVIL SERVICE, PATRIOTIC SERVICE

William Todd was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania in 1739, to Irish Immigrants Robert Todd and his second wife Elizabeth. In the French and Indian War, Todd served with the Pennsylvania troops, fought at the Battle of Kittanning, and helped capture Fort Duquesne. During the Revolution he traveled throughout the colonies and was active in Boston, joining the militia and then the Continentals, serving in major battles, including Bunker Hill, before returning to Pennsylvania. Todd served in the Pennsylvania State Constitutional Convention and the US Constitution ratifying convention. His wife was Hanna Davis, who he married 1776. He died in Unity, Westmoreland County on October 10, 1810. His grand niece Mary Todd would later become Abraham Lincoln's wife. [http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/BiosHistory/MemBio.cfm?ID...]

• Birth: CIRCA 1739 TRAPPE PHILADELPHIA CO PENNSYLVANIA
• Death: 11-8-1810 MT PLEASANT TWP WESTMORELAND CO PENNSYLVANIA
• Service Source: SMITH, MOTHER BEDFORD IN AM REV, PP 103, 159, 183, 382, 512; PA MAG, VOL 11, P 267
• Service Description: 1) JUDGE OF ELECTION; JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
• 2) TOOK OATH OF ALLEGIANCE BEDFORD CO

Ann d. 1817 Westmoreland co., Pa.

Children: Nancy A., Rebeeca, Rachel, Mary, Loas, and Robert

William resided in 1765 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. He was employed as a member of the Pennsylvania General Assembly in 1783 in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. He resided in 1783 in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. He was employed as an associate judge in 1791 in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. He was counted in a census 2 in 1800 in Unity Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

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William TODD ————————————

• Birth: 1739/1742, The Trappe, Montgomery Co., PA
• Death: 28 Oct 1810, Unity, Westmoreland Co., PA

Spouse: Ann RAMBO  Birth: abt 1751, Unity, Westmoreland Co., PA

William TODD went to western PA about 1765, settling within the present limits of Bedford County, PA. One of the judges for the western part of the PA in the election of members of the Constitutional Convention of 1776.

He was appointed a Justice of the Peace for Bedford Co., he later moved to Westmoreland County, where he settled upon land "on both sides of the road leading from Cherry's Mill to Bud's Ferry, on the Youghiogheny River, Mount Pleasant Township.

He was a member of the General Assembly, 1783-89, in which he opposed the calling of the PA Convention of 1787, of which he was also a member. He voted against the ratification of the Federal Constitution. He was a member of the PA Constitutional Convention of 1789-90. He became an associate Judge of Westmoreland County, 17 Aug 1791 to 3 Dec 1794, and a member of the State Senate 1794-96.

Children:

• Nancy Ann (1771-)
• Rebecca (1773-)
• Rachel (1775-)
• Mary (1777-)
• Lois (1779-)
• Robert (1781-)

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"James Armstrong's wife, an heir of William Todd, instituted proceedings in partition to No. 8, [Ed. note: Lot No. 8 in Freeport] of September term, 1817, in the common pleas of this county. After the issuing and service of the summons to William Todd and the other children and heirs of David Todd, deceased, George Armstrong appeared as attorney for all the defendants .... Thus James Armstrong the plaintiff became vested with a large portion of the land in and around Freeport .... In that parition, (lots) were allotted to William Todd and his sisters, Barbara, afterward intermarried with Jesse Martin, Elizabeth, with David Shields and Sarah, with John Thrush. They, with their husbands, released their interests in these lots, except No 41, to their brother William, April 29, 1834, for $112.50."

Note that the estate settlement of William Todd in 1810 by Joseph Baldridge and Joseph Clark included a reference to "Cas from James Matthews by George Armstrong." This James Matthews may be the husband of William Todd's daughter, just as Joseph Baldridge, Joseph Clark and George Armstrong are. This James Matthews is undoubtedly the one who took the case to court.

From the Freeport, Armstrong Co., PA census, 1850 (p 116) and 1860 census:
William Todd born ca 1808/1809 Chairmaker, wife Margaret 1814/1816, children: Anne E. b 1834/1838; David 1836/1839, William 1838/1841 and Francis 1840/1843.

The RAMBO FAMILY TREE Preliminary CD. 19 October 2011 Five Volumes: Descendants of Peter Gunnar Rambo On the web and available on CD By Beverly Nelson Rambo and Ronald Stephen Beatty.

• Updated from FamilySearch Family Tree via father John Todd by SmartCopy: Apr 20 2015, 18:05:11 UTC