Not the son of William Tod, of Eling & Mary Todd
John Todd
- Born: CA 1605-1610 in: England
- Died: 19-Mar-1678
- Buried: 1678 in: Port Royal (Southampton), Bermuda Then called Port Royal, Bermuda
Biography
Per: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Todd-3006
Note: Volume 11, page 7, "Memorials of the Bermudas" by Lefroy...Letter from the Committeein London to Captain Josias Forster London, January 1, 1649/1650. "Wee have chosen & apoynted Mr John Todd to be marshall in the roome of Mr. John towe and requier you and the Bovrnor & Councell forthwith to see the s'd John Todd invested in the same with all emunityes belonging to the said place for wch wee have sent here with him a commission"..signed by Nath Rich, Owen Rowe, Joseph Todd, John Oxenbridge, Leonard Ward, Isaak Rowe. John Todd was buried March 19, 1678 at Southampton, then called Port Royal, Bermuda.
Note: Page 401 of "Memorials of the Bermudas", by Lefroy, ..John Todd held land in "Southampton Tribe, formerly part of ye twelve shares of Sr. Nathaniell Rich. A tenement and two shares of land in his owne occupation Abutting at ye south end partly on ye south side sea and partly uppon a parcell of common land there. And at ye north end uppon a bay called (can't make out the word) Lying betweene ye lands last before entered of Capt Wm Sayle to ye eastwards and ye ffree-schoole land to ye westwards cont."
In our Family History book, John Todd is listed as William John Tod (note spelling change). ..married Elzabeth Paynter, daughter of Stephen Paynter and Alyce Harrison.
Notes
1. The Todds of Southampton Bermuda are not related to the todds of Southamptonshire, England.
2. There was a clerical error in the transcription of the 1677 will of John Todd in which the transciption has the name Tudor several times, but the will doesn't mention Tudor even once.
3. The lineage of Mallory Todd as constructed from records in Virginia and Bermuda is:
- John Todd d 1677
- Joseph Todd b pr to 1646 md 1667 Ann Tatum
- Joseph Todd b 1668 d 1708/1709 md Elizabeth Keele (dau of John Keele d 1715)
- John Todd b 1703 d 1757 md Angelina Mallory
- Mallory Todd
- Joseph Todd
- Richard Todd
- Sarah Todd
- Miriam Todd md Joseph Rogers
