John Todd, of Bermuda

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

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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

Sources

• Milbourn Family History, Researched and Compiled by Doris Nelson Sloan, Page 79 & 86 of 102. 2014 Ask Leila I Niemeth Tweed for a copy of Page 79& 86
• Will made Mar 1 1677, proved Mar 26 1678. John Todd, of Southampton, widower children Mary, Amos Tudor, Henry, John Tudor, Joseph Tudor, Benjamin Tudor, Elizabeth (now Wethersby), Sarah (now Jackson), grandchildren of all but Mary and Henry. exec; Henry Durham, Thomas Richards. wit: William Keele, Henry Onyon. inventory included.
• Page 212 of Mercer's "Bermuda Settlers of the 17th Century" 1673, Book V(A) page 468. Sep1, 1673 I Thomas Richards, being in England in 1651, discoursed with Joseph Todd, skinner, who lived in Walbrook and who told me that he had bought two shares land in Bermuda on which his brother John Todd should live and at his decease the same should go th his nephew, Joseph Todd, son of John Todd.
• GenForum post by Billie Teague cites: Todd Family of Eling, Southampshire, Englind, Philadelphia and Bucks County, Pennsylvania; Rowan County, North Carolina; Madison County, Kentucky; Butler and Howard Counties, Missouri and Others; Risch, David; self-published; original manuscript in Missouri Valley Room, Kansas City Public Library. This is a well sourced manuscript.
• https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/todd/5777/
• http://sites.rootsweb.com/~bmuwgw/toddgen.htm
• Ref: pg 212 Mercer's "Bermuda Settlers of the 17th Centruy" 1673, Book V(A) pg 468
• http://www.angelfire.com/hi2/angel51/ToddJohn.html
• https://www.ancestry.com.au/boards/surnames.todd/3542?viewType=FLAT... “ For decades family historians have been trying to deduce the origins of several Todd families. In some cases, they made guesses or inferences based on the limited data they had, including looking at naming patterns and assuming connections when there were similiar names. DNA has helped us identify when those guesses were right and when those guesses were wrong. One confusing set of guesses had to do with two families of Todds with names like Joseph and Benjamin who both came from southamptonshire in southern England, but who do not share a common male ancestor. One of those families was Joseph Todd of Eling who died in Philadelphia in 1699; another was Joseph Tudor Todd who died in Bermuda. Joseph Todd of Bermuda had a kinsman named Mallory Todd who settled in Isle of Wight Co VA whose DNA does not match the Joseph Todd d 1699 Philadelphia family. These are not related families! ”