Samuel Todd

Twin of Robert Todd.
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Birth place list includes:

• 1. County Armagh, Ulster, Ireland, or
• 2. Philadelphia County (within present Montgomery County), Province of Pennsylvania.

Death place list includes:

• 1. Center Township (Present White Township), Indiana County, Pennsylvania

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Samuel (Twin) TODD (AFN:QH80-95)

The Todd Family, Kitochtinny Magazine, p 78

SAMUEL TODD,* (died in 1812), son of Robert and Isabella (Hamilton) Todd, removed to Indiana Co., PA., and settled in White Twp. He married his cousin, Anne Todd, daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth (McDowell) Todd and had issue:

• 1. SAMUEL, died in 1846; he had a son James.
• 2. (Daughter), married John Cummins, and had Susanna, Margaret, Eleanor, William and John.

The identity of Samuel Todd, as above given, must be regarded as only tentative

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Mrs. Emily Todd Helm spent several decades compiling the history of her Todd ancestors who settled in colonial Philadelphia and Chester Counties, Pennsylvania. Her manuscript identified the ancestors and descendants of Robert Todd (1697-1775) of Philadelphia Co and his half-brother Andrew Todd (ca 1710-1791) of Chester Co & Bedford Co, PA and Louisa Co., VA.

The following discussion seeks to correct two of the errors in Mrs Helm's manuscript or in the version based on her manuscript published by George O. Seilhamer in 1905. It focuses on Samuel Todd, son of Robert Todd (1697-1775) and two daughters and a son of Andrew Todd (d 1791).

Samuel Todd

Mrs. Helm mixed up the marriages of two of Andrew Todd's daughters. She said that Anne Todd married Samuel Todd and Mary Todd married John McCulloh, but the opposite was true. Mary Todd married Samuel Todd and Anne Todd married John McCulloh. Mr Seilhamer compounded the error by guessing that the Samuel Todd (wife Ann) who died in 1812 in Indiana County, PA was the Samuel who married Andrew Todd's daughter

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Here's what I have on Samuel Todd:

Samuel Todd, presumptive son of Robert Todd by his second wife, Isabella Hamilton, died in 1812. Little has been ascertained concerning him. He married his cousin, Anne Todd, daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth (McDowell) Todd, with whom he removed to Indiana County, PA., settling in White Township.

Their children were a son, Samuel, and a daughter, who became the wife of John Cummins. Samuel Todd, son of Samuel and Anne (Todd) Todd, died in 1846, leaving a son, James, who has not been traced. The daughter was married to John Cummns, by whom she had three daughters and two sons: Susanna, Margaret, Eleanor, William, and John.

I also have a death notice from the Indiana paper that reads: Mrs. Margaret Todd, relic of the late Samuel Todd, dec'd, died on Sabbath evening, September 23, 1894, at the home of her daughter, in Cumberland, MD., aged 80 years. The deceased was a daughter of Thomas Barr. Four daughters survive her, viz: Mrs Josiah Lydick, of Penn Run, this county; Mrs. Dr. A.H. Diven, of Salem, Ore.; Mrs. J.F. Dresser, of Cumberland, MD., and Miss Lizzie Todd, also of the latter City. Mr. Samuel Todd, her husband, died in Indiana in June 1846. He was a brother of the late James Todd, and the uncle of Mrs. Mararet Landis, Mrs. Mary Adair, and Mrs. Belinda Hoffman, of this place. The remains were brought here on Tuesday and interred in Oakland Cemetery.

Here's another from the Indiana paper that reads: Miss Elizabeth Todd, aged 77 years, daughter of the late Samuel and Margaret Todd, of Cherryhill township, died at Moxham, PA on September 17. The body was brought to the home of her sister, Mrs. Belinda P. Lydick, of Church Street, on Sabbath, where services were held by Rev. S.G. Wilson and interment followed in Oakland Cemetery. (Date was 1915)

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“I have copied a portion of two letters from Mrs. C.A Railey (Sterling, Kansas) great granddaughter of Jane Todd Crawford.” (Ed note: Mr. J. Knox Mitchell was a descendant of a sister of Thomas Crawford (husband of Jane Todd Crawford.)“lists Lydia, Polly, Jane, Sarah, John, Hannah, Samuel, James..children of Samuel Todd of Botetourt Co, VA”

(1) 21 Dec 1912: “it is from a copy of a letter dictated by my grandmother Alice Crawford Brown, Jane Todd Crawford’s daughter, to Dr. S.S. Todd.. who was some 30 years ago..a history of the Todd family. He visited my grandmother at Morning Sun, Iowa… This letter of my grandmother gives this information: Mrs. Jane Todd Crawford and Parson John Todd were second cousins – their fathers were first cousins – Jane Todd Crawford’s father Samuel Todd and Rev John Todd of Louisa Co., VA were first cousins.”

”Jane Todd Crawford’s brothers and sisters were: Lydia who md John Lewis, her first cousin and lived in Jessamine Co., KY (Ed note: Lewis may be misinterpretation of Lowry); Polly md Evan Thomas (Ed note: Francis);, Ella or Alice md John Craig and lived in Scott Co., KY; Sarah md Parson John Todd her 2cd cousin and lived in Louisa Co., VA; John Todd md Sarah Sterrett and lived on Herald (Harrod’s) Creek; Hannah md David Ewing and lived in Wayne Co., Ky. Mr. Ewing died 4 years after and his widow md Mr. Minatt. They moved to TENN and lived near Knoxville; Samuel Todd md Charity Dabney and lived in Richmond, VA, then moved to Ky whence he was made judge and moved to Frankfort and died there; Jane Todd Crawford died at Greysville, Indiana; Polly (Francis) in Bourbon Co; Alice Craig in Owen Co.; John Todd near Somsville (Louisville); Hannah in TN.; Sarah at Southport, IN.”

“The family bible with the record was burned when Rev. James Crawford house was burned. The family Bible with the records of the Todds was given to James Todd, a brother of Jane Todd Crawford, the eldest son in Clay Co., KY.:”

“Grandmother closes her letter by saying “I do not know that any of my cousins are living”. This was in 1883”

(2) letter 22 Jan 1913: “cousin Amelia Crawford is mistaken in the relationship of Mrs. Lincoln and her father. They were the same relation that we are – 4th cousins – grandmother had told me that but I (neglected to remember).” Mentions “brother Howell Crawford Brown
c. Ltr 16 May 1913 from Mrs. C. A. Railey to Mrs. Mgt Woodrow

“ in 1797, when my grandmother was 6 years old they left Rockbridge Co and went to Green Co, Ky.. to Madison, Jefferson Co., Indian near Hanover.”

“The brothers and sisters of Jane Todd Crawford were: Lydia who md John Lowrie her first cousin and lived and died in Jessamine Co., KY Jane was the second child Polly md Evan Frances and died in Bourbon County. Ellice or Alice md John Craig and lived in Scott Co. KY and died in Owen Co. James md Polly Lowrie and lived and died in Clay Co., KY To James the family bible of Todds was given. Can you tell me any things about this family Bible?”

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a. 1881 ltr. Sister Gabriella Todd to ETH: “I never heard the name of either of my grandfathers. Father was born in Virginia, studied law in Richmond, married my mother at Eagle Tavern, came to the wilds of Kentucky 1811, settled in Gallatin, thence moved to Frankfort. He had 11 children but only 5 lived to be grown. Only my oldest brother Dr. William Todd and myself remain. He is living in Clark Co., MO. Father had only one brother, John Todd who lived in Oldham Co, KY. …4 sisters.. Mrs. Lowery, Mrs. Crawford in Indiana, Mrs. Alice Craig whom I remember to have visited at her home in Scott Co., Mrs. Sarah Todd who married her cousin Rev. John Todd.” She mentions her birth name: “Alias Maria Louisa Todd”

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Samuel (Twin) TODD

• ———— Birth: 20 Jun 1732, County Armagh, Ireland
• Death: 1812, White Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Samuel Todd married his first cousin, Ann, daughter of Andrew Todd. He was a  twin.

Spouse: Mary TODD

• Death: bef 1790
• Father: Andrew TODD (-~1791)
• Mother: Elizabeth McDOWELL (~1721-1773)

Children:

• Margaret (-1853)
• Elinor (~1772-1853)