William Todd Family
Virginia, Pennsylvania,  and Indiana

William Todd
b. abt 1730 Trappe, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania [tombstone inscription]
d.  abt 1795 Bedford, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania [tombstone inscription]
buried: Bedford, Penn.

m. Susanna George  1760
b. abt 1735 Christ Church, Middlesex, Virginia
d. abt 1776 Goochland, Goochland, Virginia
her father:   
her mother: 

?2m. Ann Rambo  27 Nov 1776 Bedford Co., Pennsylvania
b. abt 1750
d. Westmoreland Co., PA

his father:  Robert Todd (b. abt 1697 - 1775 )
his mother: 2m. Isabella Boldley Hamilton (1700 - 1739)
Children with Susanna George
Sarah Todd
b. 1780
 d.
m.
Andrew Todd
 b. abt 1760
 d. abt 1801 Indiana
 m. Eizabeth Sipes  (b. abt 1761TN   d. abt 1820)
(dau of George Sipes and Elizabeth)
George Todd
 b. 1772 Bedford, Virginia
 d.  1828 Lawrence, Todd, Kentucky
 m.


There is some confusion among researchers about the date of birth of William Todd.  Some have stated he is born in Ireland.  If that is the case he would have to be born before 1737 when the family immigrated.  I believe the more likely and true date would be 1739 in Pennsylvania.  Although I feel certain that all the Todds of this time period are related, I'm not certain that the William Todd of 1739 who marries Susanna George is the same as the William Todd who marries Ann Rambo.  Both were born of the same era.

Grover Todd writes about William Todd:
William TODD 1 was born about 1739 in Providence Township,Montgomery County,Pennsylvania. 
He died about Oct 1810 in Westmoreland County,Pennsylvania. 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.  
William married Ann RAMBO on 27 Nov 1776 in Bedford County,Pennsylvania. Ann was born about 1750. 
She died in Westmoreland County,Pennsylvania.


1823-
 "In the year 1823, Five years after the organization of the county, when what is now Polk Township was an uninhabited wildwood, except, perhaps by some temporary family of trappers or hunters, the old settler, George Todd, bought a tract of eighty acres on Section 26, and made preparations to erect thereon rude log buildings for his family and others for his cattle and horses.  With the help of his brothers and man or two who went out with him, the necessary buildings were soon erected and family immured in their new home.  The woods around were full of deer, and occasionally a bear would be seen near the cabin.  Three years afterward Mr. Todd bought eighty acres more on the same section, and also eighty acres on Section 23.  This gave him a good farm - more in fact than he could use to advantage.  In 1831, Andrew Todd bought eighty acres on Section 15, and John Todd eighty acres on Section 14.  The second settler, and man who was to play a conspicuous part in the subsequent history of the township, Thomas Fleetwood, came to the township in 1826, and bought eighty acres of land on Section 36, near that of Mr Todd.  ...  Joseph Stipp became the owner of eighty acres on Section 20 in 1832, and four years later entered forty acres on Section 19...A piece on Section 10 was bought by William B. Todd in 1837, and another on the same section by David Hawkins in 1839.  ... William Todd bought on Section 26 in 1837 and James Todd on the same in 1839.  "   [Blanchard. page 541-542]

Residents of 1842 - " John Sipes owned a cottage on Section 20.  Joshua Stepp paid a poll tax. John, Thomas and James Todd were assessed a poll tax; but George, Henry and William, although their names appear on the duplicate, seem to have been delinquent.  Henry was assessed a poll tax, but seems not to have paid it when due.  John Todd paid a tax of $7.40; Thomas Todd $10.87; and James Todd $4.70; but $6.83 of the tax of Thomas was delinquencies settled. " [Blanchard p. 542]

The first school was taught near the Todds. By 1856 six log school houses were created. One on land donated in Section 26 by "Mr. Todd".  "When the township was created in 1849, elections were ordered held at the house of John Todd, or "at Todd's Big Springs." These springs were fine ones and had induced Mr. Todd to locate in their vicinity.  Elections were held at Mr. Todd's for several years.  The old blacksmith shop there was probably used.  Wylie Davar and Samuel Axam were the first Fence Viewers, Peter Norman the first Inspector of Elections and Wylie Davar the Constable. The school section was not sold until the fifties." [Blanchard. p. 544]

1830- Robert Alexander Dyer is born in Missouri according to the 1850 and 1860 census.

1840- US Census, Indiana, Hamilton, White River Township p. 262

Dyer, Robert      m     0   0   0   0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
                            f     1   0   0   1   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

Nobelsville Township (same page)
Scott, Sarah        m     0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
                            f      0  0  0  2  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0

1841- Richland Township of Monroe Co., Indiana "A very large portion of this township, comparatively, was entered in 1816, as a soon as the land was thrown into market, and this circumstance reveals the fact that not only was the first settlement before that time, but it was very paid when thus began. ...  (lists many early land owner).   ... Joel A. Dyer, on Section 7 in 1828.  -[Blancard. p. 496]

Poll-tax payer of 1841 for Richland lists J. A. Dyer, William Dyer, Hiram Dyer, and H. N. Dyer among many others.  [Blancard. p. 497-8]

1850- We are unsure about whether we have found the correct person but there are few alternative choices.  Here Eliz J. Todd is listed with her mother in Polk, Monroe County, Indiana in Oct of 1850. page 366. We are still missing the father of both however we may have a sibling for each of them. 

[US Census, Indiana, Monroe Co., Polk township, page 366]  We're sure of the family makeup but unsure about the mother's name but fits the files on OneWorld Tree at Ancestry.com. for

Mary Todd                   45  f                                 200     KY
William,                       20 m                 farmer     200     Ind
Eliza J.                        18  f                                              "
Thomas                        16  m                                            "
Nancy                          14   f                                             "
Polly                            14  f                                              "
George                         12  m                                            "
Catherine                       8   f                                             "
Peter                              7  m                                            "
James                             6 m                                             "

(same page)
John Todd                      38 m                farmer   1000      VA   (cousin-in-law of Mary (45) page 366)
Elizabeth                         37 f                                             NC
David                              18 m                                            Ind.
Catharine                        16 f                                              "
Louisa                             13 f                                             "
Elijah                              10 m                                           "
Isaac                                 8 m                                            Mo
George F.                         5 m                                            Ind.
Robert                               3 m                                             "
Emily                            1/12 f                                              "

Source:

Cheryl's Family Index | Ancestor Chart #1 | email to Cheryl Grubb


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