The Todd Family in America

The Story of this Site and How to Use It (click here)

This Website seeks to:

1. provide a resource of basic data (deeds, wills, tax lists, vital records) on Todds in many states and counties in America to help family historians in compiling a well-documented family history of their specific Todd lines.
2. provide answers to a number of thorny genealogical puzzles that have perplexed Todd historians for generations.

This page is organized into four sections:

1. Essays on Todd Family History Issues (including a survey of 37 Todd families in America, description of the Emilie Todd Helm collection, and other essays focused on Augusta County, Virginia Todds and their links for PA, NJ and KY)



2. Basic Data organized by State and County



3. Information on specific families



4. Table of Contents of 2004 Edition of the "Todd Families in America Collection" and its 2005 Addendum (1000+ pages of Todd data expected available through the LDS Family History Centers with originals in the Kentucky Historical Society)

I do not intend to expand this site beyond the research done to date, but would welcome the opportunity to transfer all the information on this site to someone wishing to provide an ongoing expanding resource of the results of Todd Family research.

This collection was made possible by generous sharing of their research and assistance by Shirley Weber, Lorraine Lewellyn, Gregg Branum, Don Todd, Dick Heineman, Kathy Todd, Jeanne Todd, Barbara McKee, Shane Symes, Debbie Hanson, Corleen Arrowood, David McMurtry, Patt Fulton, anonymous members of the Philadelphia County Todds and many others.

January 2004 Richard McMurtry

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Essays on Todd Family History
Todd Family in America	Todd Family Numbering System and Historians
Todd Family Collection of Emily Todd Helm	Introduction to Todd Family Essays: Focus Augusta County Todds
Todd DNA	Hutton Family and Identity of Parents of Mary (Hutton) McMurtry
Basic Todd Data by State and County
Maryland	Pennsylvania
Kentucky	Virginia
	Ohio Etc Additional Materials
Tennessee Records	Indiana 1820 Census
Specific Families
1. Family Origins of: John Todd (1746-1829) of VA-KY-TN and John Todd (1750-1813) of PA-KY 2. John Todds Supporting Data and Future Research 3. John Gregg and the John Todd-Ruble Family ConnectionTodds Supporting Data and Future Research	Baltimore and Anne Arundel County MD Todds including the four "lost" branches" below:
William Todd of PA-VA	1. Benjamin Todd (1749-1823) of MD and Logan Co., KY
Samuel Todd of PA-VA-KY	2. John Todd (md 1791 Balitmore) of MD and Ohio
New Jersey Todds	3. John Todd (1746-1808) and Edward Todd d 1795 of MD and Bourbon Co., KY
Other Todd families by Todd Family Number	4. Seneca Co Ohio Todds
Todd Families in America Collection
Table of Contents (2004 collection)	Table of Contents (2005 addendum)