Susannah (Hunt) Todd
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Susannah (Hunt) Todd (bef. 1633 - 1710)

Susannah Todd formerly Hunt aka Hopkinson
Born before in Halifax, Yorkshire, Englandmap
Daughter of and
Sister of and
Wife of — married before 1649 in Massachusettsmap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , , , , , , , and
Died after age 77 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusettsmap
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Biography

Contrary to popular belief, John Todd's wife Susannah was not a Hunt. In particular, she was not the daughter of William Hunt and Elizabeth (Best) Todd as has been alleged. [1]

Subsequent research of the wills of William Hunt and Richard Best have shown that Susannah was not a child of William.[2]

She was actually a daughter of Michael and Ann (Brigg) Hopkinson of Halifax and Kildwick, Yorkshire. The Hopkinson family came to Rowley with Rev. Rogers in 1639.

Susannah married John Todd by April of 1649, before the birth of their daughter Mehitabel. John Todd was born at Bradford, Yorkshire, England about 1621, the son of John and Alice (Clayton) Todd. [3]

John was first of Charlestown and then settled at Rowley where he 'kept the ordinary.' He and his wife Susanna had 10 children. [4] [5][6]

The widow Mary (Todd) Grant, in her will of February 2, 1698, mentioned her 'sister Susannah Todd' wife of John Todd, and her 'sister Anne Wood.' John Todd is chosen one of her executors. [1] Obviously this was her nephew John Todd Jr., as Mary's brother in law John Todd had died at Rowley, Massachusetts on Feb. 14, 1689/90. [7] [5][6]

John Todd's will was written on Feb. 13, 1689/90. In it he names;

  • his beloved wife
  • son John
  • daughter Mehitable
  • daughter Ruth
  • daughter Mary
  • son Timothy
  • son Samuel
  • son James [8]

His widow Sarah died there on Nov. 18, 1710. [7][6]

Children

  1. Mehitabel born on Jan. 10, 1650. [10: 11 mo; 1649] [6] [8]
  2. John [4] born in Feb., 1656 [__: 12m: 1655] at Rowley: buried there the same month. [7]
  3. Ruth born April 11, 1657 [11: 2m: 1657] [7] married John Center/Senter Jr. [9] [6]
  4. Mary born June, 10, 1659 [6] [8]; married Samuel Hunt on May 1, 1678 at Ipswich. [9]
  5. John born in 1661; died Feb. 21, 1740/1; married first Elizabeth Brocklebank on Mar. 14, 1684/5; married second Jemima, widow of William Bennet on July 12, 1725. [7] [6]
  6. Susanna born on Sept. 5, 1664; buried on Nov. 15, 1664. [7] [6]
  7. Thomas [4] born on Dec. 3, 1665 [ 3: 10m: 1665]; died on Jan. 11, 1700. [7]
  8. Timothy [4] born on May 2, 1668 [7]; was in the Canada Expedition in 1690. [6]
  9. Samuel [4] born on July 9, 1670 ; died Nov. 20, 1743; married Priscilla Bradstreet, the widow of Nathaniel on Apr. 26, 1694; married second Sarah Newman in Ipswich, intentions published Dec. 11, 1725. [7] ref name=Settlers />
  10. James[4] born on Feb. 8, 1671; died on June 17, 1734; married Mary Hopkinson on June 22, 1699. [7] [6]

Source notes

Rowley Births

Todd, John (Tod), s. John and Susanna, __:12m:1655. [Feb. CT. R.] (p. 222)
Todd, Ruth (Tod), d. John and Susanna, 11: 2m: 1657. (p. 224)
Todd, Susanah [Tod. CTR], d. John, Sept. 5, 1664. (p. 224)
Todd, Thomas, s. John and Susannah, 3: 10m: 1665. (p. 224)
Todd, Timothy [Tod. CTR], s. John, May 2, 1668. (p. 225)
Todd, Samuel, s. John, July 9, 1670. (p. 224)
Todd, James, s. John, Feb. 8, 1671. (p. 222)

Rowley Marriages

Todd, John (Tod), and Elizabeth Brocklebanke, Mar. 14, 1685. (p. 418)
Todd, John, and [wid. int.] Jemima Bennet, July 12, 1725. (p. 418)
Todd, Samuel (Tod), and Priscilla Bradstreet, Apr. 26, 1694. CTR (p. 419)
Todd, James (Tod), and Mary Hopkinson, June 22, 1699. (p. 418)

Rowley Deaths

Todd, John (Tod), Feb. 14, 1689. (p. 530)
Todd, ___. aged wid. John, Nov. 18, 1710. (p. 28)
Todd, John (Tod), s. John and Susanna, bur. —: 12m: 1655.(p. 530)
Todd, Susanah, d. John. bur. Nov. 15, 1664. (p. 531)
Todd, Thomas (Tod), s. John, Jan. 11, 1700. (p. 28)
Todd, James, June 17, 1734, in his 63d y. GR1 (p. 530)
Todd, John, Feb. 21, 1740. (p. 28)
Todd, Samuel, Nov. 20, 1743. (p. 28)[7]

Ipswich Marriages

Todd, Samuel, of Rowley, and Sarah Newman, int. Dec. 11, 1725. (p. 428)
Tod, Ruth (sic), Mary and Samuell Huntt, May 1, 1678. (p. 428) Mary Todd:See:TAG21[10]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Howe, G. L. S Study of the Identity of Thomas Wood of Rowley, Mass. and His Wife Anne. The American Genealogist, Vol. 21, New Haven, Connecticut, 1944, pp. 123-133
  2. ↑ "William Hunt of Concord, Massachusetts and the supposed Wood Connection. TAG 30:100 lin at American Ancestors ($) (1954)
  3. ↑ Witcraft, J. R. , compiler, Todds of the Eastern Shore, Maryland, Dispatch Publishing House, Philadelphia, PA, 1912 p. 6
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Todd, John Edwards, compiler. The Todd Family in America, Descendants of Christopher Todd, 1635-1919, Gazette Printing Co., Northampton, Massachusetts, 1920 p. 17
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 The Early Records of the Town of Rowley, Massachusetts, 1639-1672 : Being Volume 1 of the Printed Records of the Town, Printed under the direction of Benjamin P. Mighill & George Blodgette, Rowley, Massachusetts, 1894 Proem p. xiv.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 Blodgette, George B. compiler, Amos Everett Jewett, revision. Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts: A Genealogical Record of the Families who Settled in Rowley Before 1700, with Several Generations of Their Descendants, Rowley, MA 1933 p. 226
  7. ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 Vital Records of Rowley Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1910
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Case 27775:p. 1-6: Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 jacobus, Donald L. Center-Todd-Hunt In: The American Genealogist, Volume 21, New Haven, Connecticut, 1944, p. 94
  10. ↑ Vital Records of Ipswich Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1910

See also:

  • Ancestral File (TM); The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Ancestral File Number: 92RS-K2.
  • George Brainard Blodgette and Amos Everett Jewett. Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts. 1933. Reprinted by the New England History Press, Somersworth, New Hampshire. 1981. Page 384. Also available at: [1]

Acknowledgements

  • This person was created through the import of Savage.ged on 21 February 2011.
  • WikiTree profile UNKNOWN-135342 created through the import of Winn.ged on Dec 20, 2011 by Elizabeth S. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Elizabeth and others.
  • Wiki Tree profile Hunt-345 was created on October 19, 2010 through the import of Ancestors of Lois Greene.ged.
  • Wiki Tree profile Hunt-1091 was created through the import of 2011-05-03 Family Tree_2011-05-24.ged on 25 May 2011.
  • WikiTree profiles Hunt-2095 and Hunt-2097 were created through the import of EED1.ged on Sep 15, 2011 by Richard Draper.
  • WikiTree profile Hunt-2248 created through the import of Putnam2-1_2010-01-02_2011-02-16_2011-10-11.ged on Oct 12, 2011 by John Putnam.




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Hill-11959 S (Hill) Willson
The text recently added to her bio about her last name at birth being Hopkinson, and a tie to the so-named parents needs sourcing, or it needs to be moved to the Research Notes section.
posted by S (Hill) Willson
B-404 Anne B
Thought: The sisters Susannah, Anna and Mary who were allegedly dtrs of William Hunt, are still sisters, but are they still surnamed Hunt if William was disproved? I don't think so, but some research needs to be done to see if there is actually indication of a surname for any of them.
posted by Anne B
Rutherford-448 Dave Rutherford
Hunt-636 and Hunt-345 appear to represent the same person because: Both represent the same person, wife of john Todd. Need to settle birth place, or note alternate birthplace in merged profile.
posted by Dave Rutherford
B-404 Anne B
Not a problem Dave . it seems to me it would make sense to track down the other set of parents Enos and wife, which I started to do, but fell asleep. I'm not sure they exist, unless Enos is Enoch. I also see there is controversy about parents William and wife. I only did a quick peruse and am coming up with mixed stories.
posted by Anne B
Chris Hoyt
Probably need to remove the parent(s) on both Susannah's.
posted by Chris Hoyt
Rutherford-448 Dave Rutherford
Does anyone with PGM object if I remove William Hunt and wife as parents here, in order to facilitate the merge?
posted by Dave Rutherford
B-404 Anne B
The unsourced parents will be disconnected with the merge.
posted by Anne B
Cochoit-2 Joe Cochoit
Hunt-345 and Hunt-636 are not ready to be merged because: Please resolve the discrepancy in parents first. The note by Roland Baker suggests that she has been disproved as a daughter of William Hunt.
posted by Joe Cochoit
Rutherford-448 Dave Rutherford
Hunt-636 and Hunt-345 appear to represent the same person because: Please merge these duplicate profiles.
posted by Dave Rutherford
[Living Baker]
Researchers take care with this profile. It has a lot of errors. William Hunt has been disproved as the father of Susannah, Ann and Mary. The three were sisters and that is all we know. For correct information on William Hunt Robert Charles Anderson suggests these three sources for this man: TAG 30:100-3, 175; Hoyt 211; Smith-Hale 135-38. Smith-Hale can be checked out here: Ancestry and posterity of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale https://archive.org/details/ancestryposterit00ande And Anderson consider the identity of Elizabeth his wife as "Best" to be inconclusive at best [GM2:1:402] b/c "Cousin" doesn't mean sister
posted by [Living Baker]

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