Low Todd (1723 - 1792)

Born 21 Apr 1723 in Abington, Montgomery, Pennsylvania

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Died 1792 at about age 68 in Jefferson City, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Soldier Low Todd served with Virginia Militia during the American Revolution.

Low Todd is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A114377.

U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970

Name: Low Todd

Gender: Male

Event Type: Baptism

Baptism Date: 21 Apr 1723

Baptism Place: Abington, Pennsylvania, USA

Church: Presbyterian Church

Father: William Todd

Virginia, Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850 ^[1]

Name: Low Todd

Date: 5 Jan 1750

Location: Augusta Co., VA

Property: 150 1/2 acres on Whistle Creek of James River; corner to Low Todd.

Notes: This land record was originally published in "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley.

Remarks: Bought by James Young from Borden, recorded in Orange Co. and conveyed by James to Mathew.

Description: Neighbor

Book: 3-160

DAR Ancestor #: A114377:RW Soldier, Patriotic Service; Paid For Beef, Provided Service His daughter Jane (Jennie) Todd married James Harrison said son of William Harrison.

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT LOW TODD- Posted on Ancestry.com 21 Nov 2013 by trigney09

Low Todd was born in New Jersey (or possibly Pennsylvania) and was baptized at the Abington Prebyterian Church, in Philadelphia Co. He was raised in Somerset and Hunterdon Co, NJ and came with his father to Augusta Co, VA by 1750. He purchased land on Whistle Creek in 1750. By 1760, he had moved to Bedford Co. In 1767, he obtained a grant for 400 acres on Dogg Creek in Halifax County. In 1787, he re-survyed the 400 acres and indicated it was then in Campbell Co.

In 1787, he appointed an attorney to seel his land on Dog Creek. By early 1788, he had moved to Tennessee and sold the remaining 100 acres on Dog Creek.

In Nov 1792, he left a will in Jefferson Co TN, naming his wife Elizabeth and his children: Low Todd, Samuel Todd, Mary Todd , Agnes Davis, James Todd, John Todd, Jenny Harrison and Elizabeth Blackstone. He also left 20 pounds to Young Low Blackstone. To Samuel and Low Jr, he bequeathed his land. He gave one shilling James Todd, John Todd, Jenny Harrison and Elizabeth Blackstone. It is possible that these latter children were children of a previous marriage since Samuel Todd is reported elsewhere to have been born in 1779 and married in 1802, whereas Jane/Jenny Todd married a James Harrison and had at least one child born about 1784, suggesting a birth in the 1750s or 1760s. Also, if Young Low Blackstone was of age in 1792, then he was born by 1771 and his mother Elizbeth would have been born by 1750s.

Jefferson County TN Archives Wills.....Todd, Low November 21, 1792; Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ; http://www.usgwarchives.net/tn/tnfiles.htm File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Dona Burnett July 25, 2006, 2:43 pm ; Source: Microfilm Roll#35 Jefferson Co., Tennessee Probate Records ( County Or Chancery Court) Wills Vol 1-2 Apr 1792 - Dec 1826

Written: November 21, 1792; pg 13

Low Todd

In the name of God Amen I Low Todd Senior of the County of Jefferson being weak in body but of perfect mind and memory and calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that os appointed for all men Once to die do make and Ordain this my last will and testament in the manner and form following VIZ Principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul to God who gave it, and my body to be burried in a decent manner at the discretion of myexecutors. And as to such worldly estate as it hath pleased God to bless me with in this life I give and devise in the following manner VIZ To my beloved wife Elizabeth Todd I give and bequeath all my household furniture together with my dwelling house during the term of her natural life I also devise to her all my stock except such as is herein otherwise disposed of. Item to my two sons Low and Samuel I give and devise the land I now live on to them and their heirs forever together with all my plantation tools and implements of husbandry. Item to Mary Todd my daughter I give and bequeath Fifty Bushels of Corn annually to be paid to her by my sons Low Todd and Samuel Todd so long as she continues single. Item to Agnes Davis I give and bequeath one Breeding Sow and one two year old Heifer Item I give and bequeath to Young Low Blackstone the sum of twenty pounds to be paid to him in land or specifick property as soon as he arrives at the age of twenty one.To my two sons James Todd & John Todd I give and bequeath one shilling to each of them.To my two daughters Jenny Harrison & Elizabeth Blackstone I give and bequeath one shilling to each of them.I do constitute and appoint my son Low Todd to make and execute a Deed of Conveyance to Samuel Rodgers for the land I sold in Virginia, and to collect all my just debts, which debts I will to be equally divided between my two sons Low Todd

pg 14

Samuel Todd and my wife Elizabeth Todd and my daughter Mary Todd. And I constitute and appoint my wife Elizabeth Todd and my son Low Todd Executors of this my last will and testament, revoking all other wills by me made. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed my seal this 21st day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Ninety two

Signed Sealed published and pronounced as my last will and testament in presence of

J.Hamilton Low Todd seal

David [W. Peeters?McPeeters?]

Daniel Inman

Sources

1. ↑ Virginia, Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850 ; data base online, Ancestry.com

• U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970
• Jefferson County TN Archives Wills.....Todd, Low November 21, 1792; Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ; http://www.usgwarchives.net/tn/tnfiles.htm

Acknowledgements

• Family tree handed down to Stephen Freeman.