Jonah Todd (1684 - 1730)

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah Clark — married 20 Apr 1709 in Connecticut

Descendants

Died 29 Aug 1730 at age 45 in New Haven, Connecticut

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Biography

Mrs. Owlett's Portrait of Ebenezer Seelye and Mehetable Todd Seelye

Below are excerpts from a 1937 publication called "A Pioneer Family Being a History of the Family of Ebenezer Seelye & Mehitable [Todd] Who Came to Tioga County in 1799" by Mrs. E. H. OWLETT, Wellsboro, PA.^[1] The unabridged version is available here.

Compiled from a manuscript in the possession of Mrs. C. G. Osgood, (Mary Josephine Todd), Wellsboro, Pa.

William Todd married Isabel Rogerson, Sept. 24, 1592. Resided at Pontefract, West Riding, Yorkshire, England.

William Todd, (son of William Todd and Isabel Rogerson) baptized June 29, 1593; married Katherine Ward, May 22, 1614 at Pontefract, West Riding England.

Christopher Todd (son of William Todd and Katherine Ward) baptized Jan. 12, 1617; married Grace Middlebrook; died April 23, 1686.

Extract from an old family record:

Christopher Todd, with his wife, emigrated to this country, being among the original settlers of New Haven Colony, in 1638. In 1650 he bought a lot in the "London Quarter," of Jasper Crane, where he lived for the rest of his life. This lot remained in the Todd family for a century. It is the lot on a part of which St. Thomas’ church, on Elm Street, now stands.

Mr. Todd was a farmer, miller and baker; he first hired then bought a mill long known as "Todd’s Mill." It stood on the site of Whitney’s gun-factory, at Whitneyville, a northern suburb of New Haven.

Samuel Todd (son of Christopher Todd and Grace Middlebrook) baptized April 39, 1645; married Mary Bradley Nov. 26, 1668; died Oct. 1724.

Jonah Todd (son of Samuel Todd and Mary Bradley) born Dec. 16, 1684; married Hannah Clark, April 20, 1709; died Aug. 24, 1730. Burial at New Haven; gravestone still there.

Leaving the record given above we were unable to race the next generation. As Litchfield county was settled partly by colonists from New Haven, among them Dr. Jonah Todd, we may reasonably conclude that be belonged to this family, especially as the names "Samuel" and "Hannah" appear among his children.

We therefore continue the line as follows:

Jonah Todd (probably grandson of Jonah and Hannah Clark), born 1733; married June __; died March 17, 1783.

Mehitable Todd (daughter of Dr. Jonah and Jane Todd), born Aug. 10, 1756; married Ebenezer Seeley June 2, 1779; died May 27, 1839, in Deerfield township, Tioga county, Penna.

Children

• Abraham - b 18 Feb 1709-10, only child.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ A Pioneer Family Being a History of the Family of Ebenezer Seelye & Mehitable [Todd] Who Came to Tioga County in 1799" by Mrs. E. H. OWLETT, Wellsboro, PA. 1937 Commercial Press, Elmira, N. Y. 2004 Reprinted & Published online by Joyce M. Tice - Tri-Counties Genealogy & History by Joyce M. Tice
2. ↑ Dexter, Franklin Bowditch, Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College, Holt, New York 1885-1912, Vol 1:361

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