{"page_3": " **CHRISTOPHER TODD OF NEW HAVEN, CONN., AND HIS DESCENDANTS.**\n\nCompiled by Hon. R. L. P. D. SMITH, and communicated by Dr. BERNARD C. STEINER.\n\n1. CHRISTOPHER¹ TODD was at New Haven, and took the oath of fidelity there, in 1644. In 1681 he was the miller. His will, dated 1656, notes his mill, bakehouse and lands; and the estate inventoried at £985. His name appears frequently in the divisions of land, but he did not have much to do with public affairs. He married Grace ———.\n\n**Children:**\n\n- 2. i. JOHN,² bapt. Dec. 2, 1642; d. Sept. 21, 1723.\n- 2. ii. SAMUEL, bapt. Apr. 20, 1645; d. June 1, 1706.\n- 2. iii. MARY, bapt. Sept. 16, 1647; m. Aug. 19, 1665, Isaac Turner.\n- 2. iv. GRACE, bapt. Dec. 15, 1650; m. Richard Mallock, who deserted her.\n- 2. v. MICHAEL, bapt. June 18, 1655; d. Sept. 10, 1744.\n- 2. vi. MERCY, bapt. Feb. 18, 1655; m. Samuel Bassett.\n\n2. JOHN² TODD (*Christopher¹*) married first, Nov. 26, 1668, Sarah Gilbert, who died Apr. 1, 1674; and married second, Aug. 20, 1677, Sarah Blackman.\n\n**Child by first wife:**\n\n- 1. SARAH,³ b. May 18, 1673; d. Oct. 1, 1678.\n\n**Children by second wife:**\n\n- 5. ii. JOHN, b. May 11, 1678.\n- 5. iii. JONATHAN, b. Feb. 20, 1680; d. Sept. 14, 1733.\n- 5. iv. SARAH, b. Mch. 11, 1682; d. June 26, 1682.\n- 5. v. MARY, b. Sept. 26, 1683; d. Aug. 8, 1706.\n\n8. SAMUEL² TODD (*Christopher¹*) married, Nov. 26, 1668, Mary, daughter of William Bradley, who died Sept. 16, 1724.\n\n**Children:**\n\n- 7. i. SAMUEL,³ b. July 1, 1671.\n- 7. ii. JOSEPH, b. Feb. 4, 1673; d. Mch., 1678.\n- 7. iii. MARY, b. Feb. 11, 1674.\n- 7. iv. SARAH, b. Feb. 3, 1676; d. Nov. 1, 1683.\n- 7. v. JOSEPH, b. Jan. 29, 1678.\n- 7. vi. HANNAH, b. Feb. 17, 1679; m. June 2, 1701, Seth Heston.\n- 7. vii. JONAH, b. Dec. 16, 1684; d. Aug. 30, 1730.\n- 7. viii. DANIEL, b. Mch. 14, 1686-7; d. July 29, 1724.\n- 7. ix. ABIGAIL, b. Jan. 27, 1689-90; m. May 28, 1712, John Gilbert.\n- 7. x. MERCY, b. Nov. 25, 1692.\n- 7. xi. JAMES, b. June 10, 1696.\n\n4. MICHAEL² TODD (*Christopher¹*) married Elizabeth ———.\n\n**Children:**\n\n- 1. ELIZABETH,³ b. Feb. 12, 1689-90.\n- ii. BENJAMIN, b. Nov. 19, 1693.\n- iii. GERSHOM, b. Oct. 12, 1695.\n- iv. SARAH, b. Nov. 2, 1698; m. Dec. 21, 1719, Daniel Gilbert.\n- v. MICHAEL, b. Jan. 26, 1701.\n- vi. HANNAH, b. Feb. 20, 1702-3; m. Jan. 6, 1723-4, Nathan Alling.\n- vii. GIDEON, b. May 6, 1705.\n- viii. ELEAZER, b. Oct. 12, 1707.\n- ix. JOANNA, b. Oct. 25, 1712.\n\n1. JOHN¹ TODD, JR. (*John² Christopher¹*), of New Haven, married, Feb. 9, 1708-9, Hannah Butler.\n\n**Children:**\n\n- i. JOHN,⁴ b. Nov. 13, 1709.\n- ii. JOSEPH, b. Nov. 1, 1711.\n- iii. HANNAH, b. Aug. 11, 1714.\n- iv. THANKFUL, b. July 18, 1717.\n\nJONATHAN³ TODD (*John² Christopher¹*), of New Haven, married, Apr. 9, 1711, Sarah, daughter of Andrew Morrison. She married second, in June, 1735, Dea. Benjamin Stone of East Guilford, who died Feb. 13, 1753, and she died Apr. 29, 1753.\n\n**Children:**\n\n- 1. JONATHAN,⁴ b. Mch. 20, 1713; d. Feb. 24, 1791; A.B., Yale, 1732; ordained minister at East Guilford, Oct. 24, 1733; m. Elizabeth Couch of Fairfield, who d. Dec. 18, 1783; no children.\n- ii. AMOS, b. May 25, 1715.\n- iii. SARAH, b. June 16, 1717; d. June 10, 1719.\n- iv. EPHRAIM, b. Mch. 7, 1719-20; d. June 9, 1724.\n- 10. v. TIMOTHY, b. Mch. 3, 1722-3; d. Jan. 3, 1779, of smallpox.\n\nSAMUEL³ TODD, JR. (*Samuel² Christopher¹*), married first, Sept. 16, 1698, Susanna Tolle, who died Oct. 10, 1737; and married second, June 10, 1739, Esther Maltby.\n\n**Children:**\n\n- 1. LYDIA,⁴ b. July 28, 1699; m. Oct. 14, 1717, Rev. Benjamin Doolittle of Northfield, Mass., who d. Jan. 9, 1749.\n- ii. CALEB, b. Feb. 2, 1700; d. July 6, 1731.\n- iii. STEPHEN, b. Dec. 4, 1702.\n- iv. MEHITABEL, b. Jan. 29, 1704.\n- v. CHRISTOPHER, b. May 2, 1707; d. May 12, 1712.\n- vi. CHRISTOPHER, b. Apr. 27, 1713.\n- vii. SAMUEL, b. Mch. 6, 1716-17; A.B., Yale, 1734; first minister of Plymouth, Conn., and later of North Adams, Mass.; m. Aug. 31, 1739, Mercy Evans; d. June 10, 1789.\n- viii. SUSANNA, b. Dec. 7, 1718.\n\nJONAH³ TODD (*Samuel² Christopher¹*) married, Apr. 20, 1709, Hannah Clark.\n\n**Child:**\n\n- 1. ABRAHAM,⁴ b. Feb. 18, 1709-10; A.B., Yale, 1727; pastor of the church in Greenwich; m. Nov. 20, 1727, Hannah Dickerman of New Haven, who d. July 21, 1777, aged 68; d. Dec. 17, 1772.\n\nDANIEL³ TODD (*Samuel² Christopher¹*) married, Aug. 20, 1721, Desire Tuttle.\n\n**Child:**\n\n- 1. MARY,⁴ b. Mch. 7, 1721-22.\n\n10. TIMOTHY⁴ TODD (*Jonathan³ John² Christopher¹*) came to East Guilford about 1733, graduated at Yale College in 1747, and married, May 16, 1751, Abigail Crane of East Guilford, who died Sept. 30, 1806.\n\n**Children:**\n\n- 1. SARAH,⁵ b. Mch. 30, 1752; m. James Evans of Georgia, Vt., and had Rev. Jeremiah.\n- ii. ELIZABETH, b. Feb. 10, 1754; m. 1774, Jonathan Wilcox of East Guilford, who d. Oct. 19, 1818; d. Sept. 29, 1833.\n- iii. JONATHAN, b. May 11, 1756; d. Feb. 10, 1819; lived at East Guilford.\n\nford: v. (1) May 17, 1784, Ruth Bishop, who d. July 6, 1785; m. (2) Aug. 15, 1790, Chloe Lee, who d. Sept. 28, 1795; m. (3) Jan. 10, 1798, Sally Fowler, who d. Sept. 17, 1858. Children: 1. William,⁶ b. Jan. 3, 1785; d. Oct. 8, 1831; A.B., Yale, 1806; m. July 6, 1814, Sarah, dau. of Dr. Jared Redfield, who d. 1894. 2. Jonathan, b. July 4, 1791; d. Nov. 20, 1796. 3. Chloe, b. May 12, 1795; m. Oct. 20, 1820, Truman Norris Wilcox of Columbus, O. 4. Sarah, b. Apr. 18, 1799; m. Oct. 18, 1821, Timothy Rossiter of North Guilford. 5. Lucy Matilda, b. June 9, 1802; m. Jan. 13, 1823, Henry Sidney Norton of Salisbury, Conn. 6. Jonathan Fowler, b. June 2, 1804; m. June 4, 1830, Lucy Bartlett of North Guilford. 7. Abigail, b. Oct. 6, 1810; m. (1) John Tibbals of Madison, who d. Mch. 26, 1851; m. (2) Oct., 1871, Julius Dowd of Guilford.\n\n- iv. TIMOTHY, b. Mch. 16, 1758; d. Dec. 1, 1806, at Clinton, or Killingworth; lived at East Guilford; m. Nov. 27, 1783, Phebe, dau. of Hiel Buel of Killingworth, who was b. Sept. 3, 1762, and d. Nov. 21, 1843. Children: 1. Rev. John,⁸ b. Oct. 9, 1800, at Rutland, Vt.; A.B., Yale, 1822; d. Aug. 18, 1873; m. May 11, 1827, Mary Brace of Newington, Conn. 2. Jonathan, m. Jemima Warner; removed to Mendon, Ill. 3. William. 4. Charlotte, m. Alanson Redfield. 6. Abigail, m. Preston. 6. Eliza, m. Jewett. 7. Mary.\n\n- v. ABIGAIL, b. July 6, 1760; m. Luman, son of Ebenezer Graves of Vermont.\n- vi. MARY, b. Oct. 9, 1763; m. Benjamin B. Wilcox of East Guilford, who d. Oct. 2, 1846.\n- vii. JOHN, b. Feb. 18, 1768; lived at Manlius, N. Y.; m. Esther Bishop. Children: 1. Timothy,⁸ lived at Manlius. 2. Richard, d. single. 3. Dr. John Elliott, lived at Philadelphia.\n- viii. MATILD,⁸ b. May 21, 1773; m. John Hamilton of Killingworth, who was a sea captain.\n\nTODD.—In the REGISTER, ante, page 49, the first wife of Samuel³ Todd, Jr. (No. 7) was Susanna, daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Munson) Tuttle (see \"Descendants of William and Elizabeth Tuttle,\" page 325 and note); and ante, page 48, the wife of Christopher¹ Todd was Grace, daughter of Michael Middlebrook (according to Mrs. Mary Bradstreet Helmershausen, Franklin Grove, Ill.).\n\n\\*Page 490, this volume.\n\n*Could be John Ruch, & his m. Lucinda Tuttle a second marriage.* "}