Person:Christopher Todd (1)
Christopher Todd
chr.12 Jan 1617 Pontefract, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
d.Bet 25 Mar 1686 and 23 Apr 1686 New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 22 May 1614
  1. Mary Todd1614 -
  2. Christopher Todd1617 - 1686
Spouse and Children
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m. Bef 1642
  1. John Todd1642 -
  2. Samuel Todd1645 - 1714
  3. Mary Todd1647 - 1676
  4. Grace Todd1650 -
  5. Michael Todd1653 - 1713
  6. Mercy Todd1655 - 1717
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2][3][4][5] Christopher Todd
Gender Male
Alt Christening[2] 11 Jan 1617 Pontefract, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Christening[5] 12 Jan 1617 Pontefract, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Emigration[1] 1640
Residence[1] 1640 New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Marriage Bef 1642 New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States (probably)Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child (John).
to Grace Middlebrook
Will[3][6] 25 Mar 1686 New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Death[3][6] Bet 25 Mar 1686 and 23 Apr 1686 New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United StatesBetween date of will and date of inventory.
Alt Death[2][5] 23 Apr 1686
Estate Inventory[6] 23 Apr 1686 £989-03-08, by Moses Mansfield and John Alling.

Original settler of New Haven in 1639.[3] He came to New Haven with his sister-in-law Hester and her husband Edward Wigglesworth. They sailed with Mr. Davenport’s company on the Hector, arriving in Boston 26 Jun 1637 [while Mr. Todd asserts that the Todds were passengers on the Hector, they do not appear on passenger list]. Christopher was a planter, miller and baker in New Haven. His mill stood where the Whitney Gun Co. was later built -- the site of Eli Whitney’s experiments with mass manufacturing. In 1650, Christopher bought the house of Jasper Crane in town.[6] Took the oath of fidelity in New Haven 1644. His name appears frequently in town records in divisions of land, but he was not active in town affairs.[4]

See the page for John Todd of Rowley for a brief discussion of a possible relationship with this Christopher Todd.

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Christopher Todd, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Directory. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jun 2015)
    338.

    "Todd, … Christopher: [Origin] Unknown; [Emigration] 1640; [Resided] New Haven [NHCR 1:50; NEHGR 62:48, 81:133]."

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Todd, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. Families of Ancient New Haven. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1974)
    8:1817.

    "Christopher (Todd), s. of William, bp 11 Jan 1617 Pontefract, co. York, Eng., d 23 Apr 1686; …"

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Christopher Todd, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    4:309.

    "Todd, Christopher, New Haven, was one of the orig. sett. 1639, a propr. 1685, and d. next yr. had John, bapt. Dec. 1642; Samuel, 29 Apr. 1645; Mary, prob. 19 Sept. 1647; Grace, b. 15 Dec. 1650; Michael, 18 June 1653; and Mercy, 18 Feb. 1656; and the bapt. were in right of his w. Grace. I wish the ch. rec. had been as accurate as that of the town. His will of 25 Mar. 1686, names all the ch. but Mary, w. of Isaac Turner was dec. Grace had m. Richard Mattock, wh. desert. her; and Mercy m. a Basset, prob. John."

  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 1. Christopher1 Todd, in Smyth, Ralph D. Christopher Todd of New Haven, Conn., and His Descendants. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jan 1908)
    62:48-50.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Christopher Todd, in Todd, John Edwards, and George Iru Todd. The Todd Family in America, or, The Descendants of Christopher Todd (1637-1919): Being an Effort to Give an Account, as Fully as Possible of His Descendants. (Northampton, Mass.: Gazette Printing, 1920)
    19-22.

    "1617, January the 12th day Xrofor the sone of Willm Todde was baptized."

  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Alcorn, Winifred S. Abstracts of the Early Probate Records of New Haven, Book 1, Part 1, 1647-1687. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Apr 1927)
    81:133.

    "Tod, Christopher. Will made Mar. 25, 1686. Bequeaths to wife Grace, to sons John, Samuel and Michael, to daughter Mercy Bassett, to daughter Grace, whose husband has deserted her, to Richard Mattocke, husband of Grace, five pounds to satisfy any claim he may make, and to three children of deceased daughter Mary, late wife of Isaac Turner. James Bishop and Maj. John Nash to be overseers of will. Witnesses: John Cooper, Sr., and Abraham Dickerman. Inventory, taken Apr. 23. 1686, by Moses Mansfield and John Alling, £989:03:08."

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