2. iv. James 5 Todd. Born about 1670. Died May 9, 1709. Married 1st Elizabeth ; 2nd Penelope Scudamore. ...
He married secondly between Aug. 31 and Oct. 26, 1698, Penelope, daughter of Thomas Scudamore + of Baltimore County and his wife Abigail daughter of John and Jane Dixon.
The separate administration accounts upon the estate of Jane Dixon made on the two above mentioned dates make mention of a legacy paid in part to Penelope Skidmore, Aug. 31, and apparently the remainder to James Todd Oct. 26 (Balto. Adm. Accts.).
Again June 12, 1699, James Todd is joined by his wife Penelope in a deed to John Harryman, she making her mark (Balto. Deeds TR: RA; 397).
Proof of this marriage of James Todd is to be found in the assignment Oct. 10, 1704, from James and Penelope Todd to John Hays of a tract, Scudamore's Last, 130 acres laid out for Thomas Scudamore Aug. 13, 1687 "by whose death the tract became the property of James Todd and his wife, the heiress at law of said Scudamore" (Armap. Patents C. D. 161-2).
In an ejectment suit brought about 1745, it is also stated that Thomas Scudamore had by his wife Abigail, an only child Penelope who married James Todd, deceased, and that Penelope had died "without issue under 21 years of age" (Annap. Judgments E. J. no. 10; 743-50). Whether this means that at the time of her death, the date of which is unknown, Penelope Todd was survived by issue over 21 years of age is somewhat uncertain, but it would seem to the writer after reading this suit that Penelope left no issue. Penelope Todd was living as late as Oct. 10, 1704, when she joins her husband in the above assignment of Scudamore's Last. ...
