Re: David Todd/Family Info (Mary T. Family)
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Re: David Todd/Family Info (Mary T. Family)
ana Todd 7/13/12
Here's what I wrote in my Todd DNA report some years ago:
Abbott Todd and Owen Todd descendant are exact matches with the Mary Todd Lincoln family.We do not know if the Owen Todd who married Achsah Chapman in 1817 in Davies Co is the Owen Kentucky Todd b 1790s, son of Owen Todd 1762-1817.
More accurately, I would say that we suspect that the Owen Todd who married Achsah Chapmain in 1817 and had Abbott Todd Levi James Todd 1820-1886 is Owen Kentucky Todd b 1790s son of Owen Todd 1762-1817, but we do not have documentary proof.However, Owen Todd Sr was in Ohio until 1817 when he followed his children to Indiana and died that same year.Owen b 1790s married in 1815 to Elizabeth Cochran, but had no children by her; his second wife he married in 1818 reportedly and she accompanied Owen to Missouri in 1830.So the only way this Owen could have been the father of Abbot in 1820 is if he fathered Abbot with Achsah Chapman while still married to Sarah Felter or if he actually married Sarah later than 1818.His first child with Sarah was in 1822; so maybe he married Achsah in 1817 and then Sarah after Abbot was born.
I don't think there were any other Owen Todd's in that part of the country in 1820.
Richard McMurtry