History and genealogy of Peter Montague, of Nansemond and ...

7 i4- James T.,
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William,
7 i6. Lucy,
7i7- Lewis F.,
718. Lemuel F.,
719. Henrietta,
720. Susan,
721. Martha Ann,
722.
Elizabeth,
BRANCH OF HIS SON PETER. 1 57
1810, in Woodford Co., Ky., Susanna, dau. of James Ford, # formerly
of Caroline Co., Va., where she was b. Oct. 10, 1792.
CHILDREN.
b. Sept. 26, 1811.
b. July 10, 1814.
b. Nov. 12, 1817, d. aged 12 years.
b. Jan. 3, 1820.
b. March 21, 1822.
b. March 19, 1826.
b. Sept. 9, 1828, d. April 28, 1830.
b. Sept. 9, 1831.
723. Albert Ballard, b. Feb. 23, 1836.
b. Sept. 17, 1833, m., Feb. 4, 1851, Mr. C. Brentlinger.
They reside in Bagdad, Shelby Co., Ky., and have
one son, William, who resides in Kansas.
210.
Mary Ellis Montague, dau. of Thomas [60], b. Dec. 8, 1788,
d. July 20, 1829. She;;/., Aug. 31, 1806, George Toddf, who was b.
May 15, 1783, in Va., d. July 20, 1831. Mr. Todd was b. in Va.,
but resided in Frankfort, Ky. He was son of William Todd. All
* Ford is derived from a shallow place in a river. Their arms were " Gu, two bends
Vaire, on a canton, or, an anchor sable." Eleven coats have been granted to the name.
Adrian Ford, age 26, came to Va. on ship " Panle," July 7, 1635, Charles Ford, age 33, came
in same ship.
t The origin of the name Todd was from Tod, an archaic and provincial name of the fox.
I Wily Tod" occurs in the writings of Wickliffe. Hunters of foxes were called "Tod-
hunters." The arms of the Todds of Essex, Eng., was " Three wolves' heads couped, gules."
Crest, "a wolf segant, proper." William Todd, the father of George Todd, was a brother of
Judge Thomas Todd, one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the U. S. Charles S.
Todd, a son of Judge Thomas Todd was appointed Minister to Russia by President William
H. Harrison, and remained there four years. Both William and Thomas Todd were sons of
Richard Todd, and were born in King and Queen Co., Va., on the York river. Their mother
[the wife of Richard Todd] was Elizabeth Richards. Mrs. Abraham Lincoln, [Mary Todd]
was the dau. of Hon. Robert S. Todd, and he was a son of Levi Todd, one of the few
survivors of the battle of Blue Licks in 1782. Levi Todd was a native of Pennsylvania, and
a brother of Col. John Todd who was educated in Va. at his Uncle's, the Rev. John Todd.
Col. John came to Ky. in 1775 to Boonesborough, was member of the Legislature. He was
the great-uncle of Mrs. Lincoln. In Dec. 1778, he was appointed by Patrick Henry, Gov. of
Va., to be lieutenant of the Co. of Illinois, then a part of Va. He was one of the original
proprietors of the town of Lexington, Ky. While encamped on the site of the present city,
he heard of the opening battle of the Revolution, and named his infant settlement Lexington
in its honor. He was killed at the battle of Blue Licks. Levi Todd, the brother of Col. John
first located at Harrodsburg, Ky., settled a station in Fayette Co., ten miles southwest from
Lexington in 1779. Afterward moved to Lexington and became distinguished among the
early settlers. [See Collins' Hist. Ky., Arnold's Life of Lincoln, p. 68. The Century Magazine,
Jan., 1887, p. 378.] Richard Todd of King and Queen Co., Va., Rev. John Todd, also
of Va., and his brother in Penn. [father of Levi and Col. John] were all no doubt branches of
the same family of Todds. Thomas Todd of Gloucester Co., Va., had sons Richard, William,
Philip, and Christopher Todd. Richard had sons Bernard, and William Todd. [Hen. Stat.
Vol. 5, p. 395.]