Researching Levi Todd
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 15239 people with the Todd surname? In that year Todd was ranked number 252 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Levi means "Joined To" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Levi Todd on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Levi Todd and the Todd Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 21215 people with the Todd surname in the UK? Todd is now ranked number 253 for popularity in the UK. |
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| Did you know that there are currently 91147 people with the Todd surname in the USA? Todd is ranked number 127 for popularity in the USA. |
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Levi Todd
Levi Todd (October 4, 1756 – September 6, 1807) was an 18th-century American pioneer who, with his brothers John and Robert Todd, helped found present-day Lexington, Kentucky and were leading prominent landowners and statesmen in the state of Kentucky prior to its admission into the United States in 1792.
He was also the grandfather of Mary Todd Lincoln, the later wife of President Abraham Lincoln, born to his son Robert S. Todd, a longtime clerk of the Kentucky House of Representatives and later representative of Fayette County. His grandson John T. Stuart, born to his daughter Hannah Todd and noted Presbyterian preacher Rev. Robert Stuart, was a prominent Illinois lawyer and a later partner of Lincoln.
Two of his daughters married politicians, Jane Briggs marrying congressman Daniel Breck and Elizabeth Todd marrying Charles Carr, the son of Kentucky statesman Walter Carr.
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