Caleb Todd

Brief Life History of Caleb

When Caleb Todd was born on 2 February 1700, in New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Reverend Samuel Bradley Todd, was 27 and his mother, Susannah Tuttle, was 20. He married Mary Ives on 13 December 1725, in Newhaven Towne, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 5 July 1731, in his hometown, at the age of 31, and was buried in Old Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.

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Family Time Line

Caleb Todd
1700–1731
Mary Ives
1706–1770
Marriage: 13 December 1725
Phebe Todd
1726–1744
Jemima "Amy" Todd
1729–1796
Todd
1732–
Hezekiah Todd Sr.
1728–1794
Bathiah Gilbert Todd
1730–1750

Sources (21)

  • 1790 United States Federal Census
  • Caleb Todd, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
  • Caleb Todd, "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997"

World Events (1)

1717

The General Assembly approved the formation of a new parish called the Ecclesiastical Society and a minister was called in 1717.

Name Meaning

English (mainly northern) and Scottish: nickname for someone thought to resemble a fox, for example in cunning or slyness, or perhaps more obviously in having red hair, from northern Middle English tod(de) ‘fox’. Compare Todhunter , Todman . This name was brought to Ulster, Ireland, from Scotland in the 17th century.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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