Todds of Limavady

[rmcmurtry]

Tom,
The best way to see which Todds of Ireland you are kin to is to do a Male DNA test.  Are you interested in trying that avenue of research.

Richard McMurtry

[aghadowey]

Tom,
The best way to see which Todds of Ireland you are kin to is to do a Male DNA test.  Are you interested in trying that avenue of research.

Richard McMurtry

Who's Tom?

[rmcmurtry]

in 2019, a ToddT who identified himself as Tom posted the following:

I have been reading this chat line with interest as I have been attempting to find my Irish ancestors. My great, great grandfather Thomas Richard Todd was born about 1798 in Londonderry; He married an Isabella Willson and emigrated to Canada in 1832. Perusing this chat line it seems that there were a number of Todds in the Limavady-Ballydarrog area, but I don't know if this is the Irish origin of my family.

I would appreciate any assistance in beginning this search as I am new to this process. When I search the name the UK/ Irish census more than two thousand names appear!!

Again I would greatly appreciate any insights from those of you who have already been involved.
Thanks

[aghadowey]

I read that post as ToddT's grandfather was called Thomas but I see in his post on another topic he signs Tom.
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=721989.msg6720931#msg6720931

[rmcmurtry]

At long last, we have secured a DNA sample from the James Todd md 1840 Eleanor Ballyntine of castlemellan and carrickatane, County Tyrone whose grandchildren lived in Glendermot, just to the west of Cumber Lower Parish, County Derry.  The DNA matches two other Todd families.

John Todd and Isabella Mowbray of Tonduff, Cumber Lower Parish of County Derry, shown in part below.  Son John Todd md 1855 in Dunboe parish in NE Co Derry to Jane Purdy and then moved to Dumbartonshire, Scotland with descendants in Australia and New Zealand.   including George Couts Todd of New Zealand.

 James Todd who married Jane Craig  and lived in Tonduff, Cumber Lower Parish in County Derry.   Brother Thomas Todd b 1811.  Son Samuel 1847-1890 lived in Gortnaran.  His widow Isabella Collingwood Todd and children moved to Ontario with recent descendants living in Stouffville.

It is gratifying to at last have proven that these three families share a common ancestor.    More DNA testing would help refine our understanding of their relationships.

Richard McMurtry

[Kiltaglassan]

Son John Todd md 1855 in Dunboe parish in NE Co Derry to Jane Purdy....

This URL link for the marriage suggests that they married in Coleraine Registrar's Office.
On 20 November 1855, and both living in the townland of Artidillon, Dunboe civil parish.

https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/marriage_returns/marriages_1855/09487/5438231.pdf
https://www.townlands.ie/londonderry/coleraine/dunboe/articlave/artidillon/
https://www.townlands.ie/londonderry/dunboe/