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The Johnson-Wallace & Fish-Kirk Families



Bryan de Goritz


Husband Bryan de Goritz 1 

           Born: Abt 1200 - <England>
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1 F Nicholia de Goritz 1 

           Born: Abt 1225 - <Le Brook, Ilchester>, Somerset, England
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         Spouse: Henry de Brook (Abt 1220-Aft 1257) 1
           Marr: Abt 1259 - England















Harald "the Blue Tooth" Gormsson, King of Denmark and Gyrid Olafsdottir











Husband Harald "the Blue Tooth" Gormsson, King of Denmark 2 3





            AKA: Harald I of Denmark, Harald I "Bluetooth" King of Denmark
           Born: Abt 910 - Denmark
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         Father: Geva Knudsson, King of Denmark (Abt 0840-Abt 0940) 2
         Mother: Thyre "Danebod" (Abt 0844-Abt 0935) 2








       Marriage: by 950










Wife Gyrid Olafsdottir 2 4





            AKA: Gunhild, Gyrithe Olafsdatter
           Born: Abt 930 - Denmark
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Children

1  M  Svend I "Forked Beard" , King of Denmark, Norway and England 2





            AKA: Sveyn "Forkbeard"
           Born: Abt 960 - Denmark
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           Died: 2 Feb 1014 - Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England
         Buried:  - Hellig Trefoldigheds Kirke, Roskilde, Roskilde, Denmark



         Spouse: Swietoslava (Abt 0970-Aft 1014) 2
           Marr: 998








2  F  Thyra Haraldsdatter, Queen of Norway 2





           Born: Abt 947 - <Denmark>
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           Died: 18 Sep 1000 - Norway
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         Spouse: Styrbjorn "the Strong" Olafsson, Prince of Sweden (Abt 0903-0985) 2











Research Notes: Husband - Harald "the Blue Tooth" Gormsson, King of Denmark



From Wikipedia - Harald I of Denmark :

Harald Bluetooth Gormson (Old Norse : 'Haraldr Blátönn', Danish : Harald Blåtand, Norwegian : Harald Blåtann, Swedish : Harald Blåtand) (born c. 935) was the son of King Gorm the Old  and of Thyra Dannebod . He died in 985 or 986 having ruled as King of Denmark  from around 958 and king of Norway  for a few years probably around 970. Some sources state that his son Sweyn  forcibly deposed him as king.

The Jelling stones
Harald Bluetooth caused the Jelling stones  to be erected to honour his parents.[1] Encyclopedia Britannica (Britannica) considers the runic inscriptions as the most well known in Denmark.[2] The biography of Harald Bluetooth is summed up by this runic inscription from the Jelling stones:
 "Harald, king, bade these memorials to be made after Gorm, his father, and Thyra, his mother. The Harald who won the whole of Denmark and Norway and turned the Danes to Christianity."

Conversion and Christianisation of Denmark

The conversion of the Danes or, rather, the conversion of King Harald Bluetooth, is a contested bit of history, not least because medieval writers such as Widukind of Corvey  and Adam of Bremen  give conflicting accounts of how it came about.
We know from the runestone erected at Jelling Monument that Harald claimed to have converted the Danes himself. In his "History of the Archbishops of Hamburg-Bremen," finished in 1076, Adam of Bremen claimed that Harald was himself forcibly converted by Otto I , after a defeat in battle.[3] In the Icelandic saga about the Kings of Norway called the Heimskringla , this story was changed somewhat to have Harald be converted, along with Earl Hakon , by Otto II .

However, Widukind of Corvey, writing nearly 100 years before Adam and during the lives of Otto I and Harald, mentioned no such episode in his Res gestae saxonicae sive annalium libri tres  or "Deeds of the Saxons". Considering that this history was at least partly written to promote the greatness of Otto and his family, this silence is damning to Adam of Bremen's claim. Widukind himself claims that Harald was converted by a "cleric by the name of Poppa" who, when asked by Harald whether he would be tested as to his faith in Christ, supposedly carried "a great weight of iron" heated by a fire without being burned.[4] A similar story does appear in Adam of Bremen's history, but about Eric of Sweden , who had supposedly conquered Denmark (there is no evidence that this happened anywhere else), and a self-immolating cleric named Poppo.[5] The story of this otherwise unknown Poppo or Poppa's miracle and baptism of Harald is also depicted on the gilded altar piece in the Church of Tandrup in Denmark, a detail of which is at the top of this article. The altar itself has been dated to about 1200.[6] Adam of Bremen's claim regarding Otto I and Harald appears to have been inspired by an attempt to manufacture a historical reason for the archbishops of Hamburg-Bremen to claim jurisdiction over Denmark (and thus the rest of Scandinavia); in the 1070s, the Danish King was in Rome asking for Denmark to have its own arch-bishop, and Adam's account of Harald's supposed conversion (and baptism of both him and his "little son" Sweyn , with Otto serving as Sweyn's godfather) is followed by the unambiguous claim that "At that time Denmark on this side of the sea, which is called Jutland by the inhabitants, was divided into three dioceses and subjected to the bishopric of Hamburg."[7]

As noted above, Harald's father, Gorm the Old  had died in 958, and he had been buried in a mound with many grave goods, after the pagan practice. The mound was itself from c. 500 BCE, but Harald had it built higher over his father's grave, and added a second mound to the south. Mound-building was a newly revived custom in the tenth century, possibly as a "self-conscious appeal to old traditions in the face of Christian customs spreading from Denmark's southern neighbors, the Germans."[8]
But after his conversion, in about the 960s, Harald had his father's body disinterred and reburied in the church he built next to the now empty mound, and erected the now famous Jelling stones described above.

Reign
During his reign, Harald oversaw the reconstruction not only of the Jelling runic stones  but of other projects as well. Some believe that these projects were a way for him to preserve the economic and military control of his country. During that time, ring forts  were built in five strategic locations: Trelleborg  on Sjælland , Nonnebakken  on Fyn , Fyrkat  in central Jylland , Aggersborg  near Limfjord , and Trelleborg  near the city of Trelleborg  in Scania  in present-day Sweden . All five fortresses had similar designs: "perfectly circular with gates opening to the four corners of the earth, and a courtyard divided into four areas which held large houses set in a square pattern"[10] A sixth Trelleborg is located in Borgeby , in Scania in present-day Sweden. This one has been dated to the vicinity of 1000 AD and has a similar design, so it too may have been built by king Harald.
He also constructed the oldest known bridge in southern Scandinavia, known as the Ravninge  Bridge in Ravninge meadows, which was 5m wide and 760m long.

While absolute quiet prevailed throughout the interior, he was even able to turn his thoughts to foreign enterprises. Again and again he came to the help of Richard the Fearless of Normandy (in the years 945 and 963), while his son conquered Samland  and, after the assassination of King Harald Graafeld  of Norway, he also managed to force the people of that country into temporary subjection to himself.
The Norse sagas  presents Harald in a rather negative light. He was forced twice to submit to the renegade Swedish prince Styrbjörn the Strong  of the Jomsvikings - first by giving Styrbjörn a fleet and his daughter Tyra , the second time by giving up himself as hostage and an additional fleet. Styrbjörn brought this fleet to Uppsala  in Sweden in order to claim the throne of Sweden. However, this time Harald broke his oath and fled with his Danes in order to avoid facing the Swedish army at the Battle of the Fýrisvellir .
As a consequence of Harald's army having lost to the Germans in the shadow of Danevirke in 974, he no longer had control of Norway and Germans having settled back into the border area between Scandinavia and Germany. The German settlers were driven out of Denmark in 983 by an alliance consisting of Obodrite  soldiers and troops loyal to Harald. Soon after, Harald was killed fighting off a rebellion led by his son Sweyn. He was believed to have died in 986 , although there are many other accounts that claim he died in 985.

Marriages and issue

Gyrid Olafsdottir , probably by 950.
Thyra Haraldsdotter , married Styrbjörn Starke 
Sveyn Forkbeard . Born about 960. Usually given as the son of Harald and Gyrid, though it is said in some of the older sagas that he was an illegitimate son.
Hakon. Born in 961.
Gunhilde . She married Pallig , Jarl and Ealdorman in Devon. They both died in the St. Brice's Day massacre  in November 1002.
Thora  (Tova) the daughter of Mistivir  in 970. She raised the Sønder Vissing Runestone  after her mother.











Dafydd ap Goronwy











Husband Dafydd ap Goronwy





            AKA: David ap Gronwy
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         Father: Goronwy ap Burton (      -      )
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1  F  Angharad verch Dafydd ap Gronwy 5 6 7





            AKA: Angharad verch David, Ankarett verch David ap Grono
           Born: 1392 - Burton, <Somerset>, England
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         Spouse: Madog Puleston, of Bers (Abt 1390-      )

















Peredwr ap Goronwy ap Adda ap David Gôch











Husband Peredwr ap Goronwy ap Adda ap David Gôch 8 9





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         Father: Goronwy ap Adda ap David Gôch ap Griffith (      -      ) 8 9
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1  M  Gwyn ap Peredwr ap Goronwy 8 9





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Howell ap Goronwy ap Einion, of Llwyn du, Llangelynin, Talybont











Husband Howell ap Goronwy ap Einion, of Llwyn du, Llangelynin, Talybont 10





           Born: Abt 1500 - <Llwyn du, Llangelynin, Talybont, Merionethshire, Wales>
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         Father: Goronwy ap Einion ap Howell, of Llangelynin, Talybont (Bef 1514-      ) 11
         Mother: Arddyn verch Ednyfed ap Ierworth (      -      ) 11








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1  M  David ap Howell ap Goronwy, of Llwyn du, Llangelynin, Talybont 12











           Born: Abt 1540 - Llwyn du, Llwyngwrill, Llangelynin, Merionethshire, Wales
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         Spouse: Mary verch Hugh ap John, of Tal y Llyn (Abt 1544-      ) 12 13











Research Notes: Husband - Howell ap Goronwy ap Einion, of Llwyn du, Llangelynin, Talybont



From Reifsnyder-Gillam Ancestry, pp.43-44:
"VIII. HOWELL AP GORONWY, of the parish of Llangelynin, Talybont, was born circa 1500, perhaps later. The name of his wife is not given either in the MS. pedigree compiled by his descendant, Rowland Ellis, in 1697, or in Dwnn's Visitations of Wales, taken 1588 to 1603, although he is mentioned in both. He was owner of Llwyn du, in the township of Llwyngwrill in Llangelynin, Talybont, which is described in a document of a later date relating to the Quaker burial place in Llwyngwrill, as "that ancient capital messuage, tenement and lands called Llwyn du,' a 'good and indefeasible estate of inheritance.'"


Birth Notes: Child - David ap Howell ap Goronwy, of Llwyn du, Llangelynin, Talybont



Detailed location of Llwyn du from From the book Reifsnyder-Gillam Ancestry, Edited by Thomas Allen Glenn at the request of Howard Reifsnyder, privately printed, Philadelphia, 1902, provided by http://books.google.com, p. 43.








Gwilym ap Gruffydd, Lord of Penrhyn and Morfydd verch Goronwy ap Tudur, of Penmynydd











Husband Gwilym ap Gruffydd, Lord of Penrhyn 14 15 16 17











            AKA: Gwilym ap Gruffudd ap Gwilym of Penrhyn
           Born: Abt 1365 - Penrhyn Castle, Llandegai, (Bangor), Caernarfonshire, (Gwynedd), Wales
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           Died: 1431 - Austria-Hungary
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         Father: Gruffydd ap Gwilym, Lord of Penrhyn and Cwchwillan (Abt 1322-1405) 16 18 19
         Mother: Generys verch Madog ap Gronwy Fychan (Abt 1326-      ) 17 20 21 22








       Marriage: Abt 1390





   Other Spouse: Jonet Stanley, of Hooton (Abt 1380-1466) 16 18 23 24 25 26 27 - Aft 1405










Wife Morfydd verch Goronwy ap Tudur, of Penmynydd 17 28





            AKA: Morvyn verch Grono ap Tudor
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1  M  Tudor Vychan ap Gwilym, of Penmynydh, Anglesey





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Birth Notes: Husband - Gwilym ap Gruffydd, Lord of Penrhyn



Glenda Turcks http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=nanatea&id=I33919 gives b. abt 1330, d. abt 1431.  Another source says b. abt 1365.


Research Notes: Husband - Gwilym ap Gruffydd, Lord of Penrhyn



The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher, and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, and the Ancient Lords of Arwystli, Cedewen, and Meirionydd, Vol. IV, p. 342 shows him as "Gwilym ab Gruffydd, Lord of Penrhyn," the second son of "Gruffydd Gwilym, Lord of Penrhyn and Cwchwillan," who was the second son of "Gwilym Gruffydd, Lord of Penrhyn and Cwchwillan."

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From Welsh Biography Online (http://yba.llgc.org.uk/en/s1-GRIF-PEN-1300.html) :

 "(3) The eldest son of Griffith and Generys, GWILYM AP GRIFFITH (d. 1431), m. (c. 1390) his kinswoman, Morfydd, daughter of Goronwy ap Tudur (ob. 1382) of Penmynydd  (see under Ednyfed Fychan ). Gwilym thereby gained a further share in 'Gafael Goronwy ab Ednyfed' (Penrhyn) as well as lands in Anglesey. In 1389, Gwilym and his younger brother, ROBIN AP GRIFFITH, were granted by their father his lands in Caernarvonshire and Anglesey and it was probably this step which led to their firm establishment in the area. Lands in Bodfeio were given to Robin, who was the ancestor of the family of Williams of Cochwillan (q.v. in App.) . Gwilym was the real founder of the Penrhyn family, but his precise place of residence before 1400 is not known. His wife's dowry had strengthened his hold on 'Gafael Goronwy ab Ednyfed' (Penrhyn) but his main possessions were in the commotes of Menai and Dindaethwy in Anglesey. His wife's mother (Myfanwy) and brother (Tudur ap Goronwy) were alive in 1397 and might be expected to have lived at Penmynydd; nevertheless, Gwilym ap Griffith is described as 'of Penmynydd' in 1400 and 1403, and his will, dated 1430, was signed there. From 1391 to 1397 he held various crown offices in Anglesey, being sheriff in 1396-7.

"His wife's uncles (Rhys, Gwilym, and Maredudd ap Tudur) gave full support to their cousin, Owain Glyndwr (q.v. , and see under Ednyfed Fychan ); Gwilym himself was more cautious, but he was forced by family and other circumstances to throw in his lot with the rebels about 1402. (As has been said, his father and uncle died in Glyndwr 's service.) His brother, Robin of Cochwillan, was also in rebellion but abandoned Glyndwr  before 1408, when he appears as a crown official in Caernarvonshire. Gwilym also made his peace with the king before Nov. 1407, when he was restored to his forfeited possessions and was granted, in addition, the lands of twenty-seven Anglesey adherents of Glyndwr  who had probably died in rebellion. By 1410 he had been granted the forfeited lands of his wife's uncles, Rhys and Gwilym ap Tudur, both of whom adhered to Glyndwr  to the last. His will, dated 1430, also refers to lands which he had obtained from his Tudor kinsmen; his brother-in-law, Tudur ap Goronwy, appears to have d. c. 1400 and his share of the Tudor possessions undoubtedly came into Gwilym's hands. In all, Gwilym ap Griffith appears to have succeeded, through his father's marriage, his own, and the effects of the Glynd rebellion, in gaining control of most of the patrimony of the Tudors; not the least important of the probable consequences was the departure of Owain Tudor (q.v.)  to seek his fortunes at the court of Henry V.

"The date of death of Gwilym's first wife is not known. Some time after 1405 he m. Joan, daughter of Sir William Stanley of Hooton, Ches., thus beginning a long and profitable connexion with the rising star of that family. His son by his first wife inherited only his mother's property at Penmynydd, and he was the ancestor of the later Theodores of that place (see Tudor family, of Penmynydd ). Gwilym ap Griffith d. in 1431, leaving his great possessions in Anglesey and Caernarvonshire to his son by the second marriage. (Penrhyn manuscripts, passim; Trans. Angl. Antiq. Soc., 1951, 34-72; J. R. Jones, 'The development of the Penrhyn estate to 1431', University of Wales M.A. thesis, unpublished.)"



Research Notes: Wife - Morfydd verch Goronwy ap Tudur, of Penmynydd



From Welsh Biography Online (http://yba.llgc.org.uk/en/s1-GRIF-PEN-1300.html) :

"(3) The eldest son of Griffith and Generys, GWILYM AP GRIFFITH (d. 1431), m. (c. 1390) his kinswoman, Morfydd, daughter of Goronwy ap Tudur (ob. 1382) of Penmynydd  (see under Ednyfed Fychan ). Gwilym thereby gained a further share in 'Gafael Goronwy ab Ednyfed' (Penrhyn) as well as lands in Anglesey. In 1389, Gwilym and his younger brother, ROBIN AP GRIFFITH, were granted by their father his lands in Caernarvonshire and Anglesey and it was probably this step which led to their firm establishment in the area. Lands in Bodfeio were given to Robin, who was the ancestor of the family of Williams of Cochwillan (q.v. in App.) . Gwilym was the real founder of the Penrhyn family, but his precise place of residence before 1400 is not known. His wife's dowry had strengthened his hold on 'Gafael Goronwy ab Ednyfed' (Penrhyn) but his main possessions were in the commotes of Menai and Dindaethwy in Anglesey. His wife's mother (Myfanwy) and brother (Tudur ap Goronwy) were alive in 1397 and might be expected to have lived at Penmynydd; nevertheless, Gwilym ap Griffith is described as 'of Penmynydd' in 1400 and 1403, and his will, dated 1430, was signed there. From 1391 to 1397 he held various crown offices in Anglesey, being sheriff in 1396-7.

"His wife's uncles (Rhys, Gwilym, and Maredudd ap Tudur) gave full support to their cousin, Owain Glyndwr (q.v. , and see under Ednyfed Fychan ); Gwilym himself was more cautious, but he was forced by family and other circumstances to throw in his lot with the rebels about 1402. (As has been said, his father and uncle died in Glyndwr 's service.) His brother, Robin of Cochwillan, was also in rebellion but abandoned Glyndwr  before 1408, when he appears as a crown official in Caernarvonshire. Gwilym also made his peace with the king before Nov. 1407, when he was restored to his forfeited possessions and was granted, in addition, the lands of twenty-seven Anglesey adherents of Glyndwr  who had probably died in rebellion. By 1410 he had been granted the forfeited lands of his wife's uncles, Rhys and Gwilym ap Tudur, both of whom adhered to Glyndwr  to the last. His will, dated 1430, also refers to lands which he had obtained from his Tudor kinsmen; his brother-in-law, Tudur ap Goronwy, appears to have d. c. 1400 and his share of the Tudor possessions undoubtedly came into Gwilym's hands. In all, Gwilym ap Griffith appears to have succeeded, through his father's marriage, his own, and the effects of the Glynd rebellion, in gaining control of most of the patrimony of the Tudors; not the least important of the probable consequences was the departure of Owain Tudor (q.v.)  to seek his fortunes at the court of Henry V.

"The date of death of Gwilym's first wife is not known."








Madog ap Goronwy Fychan, of Tref Castell and Margred verch Robert











Husband Madog ap Goronwy Fychan, of Tref Castell 21 29





            AKA: Madoc ap Groneuy, Madoc ap Grono, Madog ap Gronwy Fychan
           Born: Abt 1292 - Trecastell, Llangoed, Anglesey, Wales
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         Father: Gronwy Fychan ap Gronwy ap Ednyfed Fychan, of Tref Castell (Abt 1294-      ) 30
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Wife Margred verch Robert 31





           Born: Abt 1304 - Tegeingl, (Flintshire), Wales 31
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Children

1  F  Generys verch Madog ap Gronwy Fychan 17 20 21 22





            AKA: Generis verch Madoc of Penmynydd, Anglesey, Genesis verch Madoc, Generys verch Madog ap Goronwy Fychan
           Born: Abt 1326 - Penmynydd, Anglesey, Wales
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         Spouse: Gruffydd ap Gwilym, Lord of Penrhyn and Cwchwillan (Abt 1322-1405) 16 18 19
           Marr: Abt 1360











Research Notes: Wife - Margred verch Robert



If her sister was Angharad, this may be her lineage:
From http://www.mathematical.com/robertangharad1306.html :
*Angharad verch Robert
born about 1306 Tegeingl ctf, Flintshire, Wales

father:
*Robert ap Iorwerth 
born about 1282 Tegeingl ctf, Flintshire, Wales
died after 1339

mother:
*Alice verch Ithel 
born about 1286 Tegeingl ctf, Flintshire, Wales

siblings:
unknown

spouse:
*Cynwrig ap Bleddyn 
born about 1302 Chwibren, Llansannan, Denbighshire, Wales
died after 1334

children:
*Llywelyn "Chwith" ap Cynwrig 
born Chwibren, Llansannan, Denbighshire, Wales

biographical and/or anecdotal:

notes or source:
LDS
research of S. E. Oman Salt Lake City









Heytir Gorrsson











Husband Heytir Gorrsson 32





           Born: Abt 425 - <Romsdal, (Norway)>
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         Father: Gorr Thorrasson (Abt 0365-      ) 32
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1  M  Svidri Heytsson 32





            AKA: Svidri Heytirsson
           Born: Abt 600 - (Norway)
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Captain Thomas Todd and Anne Gorsuch











Husband Captain Thomas Todd 33 34 35 36











           Born: 12 Sep 1619 - Denton, Durham, England
     Christened: 1619 - Denton, Durham, England
           Died: 30 May 1675
         Buried:  - North <River> Parish, Patapsco River, <Baltimore>, Maryland




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Noted events in his life were:

•   Granted, land in New Norfolk County, Virginia, 1637



for transporting four persons.


•   Patent for, "Toddsbury" in Gloucester County, 1652




•   Purchased, land on the Patapsco River in Maryland, 17 Aug 1664




•   Purchased, "North Point," 300 acres on the north side of the Patapsco River in Maryland, 1669




•   Burgess, of Baltimore County, Maryland, 1674-1675




•   Probate, of his will, 20 May 1677










Wife Anne Gorsuch 33 37





            AKA: Ann Gorsuch, Anna Gorsuch
           Born: 13 Mar 1638 - Walkern, Hertfordshire, England
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         Father: Reverend John Gorsuch (Abt 1609-Abt 1647) 33 38 39
         Mother: Ann Lovelace (      -      ) 33












Children

1  M  Major Thomas Todd 40 41





            AKA: Thomas Todd "the Younger"
           Born: 1660 - Toddsbury, Gloucester Co., Virginia, (United States)
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Bernard (1653-      ) 42








2  M  James Todd 33





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3  F  Isabella Minor Todd 43 44





           Born: Abt 1663 - King & Queen Co., Virginia, (United States)
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         Spouse: John Madison (      -      ) 45
           Marr: Abt 1664 - Virginia, (United States)








4  M  Lancelot Todd 46





           Born: 1691
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         Spouse: Sarah Phelps (      -      ) 46











Death Notes: Husband - Captain Thomas Todd



Died at sea


Research Notes: Husband - Captain Thomas Todd



From Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, p. 48:

Thomas Todd passed his youth in England. He patented land in Elizabeth City, Virginia, in 1647. The "Rent Rolls" of Anne Arundel show, that Thomas Todd, shipwright, surveyed a lot "on ye south side of ye Severn River." It was a portion of the present city of Annapolis. There was a contest in Chancery over the title to this survey. It was decided against him, yet Lancelot Todd, of Baltimore County, in 1718, sold it to Bordley and Bladen. Thomas Todd resided there, in 1657; he was appointed, by Governor Fendall, one of the justices of Anne Arundel.

Thomas Todd took up lands on Fells Point, Baltimore County, and later patented land, including some seven hundred acres on the Eastern Shore. He is supposed to have been the son of Robert Todd, of York County, Virginia, in 1642.

In 1664, Thomas Todd located at North Point. He also held an estate, "Toddsbury," in Gloucester County, Virginia, still held by his descendants. In 1674-5 he was a Burgess in the Assembly of Maryland, from Baltimore County. He married Anne Gorsuch, daughter of Rev. John Gorsuch, rector of Walkham, Herfordshire, whose wife was Ann, daughter of Sir William Lovelace. Her brother Charles Gorsuch married Ann Hawkins, as shown by the West River Quaker records.

Thomas Todd, before sailing for England, with eighty-seven hogsheads of tobacco from his plantation, wrote a litter to his son, Thomas, of "Toddsbury," Virginia, saying: "All my desire is to see you before I go, for I fear I shall never see you, as I am very weak and sick. I want some good cider to keep me alive, which supposed you have enough of. We intyend to set sail to-morrow, if it be a fair wind." He died at sea. His will was probated in Baltimore, Annapolis and Virginia. His widow, Ann, married David Jones. Her son, James Todd, married a daughter of Mountenay, and upon their estate was started the City of Baltimore.
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From http://www.frankcollier.org/Genealogy/Gator/fam1221.html:

Captain Thomas Todd of Virginia and Baltimore County was baptized in Denton, England in 1619. He came to Virginia in 1637 and was granted lands in New Norfolk County for transporting four persons. He patented "Toddsbury" in Gloucester County in 1652 and there he erected a dwelling for his wife and children. "Toddsbury" was inherited by his oldest sonThomas Todd. The simple but beautifully-proportioned house of "Toddsbury"is still standing and has been restored and furnished with antiques by its present owner. It is sometimes opened to visitors in Garden Tour Week.

Captain Thomas Todd was a shipowner, owning the ships Augustine andVirginia. He had extensive land holdings in Virginia as well as inMaryland.

The name of Captain Thomas Todd of "Toddsbury" appears in Maryland records of August 17, 1664, in connection with the purchase of lands on Patapsco River. He described himself as living in Gloucester County, Virginia. In 1669, designating himself a resident of Patapsco River,Captain Thomas Todd purchased North Point, a tract of 300 acres on thenorth side of the Patapsco. This was the site of the famous Battle ofNorth Point, fought on September 12, 1814 between the American andBritish forces in the War of 1812. In June 1669 Captain Thomas Todd purchased 400 acres of additional lands and in 1670 he received warrantsfor 1200 acres for having transported 24 persons to Maryland. He was a burgess of Baltimore County in 1674 and 1675. The will of Captain ThomasTodd was probated on May 20, 1677. By it he devised to his brotherChristopher Todd of London a tract of land called "Todley" situated inQueen Anne County, Maryland. Through Christopher Todd, the Todds havebeen traced to Denton in Durham County, England.

Captain Thomas Todd married Ann Gorsuch, the daughter of Rev. John Gorsuch, whose wife Ann was a daughter of Sir William Lovelace, andsister of Richard Lovelace, the poet, and of Colonel Francis Lovelace,Gov. of New York. The Gorsuch-Lovelace ancestry is a distinguished one.Rev. John Gorsuch was a staunch supporter of King Charles I and,according to tradition, he met his death in 1647 when the Puritans causedhim to be smothered in a haystack. The widow Gorsuch then came toVirginia with the children, as her brother, Colonel Francis Lovelace, wasin Virginia at that time.

After the death of Captain Thomas Todd, his widow Ann Gorsuch Toddmarried Captain David Jones, who lived at Cole's Harbor, part of the siteof the city of Baltimore. Ccaptain Jones, who gave his name to JonesFalls, the stream which runs through Baltimore, arising in the GreenSpring Valley, had a dwelling house at what is approximately the cornerof High and Fayette Streets in downtown Baltimore. This tract, originallyCole's Harbor, was later repatented by James Todd, son of Captain ThomasTodd, and called "Todd's Range". It extended from Broadway on the east toHoward Street on the west, the northern boundary being Madison Street andthe southern boundary the Baltimore waterfront. When Baltimore Town wasestablished in 1729 "Todd's Range" was subdivided into building lots.

Captain David Jones died in 1686 and his widow, Ann Gorsuch Todd Jones,then married Captain John Oldton of Garrison Forest. Captain Oldton wascommanding officer of the Baltimore County Rangers at Garrison on theReisterstown Road. One of the properties which he and his wife owned wasDarley Hall, located at what is now Harford Road and North Avenue inBaltimore City, extending northward to Darley Avenue. This tract was soldto John Ensor in 1697.

From First Families of Howard County, Maryland

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From The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 3, p. 81:

(1) Thomas Todd patented land in Elizabeth City county in 1647, and in Gloucester in 1664. (Land Books of Virginia.)

The will of Thomas Todd, of North parish, Patapsco river, Maryland, dated 1675, proved May 30th, 1677, makes his son, Thomas, sole executor; gives his wife, Anne, £400 sterling, now in the hands of Alderman Richard Booth, in London, and £170 sterling in the hands of Mr. Robert Gorsuch, and also a parcel of land in old England, also in the possession of Robert Gorsuch; legacies to his four daughters by name; to his brother, Christopher, money and 700 acres on Chester river.

There is filed with the will a copy of a letter from Thomas Todd, Sr., dated  April 1st, 1676. He was then on board the ship Virginia, bound for England, and was "very riche." It is addressed: "There for my son Thomas Todd at his house on the North River [Gloucester Co.] with all speed."

Thomas and Christopher Todd were probably sons of Robert Todd were probably sons of Robert Todd, who is mentioned in the records of York county, Virginia, in 1642, and who bought land in Gloucester in 1652. His eldest son, William Todd, patented 500 acres in Gloucester in 1666.









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