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     John Henry Rieth was born circa 1735.
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     Johannes Rieth was born circa 1737 at Stouchsburg, Berks Co., Pennsylvania, USA. He married Maria Dorthea Roehrer circa 1770.

Johannes Rieth died on 16 December 1827 at Schuylkill Co., Pennsylvania, USA.
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     Anna Catharina Rieth was baptized; Johan Nickolaus Feg, Anna Catherina Rith and Margaretha Cass.¹ She was born on 2 June 1718 at Schoharie, New York, USA.¹ She married Johan George Anspach, son of John Balthasar Anspach and Anna Maria Bern Rieth, in 1737 at Tulpehocken, Berks Co., Pennsylvania, USA.
Anna Catharina Rieth married Jacob Katterman on 16 April 1745 at Berks Co., Pennsylvania, USA.

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     Margaretha Elizabetha Rieth was buried at Reed's Cemetery, Stouchsburg, Berks Co., Pennsylvania, USA. She was baptized; Leonhardt Rith and Wife and Margaretha Feg.¹ She was born on 20 March 1720/21 at Schoharie Valley, Albany Co., New York, USA.¹ She married Johannes Jacob Emerich in 1743.²

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     Anna Margaretha Rieth was buried at Reed's Church, Stouchsburg, Berks Co., Pennsylvania, USA. She was baptized; Jacob Feb, Anna Margaretha Schaffer and Margaretha Feg.¹ She was born on 8 October 1723.¹
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     Anna Magdalena Rieth was buried at Reed's Church, Stouchsburg, Berks Co., Pennsylvania, USA. She was baptized; Conrad Weyser and Wife and Anna Magdalena Zeh.¹ She was born on 25 September 1725.¹ She married Jacob Haefner in January 1748/49.

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     Johann Georg Casper Rieth was baptized; Casper Rith and Wife.¹ He was born on 2 February 1728/29 at Stouchsburg, Berks Co., Pennsylvania, USA.¹ He married Dorothy Roehrer on 5 February 1759 at Atolhoe, Rehrersburg, Berks Co., Pennsylvania, USA.

Johann Georg Casper Rieth died before 16 July 1791 at Frederick Co., Maryland, USA.
      ; John Georg's will was written 5 October 1787 and proved 16 July
1791. He willed his land to his son, Peter.²

     Elizabetha Rieth was baptized; Michel Emrich and Wife.¹ She was born on 13 April 1730.¹
Elizabetha Rieth died on 22 September 1804 at age 74.
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     Maria Barbara Rieth was baptized; Johann Gorg Rith Jr and Maria Barbara Feb.¹ She was born on 13 March 1731/32 at Stouchsburg, Berks Co., Pennsylvania, USA.² She married Nicholas Schengel Jr. on 16 May 1752 at Tulpehocken, Berks Co., Pennsylvania, USA.
Maria Barbara Rieth married Nicholas Schengel Jr. on 16 May 1752 at Tulpehocken, Berks Co., Pennsylvania, USA.

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     John Michel Rieth was buried at Reed's Cemetery, Stouchsburg, Berks Co., Pennsylvania, USA. He was baptized; Michel Ernst Kraffhorner.¹ He married Catharina Anna Rieth.
John Michel Rieth was born on 18 December 1733 at Stouchsburg, Berks Co., Pennsylvania, USA.¹
John Michel Rieth died circa 1809 at Stouchsburg, Berks Co., Pennsylvania, USA.
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; Per Med Lands:
     "ULRICH [III] . The De Advocatis Altahensibus names "tempore Heinrici ducis Meinhardus comes fuit advocatus" specifying that "hic habuit fratrem Ulricum comitem"[445], referring to Heinrich I Duke of Bavaria from 947-955. Wegener refers to an exchange of property im Schweinachgau und im Rottgau dated [947/70] witnessed by (in order) "Odalrich, Heriman, Meginhart", suggesting that the three witnesses were brothers[446].
     "m KUNIGUNDE, daughter of ---. Wegener refers to the donation by Babo Burggraf von Regensburg and his wife Mehtild to St Emmeram dated [1000/05] for their souls and that of his wife's brother "Perahtold", which also names her mother Kunigunde[447], speculating that her mother was Kunigunde of Bavaria, daughter of Berthold Duke of Bavaria & his wife Bieletrud ---. Graf Ulrich [III] & his wife had two children:
Med Lands cites:

     Daniel Rieth was baptized; Hermanus Walborn and Wife.¹
Daniel Rieth was buried at Reed's Cemetery, Stouchsburg, Berks Co., Pennsylvania, USA. He was born on 25 February 1734/35 at Berks Co., Pennsylvania, USA.¹
Daniel Rieth died on 14 June 1797 at Berks Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 62.
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     Christina Rieth was baptized; Gorg Losch and Wife.¹
Christina Rieth was buried at Reed's Cemetery, Stouchsburg, Berks Co., Pennsylvania, USA. She was born on 11 June 1739 at Stouchsburg, Berks Co., Pennsylvania, USA.¹
Christina Rieth died on 3 March 1815 at Myerstown, Heidelberg Township, Lebanon Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 75.
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     Johann Jacob Anspach was born circa 1739 at Berks Co., Pennsylvania, USA.
Johann Jacob Anspach died on 4 July 1818.
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     Jacob Katterman was born in 1715. He married Anna Catharina Rieth, daughter of Michael (Miggle) Rieth and Maria Barbara Faeg, on 16 April 1745 at Berks Co., Pennsylvania, USA.

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     Andreas Anspach was born circa 1740.
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     Catrina Anspach was born circa 1742.
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     Elizabeth Anspach was born circa 1744.
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     Johannes Jacob Emerich was born circa 1714 at New York, USA.¹ He married Margaretha Elizabetha Rieth, daughter of Michael (Miggle) Rieth and Maria Barbara Faeg, in 1743.¹

Johannes Jacob Emerich died circa 1803 at Bethel Township, Berks Co., Pennsylvania, USA.¹
Johannes Jacob Emerich died circa 1803 at Bethel Township, Berks Co., Pennsylvania, USA.¹
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     Anna Magdalena Emerich was buried at Zion Lutheran Church, East Germantown.¹ She was born on 13 October 1761.¹ She married Johannes Heinrich Meyer on 14 January 1783 at Stouchsburg, Berks Co., Pennsylvania, USA.¹

Anna Magdalena Emerich died on 5 February 1852 at Wayne Co., Indiana, USA, at age 90.¹
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     Judith Bredin married Joshua Todd, son of Joseph (I) Todd and Joane Swift, on 28 March 1724 at Abington Presbyterian Church, Abington, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania, USA,
; Ancestry.com - Pennsylvania, Compiled Marriage Records, 1700-1821
     Name:     Judith Bredin
     Marriage Date:     28 Mar 1724
     Marriage Place:     Abington, Montgomery, Pennsylvania
     Spouse's Name:     John Todd
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Compiled Marriage Records, 1700-1821 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.
     Original data: Pennsylvania Marriage Records. Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Archives Printed Series, 1876. Series 2, Series 6.¹

     Benjamin Todd Jr. married Mary Todd
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His 2nd wife.⁵ Benjamin Todd Jr. was born on 17 August 1756 at Easton, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, USA; per age of older male in 1790 census.^1,3 He married Margaret Barkley on 24 January 1783 at Rowan Co., North Carolina, USA,
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His 1st wife.^6,3
Benjamin Todd Jr. died on 2 January 1854 at Rutherford Co., Tennessee, USA, at age 97.³
     Reference: Per McMurtry [2013]:
     "Benjamin Todd was born in Northampton County Pennsylvania near Easton and Bethlehem in 1759. He came to Rowan County as a young boy with his parents about 1770. He served in the Revolutionary War as described in his pension application below. At the end of the War, he married Margaret Barclay in Rowan Co in 1783.
     "He (or his father) entered 200 acres on Lick Creek on December 29, 1778 and grant a grant for it in 1786 and sold it in 1796. Benjamin got a grant on Second Creek of the Uwaharrie River in 1792 and sold it in 1795. This was just south of where his brother Caleb Todd owned land on Tom's Creek.
     "In the late 1790s (abt 1797), he migrated with his siblings and his father to Madison Co KY where he lived for about 10 years. In 1806, he and his wife Margaret sold land on Drowning Creek in Madison County and then they migrated with his nephews and other kin to Rutherford Co TN settling in the Big Springs area SE of Murfreesboro. By 1809, he was on the tax list for Rutherford Co. He obtained a 30 acre grant and then an 80 acre grant at the west end of Todd Hollow north of Big Spring. This land lay just south of the lands that his nephews Aaron and Reuben had obtained. He also obtained a 50 acre grant along Cripple Creek just north of the lands of his nephew William Todd at the east end of Todd Hollow.
     "He served in the War of 1812, destroying the towns of Cherokee Indians.
He died at the advanced age of 96 in 1855 in Rutherford County.
Notes and Documentation:
     "Census Records 1790: Benjamin II is on 1790 Federal Census of Rowan County, NC. Benjamin I is on 1784 and 1790 tax lists of Rowan County, NC. Benjamin II on 1790tax list of Rowan County, NC. Benjamin II on 1790 Salisbury Dist of Rowan County, NC Census: 1M o 16, 3M u 16, and 3 Free White Females.Children, Robert, Benjamin III, and Sally listed in Peter's Bible record. 1810 - Rutherford County, TN Census 1810 P/23 - Benjamin Todd: 1M o 45(Benjamin II b. 1759 d. 1854), 1M 16/26 (Robert), 1F over 45 (Margaret Barkley Todd), 3F 10/16 and 2F under 10. Benjamin Todd and Benjamin Todd Jr were on the 1811 tax list of Rutherford County, TN. This BenjaminTodd and Benjamin Todd Jr are actually Benjamin Todd, II and his son,Benjamin Todd, III.
     "Benjamin and Margaret Barkley Todd's children: 1790 Rowan County Census: 1 male over 16 Benjamin II Todd (father). 1 male under 16 Robert ca 1784 (6) (son). 1 male under 16 Benjamin III ca 1785 (7) (son) m. 1808 - gone by 1810census. 1 male under 16 unknown (2) (son) m. ca 1810 - gone by 1810census. And 3 Free White Females: 1 female Margaret (mother). 1 female Unknown ca 1786 - prob married and gone by 1810 census. 1 female Sallie 1790 - m. 1808 - gone by 1810 census. 1810 Rutherford County, TN Census: 1 male over 45 Benjamin II (father). 1 male 16/26 Robert ca 1784 - m. 1811, only male at home in 1810. 1 female over 45 Margaret (mother). 1 female 10/16 Unknown b. ca 1797. 1 female 10/16 Unknown b. ca 1798. 1 female 10/16 Unknown b. ca 1799. 1 female under 10 Lucinda b. 1809 ?. 1 female under 10 Malinda b. 1810. ?
     "Church Records 21-Aug-1819, Benjamin Todd and Peggy Todd (Margaret) received by letter in the West Fork Church of Stones River, to become Garrison Fork Church, noted by Edna Todd Lackie. Land Records 146: Book 11 p 107 25 Oct 1786.
     "State Grant#1279 to Benjamin Todd, 200 Ac on Lick Creek adj Michael Ritters 148: Book 11, p 108 25 Oct 1786 State Grant #1180 to Benjamin Todd 150 acre on Lick Creek 1115: Book 12, p 55 1789 Benjamin (B) Todd to John Yont..150 acre on Lick Creek where Thomas Williams formerly lived. Wit: Thomas (T) Todd, Prvd by Thos Todd at May ct 1790 2991:
     "Book 14, p 539. 1 Apr 1796 Benjamin Todd to Hardiman Davis..200 ac on Lick Creek adj Michale Ritter. Wit: Joseph Todd, William Todd, Peter Todd, Prvd by Joseph Todd at Aug Ct 1796 1965: Book 13, p 259 9 Aug 1792 George Riley to Benjamin Todd..200 ac of Second Creek of Hewary (Uwharrie River) adj the Randolph Co line and John Arnold Esq. Wit: Peter Todd, Thomas McCartney 2812:
     "Book 14, p 312. 1 Aug 1795. Benjamin Todd to Benjamin Morris..200 acres on Second Creek of Huary &Uwharrie River) adj the Randolph Co line and John Aranold. Wit: Daniel Merritt
     "Book 17/327: 02-Oct-1797, Robert and Walter Barkley of the State of KY, lets Thomas Durham of Rowan County, NC have 200 acres (including the plantation upon which Robert Barkley Sr formerly lived), next to John Davis and Israel Cox. Also, 185 acres on same waters of Richard’s Creek next to Benjamin Todd, Thomas Adams, said Barkley, Caleb Campbell, and George Fezer. In all, 385 acres for 250 pounds. Witnessed by Samuel Barclay (bro) and Daniel Hoffman, and proved by the latter in May 1800. (Robert Barkley Sr got land from Henry 'Husta'McCulloch on May 28, 1765 and the other was a state grant to him onMay 18, 1787).
     "Madison County, KY Deed: 03-Nov-1806 Todd to Henderson, Deed BookF page 269,270, LDS #1083287 (Vol F-G) 1805/10: Benjamin Todd and wife, Margaret, sell tract of land in Madison County lying on the waters of Drowning Creek to Abraham and Anna Henderson. Testators were Benjamin Todd, Peter Todd,Margaret Todd, Joseph Todd, and William Todd.
     "Benjamin was listed on the tax records 1797-1806 with 80 acres in 1804.
     "TN Land Grants has a Benjamin Todd with 83 acres in Franklin County in 1816, 30 acres in Rutherford County in 1818 and 50 acres in Rutherford County in 1826. Benjamin Todd Grant #4348, 50 acres on Nov 7, 1826 in Rutherford County, TN.
     "Probate Records Benjamin witnessed the wills of John Green 20-Apr-1781 and Thomas McCartney 03-Apr-1785, and was executor of Robert Barkley's will 05-Dec-1786, as was Peter Todd, in Rowan County, NC.
     "1854 - State of TN, Rutherford County Court Feb/Jun 1854: "To Fielden Todd and Asa Todd, citizens of Rutherford County, appearing to the county court now in session that Benjamin Todd has died leaving no will and the court being satisfied as to your claim to the administration, and you having given bonds and qualified as directed by law, and the court having ordered that Letters of Administration be issued to you. Those are therefore to authorize and empower you to take into your possession and control, all the goods, claims, and papers of said estate intestate and return a true and perfect inventory thereof to our County Court in 90 days, to collect and pay all debts, and transact all the duties in relation to said estate, which lawfully devotive in you as admns, and aft having settled said estate, to deliver the residue thereof to whom are by law instilled."Wit: John Woods, Clk of said Court at Office, this 11th day of Feb1854 and 78th year of Admission Independence.
     "Record Book 17: Feb 1854,Fielden Todd and Asa Todd were appointed admns of estate of Benjamin Todd who had died intestate. On 02-Feb-1854 an estate sale was held for his personal property. Buyers included Margaret, Anderson, Reuben, Holden, Hiram, Robin, Pinkney, William, Harris, Harrison, Benjamin,Asa, and Fielden Todd.
     "From: Minute Book of Chancery Court B page 385 to 386 Robin Todd and others Heirs and Administrators of Benjamin Todd decd. Benjamin Todd and others Heirs of Said Benjamin Todd deceased. Be it remembered that on this 28th day of April 1854 this cause was heard before Chancellor Ridley, presiding at Murfreesboro .. It appeared to the Court that Benjamin Todd lately died intestate in Rutherford County and Complaintants Robin Todd, Sally Todd, Margaret Lusk, Jemima Espy, and Defendants Benjamin Todd and Mary Lusk ...the only surviving children of the said Benjamin Todd deceased . It appeared that the defendants Levi Medford, Jonathan Medford, Andrew Medford, ____ Ables and his wife Margaret Ables and Polly Waters are the only children of Leah Medford decd, who was one of the children of said Benjamin Todd deceased. It appeared to the Court that Complaintants Fielden Todd and Asa Todd have been regularly appointed the Administrators of the estate of said intestate.
     "(Benjamin owned a tract of 143 acres bounded on the north by John McCrary, on the east by John McCrary and William Todd, on the south by lands of William Todd and on the west by the lands of Samuel McCrary. ..land was unsusceptible of a division between the heirs and it should be sold..
     "This document does not mention Lucinda Todd b 1809 who had married Abner Summers in 1844 and Malinda Todd b 1810 who had married James Wright 1848; so it is not clear how either could be a daughter of Benjamin, given the above suit and given that Lucinda was definitely still alive. We have not found Margaret Lusk in Texas. So it is not clear if there enough girls in the 1810 census for there to be a daughter who had Jefferson Todd out-of-wedlock.
     "Also, Caleb Todd is not reflected in either the 1830 or the 1810 census; so we have not included him as a son of Benjamin despite Nannie Polk's reference to a Caleb Todd.
     "Military Service Abstracts of Rev War Pension Files 3511:S1597 National Archives Trust Fund, Washington, DC states: "Benjamin Todd was born in Northampton County in the State of PA in the year of 1759.Feb 20, 1759 is a guess of his accurate birth date. He went to the town of Salisbury, the County of Rowan, in the State of NC. He moved from there to Madison County, in the State of KY. He lived there for10 years and then went to Rutherford County in the State of TN where he lived the rest of his days. I think he d. in 1854. He had a sister, Mary, and a bro, Peter." A Brief in the case of Benjamin Todd, Act of 7th Jun 1832: "Was the declaration made before a court or a Judge? Ans. Court. If before a Judge does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? NotAnswered. How old is he? Ans. 73. State his service as directed in the form annexed. Ans. In 1777 2 months, in 1778 2 months, 1 month, and 3months, rank of Pvt. Names of Generals and Field Officers under whom he served? Ans. Cpts (?) Davis and Corley, and Cols Jack and Grimes. In what battles was he engaged? Ans. None. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Ans. Rowan County, NC. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidences, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Ans. Traditionary evidences. Are papers defective as to form or authentication, and if so, in what respect?" Could not read the answer, but looks like, not connected as the regulations given. Signed by Dyer Custor, Examining Clk.
     "22.201 West TN, Benjamin Todd of Rutherford County,TN was a Pvt in the company commanded by Cpt Davis. This was a pay voucher for $80.
     "No. 20038, Benjamin Todd, W T Rutherford from 1777,Pvt 8 months, pay voucher for $26.66. 1814 - "Know all men by those present that I, Benjamin Todd of Rutherford County, State of TN, a Pensioner of the United States, do hereby constitute and appoint Jerrimiah Doughters my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name, to receive from the Agent of the United States for paying pensions in Nashville, State of TN, my pension from the 4th day of Sep 1813 to the 4th day of Mar 814.Witness my hand and seal this 26th day of Mar 1814." He made his mark with the x.
     "I am not sure which Benjamin Todd the following record pertains to: 1837/8 - Todd, Benjamin, Cherry's Company, Pvt, Card #886731D and#8867416, stamped May 13, 1891 states he was a Pvt in Cpt Cherry’s Company (Spies), Lauderdale's BATTN TN MTD INF, Cherokee War. COMuster-In Roll Oct 31, 1837 and Muster-Out Roll May 1838. Clothing account due soldier, $35. HISTORICAL FACTS OF NORTH CAROLINA MILITIA CONCERNING BENJAMIN TODD:
     "I. In the summer of 1776, Griffith Rutherford, with more than two thousand NC men, marched into Cherokee country and destroyed thirty-six of their towns and gave a crushing defeat to the Indians.Ans. Griffith Rutherford might be the Gen Rutherford that Benjamin Todd is referring to.
     "II. More than one thousand NC soldiers were Washington's army during the terrible winter at Valley Forge in 1777 and 1778. These troops fought bravely at Brandeywine and Germantown, suffered at Valley Forge and helped fight the British in NJ in 1778. Ans. I do not know if Benjamin Todd was among these soldiers, as we do not have his company’s number nor do we know the number of the soldiers at Valley Forge.
     "III. The Loyalists were active at Ramsour's Mill, Elizabethtown, and many other places, where sharp fighting between Loyalists and Patriots took place. In most of these fights, the Patriots were victorious. The people of Charlotte worried the British so much that this section was called the Hornet's Nest of the Revolution. Tarleton, one of Cornwallis' ablest officers, wrote that Mecklenburg and Rowan Counties were "more hostile to England than any others in America." Ans. Benjamin Todd stated in his second tour in 1777 that he was drafted at Ramsour's Mills and was acquainted with Gen Rutherford.
     "IV. The Battle of King's Mountain was on Oct 7, 1780. The British and Americans met at King's Mountain, located on the border between North and South Carolina, and was the turning point of the war in the south.Gen Cornwallis attempted to protect his left flank by cleaning out the western section of NC. He sent out Maj Patrick Fergonson (Furguson) into the western mountain country with a force of one thousand Tories. The invasion stirred up the Over-Mountain-Men of the Watauga settlements, some 900, who rallied around their leaders: Shelby, Cleveland, Sevier, McDowell, Campbell, and others, killed Fergonson,and wiped out his Army. Only some 200 men Fergonson had sent out on a foraging expedition, before the battle, managed to stumble back to safety with Cornwallis. Ans. Benjamin Todd stated on his third tour of service, he marched British prisoners from King's Mountain and delivered them to Col Penn in Henry County, VA in 1778.
     "V. The Battle of Cowpens was fought on Jan 17, 1781 and has been called the most brilliant, best fought action of the war. Cornwallis was so shocked over his losses, and with lashed-out fury, turned and fled toward the Fords over the Catawba River on Jan 28, 1781. He then set out to catch militia forces led by Greene and Morgan, before they could reach the Fords over the Dan River, leading into VA. Ans.Benjamin Todd stated on his fourth tour to service in 1778, he marched from Salisbury, NC to Benties Ford on the Catawba River, then marched down to Tool's Ford, where the Americans lost the battle. He made note he did not fight in this battle in which Gen Davidson was killed. Heathen marched back to Rowan County where he was discharged. "Know all men by those present that I, Benjamin Todd of Rutherford County, State of TN, a Pensioner of the United States, do hereby constitute and appoint Jeremiah Doughters my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name, to receive from the Agent of the United States for paying pensions in Nashville, State of TN, my pension from the 4th day of Sep 1813 to the 4th day of Mar 814.Witness my hand and seal this 26th day of Mar 1814." He made his mark with the x. One source has Date of birth as 20-Feb-1759 and Date of death as 24-Jan-1855.
     "Sterling Brown's History of Woodbury and Cannon County, TN page 103-104says: "Benjamin Todd, who died on Carson's Fork of Brawley's Fork of Stones River." (It is interesting that the history records that he died on Carson’s Fork which is where Mary Todd lived whereas all his land was in Todd Hollow near Big Springs.) The history also claims that Mary Todd 1762-1866 was Benjamin's sister." at Citation.³

; Per McMurtry [2013]:
     "Mary Todd was born in 1762 according to her tombstone and in North Carolina according to the 1850 and 1860 census records. Given that she was born in NC before the Todds came to NC, she was likely not born a Todd of the Benjamin Todd b 1759 family.. There are various stories of her arrival in TN - some saying she came by 1784 and others saying that she came from KY after Walker Todd was born (1822). She probably came from KY but later than the 1784 date stated in Sterling Brown's 1936 History of Woodbury and Cannon County, since most settlement in the area took place much later than 1784, mostly around 1800-1810. Another story was that she came from Kentucky in a wagon with Walker Todd b 1822. The two stories are not compatible without assuming some movement back and forth between KY and TN.
     "She was reported to have danced with the Indians on Carson’s Fork where she later settled with her grandson Walker Todd. Her home at the time of the dancing (1784) was said to be several miles to the west which would make her home near where Benjamin Todd b 1759 and the other Todds settled about 1809. So perhaps the dancing actually took place much later than reported. Mary Todd 1762-1866 is listed here as a wife of Benjamin Todd because Walker Todd b 1822 was Mary's grandson and because DNA of two desc of Walker b 1822 was more closely related to two descendants of Benjamin Todd b 1759 than to other branches of the Todd family. This implies that Walker's mother was the daughter of Benjamin b 1759. Since she was identified as the grandmother of Walker Todd and since Walker Todd’s DNA doesn’t match the male Todds of either of the two Todd families in the area, Mary must have had a daughter about 1794-1804 (assuming 14 to 24 for age of daughter at birth of Walker in 1822) and this daughter must have been the mother of Walker Todd b 1822. DNA for two descendants of Walker Todd b 1822 are more closely related to descendants of Benjamin Todd b 1759; hence implying that Walker Todd was a grandson of Benjamin Todd b 1769. In order for Benjamin Todd b 1759 to have fathered Walker's mother during that period, the daughter would have had to have been born in KY, possibly in Madison Co where he lived between 1797 and 1809. Benjamin was married to Margaret Barclay at the time that Mary’s daughter was born. Perhaps Mary was a young widow and took the name Todd after this liaison with Benjamin. We can not prove the birth place of Walker's mother (Mary's daughter). The 1880 census for Walker Todd says his mother was born in NC, but the 1900 census says both parents were born in TN. Mary appears in the 1850 and 1860 census living with Walker Todd and born in NC in the 1760s. She died in 1866 and was buried in the cemetery in Burt. Her tombstone reads: b. in 1762 and d. on 20-Nov-1866. Holy Bible is above her name on tombstone.
     "One curious new discovery is that a Mary Todd b 1789 married Samuel Kerr in 1812 in Rowan Co and came to Rutherford Co prior to Samuel Kerr's death in 1827, possibly by 1813. Also, this younger Mary Todd's sister Elizabeth Todd married Henry Trott in 1811 in Rowan Co and came to Rutherford Co about the same time. These two sisters had an aunt Mary Todd born late 1750s or early 1760s who was still single in 1798 when her father willed her some land. If this Mary Todd came to Rutherford Co with Mary (Todd) Kerr, then we would have a Mary Todd b 1760s in Rutherford Co. which would make her a candidate for being the grandmother of Walker Todd. DNA from the Kerr's would tell if Walker Todd was kin to these Todds. DNA evidence from other samples taken on the various branches of the Todds is contradictory. Some shows that Jefferson Todd b 1814 and Mary's grandson Walker Todd b 1822 were distant kin, too distant for Jefferson to have been her grandson. Other DNA show a match between both Walker and Jefferson to a family that had ancestors that included the Jones' family who came from Rowan Co to Madison and then Montgomery Co and then Bath Co KY. So one interpretation of this is that Mary was a Jones and that Jefferson Todd b 1814 was a grandson of a sibling or uncle of hers and that she took in this grandson. But there are other interpretations possible. If Elizabeth who married James Duncan was the mother of Jefferson, then Elizabeth would have been a niece or the wife of a nephew of Mary (Jones) Todd. The DNA suggests this as a possibility but we do not have enough samples to prove this. For now, we have placed Mary as the daughter of a Jones and place Jefferson Todd b 1814 as a great-grandson of Mary's grandfather. Notes and Documentation: We have placed Mrs. Mary Todd as the consort of Benjamin Todd b 1759 (meaning she had a daughter with Benjamin) because of DNA evidence suggesting that Walker Todd b 1822 (Mary’s grandson) was more closely related to Benjamin Todd than to any of Benjamin Todd’s brothers or cousins. This would make Benjamin the grandfather of Walker Todd b 1822.
     "However, this evidence is not conclusive; so below we list the evidence for and against each theory and suggest a way to resolve this puzzle.. There are several theories about the identity of Mrs. Mary Todd.
     "1. That Mrs. Mary Todd 1762-1866 was the daughter of Benjamin Todd b 1730 and hence the sister of Benjamin Todd b 1759, the Revolutionary War soldier of Rutherford Co. This is based on a statement that she was Benjamin's sister in a 1936 history of Woodbury and Cannon County based on statements made to the author of the history by Ora Todd (1898-1984), Walker’s granddaughter.
     "2. That Mrs. Mary Todd 17622-1866 was the wife of a male Todd, but not born a Todd. This is based on the observation that the 1850 and 1860 census state that she was born in NC before the Todds came there from Pennsylvania. So she could not have been born a Todd. Since she was identified as Mary Todd, a widow, she could have been the wife of a male Todd. Her age places her either as: (a) wife of an unknown son of Benjamin Todd b 1732, (b) wife of an unknown son of Caleb Todd b 1730, (c) a second wife or partner of Benjamin Todd 1759-1855 of Rutherford County, TN. Mary Todd as sister of Benjamin The only evidence for Mary Todd being the sister of Benjamin Todd is a statement to that effect made in the 1936 History of Cannon County and Woodbury by Sterling Brown. According to Yvonne Gamblin, a descendant of Walker Todd, this information was given to Mr. Brown by Ora Todd (1898-1984), a granddaughter of Walker Todd. There are several reasons to doubt that Mary Todd was a sister to Benjamin. As Roma Todd (1918-1997) pointed out, the 1850 and 1860 census state that Mary was born in NC in the 1760s before the Todds came to NC. Hence if the census is true, then Mary could not be a Todd by birth. Secondly, DNA testing from two descendants of Benjamin Todd b 1759 reveals that Walker Todd is more closely related to Benjamin b 1759 that to other branches of the Todds. Hence this suggests that Walker was the grandson of Benjamin. This means that Mrs. Mary Todd could not have been the sister of Benjamin or at least it is highly unlikely for Benjamin to have had a child with his sister. The DNA from two descendants of Caleb Todd b 1730 does not show Walker Todd as being equally closely related to the Caleb line as to the Benjamin line. Hence it seems doubtful that Mary was a spouse of a son of Caleb.
     "Further study of the ancestors of those matching the DNA of Walker Todd descendants are needed to identify possible links of those matching to the family of Mary Todd’s parents.
     "Mrs. Mary Todd according to her tombstone was born in 1762 and died 20 November 1866 and was buried in Todd Cemetery #1 in Burt (Cannon County TN). In 1830, there is a Mary Todd in Rutherford County census age 50-60, hence born 1770-1780 along with three young males. This has been thought to be Mrs. Mary Todd, but the age is a decade off. In 1840, she was said to be living with Jefferson Todd, but the age is a decade off from Mrs. Mary Todd. In 1850 she was living with Walker b 1822, and wife, Julia Ann Painter Todd, in Cannon County, TN. She was listed as Mary Todd 86 b. NC. In 1860 she was living with Walker b 1822, and wife, Elvira Haynes Todd, in Cannon County, TN.
     "There are traditions reported below that Mrs. Mary Todd was in the area in 1784 based on the 1936 county history. This seems highly unlikely because this was prior to substantial settlement in the area. There are also statements about her brothers being killed by Indians in TN and KY. Since she was born in NC in the 1760s according to the 1850 and 1860 census, and this was before the Todds came to NC in 1770, it seems she was not born a Todd but married a Todd and that the brothers who died were not Todds. Bradyville is a village eleven miles southeast of Woodbury on Brawley's Fork and the area that saw the first settlers that came into Cannon County. It is presently on State Hwy 64 and thought to be named for Mr. William Brady. According the county history, “The Sagely family was the first to arrive and soon afterwards, Mary Todd and her brothers came and settled a few miles west of the Sagelys, who were the nearest neighbors on the east. Mary Todd is interred at the Todd Cemetery on Carson Fork and her monument shows her b. in 1762 and d. on 20-Nov-1866 at the age of 104 years. Holy Bible is above her name on tombstone” Sterling Brown's History of Woodbury and Cannon County, TN (1936) page 30-31: "soon aft the arrival of the Sagely family (1784) Mrs. Mary Todd (widow) and her bros and family came and settled a few miles west of the Sagelys, who were her nearest neighbors on the east, while her nearest neighbors on the west were two families at Double Springs near Murfreesboro in Rutherford County. Three of Mrs. Todd's bros were killed by Indians in KY and two were killed by them at Old Fort Nash near where she lived. For seven years aft they settled, they had no bread to eat for there were no mills near to grind grist. For this very necessary article of diet, hominy and parched corn were substituted. Benjamin Todd, her bro, came later. He was a Rev War soldier, and at the time of his death, was the owner of a piece of furniture (a secretary) which was handed to other generations of the family, resting later in the possession of, the daughter of Walker Todd b1822 Mrs. Tom Patton, who lives near Bradyville. This secretary had a secret drawer within a drawer, which was not discovered until Mrs. Patton became the possessor. In it she found papers, which were issued to him showing him to be a Rev War soldier, also quite a lot of Continental money, all of which she now has in her possession. "Just a few incidents of the family life of these settlers. Mrs. Todd on several occasions attended Indian dances on Carson's Fork, a tributary of Brawley's Fork of Stones River on which she lived, but several miles east of her home. These dances were held just above where her gson, Walker Todd, afterwards settled and where Mrs. Todd was buried in 1866 at the age of 104 years. On the occasions of these Indian dances, Mrs. Todd was arrayed in her very best doe skin skirt and a fawn skin waist. On one occasion, a huge bear visited the home of Mrs. Todd when all the men were away and ascended to the board roof, which was weighted down with poles, and began to pry the boards apart, trying to reach down into the loft where some venison was hanging. While the bear was in the act of reaching the deer meat, Mrs. Todd seized her flint rock rifle and shot the bear, which toppled down onto the floor, furnishing more meat for the Todd family. "These first settlers relied chiefly upon wild game, which was abundant in the country for their meat, and brought salt on horse back from KY to savor or cure it. These horses were laden with packs of salt and led through the wilderness along Indian or buffalo trails." History of Cannon County by Robert L. Mason (1984) stated: "another family traditionally said to have settled on the waters of Brawley's Fork in the 1780s was a widow named Mary Todd and two of her brothers." And, "the strongest factor favorable to settlement in the area of Brawley's Fork by 1784 was the building of Fort Nash on the Nickajack Trail in that year." Old Fort Nash is supposed to be where Indians killed Mary's two brothers. Old Fort Nash was in operation until around 1806. TN became a state in 1796 and before that, it was part of NC. (Ed note: Mr. Mason probably based his statements on Sterling Brown’s 1936 book.) From Cannon County Gazetteer's, Communities Past and Present: "Robinson is on Robinson Ridge in the TN Basin Divide between the Cumberland River watershed and the Duck River watershed. It is near the site of the vanished Old Fort Nash established in 1784 by NC to help protect the Cumberland settlements. There is only a cemetery there now." From R. A. Dennis' records of Cannon County, TN: " They followed the old Nickajack Trail. Nickajack was a hair lipped Indian. He was Chief of a tribe of Indians that lived or roamed about in OH, IN, and KY. This tribe of Indians would go east once or twice every year." Sterling Brown's History of Woodbury and Cannon County, TN states that "Moon, a celebrated warrior, was killed by Cpt James McKain. Moon was the only hairlipped Indian in that whole country as far as known." Inventory list which reads: "Widow Todd (2) years support, 75 bushels wheat, 200 lbs sugar, 110 barrels corn, 2500 lbs pork, 10 lbs soda, 4 lbs spice, 10 lbs rice, 1 barrel salt, and whatever on hand, 10 gallons molasses, 10 lbs. Vinegar (?) 8 lbs. pepper, 2 hogs supposed to weigh 125 lbs." Dated 26-Oct-1857 and recorded Feb/Jul 1858, B Lassiter, Clk. The Todds of Cannon and Rutherford Counties say Mary showed up in Cannon County with gson, Walker, was in a horse drawn wagon, and came from KY. This conflicts with the county history report that she was in the area in 1784."⁵

Benjamin Todd Jr. appeared in the census of 1790 at Rowan Co., North Carolina, USA; This census page 340 of the Rowan Co., NC 1790 federal census has nine TODDs listed, some or all of whom may be the sons of Benjamin TODD, Sr. (line 9): Caleb Sr (line 3), Thomas (line 4); Peter (line 5); Benjamin Jr (line 6), William (line 7), Joseph (line 8); Benajamin Sr. (line 9); and Caleb Jr. (line 10):
p. 340, line 6
     Name:     7 Benjn Todd Junior [9415] Ref #2537
     Home in 1790 (City, County, State):     Rowan, North Carolina
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 16:     3 [aft 1774]
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over:     1 [bef 1774]
     Free White Persons - Females:     3
     Number of Household Members:     7.¹

     Jacob Haefner was born in 1725. He married Anna Magdalena Rieth, daughter of Michael (Miggle) Rieth and Maria Barbara Faeg, in January 1748/49.

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     Dorothy Roehrer was born in 1739 at Berks Co., Pennsylvania, USA. She married Johann Georg Casper Rieth, son of Michael (Miggle) Rieth and Maria Barbara Faeg, on 5 February 1759 at Atolhoe, Rehrersburg, Berks Co., Pennsylvania, USA.

Dorothy Roehrer died on 16 August 1808 at Frederick Co., Maryland, USA.
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     Maria Magdalena Rieth was born on 31 August 1764 at Berks Co., Pennsylvania, USA. She married Henry Kieffer on 20 August 1795.

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     Rachel Rieth was born on 21 October 1769 at Berks Co., Pennsylvania, USA.
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     Susan Rieth was born in 1771.
Susan Rieth died on 26 May 1847.
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