My mother's maiden name is Todd.

A tradition has been handed down in her family, that we are descended from a David Todd, weaver of Paisley in Scotland, who migrated to England with 13 sons.

However I have been unable to confirm or verify this tradition in any way.

I have traced my own line back to George Todd of Brompton near Northallerton in Yorkshire, who died in 1842 aged 84 and who claimed to have been born in Yorkshire.

Before that, the name is so common in Yorkshire that it is very difficult to prove anything with any certainty.

George Todd did have a son - his ninth and youngest son - who was a weaver and who was called David, but no known connection with Paisley.

Are there any other Todd descendants out there with a similar family tradition?

I am researching my husband's family who moved from Paisley/Glasgow area in 1820. We have a manuscript his grandfather (born 1872) and aunt put together. The family came over during the weaver's revolts and moved to Canada in 1820 to Dalhousie and then to Innisfil. There was a Davidson Todd who would have been a great... uncle... Have you learned more??? or do you want more information? Some of the trees seem to have some confusion since they differ from what information we have.

I have been trying to trace my Todd ancestors. My great, great Grandfather was Andrew Todd, born 1816 in Glasgow. He married Catherine Meikeljohn in 1840. Andrew died in 1847. After Andrew's death, his mother married Peter Liddle Oldroyd in 1850. Andrew's father was David Todd, born about 1870, and his mother was Catherine Graham, born about 1794. My problem is that I have been unable to find any information on anyone in the family before Andrew's birth or after his death. Nothing on his parents and/or siblings.

Thanks for your reply. I would be interested in more information about Davidson Todd. Did he live in Scotland or Canada?

I still have nothing other than this vague family tradition to suggest any connection between my Todd family and Paisley. I've been able to contact a few of my mother's cousins, but none of them had heard this tradition before.