Oliver Todd6, (Hezekiah5, Caleb4, Samuel3, Samuel2, Christopher1) born 1764, died Sept. 10, 1847, married Betsey, daughter of Thomas and Anna (Smith) Smith, who was born 1768, died Feb. 26, 1848. Her father was in the Revolutionary war. “He conducted a fire ship to the enemy and was badly burnt, the attending boat having left him too soon, he had to swim ashore, where he was found three days after in a helpless state. He was taken over to Rye, (N. Y.?) and there died.”
From Dodd’s E. H. Register. Page 75.
They lived in North Haven, Conn.
Children:
*616. Zerah, b. Dec. 26, 1785.
617. Polly, b. Jan. 11, 1789.
*618. Deborah, b. July 28, 1791.
*619. Roswell, b. Sept. 22, 1794.
*620. Maria, b. Feb. 24, 1797.
621. Bede, b. July 18, 1802, d. Dec. 17, 1819.
*622. Emily, b. Feb. 15, 1805.
623. Anna Louisa, b. Sept. 30, 1807, m.(???)Pierpont.
624. Betsey, b. Jan. 30, 1800, d. April 28, 1859, m. James Gilbert who was b. Aug. 29, 1780, d. July 22, 1847 in Hamden, Conn.