Hampshire Record entries designated the "Tod" spelling, which probably means that this William's family possibly migrated from Scotland or Ireland to England. This was the only Tod/Todd family in the area of Eling in the 1600's. Name found on the baptismal record for Joseph and Benjamin Todd, per Ran Rader. Other sources list his name as John Todd (Darla McDonald). It should be noted that the name of William does not appear among known grandchildren (children of John), which was and still is quite common among the Todd family. This confusion may make it impossible to determine which Todd lines to go through from here. The Todd lines of Denton Parish, County Durham (William "Gulialmus" Todd) may be tied in here, or possibly the lines in Yorkshire (Reginal Todd). There is not enough data to go beyond this at this time.
Sources for Todd family info:
Rirsch, David. Todd Family of Eling, Southampshire, England, Philadephia and Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and Rowan County, North Carolina, Madison County, Kentucky, Butler and Howard Counties, Missouri and Others. Privately Published. Original manuscript in the Mo Valley Room, Mid-continent Branch, Kansas City, Missouri Public Library. Donated by Betty I. Smith Silfies.
Sears, Richard. A Utopian Experiment in Kentucky: Integration and Social Equality at Berea, 1866-1904. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1996.
Todd Roots in Madison County, Kentucky.