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John Payne Todd (February 29, 1792 – January 16, 1852), was an American secretary. He was the first son of Dolley Payne and John Todd Jr. His father and younger brother died in the 1793 Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic, which killed nearly 10 percent of the city's population.
His father John Todd was a young and rising Philadelphia lawyer, married to Dolley Payne. They were active Quakers, at home in a large community of Quakers, some of whom, like her family, had left the South to find lives more compatible to their beliefs in Philadelphia.
Apr 3, 2002 · Madison’s gift of a neighboring piece of land enticed Payne to build an estate he called Toddsberthe, but he spent the better part of the years until Madison’s death on various get-rich-quick schemes: gold mining, railroad promotion, and a marble quarry.
Dec 9, 2015 · In his ninth book, “Scandalous Son: The Elusive Search for Dolley Madison’s Son, John Payne Todd,” Bigler recounts the story of James Madison’s alcoholic, “elusive” stepson. Todd’s life is presented as a parable of what can happen when someone takes their status for granted and engages in self-destructive behavior.
Mar 3, 2021 · John Payne Todd. Born 29 Feb 1792 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Ancestors. Son of John Todd Jr. and Dolley (Payne) Madison. Brother of William Temple Todd. Died 27 Jan 1852 at age 59 in Washington DC, District of Columbia, USA.
- February 29, 1792
- January 27, 1852
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the eldest son of John Todd, Jr. and his wife, Dolley Payne, who is better known to history as Dolley Madison. Shortly after the birth of his younger brother William Temple in 1793, a yellow fever epidemic ravaged the city, afflicting the entire Todd family.
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Dolley Payne Todd gives birth to her first child, John Payne Todd, on February 29. John Payne dies on October 24. Dolley's sister, Lucy, marries George Steptoe Washington, nephew of President George Washington.
