Todd, Jonathan

Todd, Jonathan a Congregational minister, was born in New Haven, Conn., March 20, 1713, and graduated at Yale College in 1732. After studying theology a few months, he commenced preaching, and was settled at East Guilford, Conn., Oct. 24,1733. During 1750 and 1751, a pestilence prevailed among his people, taking off many of his substantial friends and supporters. He continued his labors until the last year of his life, which ended Feb. 24, 1791. Mr. Todd published a Sermon, Young People Warned (1740): — Election Sermon (1749): several memorial sermons and pamphlets. See Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, 1, 383.