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Hi all, sorry for the slow reply. Thanks Forfarian for the “heads up” on this new post, and well done Skoosh for remembering my original post.
Burr, I am guessing perhaps that you may be descended from Hugh Gardener who married one of Elizabeth Todd’s daughters? If so, I imagine that you have more information than us about Elizabeth’s circumstances - both Susanne and myself would be very interested to get any further details. Susanne has already told you everything we know so far.
As far as the Todd family themselves are concerned, most of my information is about their business interests in Scotland. Valeofleven.org.uk has some interesting details.
I have recently moved home, so a lot of my original notes are still packed away in a box somewhere. I do have copies of the wills of David, his sons Charles and John, and his daughter Arthur which I can let you have if you are interested. David doesn’t mention Elizabeth at all in his will, but the children do mention their estranged sister. The “mock funeral” that you mention sounds interesting, and I suppose that the 1803date when David purchased his lair at Ramshorn would fit??? I am intrigued as to why the lair would have been transferred to Margaret Todd in 1823. The only Margaret that seems to be connected with the Todds is Charles Todd’s partner Margaret Buchanan whom he never married (Susanne and myself are descended from Charles and Margaret). The mystery of why most of David’s children never married have been mentioned in previous posts and remain a puzzle.
The ancestors and descendants of David that I am aware of are in my public Ancestry.com tree “Critchley-Salmonson” (with the usual possibility of errors). I can send ancestor/descendant lists directly to you if you send me a private message.
The ancestors include many well known Scottish families such as yhe Yuilles, Bogles, Arthurs and Scotts. I have not been able to find any connection with Sir Walter Scott yet!
I’ll send more information if I find any.

Hi Susanne, I am so pleased to hear from you. I have been struggling with the Buchanan "mystery" for years, and you have answered so many questions already! I would be thrilled to learn anything more that you can tell me about your husband's family. As you can see from my earlier posts, I have so much information on Charles Todd and his family, but could never get any further back than Margaret Buchanan. Was the Jean Davidson that you mention a descendant of Col Sir David Davidson and his wife Margaret Buchanan? Do you know if her notes are available on line anywhere? Do you have an on-line family tree yourself? My tree can be found on Ancestry - the tree name is SCC241~1. I think you should be able to view it. The newspaper article about Charles's embalming has always fascinated me!! Are you still researching your husband's family? If so, I would be delighted to share any information that I find with the new information that you have provided. Hope to hear from you soon.  Simon

Thanks to you both. It just seems a little odd that Charles and his brother both had a number of children by the same partners over a number of years. Charles had 3 children by Margaret Buchanan over 8 years while John had 4 children by Ann Bruce over a period of 21 years, but neither of them seemed to get married. Is there anything to be read into the fact that Charles's children bore the surname Buchan's, while John's children kept the Todd name?