RANDOM UNCONFIRMED NOTES ON THE LLOYD FAMILY HISTORY:


I have written some of the information below and have found other notes online.  This is good information to help guide research into our Lloyds in England and maybe in Wales.  The information here is not supported by evidence as of yet that is definitive.   



John's father was from Wales "hence the reason of using the double L in the spelling of our names. He had 2 older brothers, Joseph and Phillip, one a watch maker and the other a printer. John was bound at a young age as an apprentice to a boot and shoe maker and he aspired to become a master craftsman in this trade. He married without the permission of his employer to whom he was bound as an apprentice, and therefore could not become a master craftsman, but would work his life as a journeyman. This marriage took place about 1723 in London, England, to a woman who was born 1704. A child was born to this marriage but the wife and child died suddenly in 1725. 


It is believed that John Loyd came to America as an indentured prisoner convicted of theft of several shoemaker's tools. His punishment was 14 years of indentured service in America. He was shipped aboard the ship Rappahanock, under the command of Charles Whale on March 10, 1727, bound for Maryland, along with fellow prisoners, 7 men and 1 woman. 


Nothing more is known of John until his marriage to Prudence Emrey in Orange County, Virginia in 1742. This would be 16 years after his conviction in England. John Lloyd served in the Frederick Co. Virginia Militia in the 1750's. At a vestry meeting in November, 1767, John was appointed Reader of the Parish of Frederick of the Church of England at McKays Chapel. His salary was 6 pounds a year. He served in that capacity again in 1768 and 1769. A vestry of November 27, 1772 showed John Lloyd was exempted for payment of Parish livies, which might indicate that he was too old or too feeble to work. John would have been 68 in 1772. 


All of John Loyd's 5 sons served in either the Continental Army or the Minute Men Militia during the Revolutionary War. While the manner of his coming to America is questionable, he is thought to have been a productive and respected member of the Frederick County community, living most of his adult life there. His appointment as Reader at McKays Chapel is indicative of the esteem in which he was held by the community and it shows that he was a devout member of the Church of England.