This is a Roll and Muster of Capt. Sam Hendry's Company of the 2nd Jersey Regiment, Commanded by Col. Elias Dayton for March 1782.  John Lloyd is listed as a Private (#25).

John Lloyd in 1st New Jersey Regiment 1779

This is a great copy of the Pay Roll of Colo. Matthias Ogden's comp. of New Jersey Regiment, Commanded by (P. Colol?). Taken for the month of February 1779.  It shows the names and rank of the soldier, (comment?) of Pay, how long for - month and day, pay per month in dollars, amount of payment, and notes on causualtities.  John Lloyd is listed beside #5 - and shows he was paid $2.10.

The 1st New Jersey Regiment took part in many important and infamous events in the Revolutionary war.  A brief history of Col. Mathias Ogden can be found here:  http://www.myrevolutionarywar.com/american-units/nj-01/

Another great source is a digital book, History of Hunterdon and Somerset Counties, New Jersey,  that discusses the New Jersey regiments, how they were formed and information on their battles:  http://books.google.com/books?id=AdMwAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA81&lpg=PA81&dq=new+jersey+regiment+1779+commanded+by+col.+matthias+ogden&source=bl&ots=KF-2PObB_o&sig=2lTn_6e2TN55cwE5utZGoVrtIzo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=td3hT6aRCIKS9gTUvbyGCA&ved=0CGAQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=new%20jersey%20regiment%201779%20commanded%20by%20col.%20matthias%20ogden&f=false


The general timeline for the Regiment is shown from the given link as:

• October 9, 1775 Congress authorizes raising of two battalions from New Jersey.
• November 10, 1775 First six companies are raised. First NJ ordered to Hudson Highlands.
• January, 1776 Detachment from 1NJ Rgt assists in arresting Tories on Long Island.
• May 3, 1776 New Jersey Brigade (three regiments) ordered to Quebec, Canada.
• October 11, 1776 Battle of Valcour Island. 1NJ Rgt participates under command of Benedict Arnold. Later ordered to garrison
• Fort Ticonderoga.
• November 5, 1776 All New Jersey regiments ordered to New Jersey for discharge and reforming.
• December, 1776 First New Jersey Regiment is reorganized.
• September 11, 1777 Battle of Brandywine. 1NJ opens battle as Maxwell’s Brigade plays prominent role.
• October 4, 1777 Battle of Germantown. As part of reserves under Nash, 1NJ assaults Chew House.
• Winter 1777-78 Valley Forge Encampment.
• May-June, 1778 Jersey Brigade to harrass British in New Jersey.
• June 28,1778 Battle of Monmouth. Jersey Brigade part of Lafayette’s command.
• Winter, 1778-79 Encampment at Elizabethtown.
• Spring-Summer,1779 Wyoming Valley Expedition under Sullivan.
• June 23, 1780 Battle of Springfield.
• September 26, 1780 1NJ reorganized (Third Establishment).
• October 19, 1781 Capitulation of Yorktown and Gloucester.
• November 3, 1783 1NJ Rgt discharged at New Windsor Cantonment.

Military History

MILITIA RECORDS, PRE-REVOLUTIONARY WAR

All of the Lloyds were active in the military prior to and during the Revolutionary War.  here are a few pages from Virginia Military Records that I found online.  Here is one link to the information below:
http://www.aomol.net/000001/000044/html/am44p--6.html

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.

POSSIBLE FATHER OF JOHN LLOYD, THOMAS LLOYD FROM LONDON

While finally submitting the Lloyd portion of the family tree into the ancestry.com site, several hints popped up, including the possible parents for John Lloyd.  Nothing is confirmed as of yet - these 'hints' are really just what others have put into their tree and is usually unconfirmed information.  Here is the possible next branch - Thomas Lloyd:


The book below is the parish record book from St Botolph, Aldgate in London England where Thomas is listed for baptism.  He was born on 15 Sep 1675 in Dolobran, Montgomeryshire, England and died sometime in 1718 in London, London, England.  He was married to Sarah Young, who was born on  2 Nov 1676 in Dolobran, Montgomeryshire, England and died 27 Aug 1740.  


One reason that I am suspicious is that many of the 'hints' indicate that these Lloyds were Quakers and came to Pennsylvania in 1717.  Since we have good evidence on John Lloyd's coming to America via the justice system in London, I have a hard time accepting this as his parents and siblings....but you never know!  It makes for interesting reading regardless.  

ORIGINAL LLOYD FAMILY IN AMERICA

For those of you who may not know about the first of our Lloyds in America - I will provide here the original family tree and try to give you some information on them.

John Lloyd b.5 Jan 1704 (Old Christmas Day) in London, England.  He was (likely) a shoemaker and worked as an apprentice at 14 years old in 1718.  John married his first wife when he was 20 years old, which was not something you just go do as an apprentice, and he was demoted to a journeyman because he married without permission.  His first wife and child died around 1725.  He was a member of the Church of England.

He was found guilty of theft of Samuel Peter's property in London in 1726 (see previous post) and was sentenced to go to America and be indentured for 14 years.

Came to America abord the Rappahanock to Baltimore, Maryland on 10 Mar 1727.

m. ~1742 (15 years after coming to America and serving his indenture), in Orange Co., Virginia (most likely) to Prudence Emrey (Embree, Emory, etc) b. ~1720

John and Prudence took their family to live in the Shenandoah Valley around 1750.  John would serve as a Reader at McKay's Chapel on 13 Nov 1767, for a salary of 6.0.0 (pounds perhaps..?)

Their children:
Thomas Lloyd b. 2 Oct 1744.  Served in the Militia Unit of Frederick Co. VA (1776-1780).  Married Patience McCracken.  Was a member of the Church of England and then the Protestant Episcopal Church.  He lived his whole life in Fredrick Co., VA.  d. 1 Dec 1805.

John Lloyd Jr.  b. 27 Feb 1747 in Fredrick Co, VA.  Married Sarah (Sally) Steward ~1768.  d. ~1785 in Green Co., GA

Alcey Lloyd b. 29 Jan 1747

James Lloyd b. 14Sep 1752

Lydia Lloyd b. 24 Apr 1755

George Lloyd b. 4 Feb 1758.  He would move to Ohio.

Joseph Lloyd b. 1761.  Joseph wrote a letter to his nephew (Jammy) that is a tremendous source of family history information (see previous post).  He later lived in Kentucky.

Frederick County, Virginia

Founding 

I thought it would be interesting to know about the town where John Lloyd lived most of his adult life.  Turns out, it is a very important area during the Revolutionary War!  As John was a Reader later on in his life, he was probably considered a prominent person in the community and ... who knows, he may have known some of the founding fathers or at least heard them speak to the town.

 

By 1738 these settlements became known as Frederick Town. The county of Frederick was carved out of Orange County. The first government was created, consisting of a County Court as well as the Anglican Frederick Parish (for purposes of tax collection). Colonel James Wood, an immigrant from Winchester, England, was the first court clerk. He laid out 26 half-acre (2,000 m²) lots around 1741, and constructed his own residence, Glen Burnie. Finally, the County Court held its first session in 11 November 1743, where James Wood served until 1760. Lord Fairfax, understanding that possession is 9/10ths of the law, built a home here (in present-day Clarke County) in 1748.

By 1750 the Virginia House of Burgesses granted the fourth city charter in Virginia to Winchester; as Frederick Town was re-named after Colonel Wood's birthplace in England. In 1754, Abraham Hollingsworth built the local residence called Abram's Delight, which served as the first local Quaker meeting house. George Washington spent a good portion of his young life in Winchester helping survey the Fairfax land grant for Thomas Fairfax, Sixth Lord Fairfax, as well as performing surveying work for Colonel Wood. In 1758 Colonel Wood added 158 lots to the west side of town; Thomas Fairfax contributed 173 more lots to the south and east.

French and Indian War

Colonel George Washington

General Edward Braddock's expeditionary march to Fort Duquesne crossed through this area in 1755 on the way to Fort Cumberland. Knowing the area well from work as a surveyor, George Washington accompanied General Braddock as his aide-de-camp. Resident Daniel Morgan joined Braddock's Army as a wagoner on its march to Pennsylvania .

In 1756, on land granted by James Wood, Colonel George Washington designed and began constructing Fort Loudoun, which ultimately covered 0.955 acres (3,860 m²) in present-day downtown Winchester on North Loudoun Street. Fort Loudoun was occupied and manned with guns until the start of the American Revolutionary War. During this era, a jail was also built in Winchester. It occasionally held Quakers from many parts of Virginia who protested the French and Indian War and refused to pay taxes to the Anglican parish. While their cousins in Pennsylvania dominated politics there, Virginia was an Anglican colony and did not tolerate pacifism well. The strong Quaker tradition of pacifism against strong Virginia support for both this war and the next, led to long-term stifling of the Quaker population. Winchester became more of a gateway to Quaker settlements further west; by the mid-1800s, the Quaker population was a small minority here.

During the war in 1758, at the age of 26, Colonel George Washington was elected to represent Frederick County to the House of Burgesses. Daniel Morgan later served as a ranger protecting the borderlands of Virginia against Indian raids, returning to Winchester in 1759. Following the war, from 1763 to 1774 Daniel Morgan served in Captain Ashby's company and defended Virginia against Pontiac's Rebellion and Shawnee Indians in the Ohio valley (that part now in West Virginia).

Revolutionary War

Colonel Daniel Morgan

During the Revolutionary War, the Virginia House of Burgesses chose local resident and French and Indian War veteran Daniel Morgan to raise a company of militia to support General George Washington's efforts during the Siege of Boston. He led the 96 men of "Morgan's Sharpshooters" from Winchester on 14 July 1775, and marched to Boston in 21 days. Morgan, Wood, and others also performed various duties in holding captured prisoners of war, particularly Hessian soldiers.

Hessian soldiers were known to walk to the high ridge north and west of town, where they could purchase and eat apple pies made by the Quakers. The ridge became affectionately known as Apple Pie Ridge. The Ridge Road built before 1751 leading north from town was renamed Apple Pie Ridge Road. The local farmers found booming business in feeding the Virginia Militia and fledgling volunteer American army.

Following the war, the town's first newspapers, The Gazette and The Centinel were established. Daniel Morgan continued his public service, being elected to one term in the U.S. House of Representatives (1797-1799).