David Cloyd, Sr.

Birth: 1710 Death: Apr. 4, 1792 Rockbridge County Virginia, USA

DAVID CLOYD, supposed to have been the son of James, 1, of Chester County, Pa., m. Margaret Campbell. The first legal record of his residence in America is found in the purchase of a tract of land in New Castle County, Pa., now a part of Delaware, from Letitia Aubrey, a daughter of Wm. Penn, which he and his wife Margaret sold in 1733. It is not known where he lived for the next twelve years, but one report has it that he moved to Vermont where he lived for some time. This same tradition also states that there were 3 immigrant brothers who landed in New England. That he had brothers in America who did not live in Virgina [sic] is shown by the fact that one of his sons at a later date visited his cousins in the north. It is probable that he remained in Delaware in accordance with a more authentic tradition as he sold his New Castle County home in 1749.

In 1745 he bought 400 acres from John Buchannan in Orange County, Va., in what was afterwards set off to form Augusta County, and later in 1770 to form Montgomery and in 1776 to form Rockbridge County.

It is not known when he came to America, nor when he married. One report states that he married in New Jersey and another that his oldest son, James, was born in Ireland.

Excerpt from, Genealogy of the Cloyd, Bayse and Tapp families in America, by Augustus David Cloyd, M.D.

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Spouse:

 Margaret Campbell Cloyd (1707 - 1764)*

Children:

 Mary Cloyd McGavock (1741 - 1827)*

 Joseph Cloyd (1742 - 1833)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial: Non-Cemetery Burial Specifically: Buried on his homestead

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Created by: M.E. Packard Record added: Aug 07, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 74558857 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=74558857

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DAVID CLOYD, supposed to have been the son of James, 1, of Chester County, Pa., m. Margaret Campbell. The first legal record of his residence in America is found in the purchase of a tract of land in New Castle County, Pa., now a part of Delaware, from Letitia Aubrey, a daughter of Wm. Penn, which he and his wife Margaret sold in 1733. It is not known where he lived for the next twelve years, but one report has it that he moved to Vermont where he lived for some time. This same tradition also states that there were 3 immigrant brothers who landed in New England. That he had brothers in America who did not live in Virgina [sic] is shown by the fact that one of his sons at a later date visited his cousins in the north. It is probable that he remained in Delaware in accordance with a more authentic tradition as he sold his New Castle County home in 1749.

In 1745 he bought 400 acres from John Buchannan in Orange County, Va., in what was afterwards set off to form Augusta County, and later in 1770 to form Montgomery and in 1776 to form Rockbridge County.

It is not known when he came to America, nor when he married. One report states that he married in New Jersey and another that his oldest son, James, was born in Ireland.

Excerpt from, Genealogy of the Cloyd, Bayse and Tapp families in America, by Augustus David Cloyd, M.D.