Thomas Elder Lloyd, II

• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Mar 4 2021, 6:42:47 UTC

From father, Thomas Lloyd, Sr's biography:

Thomas Lloyd and his wife and children embarked from London for Pennsylvania, June 10, 1683, on board the same ship with Francis Daniel Pastorius, the "Sage of Germantown," then on his way to take possession of the lands purchased by the Frankfort Company of William Penn, on which was planted the first German Colony in PA. Lloyd and the distinguished German scholar discoursed in Latin and discussed religious and political questions on the voyage, and cemented a friendship that continued through life. They arrived at Philadelphia 6 mo. (August) 20, 1683. On December 2, 1683, William Penn appointed Thomas Lloyd Master of rolls, the office having been created by the Assembly at the request of Penn, its object being to keep an exact record of the laws enacted for the Province, as well as a record of transfers of real estate and other legal documents. Thomas Lloyd was elected a member of the Governor's Council, qualified on 1 mo. 20, 1684, and was elected its president. Before sailing for Englnad, in August of the same year, William Penn executed a commission to his Council to act as Governor in his absence, made Thomas Lloyd Keeper of the Great Seal of the Province, and made him, with James claypoole and Robert Turner, Commissioners of Property, with authority to grant warrants of survey and issue patents to purchasers of land. The commission, vesting the governing power in Council, terminated in 1688, and through Lloyd desired to be relieved from office, Penn's commission arrived 12 mo. 9, 1687/8, vesting the powers of Deputy Governor in Thomas Lloyd, Robert Turner, John Simcock, Arthur Cooke and John Eckley, and this arrangement continued for ten months, when Penn, having offered Lloyd the Lieutenant Governorship, on his declination of the honor, appointed Capt. John Blackwell, then in New England, the Lieutenant Governor, Thomas Lloyd still retaining the positions of Master of Rolls and Keeper of the Great Seal. The administration of Blackwell was far from satisfactory to the Friends, and there was considerable clash between him and Lloyd as Keeper of the Seal, so that when Thomas Lloyd was returned as a member of the Council by Bucks county in March, 1687, Blackwell presented articles of impeachment against him, and failing to eject him from the Council, adjourned that body from time to time whenever Lloyd was present. On Penn's return Blackwell resigned, and on 11 mo. 2, 1689/90, the Council accepted Penn's ultimatum that the whole Council act as the governing body, elected Thomas Lloyd its president, and made him, as Keeper of the Seal, a member of the county court, ex-officio. He was later commissioned Lieutenant Governor and served until the arrival of Governor Fletcher, when he was offered the second place in the government, but declined. Thomas Lloyd died September 10, 1694, after eleven years residence in PA, during eight of which he had served as her chief executive. He was twice married, His first wife, Mary Jones, whom he married 9 mo. 9, 1665, at the Friends' Meeting in Shropshire, Wales, died in PA, and he married (second) Patience Story, a widow of New York, who survived him.

Children of THOMAS LLOYD and MARY JONES are:

i. HANNAH5 LLOYD, b. September 21, 1666; m. (1) JOHN DELAVAL; m. (2) RICHARD HILL.

ii. RACHEL LLOYD, b. January 20, 1666/67; m. SAMUEL PRESTON.

iii. MORDECAI LLOYD, b. December 7, 1669; d. 1694, lost at sea.

iv. JOHN LLOYD, b. February 3, 1670/71; d. 1692, s.p. at Jamacia.

v. MARY LLOYD, b. March 27, 1674; d. 1735; m. ISAAC NORRIS.

2. vi. THOMAS LLOYD, b. September 15, 1675; d. 1718.

3. vii. ELIZABETH LLOYD, b. March 1, 1676/77; d. July 22, 1704.

viii. MARGARET LLOYD, b. February 5, 1679/80; d. September 13, 1693.

ix. DEBORAH LLOYD, b. March 1, 1681/82; m. MORDECAI MOORE.

x. SAMUEL LLOYD, b. 1684, Philadelphia, PA; d. died young. http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kenzie/GenLLOYD.htm

Did this Thomas Jr. go back to England/Wales?