Ahnentafel #866 - Thomas(?) Cloyd

Thomas(?) Cloyd

Born: by 1740
Died:

Buried:

Married: by 1759

Records/Possibilities:
1654 - Lancaster Co., VA - A certificate of land is granted Geo. Taylor for bringing over Geo. Adams, Eliza Shaw, Columbus Cloyd, and August Cloyd, Lancaster Co., Deed Book 1 p. 162.

1758 - Sept. - Augusta Co., VA - Lt. James McDowell militia regiment:

• George Moffett
• Dan'l. Cloud - may be Cloyd
• James McClung
• John McClung
• Sam'l. McDowell
• James McClung
• Michael Cloyd
• James Cloyd 

1759 - Pennsylvania - a Thomas Cloyd, tailor, age 33, born in Ireland, enlisted under Capt. Robert Curry in Pennsylvania Regiment [born 1726]

1765 - July 26 - Augusta Co., VA - James Clyde, 200 acres on the waters of Catawbo under and along a high ridge adj. Colonel Wood p. 774, £1

1769 - Kennett, Chester Co., PA - a Thomas Cloyd paid taxes on 30 acres 

1772 - August 1 - Botetourt Co., VA - Joseph Cloyd 125 acres on the waters of James Riv. beg. in a valley in a hollow, adj. sd Cloyds land, Johnson & Bliss, p. 796, 15 shill.

1773 - Fincastle Co., VA - Samuel Cloyd on delinquent tax list - generally a motive for westward migration 

1774 - Fincastle Co., VA - members of Captain James Robertson's Company:

• Ninian Cloyd, 10 days, rate 1/6 paid £0.15.0

1775-1776 - Fincastle Co., VA - members of the Safety Committee for Fincastle County:

• Jos. Cloyd
• Certificate of Dr. Thos. Cloyd as Sergent in Co. of Rangers in command of William Preston
• Nov. 3, 1799 Dr. Thos. Cloyd given land for services in the late French War.

1776-1781 - Montgomery Co., VA - List of men under the command of Capt. Mayes:

• Joseph Cloyd
• Samuel Cloyd
• Namion Cloyd
• Thomas Cloyd
• James Cloyd

1779 - Lancaster Co., PA - a Thomas Cloyd was a member of the militia

1780 - Cumberland Co., PA - a Solomon Cloyd was a member of the militia.  He also lived in Augusta Co., VA according to Judge W.P. Houston, Lexington, VA.

1783 - June 24 - Virginia - William Cloyd, private served under Capt. Briggs in the Virginia line at Fort Pitt, eligible for land warrant.

1790 - Cumberland Co., PA - census - 

John Clyde household

• 1 male 16+/head
• 3 males -16
• 3 females

Solomon Clyde household

• 1 male 16+/head
• 1 female 

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Cloyd, A.D. Genealogy of the Cloyd, Bayse and Tapp Families in America, Omaha, NE, 1912 - available online - Descendants of James Cloyd:

Gen. 1
James Cloyd, a Scotsman, born in Ireland 1680, d. 1769, Chester Co., PA md. unknown

Gen. 2
1. James b. 1707, d. 1771 md. -1738 Margaret Wilson, lived Chester Co., PA
2. David b. ca. 1710, d. 1792 md. Margaret Campbell - supposed son of James.

The first record of his residence in America is found in the purchase of a tract of land in New Castle Co., PA, now part of Delaware, from William Penn's daughter Letitia (Penn) Aubrey.  David & Margaret sold the land in 1733. . . . 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 Buchanan in Orange Co., VA in what was afterwards set off to form Augusta County, and later in 1770 to form Montgomery and in 1776 and 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.  . . . 

The Journal of Charles Clinton [of New York] . . . gives an account of some of the families that sailed from Ireland on the George & Ann and the John of Dublin on May 9th 1729, and landed in Pennsylvania, Sept. 4th, 1729. In the company were McDowells, Campbells and many other families which settled first in Pennsylvania and later in Virginia. 

Of this number, Ephraim McDowell and his sons, John & James, arranged in the spring of 1737 to settle on the famous Beverly Manor tract in Augusta County, Va., when they met with Benjamin Borden, the holder of the famous Borden Grant.

Borden was required by the conditions of his grant to locate not less than 100 families on his land and he made the McDowells a tempting offer which they accepted. Complying with their agreement with Borden, they immediately entered into communication with their kindred, friends and co-religionists in Pennsylvania, Ireland and Scotland, soon drawing around them other Scotch and Scotch-Irish families among whom were the Cloyds and Campbells

John McDowell married Magdalena Wood, whose mother was a Campbell, and, as tradition has it, of the noble family of Argyle. Mary, daughter of Ephraim married James Greenlee and James McDowell married Mary Greenlee, said to have been remotely descended from the Argyle Campbells.

James McDowell left no male issue, John McDowell has two sons, Samuel and James and the latter married Elizabeth Cloyd, daughter of David Cloyd of Beverly Manor, whose wife was Margaret Campbell.

In 1764 a party of Indians raided the house of David Cloyd near Amsterdam in Botetourt County, killing his wife, Margaret and son John.  An account of this massacre is given in Waddel's Annals of Augusta County written in 1843 . . . 

David Cloyd left a will in Rockbridge County, VA mentioning his children and grandchildren.

3. Joseph b. ? d. ? lived in Chester Co., PA, never married
4. John. b. ?, d. 1782 Chester Co., PA md. -1757 Sarah (Carver) Bartholomew - no children, will lists nieces and nephews
5. Thomas b. ? [Ireland], d. 1780 Chester Co., PA. He paid taxes on 30 acres in Kennett, Chester Co., PA in 1769. Unclear if the following are this man: Thomas Cloyd, a tailor, age 33, born in Ireland, enlisted under Capt. Robert Curry in Pennsylvania Regiment in 1759 [b. 1726].  Thomas Cloyd was a member of the Lancaster Co., PA militia in 1779. Is this our guy?
6. Jane md. William Hudson

Gen. 3
1a. Mary b. 1731 md. 1) John Meredith, 2) William Todd
1b. Sarah md. James Morrell
1c. Joseph, never married
1d. David b. 1738, d. 1820 md. 1769 1) Ann Boyd,  1778 2) Elizabeth (Boyd) Jenkins, 1780 3) Mary (Rittenhouse) Morgan. David lived in East Whiteland Township, Chester Co. PA in 1790.  He was a noted patriot during the American Revolution serving as a private in the Chester County militia in 1780.  He left a will probated in Chester Co., PA.
1e. Margaret b. 1746, d. 1811 md. Capt. Samuel Culbertson
1f. James b. 1750, d. 1807 md. Hannah Hockley, lived West Whiteland Township, Chester Co., PA in 1790.
1g. Rebecca b. 1751 md. 1776 Joshua North
1h. Jane. b. 1753, d. 1829 md. 1772 John McKee
1i. Elizabeth b. 1760 md. Francis Lee, his fourth marriage, see below, no children
1j. Infant son
2a. James b. 1731 md. 1764 Jean probably Lapsley - may not be David's son, may be an immigrant on his own and a separate family
2b. David b.?, d. 1789 md. Elizabeth Woods
2c. Michael b. 1735, d. 1805 md. Elizabeth Nealy - some say he was born in 1725.  He lived in Botetourt County, Va. A Mitchell Cloyd listed in Montgomery County land records is supposed to be the same as this Michael.
2d. John b. ? d. 1764, md. (--?--)
2e. Elizabeth md. 1760 James McDowell - oldest son of John & Magdalena (Woods) McDowell, grandson of Ephraim & Margaret (Irvine) McDowell
2f. Margaret md. John Templeton
2g. Mary b. 1741, d. 1827 md. 1760 James McGavock
2h. Col. Joseph b. 1742 md. Mary Gordon.  He moved from Rockbridge County to Montgomery County (present Pulaski County), and settled on Back Creek. It is said his wife refused to move unless he promised to establish a Presbyterian Church in the area which became New Dublin Church. Granted a commission as captain in the Fincastle County militia in 1774. In 1779 appointed a major in the militia in Montgomery County. He fought at Guilford Courthouse, Cowpens & King's Mountain during the American Revolution and was promoted to colonel. 
5a. Joseph
5b. Mary
5c. Jane
5d. Unnamed daughter

Gen. 4
1d1(1). Mary b. 1769 md. Rev. William Latta
1d2(1). Margaretta b. 1771 md. 1793 Francis Lee, his third marriage, see above
1d3(1). John b. 1773, d. 1809 never married
1d4(2). James b. 1779, d. 1779
1f1. Hockley b. 1784, d. 1803
2a1. Sarah b. 1765 md. (--?--) Robinson
2a2. David b. 1766 in Botetourt County, VA. He was married there, moved to Culpeper county [this seems backward - it is certainly a west to east move instead of the more common east to west move; and it may be that the person relaying the information got the two counties confused], and from there to Washington Co., KY, about 1815.  He moved in company with his sons Thomas and Samuel and his daughter Polly - who married Henry Lucas - to Sangamon County, arriving October 1825, in what is now Curran township.  David Cloyd died about 1839, and his widow in 1844 or '5, both in Sangamon County.
2a3. Joseph b. 1768
2a4. Margaret b. 1771, d. 1773
2a5. Mary b. 1773
2a6. Jean b. 1776
2a7. Margaret b. 1779
2a8. James b. 172, d. 1874 md. Sarah (Gates) Lillard
2b1. David b. ?, d. 1805
2b2. Andrew b. ?, d. 1798
2b3. James
2b4. Joseph
2b5. Martha / Patsy md. Matthew Houston
2b6. Margaret / Peggy md. Rev. Matthew Houston (cousin of Matthew Houston above)
2b7. Polly
2b8. Betsy
2b9. Cynthia
2c1. James b. 1765, d. 1816 md. 1791 Catherine Echols
2c2. David
2c3. John probably moved to Lincoln Co., KY
2c4. Samuel
2c5. William moved to Lincoln Co., KY
2c6. Michael
2c7. Joseph moved to Alabama
2c8. Elizabeth md. 1) Jesse Law & 2) Gilbreth Hamilton
2c9. Jesse
2d1. Joseph md. Elizabeth / Polly daughter of Col. Joseph Cloyd
2e1. Sarah McDowell md. Major John McDowell, her cousin
2e2. Elizabeth McDowell md. David McGavock
2e3. James McDowell md. Sarah Preston
2e4-2e6 - three unnamed McDowell children
2f1. David Templeton
2f2. James Templeton
2g1. Hugh McGavock b. 1761, md. 1785 Nancy Kent 
2g2. David McGavock md. 1) Elizabeth McDowell (above), 2) Mary (--?--) Hubble
2g3. James McGavock b. 1764 md. 1799 Mary Crockett
2g4. Randall McGavock b. 1766 md. 1811 Sarah Rodgers
2g5. Margaret McGavock b. 1769 md. 1787 Col. Joseph Kent
2g6. Mary McGavock md. Phillip Gains - no children
2g7. Cynthia McGavock never married
2g8. Elizabeth McGavock b. 1776 md. 1797 Gen. Gordon Cloyd
2g9. Joseph McGavock b. 1780 md. 1812 Magaret Graham
2g10. Sarah / Sally b. 1787 md. David Cloyd, her cousin, son of  Col. Joseph & Mary (Gordon) Cloyd
2h1. Gen. Gordon b. 1771, d. 1883 md. 1797 Elizabeth McGavock, his cousin, see above
2h2. Thomas b. 1774, d. 1849 md. 1809 Mary McGavock
2h3. David b. 1776 md. 1811 Sarah McGavock his cousin, see above
2h4. Elizabeth / Polly md. Joseph Cloyd, see above

Gen. 5 - History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois - online
2a2a. James b. 1790 md. Elizabeth Noffsinger
2a2b. Thomas b. 1798 md. Ann Withrow. Thomas was born Jan. 14, 1798, in Botetourt County, VA and went with his parents to Washington Co., KY in 1815. [This indicates that the correct order of moves is from Culpeper to Botetourt to Washington Co., KY]  He was married there April 27, 1820, to Ann Withrow.  They had three children in Kentucky and in 1824 moved to Fayette county, Ill., where they had one child, and from there to Sangamon county, arriving October 1825, in what is now Curran township, north of Lick creek where they had two children.  Thomas & his wife were living near Woodside Station in 1873. 
2a2c. Samuel b. 1802 md. Elizabeth Clements. Samuel was born Nov. 20, 1802 in Culpeper Co., VA.  He was taken by his parents to Washington County in 1815, and to Sangamon Co. in 1825.  He was married May 1, 1832 in Sangamon County to Eliza Clements.  They had but one child - Mary.
2a2d. Mary / Polly b. 1832 md. Henry Lucas

Children:

Solomon d. 1814, md. 1801 Ella Burns

• Thomas
• James
• Margaret
• John b. 1807, d. 1884 md. Elizabeth Emily Jarboe, children: Mary, John, William, James 
• William b. 1808, d. 1892 md. Margaret Lively, children: James, Mary, Harriet
• Mary H. b. 1810, d. 1848 md. William Turner, children: John, Robert, Mary 

Margaret b. ca. 1760, d. 1815