Thomas Lloyd II (1680 – 1757)
The second Thomas Lloyd (also known as Thomas Lloyd the Elder or Thomas Loyd Sr.) was quite an acquisitive man. He managed to collect various chattles, slaves, and plantations along the lower side of Sturgeon’s Run in Brunswick County.
Portrait of an 18th Century Gentleman
I’m going to pause here for a moment. Any family who has ancestors from colonial America is bound to find slave owners amongst them. No one should/would be proud of this but it did exist and I won’t try to hide that portion of our history.
As I looked through last wills and testaments, I found that we did, indeed, have slaveowners in our family. I’d like to think, as absurd as this statement may sound to some, that our ancestors treated those who served them well but there is at least one story that will make you think that wasn’t always the case. Either way, I am here to tell the full story of our family and that includes the bad parts as well as the good. Whoever these people were, good or bad, they formed who our family is today.
In 1720 the Virginia Assembly established two new counties so as to organize the inhabitants of the frontier regions for their own defense and advancement.
One was Spotsylvania to extend on the west and northwest to the mountains and beyond; the other Brunswick, on the south and southwest to extend to the top of the Great Ridge of Mountains.
Brunswick County had been part of Prince George County so Thomas’ land here had most likely been the same land his father deeded to him before his death but he acquired additional land as well.
All in all he acquired over 1000 acres in this area.
Not much else is known about Thomas the Elder, including the name of his wife. His children were
Thomas Lloyd Sr. (1710 – 1792)
Elizabeth Ann Lloyd Jackson (1715 – 1794)
John Lloyd Sr. (1715 – 1780)
He died after 1757 in Brunswick County, Virginia. His two sons, Thomas and John, removed from Virginia to Orange County, North Carolina.
Patent books list the following patents entered at Williamsburg:
Thomas Lloyd, of Prince George County; 294 acres new land, Brunswick County; South side of Nottoway River, on lower side of Sturgeon Creek; adjoining Gabrill Harrison, on lower side of the Beaverpond Branch; and Samuel Harrowell; 31 October 1726 (Patent Book 13, p. 62)
The first parcel of land (294 acres) was deeded by Thomas Lloyd Sr. to his son Thomas Lloyd Jr. “for natural love and affection towards my well beloved son Thomas Lloyd Jun.” on 5 August 1736. An additional 106 acre tract of land was included in the deed transaction making a total of 400 acres. The witnesses were Drury Smith and M. Cadet Young (Brunswick County Deed Book 1, page 278)
Thomas Loyd, of Prince George County; 283 acres new land, Brunswick County; on lower side of Sturgeon Run, on South side of Nottoway River; just above the falls of said mn; 31 October 1726 (Patent Book 13, p.64)
On 7 June 1738, Thomas Lloyd Jr of St. Andrew’s Parish, Brunswick County, Virginia, deeded the 283 acres to Drury Smith, Gent, of same for £50. The deed was witnessed by James Parrish and M. Cadet Young (Brunswick County Deed Book 1, pp. 526-527)
Thomas Loyd, 574 acres new land, Brunswick County; on South side of Sturgeon Run; on the Beaverpond Branch; 28 September 1728 (Patent Book 13, p.456, see later).
Deed Possibly Containing 100 Acres of 574 Acre Tract – It is believed that the 106 acre tract included in the first grant above may have been part of this 574 acre tract. The source of the extra 6 acres is unknown.
On 20 May 1743 Thomas Loyd Jr. of Brunswick County, Virginia deeded 20 acres of land “in consideration of the natural love and affection which I have and do bear to my brother John Loyd of county aforesaid” give that piece or parcel of land on the south side of Daniel’s branch beginning where my old line crosses the branch and running up the branch where it intersects my own line, “being part of the 106 acres given to me by my father Thomas Loyd the Elder” and conveyed by Deed of gift on 5 August 1736
(Brunswick County, Virginia Deed Book 2 p. 233).
Deed Containing 200 Acres of 574 Acre Tract
On 6 February 1744 John Loyd of County of Brunswick in consideration of the sum of forty pounds current money of Virginia sold Thomas Loyd the younger that piece or parcel of land, containing 200 acres, which was given to said John Loyd by his father Thomas Loyd the Elder by Deed of Gift bearing date 9 January 1744 and also that piece or parcel of land which was given and conveyed by the said Thomas Loyd the younger to the said John Lloyd on 20 May 1743 being in the same county on the south side of Daniels Branch and containing about 20 acres (Brunswick County, Virginia Deed Book 3, pp. 144-145)
Deed Containing 274 Acres of 574 Acre Tract
On 7 August 1746, Thomas Loyd the Elder of the Parish of Saint Andrew in the County of Brunswick “in consideration of the natural love and affection which I have and bear unto my son in law John Jackson the younger of the same Parish and County, my Daughter Elizabeth his wife” give grant and confirm 274 acres of land lying and being in the Parish and County aforesaid on the Beaverpond branch, the same being the residue of 574 acres granted to me, the said Thomas Loyd by letters Patent bearing date at Williamsburg the 28th Day of September 1728 (Brunswick County, Virginia Deed Book 3, page 205-206)
On February 22, 1757, The second generation Thomas Lloyd, who was known as Thomas Lloyd The Elder in Brunswick County, Virginia, signed a deed and administration to his son John Lloyd, referring to “Homeplace Plantation” (Lindsay nd:ms).