by Shelly Denison | Jul 14, 2021 | Laceys
1742 – 1813 Edward Lacey Edward Lacey was the son of a farmer, Edward Sr., who emigrated from England and settled first on the Chesapeake Bay and later in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, where Edward was born. Cumberland County was the 6th county...
by Shelly Denison | Jun 28, 2021 | Henrys
Most Scots Irish came to America to escape the oppressive rule of England. The Ulster plantation that had lured them from their Scottish homeland proved unsuccessful for most. Very few owned the land they lived on. Instead they paid rent (mostly to English...
by Shelly Denison | Jun 13, 2021 | Henrys
1715 - 1819 William Henry From Ireland to America While the Lloyds were enjoying their life in Brunswick, William Henry was starting a new life 150 miles away in Augusta County. Born in County Tyrone, Ireland in 1715, William Henry was the only son of a wealthy...
by Shelly Denison | Jun 4, 2021 | LLoyds
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...
by Shelly Denison | May 18, 2021 | LLoyds
Thomas Lloyd I (Bef. 1655 – 1717) Thomas Lloyd was a cloth merchant living in Charles City Shire[1]Lloyd (or Loyd, Lloyd), Thomas by Mary Claire Engstrom, 1991 ncpedia.org , one of the 5 original Shires of Virginia. It’s unclear whether he was born here or came...
