Notes for Thomas Lloyd

Notes for Thomas Lloyd

!"A Profile of John Lloyd"; Alexandria Merchant and Businessman, 1775-1854; by T. Michael Miller; Alexandria Library, Lloyd House, June 198
John's grandfather, Thomas Lloyd (d. 1754) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania married Susanna Owen, widow of Dr. Edward Owen on May 31, 1734.
They had a son named Nicholas Waland Lloyd who was John Lloyd's father. Nicholas was dropped from the Society of Friends for marrying out of the Meeting and removed to Baltimore, Maryland.
Little else is known about Nicholas or his life in Philadelphia or Baltimore. He married Sarah Harper, a daughter of Capt. John Harper and family tradition states that Lloyd was "dissipated". Their union did not have the blessing of the Harper family. As an only child, John Lloyd's parents died when he was young and he was raised by his grandfather, Capt. John Harper, a stern disciplanarian. Harper supposedly never forgave his daughter for running away with Nicholas Lloyd and thus never spoke to John about his father's background.

!ALTERNATE Wedding date for Thomas Lloyd & Susanna Kearney is: 23 Jan 1735