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ship; testified in England against Associators'
government, 1690; reappointed to the bench by
Gov. Francis Nicholson (1655-1727/28). WEALTH
DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: pat-
ented 3,745 acres by 1686 and held over 2,500
acres while burgess. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: will
probated on May 17, 1708, in Calvert County.
PERSONAL PROPERTY. TEV, £743.0.6 (including
1 servant, 13 slaves, and books); FB, £654.11.9,
incomplete. LAND: at least 2,780 acres.
LLOYD, EDWARD (ca. 1620-1696). BORN: ca.
1620, probably in Wales; younger son. IMMI-
GRATED: in 1650, with wife Frances and son from
Lower Norfolk County, Virginia. RESIDED, in
Virginia, ca. 1636-1650; Anne Arundel County;
Talbot County after ca. 1663; St. Mary's Parish,
Whitechapel, Middlesex, England, 1668-death.
FAMILY BACKGROUND. BROTHER: Cornelius (1608-
by 1654), a merchant in London by ca. 1635 when
he emigrated to Virginia, became a justice, bur-
gess, and colonel in Lower Norfolk County, Vir-
ginia, during the 1640s and 1650s, and married
Elizabeth Evans. MARRIED first, Alice (?-by 1650),
widow of Henry Hawkins, probably the daughter
of (first name unknown) Crouch. MARRIED sec-
ond, by 1650, Frances, widow of John Watkins
of Virginia. MARRIED third, Grace (?-1700/1),
widow of both Francis Mauldin and William Par-
ker (?-1673/74). CHILDREN. SON Philemon Lloyd
(1646-1685). STEPSONS: Henry Hawkins (?-1673);
John Watkins; Francis Maulden (by 1653-1710/
11); and William Parker (?-1679). STEPDAUGH-
TERS: probably Alice Hawkins (?-1687), who
married Richard Woolman (?-1681); Grace Maul-
din, who married Henry Mitchell(?-1701); Sarah
Parker, who married John Edmundson (?-1697/
98); Elizabeth Parker; Mary Parker (ca. 1632-
1699), who married first, John Hall (?-by 1660),
and second, Robert Paca (?-1681); Thomasina
Parker; and Dorothy Parker. PRIVATE CAREER.
EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION.
Protestant; elder of the Independent Church in
Virginia. Lloyd was presented before the county
court in Virginia in 1649 for not attending the
Anglican Church and refusing to hear common
prayer. Soon after this he settled at Providence,
Anne Arundel County, as one of the leaders of
a group of like-minded religious dissenters. SO-
CIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: established one of
Maryland's most prominent political families. OC-
CUPATIONAL PROFILE: merchant; planter. PUBLIC
CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Parliamentary
Commission, 1654-1657/58; Assembly, Provi-
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dence (Anne Arundel County), 1654; Lower
House, Anne Arundel County, 1658; Upper
House, 1659/60, 1661, 1662, 1663-1664, 1666.
OTHER PROVINCIAL OFFICES: justice, Provincial
Court, 1654-1668; Council, 1658-1668. LOCAL
OFFICES: justice, Anne Arundel County, 1650-
possibly 1652. MILITARY SERVICE: commander,
Anne Arundel County, 1650-1652. our OF COL-
ON Y SERVICE: burgess, Lower Norfolk County,
Virginia, 1644/45, 1646. STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRI-
VATE ISSUES: Lloyd protested the oath of fidelity
to the proprietor, 1653/54, and was an important
supporter of the Bennett-Claiborne Commission
against proprietary claims in the 1650s. Despite
his active role in the commonwealth government,
Lloyd gained appointment to the Council in 1658
in recognition of his considerable economic and
political influence. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND
AT FIRST ELECTION: probably ca. 600 acres in Anne
Arundel County. He later patented over 7,300
acres in Anne Arundel, Kent, and Talbot coun-
ties, but sold at least 6,000 acres before his death.
WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: in 1696, in England.
LAND: probably ca. 1,500 acres in Maryland.
LLOYD, EDWARD (1670-1718/19). BORN: in
1670, in Talbot County; eldest son. NATIVE: third
generation. RESIDED: in Talbot County. FAMILY
BACKGROUND. FATHER: Philemon Lloyd (1646-
1685), son of Edward Lloyd (ca. 1620-1696).
MOTHER: Henrietta Maria Neale (1647-1697),
widow of Richard Bennett (ca. 1639-1667),
daughter of James Neale (ca. 1615-1684). BROTH-
ERS: Philemon Lloyd (ca. 1674-1732/33); James
Lloyd (1679/80-1723). HALF BROTHER: Richard
Bennett (1667-1749). SISTERS: Henrietta Maria
(1673-1702); Anna Maria (1677-1748), who
married Richard Tilghman (1672/73-1738/39);
Mary (1680-1690); Alice (1681-1744); Elizabeth
(?-by 1696); Margaret (1683-1747), who mar-
ried Matthew Tilghman Ward (ca. 1676-1741); and
Jane (1685-1690). HALF SISTER: Susannah Maria
Bennett (1666-1714), who married first, John
Darnall (?-1684), and second, Henry Lowe (?-
1717). NEPHEWS: Robert Lloyd (ca. 1712-1770);
Edward Lloyd (1711-1770); Richard Lloyd (ca.
1717-1786); William Tilghman (1711-1782); Ed-
ward Tilghman (1713-1785); James Tilghman
(1716-1793); Matthew Tilghman (1717/18-1790);
Henry Lowe (?-1721); andNicholas Lowe (?-1728).
MARRIED on February 1, ca. 1703, Sarah (1683-
1755), daughter of Nehemiah Covington (?-1713)
and wife Rebecca Denwood. Sarah was the niece
of Thomas Covington (?-1708/9). Her brothers
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