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Algernon Roberts, who was a lieut. col. of Philadelphia militia, lived and died at the old Roberts homestead. He m. at the Swedes Church, in Philadelphia, 18 Jan. 1781, Tacy, daughter of Isaac Warner, of Blockley, colonel of Philadelphia militia. Of their many childre .. , John 1787- 1837, was the ancestor of B. Frank Clapp, of Phila., Isaac, 1789-1859, was the ancestor of the late George B. Roberts, who resided in the old homestead; Algernon Sidney, 1798- 1865, was the ancestor of George T., Dr. A. Sidney and Percival Roberts, of Philadelphia, Edward, 1800-1872, was the ancestor of Edward Browning, and Mrs, Arthur V. Meigs, of Philadelphia.
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Phineas Roberts, b. 13. 3mo. 1722. He inherited 30 acres on the river, adjoining the homestead that had been Wheel- er's land in Blockley. His wife Ann, aged 80 years, was killed by their insane son, Titus Roberts, in 11mo. 1803.
Sidney Roberts, b. 9. 3mo. 1729; m. John Paul, who re- ceived a portion of the personalty of his father-in-law.
Alban, 1712-1727; Reese, 1715-1755.
"REES JOHN WILLIAM, of Llanglynin," yeoman, or "Rees Joans," or Jones, was one of the seventeen original purchas- ers, by deed of 1 April, 1682, through Thomas & Jones, but he did not come over till in 1684, when the land on the river was partly cleared and planted, and the "first come-overs," the parties of Dr. Jones, and Hugh Roberts, were well housed on their purchases, He found the land (his deed being recorded at Philadelphia 21. 4. 1684), allotted to him the worst proportioned in the tract, it being a narrow strip, only about 66 feet on the river, extending the full length of the other lots, to the Charles Lloyd land, where it was only about 264 feet wide, in all, here, 761/2 acres, and remainder in Goshen tp.
"Rees Jones," as he was generally known, was a son of John ap William, a farmer in Llangelynin parish, Merion- eth, who "suffered" considerable with the other Quakers in his neighborhood, 1661, &c. Rees came over with a large party of Welsh settlers in the ship "Vine, of Liverpool," sailing from Dolyserre, near Dolgules, in Merionethshire, which is a maritime county, and arrived at Philadelphia on 17. 7mo. 1684. He was accompanied by his wife and three children.
His sister, "Margaret John William, of Llangyllynin, widow," had preceded him, coming over in the party of Hugh Roberts, bringing a certificate of membership from the Quarterly Meeting, near Dolgelly, dated 27. 5mo. 1683, recorded at the Haverford (or Radnor) Monthly Meeting. As Margaret John she had patent, 18. 1mo. 1717-8, for 400 acres of land on a branch of French Creek.
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His brother, Evan John William, or Evan Jones, also came over at that time, with his son, Robert Jones (who resided at Gwynedd), and died soon after, being buried in the ground of the Merion Meeting, in 11mo. 1683. He be- queathed some land in Goshen tp. to his nephews, Richard and Evan Jones. Evan Jones, and Hannah, his wife, and Mary Ellis, his mother-in-law, and Gemima, her other daughter, brought certificate, undated, from the Meeting held at Tyddier y Gareg, in Garthgunfawr, near Dolegelle, Merioneth, to the Haverford Monthly Meeting, signed by Humphrey, John, Robert, and Rowland Owen, Owen, Rob- ert, and Howell Lewis, and Hugh Rowland.
Rees Jones, and his wife, Hannah, also brought the usual certificate of membership and removal, from the Quarterly Meeting, near Dolgelly, dated 4. 2mo. 1684. Rees was de- scribed as "of Llwyn Grevill, Clynn parish, Merioneth."
Before coming over, he purchased, by deed dated 16 July, 1684, the original right of Thomas ap Richard, or Prichard, of Nant Lleidiog, to his share 1561/4 acres, of the Thomas & Jones tract. The 761/2 acres of which that lay in Merion adjoined the back part of Rees's land, and this gave him 153 acres in Merion. The present settlement of Merion, or Merion Station, on Pensylvania Railroad, is on his land, and Rees's dwelling house was near it. By deed of 8. 4mo. 1694, he sold his 761/2 acres on the river end, or his original pur- chase, to his brother-in-law, Cadwalader Morgan, whose land adjoined.
Rees Jones died 26. 11mo. 1697-8, and was buried at the Merion Meeting House. His will, which he signed with his mark, dated 24. 11mo. 1697-8, witnessed by Griffith John and Abel Thomas, was proved at Philadelphia, 4 March, 1702-3. He named his sons, Richard, Evan, and John; and overseers: Cadwalader Morgan, Abel Thomas, Edward Jones, Griffith John and John Roberts.
He m. about 1678, Hannah Richards, or Price, b. in 1656, sister to Jane, wife of Cadwalader Morgan, of Merion, and
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to Edward Price, who came to Pensylvania before 1685-6, and daughter of Richard Gryffyth ap Rhys, or Prees, and Price, of Llanvawr, or Lanfor parish, in Merioneth, a mem- ber of the Friends' Penylln Monthly Meeting, near Bala, whose will, dated 26. 11mo. 1685, was filed at St. Asaph reg- istry in 1686. His will describes him as of Glanlloidiogin, Llanfor parish. Witnesses were Edward Nicholas, Thomas ap Robert, Lowry v. Thomas Rees Evans, and Cadwalader Ellis. To Edward Prees, alias Price, (of Merion), eldest son; (after he came over here, he sent to Wales for "some intelligence of his Pedigree," which he received about 1700, and is extant) ; Jane, eldest daughter, wife of Cadwalader Morgan; daughter Hannah, wife of Rees John William; grandchildren William John, and Catherine John, children of John William; and son Thomas ap Richard, the executor, who received all of the estate of his father. Thomas re- nounced the trust, when the Court gave the administration to Edward Nicholas, of Cynlas.
After Rees's death, Hannah, his relict, m. secondly, at the Merion Meeting, on 22. 2mo. 1703, Ellis David, of Goshen tp., a widower, who was buried, s. p. 17. 1mo. 1720, and m. thirdly, 14. 1mo. 1722. Thomas Evans, of Gwynedd tp.
Rees Jones,* had by his wife, Hannah Price, who was of
*Among the present-day people, descendants of Rees John Wil- liam and Hannah Price, are:
Frank Foulke.
Samuel Marshall.
Mrs. Harrison K. Caner. William P. Troth.
Hugh Jones Brooke.
Henry T. Coates.
Mrs. Charles Richardson.
William M. Coates.
Mrs. George B. Roberts. Mrs. Henry K. Dillard.
Joseph H. Coates.
George M. Coates.
Miss Mary William Perot. Mrs. J. Howard Lewis, Jr. Mrs. Hunter Brooke.
Edward H. Coates. Mrs. Charles Ridgway.
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Mrs. George H. Colket. William T. Brooke. John W. Townsend.
Mrs. Henry S. Harper.
Mrs. John R. Drexel.
Mrs. Edward Y. Townsend.
Henry Troth Townsend.
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Royal Descent, the following issue, besides Margaret, b. 20. 6. 1697, Edward, and Catharine, who d. unm.
Richard Jones, b. about 1679. He came over with his parents, and according to the records, filed with the Merion Preparative Meeting, of which he was a member, an ac- count of their ancestry, and life in the Old Country, on 2. 12mo. 1704-5.
He inherited from his father the home-farm of about 100 acres, which he increased to 15614. acres, and with some land he owned in Goshen, he had 2933/4 acres altogether, in 1703. By deed of 8 Nov. 1720, he bought of John Roberts (the nephew of Thomas Lloyd, of Llangower, one of the original purchasers through Thomas & Jones), 391/2 acres, adjoining his Merion land.
By deed, dated 26 June, 1729, Richard Jones conveyed all of his Merion land, then 156144 acres, to Hugh Evans, and removed to his land in Goshen tp. which he had increased by purchase. He and his brother, Evan Jones, bought there a tract of 15314 acres, which on resurvey was 178 acres. He d. aged 92 years, in Goshen tp., on 16. 7mo. 1771, having been twice married. He had three children by each wife. He m. first, 6. 4mo. 1705, Jane Evans, who d. 27. 2mo. 1711, and was buried at the Merion Meeting House, and m. sec- ondly, in 1718, Rebecca Vernon, widow of Thomas Garrett. She d. 23. 12mo. 1748.
Lowry Jones, d. in Philadelphia, 25. 11mo. 1762, aged 80 years. She m. first, at Merion Meeting, 11. 8mo. 1698, Rob- ert ffloid, or Lloyd, who came over with Hugh Roberts, in 1683, and bought land, some 400 acres, north of Rowland Ellis's seat, "Bryn Mawr," where he d. 29. 3mo. 1714, aged 45 years and was buried at the Merion Meeting House, be- ing the father of eight children. Of these Hannah, 1699- 1763, m. first, 1720, John Roberts, (son of John Roberts and Elizabeth Owen v. Owen Humphrey) ; d. 1721; Sarah,
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1703-1730, m. 1729, at Merion Meeting, Garrad Jones, d. 1765; Gainor, 1705-1728, m. 1727, at Merion Meeting, Mor- decai James, d. 1776; Rees, 1709-1753; Robert, 1711-1786; and Richard, 1713-1755. Lowry Jones m. secondly, at the Merion Meeting, 13. 12mo. 1716-7, Hugh Evans, and had three children by him. Of them Ann, m. 1745, ( ?Samuel Howell) ; Susanna m. 1740, Owen Jones, d. 1793.
Evan Jones, b. about 1682-3. He and his brother John in- herited from their father 1531/2 acres of land in Goshen tp. on Chester Creek, which was resurveyed in pursuance of the order of 27. 10mo. 1701. He was also a partner with his brother Richard in some Goshen land. He never married, and was buried at the Merion Meeting, 7. 2mo. 1708. His will, signed 28. 7. 1708, witnessed by Rowland Ellis, Richard Jones, and Robert Lloyd, was proved 1. 25. 1708 He men- tions his mother and brothers and sisters, Lowry Lloyd, Richard, John, Edward, Jane, Sarah and Margaret Jones; overseers, Cadwalader Morgan and Abel Thomas.
Janne, or Jane Jones, b. in Merion, 15. 9mo. 1635, d. 27. 8mo. 1764, and was buried at the Goshen Meeting. She m. David Davis, and had nine children by him, four of whom married into the Ashbridge family.
John Jones, b. in Merion, 6. 4mo. 1688, d. in Goshen tp., 30. 12mo. 1774. He m. at the Gwynedd Meeting, 9. 4mo. 1713, Jane Edward, and had ten children. He and brother Evan shared the lands of their father.
Sarah Jones, b. 25. 7mo. 1690, d. 28. 3mo. 1758. She m. first, at Merion Meeting, 2. 8mo. 1712, Jacob Edge, 1690- 1720, and had four children, and m. secondly, 10. 11mo. 1721, Caleb Cowpland, d. at Chester, 1757, and had five children by him.
Margaret Jones, b. 20. 6mo. 1697, m. first, at Merion Meeting, 16. 10. 1716, Thomas Paschall (and had Margaret,
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m. first, Samuel Mather, and Hannah, m. Isaac Roberts), m. secondly, 6. 1mo. 1729, George Ashbridge, d. 1748.
These following Welsh Friends, of Penllyn parish, Mer- ioneth, purchased portions of Thomas & Jones's 5,000 acres, but sold out, and did not come over.
EVAN AP REES, or Evan Price, a grocer, of Penmaen, bought 3121/2 acres of this tract, for £6. 5s., by deed dated 18 March, 1681, recorded 13. 4. 1684, witnessed by John Lloyd, Griffith Evan, Reece Evan and William Jones. He did not come over, but his son, Rees Evan, did.
By deeds dated 28. 5mo. 1683, Evan Rees conveyed away his Merion land, 1531/4 acres, (which on a resurvey amounted to 178 acres) as follows-100 acres to Robert David, one of the original purchasers through Thomas & Jones, and about 54 acres to Griffith John (ap Evan), who also bought the Goshen portion. This Griffith Jones was a cousin of Jane Owen, Hugh Roberts's wife, and came over with them in 1683, and resided in Merion. He was one of the subscribing witnesses to Penn's "Conditions and Conces- sions to Adventurers for Land," 11 July 1681. His will, signed 26. 4. 1707, witnessed by John Roberts and Robert Jones, was proved 31 Jan. 1707-8, named his sons John and Evan, and son-in-law Thomas Jones, to be executors. Grif- fith John also bought from John Roberts (nephew of Thom- as Lloyd), 371/2 acres, and had patent for all, dated 8 Nov. 1703. This land, surveyed 194 acres, lay along the old Lan- caster Road, and the City Line, and included, besides the land from Rees, 761/4 acres from each Thomas Lloyd and John Watkin.
THOMAS AP RICHARD, or Prichard, a farmer, of Nantllei- diog, bought 1561/4 acres of the tract, of which 7614 acres were laid out in Merion, and balance in Goshen tp. He did not come over. By deed, dated 16. 5mo. 1684, he conveyed all his lands to Rees John William, or Rees Jones, of Mer- ion.
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THOMAS LLOYD, a yeoman, (son of John Lloyd), of Llan- gower, bought 1561/4 acres, of this tract, paying £3. 2. 6., but did not come to Pensylvania. It was his intention to come over, but he died suddenly, and by his will, bequeathed his land to his nephew, John Roberts, (his brother Robert Lloyd's son), who came over, and by deeds, conveyed of the part in Merion, the east end, 371/2 acres, to Griffith John (ap Evan) in 1700, and dated 8. 9mo. 1720, the west end, 391/2 acres, to Richard Jones.
John Roberts also had, with what he received from his uncle, and what he bought subsequently from Evan John William (a part of the Richard Davies tract), 153 acres in Goshen tp.
JOHN WATKIN, who was described as a bachelor, when he purchased, by deed of 1 April, 1682, witnessed by John Lloyd, Griffith Evan, Robert Lloyd and Reece Evan, of Thomas & Jones, 1561/4 acres, and a yeoman, of Gwernevel, or Gwernsfel, did not come over, but sold his land. By deed, dated 23. 4mo. 1684, he conveyed all of rights to land, to Hugh Roberts, who sold his Merion portion, 761/4 acres, by deed of 26. 5mo. 1688, to Abel Thomas (who married Cad- walader Morgan's daughter), which land was resurveyed and patented to said Abel, 16 Feb. 1701-2.
This concludes the sketches of the original seventeen partners, purchasers through Thomas & Jones, of 5,000 acres, 2,500 of which were at the Falls of the Schuylkill, and who had the land laid out to them in Merion, on and near the river. It may be seen that four were first settlers, in 1682, one came over in 1682-3; seven were settlers in 1683, and one in 1684, and that four did not come over, but sold their land to the other original purchasers from Thomas & Jones.
It is also worthy of notice that these early settlers were nearly all in some way related to each other. For instance, John Thomas's son married Griffith John's daughter, and a
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daughter married a son of Hugh Roberts; Dr. Jones's son married a daughter of Robert Owen; Dr. Jones married Dr. Wynn's daughter; Hugh Robert's son married a daughter of John Bevan; Rees Jones married a sister of Cadwala- der Morgan's wife; William Edward married a sister of Hugh Roberts; Edward Rees was brother-in-law to Cad- walader Morgan and Rees Jones; John Roberts married a sister of Hugh Roberts; Robert Owen and Hugh Roberts were brothers-in-law; Robert Owen was a brother-in-law to Cadwalader Thomas; John Cadwalader was a nephew of John Thomas, and of Robert Owen, and a son-in-law of Dr. Jones; both Rees Thomas and his wife were related to John Bevan, and his son married a daughter of Dr. Jones; Hugh Roberts's first wife was sister to Robert Owen, and his son married John Bevan's daughter ; Robert Lloyd's wife was daughter of Rees Jones; Thomas Lloyd's wife was daughter to William Edward, and a niece of Hugh Roberts; Griffith John was a cousin to Hugh Roberts's wife, and so on. All of these intermarriages among the leading Welsh families, however, did not establish a long-lived Welsh com- munity, for it has for many years been only a tradition.
Having thus seen the pioneers of the Welsh tract settled, and taken account of these men and women, good Welsh Quakers all, who first ventured into the wilderness, west of the Schuylkill, and discovered the localities of their landed estates, we will take a glance at the people and their lands of the other Welsh companies who followed, many of whom were closely allied by intermarriages and blood with the pioneers.
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LLOYD & DAVIES' LAND PATENT
Company No. 2. The grantees, under the patent for 5,000 acres in the Welsh tract, to Charles Lloyd, gent., and Margaret Davies, widow, both of Dolobran, Meifod parish, Montgomeryshire, to whom, as trustees, they conveyed the land by deeds dated in April and June, 1683, were, in part, as follows :
Joseph Harris, "late of Wallbrook, Middlesex
Co."
And these, all of Montgomeryshire, Wales :- .1,250 acres
Thomas Jones, of Llanwthin parish, yeoman .. 1561/4 Edward Thomas, of Llanwthin parish, yeoman 3121/2 Margaret Thomas, of Garthlwlch parish, widow 1561%
John Humphrey, of Llanwthin parish, gent .. 3121%
John Rhytherch, of Hirnant parish, yeoman. . 1561/4 =
Thomas Morris, of Marchnant Issa parish,
1561/4 “ gent
2,500 acres
It appears that Mr. Lloyd and Margaret Davies each had a half interest in this patent, and that it was her 2,500 acres which were conveyed to the aforesaid grantees, for Mr. Lloyd conveyed his share, 2,500 acres, by deed dated 6. 4mo. 1683, to his brother, Thomas Lloyd, some time the dep- uty-governor of Pensylvania, much of which was laid out in Merion tp., some north of Haverford,* and some north- east of Ardmore.
*"Dolobran," the seat of the Griscom family, is on a part of it. Mr. Clement A. Griscom, though a descendant of Gov. Lloyd, acquired the property by purchase. His wife is a collateral descendant with these Humphrey grantees.
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About 1694, the following accounting of the "Lloyd & Davis grant" was filed with the Land Commissioners, show- ing a difference from the above statement:
"Sales of Charles Lloyd and Margaret Davis" :---
"To Benj. Humphries 3121/2 acres
To Edw'd Thomas 3121%
To Tho. Jones 1561/4
To Marg't Thomas 1561/4
To Tho. Jones & Jno. Rhoderick 3121/2
By Tho. Lloyd to Ev. Owen &c.
340
1,590 acres"
"A new patent was requested for 2,215 acres, making in all 3,805 acres granted."
CHARLES LLOYD, gentleman, the grantee and grantor, of this Welsh Tract land, was born 9 Dec. 1637. He was a son of Charles Lloyd, gent., of Dolobran Hall, in Montgomery- shire, where he was a magistrate, and whose will, signed 17 June 1651, was proved in 1657.
Charles Lloyd was educated at Jesus College, Oxford, be- came a magistrate and was nominated for the shrievalty in Montgomeryshire. He joined the Society of Friends, about 1662, and erected a public Meeting House near his residence. He and his wife were imprisoned for ten years in the Welsh- pool jail, on account of their religious principles. He died at Dolobran Hall, which subsequently degenerated into a ten- ant's house, 26. 11mo. 1698. He married twice. He m. first, 11 Nov. 1661, Elizabeth, b. 2 Nov. 1633, d. 7 Feb. 1685, daughter of Sampson Lort, of Eastmoor (or East Meare), and Stackpole, in Pembrokeshire, high sheriff in 1649, brother to Sir Roger Lort, first Baronet, and m. secondly, 8 Feb. 1686, Ann Lawrence, of Lea, in Herefordshire, who d. 8. p., 2 March 1708. By his first wife, Charles Lloyd had two sons and one daughter. Two of these were born in jail. They married, and had descendants, but none came to Pensylvania.
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Charles Lloyd's sister, Elizabeth, married Henry Parry, of Llanfillyn, and his brother, John Lloyd, also educated at Jesus College, Oxon, became "clerk of the petty bag in chancery," 1683-95, and his other and youngest brother,
THOMAS LLOYD, b. 17 Feb. 1640-1, d. in Pensylvania 10 Sept. 1694. Like his brothers, he was educated at Jesus Col- lege, and became a lawyer, and "a Quaker," and "a minister among Friends." In 1681, he and Charles, and other Friends had a celebrated debate, at Llanfillyn, with the Rt. Rev. the Bishop of St. Asaph, about religion, and religious questions, by request of the Bishop, who wished to learn their reasons for becoming non-conformists, and Quakers.
The life and services of Thomas Lloyd as the deputy of William Penn in his Province, and presiding officer of the council, have been frequently printed.
He first, it might be said, came into prominent notice in the Province when he bitterly opposed the Cromwellian sol- dier, and non-Quaker, Blackwell, whom Penn sent over as another of his experiments, as his Deputy-Governor, having so appointed him on Christmas Day, 1688. At this time, Lloyd had general authority over Penn's affairs, and it hurt him that an outsider superceded him, but Penn continued him as the keeper of the Great Seal, which still, in some things, made him a power Blackwell had always to reckon with, because the royal charter required that to make any law valid it must pass under the Great Seal, which meant Lloyd's consent.
So soon as Blackwell entered upon the duties of his office, Lloyd inaugurated his campaign of opposition by flatly re- fusing to affix the Great Seal to Blackwell's first commis- sions, and when declining to do so, sent him a rather insult- ing note. Only Penn could remove Lloyd from his office, so Blackwell brought charges against him and waited.
While waiting Penn's decision, the election for council- lors came off, and Mr. Lloyd was returned as a member. When he went to take his seat, Blackwell ordered him not
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to enter the room, because he could not be seated while he was charged by him "with high crime and misdemeanors."
Thereupon, Mr. Lloyd, and two others, also elected but refused their seats by the Governor, forced their way into the Council Chamber, and took their seats. Blackwell, pre- siding, asked them by what right they presumed to do so, and Lloyd, replying for himself, answered insolently, "by special appointment by letter of the proprietor, which was as good as the Governor's commission."
This occasioned great confusion in the Chamber, the Quakers being in the majority, and supporting Lloyd, bit- terly denounced Blackwell to his face, "so that he had to flee from the room, nearly all the members yelling at him," and telling him what they thought of him, and, the report says, that "Lloyd being the most clamorous was heard in the street."
Those who supported the Governor, did so from convic- tion, holding that Lloyd was not altogether within his rights in the matter of the Great Seal, because not one of the en- grossed laws then in force, excepting it be the Frame of Government, had passed under the Great Seal. They had been considered "instructions from the proprietor." If Penn had not recalled Blackwell so promptly, on learning what was taking place in his far-off Province, there would certainly soon have been chaos in it. That Penn was "some- what unsteady in his principles of government, as well as in his matters of carrying them out," was apparent to the thoughtful, so when Mr. Lloyd received the appointment, succeeding Blackwell, there was a great sigh of relief, for everybody was tired of continual misunderstandings, and contentions over the laws and positions. It required the strong will, with his gentle manner, of Governor Lloyd to prevent Penn himself from violating his own laws, which was a cause for "his people" losing confidence in him as a ruler, and of being prejudiced against him.
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Although Gov. Lloyd never resided in the Welsh Tract, he was strongly in sympathy with the Welsh Quakers in it in their "little unpleasantness" with William Penn and his agents. He was frequently at their meetings as a minister, and they were loyal to him in his difficulties with the Pro- prietary, for the Welsh stood together, and were always helpful to one another. For years, Gov. Lloyd's was one of the great families of the city, and his sons-in-law were among the most prominent and influential citizens, being mayors and provincial councillors.
He arrived in Philadelphia, in the ship America, 20. 6mo. 1683. His most intimate fellow passenger was the German gentleman and scholar, Fra. Dan. Pastorius, who was com- ing to settle here, "in this uncouth land, and howling wil- derness," as the German described the Province, and of the city, he said, "then Philadelphia consisted of 3 or 4 little cottages, all the residue being only woods, underwoods, tim- ber and trees." Mr. Lloyd's daughters, Rachel Preston, Deborah Moore and Mary Norris, came with him. To them Pastorius dedicated, in 1718, a poem, and in a note told that he could only converse with Mr. Lloyd in Latin, the only language in common between them.
Charles Lloyd, the grantee of Penn, conveyed, as men- tioned, the balance of his interests in Pensylvania to his brother, Thomas Lloyd, by deed dated 6. 4mo. 1683.
As above, Charles Lloyd and Margaret Davies jointly, by deed dated 29 June, 1683, conveyed 1250 acres of Marga- ret's land, for £25, to Joseph Harris, of Wallbrook, near London. Mr. Harris, by deed of 23 May, 1688, conveyed the rights to this tract of Pensylvania land to Francis Smith, "plaisterer," who sold it to Gov. Thomas Lloyd, but he died before the deed was executed, or the papers made out. But his son, William Smith, on 21 Oct. 1693, conveyed it by deed to Gov. Lloyd, and this brought his holding up to 3,750 acres.
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Of these lands, Gov. Lloyd sold 1,000 acres, in one tract, to William Cuarton, 200 acres to David Pugh, 118 acres on the Liberty Lands line, to David Prees, or Price, but deed not made till 4. 10mo. 1694, 548 acres to Robert Owen, by deed of 5. 6mo. 1691, and 125 acres to E. Rees. The Gover- nor also owned land in the City Liberties, and sold two lots, 100 acres and 145 acres to B. Chambers, a Philadelphia tav- ern keeper, and also sold 100 acres, above Merion to Thomas Davies.
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