Second Generation

11. JAMES CLOYD was born in Ireland in 1680 and is said to have been in the Siege of Derry when nine years old. It is said he would often lecture the young folks, his grandchildren, on wastefulness and tell them of the privations endured by the besieged in 1689. Nothing definite is known about him, but he is supposed to have been the father of the following:
111. JAMES CLOYD
112. DAVID CLOYD
113. JOSEPH CLOYD
114. JOHN CLOYD
115. THOMAS CLOYD
116. JANE CLOYD
James died in Chester Co., Pa., in 1769. (See Ref: Dr. A. D. Cloyd, Omaha, Nebraska, below, said he was a Scotchman, could have been "Clwyd" if Welsh. See also Derivation of Surnames: CLOYD).

12. JOSEPH CLOYD, no data.

13. DAVID CLOYD, no data.

Third Generation

111. JAMES CLOYD was born in 1707. He married MARGARET WILSON prior to 1731. He bought 378 acres in Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania in 1752 and afterward added to his property until he owned 800 acres. He had lived prior to this in what is now Montgomery County, as in the above deed dated 2 May, 1752, he is called "Yeoman of Gwynned Township, Philadelphia County". James and Margaret had the following children:
1111. MARY CLOYD
1112. SARAH CLOYD
1113. JOSEPH CLOYD
1114. DAVID CLOYD
1115. MARGARET CLOYD
1116. JAMES CLOYD
1117. REBECCA CLOYD
1118. JANE CLOYD
1119. ELIZABETH CLOYD
111(10). UNIDENTIFIED SON CLOYD
James Cloyd died, presumably in Chester County, Pennsylvania in 1771. His will was dated 1769 and probated 7 May 1771. He left his plantation of 110 acres in Charlestown, "where I now dwell," to his son James subject to the life interest of his wife Margaret. The estate in East Whiteland was to be sold and the proceeds divided among his children Rebecca, Elizabeth, David, Sarah, Margaret and Jane. (Abstracts of Chester County Wills, Vol. 2, p. 389, of the collection of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania.) n.b. Son, Joseph, was not listed by Douglas, but listed by A. D. Cloyd.

112. DAVID CLOYD was born in 1710. He married MARGARET CAMPBELL. They had eight children:
1121. JAMES CLOYD
1122. DAVID CLOYD
1123. MICHAEL CLOYD
1124. JOHN CLOYD
1125. ELIZABETH CLOYD
1126. MARGARET CLOYD
1127. MARY CLOYD
1128. JOSEPH CLOYD

"The first legal record refering to David Cloyd is in connection with the purchase of a tract of land in Newcastle Co., Pa., from Letitia Aubrey, a daughter of William Penn. In 1745 he bought from John Montgomery 400 acres of land in that part of Orange Co., Va. which was afterwards set off to form Augusta Co.; again, in 1770, set off from Augusta Co. to form Montgomery Co.; and in 1776 set off from Montgomery Co. to form Rockbridge Co. His land was in that tract known as "Beverley Manor." In 1749 he sold his Pennsylvania land and either before or shortly after that sale, moved to Virginia to live. In 1764 his house was raided by Indians who killed his wife and his son John. An account of this massacre, written in 1843 by a daughter of Col. William Preston, a near neighbor of David Cloyd, is given in Waddel's "Annals of Augusta County."

From Waddel's "Annals of Augusta County", in part pp. 183-4:

"Colonel William Preston, who then lived at Greenfield, had gone to Staunton, in March, 1764, when one day, early in the morning, Mrs. Preston was startled by the report of two guns in quick succession in the direction of a neighbor's house half a mile distant. Presently Joseph Cloyd rode up on a plow-horse with the gearing on and related that Indians had killed his brother John, had shot at him (the powder burning his shirt), and having gone to the house had probably killed his mother. Mrs. Preston immediately sent a young man who lived at her house to notify the garrison of a small fort on Craig's Creek, and then despatched a white man and two negroes to Mr. Cloyd's. The latter found Mrs. Cloyd tomahawked in three places, but still alive and conscious. She told about the assault by the Indians, their getting drunk, ripping up the feather beds, and carrying off the money. One of the Indians wiped the blood from her temples with a corn-cob, saying, "Poor old woman!" She died the next morning.

The papers in a law suit tried in the County Court of Augusta, in 1766, give the sequel to the above story. The Indians carried off upwards of £ 200 in gold and silver. They were pursued by a party of the militia, and one of them was killed on John's Creek, at a distance of thirty miles or more from Cloyd's house. The dead Indian was found in possession of £ 137, 18s. A dispute arose among the militia as to whether the money belonged to them or to Cloyd, and until the question should be settled, the coin was deposited in the hands of James Montgomery. It was distributed by Montgomery to the militia, many of whom, however, returned their portions to Cloyd, to the amount of £ 106, 17s, 2d. Cloyd thereupon paid to each of the men who returned the money, the sum of thirty shillings ($5), the reward he had previously offered, and sued Montgomery for the remainder - £ 31, 10d. The suit was decided November 27, 1766, in favor of Cloyd, but an appeal was taken to the General Court, and we do not know the result. Gabriel Jones was attorney for Cloyd, and Peter Hogg for Montgomery."

113. JOSEPH CLOYD, no data.

114. JOHN CLOYD married, before 23 March, 1757, Mrs. SARAH BARTHOLOMEW, nee CARVER, step-daughter of William Williams of Philadelphia Co. They apparently had no children. Sarah had four children by her first marriage as shown in her will dated 18 September, 1782 and proved 6 August, 178445. John was evidently a man of means for those days. After providing for his wife in his will, dated 30 October, 1781, and probated 8 October, 1782, he made bequests to various relatives amounting to £ 1175. (Chester County Will Book G, p. 106.)

115. THOMAS CLOYD apparently had the following children:
1151. JOSEPH CLOYD
1152. MARY CLOYD
1153. JANE CLOYD
1154. Unidentified Daughter CLOYD
Thomas died before 30 October, 1781. No further data46.

116. JANE CLOYD was probably born about 1718-1720. She married WILLIAM HUDSON, 26 September, 1740 at the First Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, Pa. (Date from church records). They had four children:
1161. GEORGE HUDSON
1162. JOSEPH HUDSON
1163. MARY HUDSON
1164. JANE HUDSON
No further data.

Fourth Generation

1111. MARY CLOYD was born in 1731. She married, first, JOHN MEREDITH. She married, second, WILLIAM TODD. No further data.

1112. SARAH CLOYD married JAMES MORELL. They had a son:
11121. JAMES MORELL
No further data.

1113. JOSEPH CLOYD was not listed by Douglas, but listed by A. D. Cloyd. No further data.

1114. DAVID CLOYD was born 25 February, 1738. He married, first, ANN BOYD. He married second, Mrs. ELIZABETH JENKINS, nee BOYD. He married, third, Mrs. MARY MORGAN, nee RITTENHOUSE. She was a sister of David Rittenhouse, the Astronomer. David Cloyd was a noted patriot of the American Revolution.

1115. MARGARET CLOYD was born in 1746. She married Captain SAMUEL CULBERTSON. They had at least two children:
11151. JAMES CULBERTSON
11152. ELIZABETH CULBERTSON
No further data.

1116. JAMES CLOYD was born in 1750. He married HANNAH HOCKLEY. The surname Hockley was used as a given name for generations to follow in the McKee and Hamill lines. No further data.

1117. REBECCA CLOYD married a ______ NORTH. No further data.

1118. JANE CLOYD was born in 1753. She married JOHN MCKEE in 1772. They had a son:
11181. JAMES CLOYD MCKEE
Jane died in 1829. (See McKee for descendants).

1119. ELIZABETH CLOYD was born 23 April, 1760. She married FRANCIS LEE. They had no children. No further data.

111(10). UNIDENTIFIED SON CLOYD, died in infancy.

1121. JAMES CLOYD was born in 1731. He married JEAN ______. No further data.

1122. DAVID CLOYD married ELIZABETH WOODS. He died in 1789. No further data.

1123. MICHAEL CLOYD was born in 1735. He married ELIZABETH NEALY. No further data.

1124. JOHN CLOYD was killed, with his mother, when the family home was raided by Indians in 1764. No further data.

1125. ELIZABETH CLOYD married JAMES MCDOWELL in 1760. No further data.

1126. MARGARET CLOYD married JOHN TEMPLETON. No further data.

1127. MARY CLOYD was born 14 March, 1741. She married JAMES MCGAVOCK in 1760. Mary died 5 March, 1827. No further data.

1128. JOSEPH CLOYD was born 10 June, 1742. He married MARY GORDAN. This was Colonel Joseph Cloyd of Revolutionary fame, of Pulaski County, Virginia, and for whom Cloyd's Mountain was named. It is related that when he wished to move with his family to a new home on Back Creek, in the "backwoods", his wife refused to acquiesce unless he promised that as soon as they were comfortably settled he would take steps towards the erection of a Presbyterian church. He agreed to the condition and the New Dublin Church near Dublin Depot, still standing, was the fulfillment of his promise. No further data.

1151. JOSEPH CLOYD, no data.

1152. MARY CLOYD, no data.

1153. JANE CLOYD, no data.

1154. Unidentified Daughter CLOYD, no data.

1161. GEORGE HUDSON, no data.

1162. JOSEPH HUDSON, no data.

1163. MARY HUDSON married LEWIS WILLIAMS. No further data.

1164. JANE HUDSON married JAMES DAVIDSON. No further data.

Fifth Generation

11121. JAMES MORELL

11151. JAMES CULBERTSON

11152. ELIZABETH CULBERTSON

Ref: Partly from "The Families of Joshua Williams of Chester Co., Pa., and John McKeehan of Cumberland Co., Pa., with some Allied Families", Douglas, 929.2 W721-2. Some data from partial extraction from "Genealogy of the Cloyd, Basye and Tapp families in America", Omaha, Neb., 1912 : Cloyd, Augustus Davis, 1860?. G929.2 C627ca GEA. This information attributed to Mrs. Ellen M. Beale, Parkersburg, Pa., and Dr. Wm. S. Long, Haddonfield, N. J.

Extracted, 25 July, 1993, from "A Brief of Wills and Marriages in Montgomery and Fincastle Counties, Virginia, 1733-1831", compiled by Anne Lowry Worrell, Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore 1984:

Preface

"Montgomery County has the distinction of being one of the oldest counties in western Virginia. It was part of the vast territory of Augusta, and, for a short period, formed a portion of the short lived county of Fincastle, which was subdivided into the counties of Montgomery, Washington and Kentucky.

Upon its formation in 1776, Montgomery contained 12,000 square miles, and extended as far west as the Ohio River. From this great territory sixty other counties have been entirely, or partially, formed- twenty-six in western Virginia; twenty-five in the state of West Virginia, and nine in Kentucky.

In Braddock's Campaign, the Revolutionary, the Mexican, and the Civil Wars, the county furnished her quota of soldiers, they being always zealous patriots. They were sturdy pioneers, loyal to home and country, and their descendants are to be found in every State in the Union.

On January 20, 1775, the Freemen of Fincastle, including inhabitants of all Montgomery County, assembled at the Lead Mines, and made a declaration, which was the precursor of the Declaration of Independence made in Congress, July 4, 1776. This declaration, frought with the spirit of Freedom, was the first made in America.

Many of these patriots took part in the battle of Point Pleasant; Major Joseph Cloyd was Major of Montgomery County Militia, of which William Preston was Colonel. Three Companies of horsemen, raised by Cloyds, marched to aid in suppressing the Tories in Surrey County, N.C., and defeated the British at Shallow Ford. Montgomery also boasts of the band of men, 1000 strong, who assembled and marched across the mountains to turn the tide of battle at Kings Mountain in South Carolina.

To claim descent from these staunch "over the Mountain Men", is a great heritage, and compiling of the accompanying records has been a privilege."

From "A Brief of Wills and Marriages in Montgomery and Fincastle Counties, Virginia, 1733-1831", compiled by Anne Lowry Worrell, Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore 1984 (Cont'd):

Marriage Records of Montgomery and Fincastle Counties 1773-1831:

pg 12.:

Cloyd, Ezekiel (son of John) and Rebecca Williamson. Henry Thomson, sur. -Sept. 17, 1785.

Cloyd, Joseph (of Rockbridge Co.) and Polly Cloyd, dau. Joseph Cloyd, (of Montgomery Co.) surety-Aug 21, 1810.

Cloyd, Levi, and Abby Hite-Jan. 3, 1785.

Wills and Records of Montgomery and Fincastle Counties, 1773-1831:

Cloyd, Gordon. Will probated Apr., 1833. Names brothers, Thomas, David, James R..; Mary Kent, wife of James Kent; and Levi Vermillion's six sons, Gordon, Joseph, James, Uriah, David and John.

Cloyd, Joseph. Will probated Nov., 1833. Names children, Gordon (will made before Gordon's death), Thomas, David,; and grandchildren, Polly Kent, and Cynthia, Mary, Nancy, Lucinda, Peggy, Gordon and Joseph Cloyd.