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Title
Loyd, Reese
Description
Reese Loyd was a master builder and among the earliest Carpenters' Company members listed by The Company in 1786, although no Company records prior to the 1760s survive to confirm that date. He also was an early (1731) subscriber of the Library Company of Philadelphia and a charter member in 1742. Reese Loyd was a member of the Society of Friends. In 1735 he married Sarah Cox, daughter of Abraham Cox, as recorded in the Philadelphia Monthly Meeting minutes. In 1736, Reese advertised a plantation in Lower Merion totaling 155 acres and complete with a new dwelling house. His will bequeathed a house and lot in High street to his son Samuel and a house and lot, in which Reese himself dwelled, in Church Alley to another son Robert. He left his wife the Plantation in Merion, likely the same one advertised in 1736. His estate included a set of carpenter’s tools valued at 10 pounds and a slave woman. Without his real estate, his estate was worth around 213 pounds. One of the overseers of his will, John Nicholas, was another founder of the Library Company.
Biography from Philadelphia Architects and Buildings, a project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Written by Roger W. Moss and Thomas Stokes.
Biography from Philadelphia Architects and Buildings, a project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Written by Roger W. Moss and Thomas Stokes.
Member Number
15*
Last Name
Loyd
First Name
Reese
Birth Date
1/11709
Where Born
Merion Twp., PA
Deceased Date
4/2/1743
Married
1735
Spouse Name
Sarah Cox
Children
Samuel, Robert, Martha
Father
Robert
Mother
Laury (Lowry ?)Jones
Reference
*Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects Bio Dictionary page 493. Loyd (Lloyd) was a master builder and among the earliest Carpenters' Company members listed by The Company in 1786, although no Company records prior to the 1760s survive to confirm that date. He also was an early subscriber to the Library Company of Philadelphia and a charter member in 1742. See Selected Bibliography in Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects. Volume at Carpenters' Hall and The Athenaeum of Philadelphia. See article by Gray in listing.
*Building. Early America page 49. Tells that Franklin's Library owned 20 volumes on architecture by the time it moved from Carpenters' Hall. Also, that Franklin apparently owned first architecture book owned in America.
*Member files. Loyd was the first of the second generation carpenters to be included in the list of early Company members. He was the son of Robert Loyd of Merion, who is said to have come over in 1683 as a young man with the party of Hugh Roberts and his wife, Lowry Jones. Reese was born in Merion Township in 1709, but nothing is known of his early life. He must have been apprenticed to a carpenter in the country and had removed to Philadelphia by 1731, when he acquired a share, late in November of that year, in the newly organized Philadelphia Library of Benjamin Franklin. Young William Coleman, Jr., son of the carpenter who died that year, had been a member of Franklin's Junto; it may have been he who proposed Loyd for a share in the new Library. (Library Company records) Four years later in 1735, he appeared at the Philadelphia Meeting an declared his intention of marriage with Sarah Cox, daughter of Abraham and Martha Cox (PGSP, VIII, 183; Hinshaw II, 583) He must have inherited property, for he had a plantation of 154 acres in Merion, which probably had been his father's. No evidence has been found that he worked on any pubic building, and not until the early spring of 1743, just before his death, that he acquired any city property in his own name. This was a lot on the north side of High between 2nd and 3rd St., which extended back to a "new" alley called Church Alley, on which were two houses, one fronting High St. and the other fronting the Alley. The property had belonged to his mother-in-law's family, the Nicholases, who finally had released the lot to Rees. (D-23, 338, 18 March 1742, Hugh Roberts to Reece Loyd.) The transfer was an involved one;it was preceded by an indenture tripartite of the Nicholas heirs to Rees and his wife, then from them to Hugh Roberts, who reconveyed to Rees alone, reserving a one-third part of the yearly rent charge to Sarah's mother. Reese rented the High St. house to Sam Smith, and lived in the house in Church Alley, where he quite possibly had been living since his marriage. Having established title to the property, and being sick and weak in body, he executed his will the end of March, and died two months later, leaving his widow and three minor children. (Hinshaw, II, 389) Hugh Roberts and John Jervis made the inventory of his estate on 6 May. It included cash of 50 pounds, silver spoons, porringer and tea tongs valued at 8.10 pounds, carpenter's tools at 10 pounds, small case of instruments at 2 pounds, a work shop and stable, a parcel of boards, a cow, a Negro woman - for a grand total of 213.8 pounds. (Will Book G, 47 #23:1743)
*(Hannah Roach) notes Reese Loyd, carpenter, died 5 2m (April) 1743. (Hinshaw, II, 389) Will dated 1 March 174[2/13]; proved 27 May 1743. Phila. Will book G, 47 #23:1743.
*In Loyd's folder — summary of genealogy.
Grantor File Data from the City of Philadelphia Archives:
(Date; Book; No.; Page; Grantee)
1777/1800; Ex-D; 23; 339; Roberts, Hugh
1777/1800; Ex-D; 24; 265; Roberts, Martha
1777/1800; Ex-D; 36; 194; Hansell, Barnitt
*Building. Early America page 49. Tells that Franklin's Library owned 20 volumes on architecture by the time it moved from Carpenters' Hall. Also, that Franklin apparently owned first architecture book owned in America.
*Member files. Loyd was the first of the second generation carpenters to be included in the list of early Company members. He was the son of Robert Loyd of Merion, who is said to have come over in 1683 as a young man with the party of Hugh Roberts and his wife, Lowry Jones. Reese was born in Merion Township in 1709, but nothing is known of his early life. He must have been apprenticed to a carpenter in the country and had removed to Philadelphia by 1731, when he acquired a share, late in November of that year, in the newly organized Philadelphia Library of Benjamin Franklin. Young William Coleman, Jr., son of the carpenter who died that year, had been a member of Franklin's Junto; it may have been he who proposed Loyd for a share in the new Library. (Library Company records) Four years later in 1735, he appeared at the Philadelphia Meeting an declared his intention of marriage with Sarah Cox, daughter of Abraham and Martha Cox (PGSP, VIII, 183; Hinshaw II, 583) He must have inherited property, for he had a plantation of 154 acres in Merion, which probably had been his father's. No evidence has been found that he worked on any pubic building, and not until the early spring of 1743, just before his death, that he acquired any city property in his own name. This was a lot on the north side of High between 2nd and 3rd St., which extended back to a "new" alley called Church Alley, on which were two houses, one fronting High St. and the other fronting the Alley. The property had belonged to his mother-in-law's family, the Nicholases, who finally had released the lot to Rees. (D-23, 338, 18 March 1742, Hugh Roberts to Reece Loyd.) The transfer was an involved one;it was preceded by an indenture tripartite of the Nicholas heirs to Rees and his wife, then from them to Hugh Roberts, who reconveyed to Rees alone, reserving a one-third part of the yearly rent charge to Sarah's mother. Reese rented the High St. house to Sam Smith, and lived in the house in Church Alley, where he quite possibly had been living since his marriage. Having established title to the property, and being sick and weak in body, he executed his will the end of March, and died two months later, leaving his widow and three minor children. (Hinshaw, II, 389) Hugh Roberts and John Jervis made the inventory of his estate on 6 May. It included cash of 50 pounds, silver spoons, porringer and tea tongs valued at 8.10 pounds, carpenter's tools at 10 pounds, small case of instruments at 2 pounds, a work shop and stable, a parcel of boards, a cow, a Negro woman - for a grand total of 213.8 pounds. (Will Book G, 47 #23:1743)
*(Hannah Roach) notes Reese Loyd, carpenter, died 5 2m (April) 1743. (Hinshaw, II, 389) Will dated 1 March 174[2/13]; proved 27 May 1743. Phila. Will book G, 47 #23:1743.
*In Loyd's folder — summary of genealogy.
Grantor File Data from the City of Philadelphia Archives:
(Date; Book; No.; Page; Grantee)
1777/1800; Ex-D; 23; 339; Roberts, Hugh
1777/1800; Ex-D; 24; 265; Roberts, Martha
1777/1800; Ex-D; 36; 194; Hansell, Barnitt
File Number
a
Grantor Records Notes
Also, many transactions for Isaac S. Loyd.