• General Notes

  Pre-Revolutionary Bloyds
  
  The First Bloyds in Virginia
  
  Bloyds seem to arrived early during the settlement of America. At this time, the name is spelled variously Bloyd, Bloyth, Bloy, Bloys, and Bloyse. The earliest claimant to the title of "First Bloyd" is THOMAS BLOYSE, mentioned in Virginia records in 1636, perhaps providing us with a hint at the origins of the name "Bloyd."
  
  1600s Daniel Bloyd in Maryland
  
  More certain is the claim of DANIEL BLOYD, who arrived in Maryland in 1658, according to Passenger and immigration lists. Daniel apparently remained in Maryland the rest of his life, for we find him mentioned in the Maryland Calendar of Wills. His will, leaving the balance of his estate to his wife FRANCES and his heirs, was signed 24 January, 1688 and probated 18 April, 1688 in Calvert County.
  
  1700s Jacob Bloyd in Virginia
  
  The next Bloyd recorded in immigration records was JACOB BLOY, page 23, who sailed into Philadelphia, Pennsylvania harbor in 1740. Jacob's ultimate destination is unknown.
  
  1700s Bloyth and Bloy in Maryland
  
  Maryland Eastern Shore Vital Records indicate a family of BLOYTHs flourishing on the eve of the Revolution. STEPHEN BLOYTH and RACHEL LORD were married 27 August 1763. JOSEPHAS BLOYTH was born 6 January 1764. JEMIMA BLOYTH was born 9 February 1767. JAMES BLOYTH was born 9 July 1769.
  At about the same time, in Baltimore County, Maryland, EDWARD BLOY purchased land. Maryland Early Settlers, Liber 15, part 1, section 58, page 239 records that on 10 September, 1763 CHARLES JAMES assigned 100 acres to "Edward Bloy, Baltimore County." On 12 September 1763, he was certified 200 acres of JAMES IVES's property. The surveyor includes "BLOYS RANGE" on Chesapeake Bay and the Sassafrass River. It continues, "Sassafras River and Turnkey's Creek with land of ROBERT SANDERS. To be held Manor Baltimore." (page 240)
  
  1778 Daniel Bloyd, Deserter from the Revolutionary Army
  
  About ten years later a second DANIEL BLOYD arrived in Maryland, aged 18 in 1774. This may be the same Daniel Bloyd listed as a deserter from the Revolutionary Army in the DAR Patriot Index. Daniel served as a private.
  
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