MR. ROBERT LLOYD. MERION, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
ROBERT LLOYD, born in Merionethshire, Wales, 1669, came to the Welsh Tract in Philadelphia and Chester counties when a youth, and resided for a time with Robert Owen, in Merion township, Philadelphia county, little being known of him prior to his marriage and purchase of a home, 1698.He was either accompanied or followed to America by a brother Thomas Lloyd, who married, 1698, Elizabeth, daughter of William ap Edward, and settled in Haverford. His eldest son Thomas removed to Bucks county and is ancestor of the Lloyds of Warminster and Moreland.
Robert Lloyd purchased September 5, 1698, 409 acres northward of Rowland Ellis's plantation of "Bryn Mawr" on the "Old Gulf Road" one-half mile from Gladwyne P. O. in Lower Merion Township, and lived thereon until his death.
He took a very prominent part in toenship affairs and was a consitent member of the Society of Friends.
He married at Merion Meeting, October 11, 1698, Lowry Jones, born in Wales, 1680, eldest daughter of rees ap John, ap William, commonly known as Rees John William, by his wife Hannah Price, daughter of Richard ap Griffith, ap Rhys, who assumed the name of Price, and at the time of his death, 1686, was living in the parish of Llanfawr, Merionethshire, Wales, and was a member of Penllyn Meeting near Bala.
His son Edward Price came to Pennsylvania with Rees John William and has numerous descendants.