| ![Show Contents]() Gloyd History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 England The name Gloyd is of Anglo-Saxon origin and came from when a family lived in the region of Gledhill in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The name is a habitational name from the Old English gleoda which means "kite" and hyll which means "hill." 1 Early Origins of the Gloyd familyThe surname Gloyd was first found in Yorkshire near Halifax where they held a family seat as Lords of the manor of Gledhill from very ancient times. Barkisland in the West Riding of Yorkshire was home to another branch of the family but has since been lost. "Barkisland Hall, the ancient seat of the Gledhill family, is a stately mansion in the old English style of domestic architecture, and has long been the property of the Bolds of Bold Hall, Lancashire. The grammar school here, an ancient structure, was endowed in 1657 with £200 by Mrs. Sarah Gledhill" 2 Early History of the Gloyd familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Gloyd research. Another 127 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1300, 1600, 1638, 1677, 1702, 1707, 1719, 1730 and 1735 are included under the topic Early Gloyd History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Gloyd Spelling VariationsSound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Gloyd family name include Gledall, Gledhill, Gladhill, Gladhall, Glanville and others. Early Notables of the Gloyd familyDistinguished members of the family include Samuel Gledhill (1677-1735), lieutenant-governor of Placentia, Newfoundland from 1719-c.1730. Born at Horbury, near Wakefieid, Yorkshire, he was the youngest of the 13 children of Robert Gledhill, a cloth-dresser and educated at Wakefield Grammar School. He joined the navy but was kidnapped in Spain to be sold as a slave in the West Indies. After gaining his freedom he made his way to Spain and was commissioned a...
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 Gloyd migration to the United States | + |
For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, the Canadas, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Gloyd surname or a spelling variation of the name include :
Gloyd Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- John Gloyd, aged 65, who settled in America from Genoa, in 1897
Gloyd Settlers in United States in the 20th Century- Mary Gloyd, aged 40, who immigrated to the United States, in 1913
- Samuel Gloyd, aged 45, who landed in America, in 1913
- Flemmon Gloyd, aged 47, who landed in America, in 1913
- Helen Gloyd, aged 19, who immigrated to the United States, in 1913
| Contemporary Notables of the name Gloyd (post 1700) | + |
- Mrs. S. M. Gloyd, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, 1932 3
- Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
- Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 14) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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Gloyd migration to the United States 
