Sampson Lloyd (I)
born 1664 at Anne Eccleston's in Welshpool Goal
died aged 60 on 3 January 1724
mother - Elizabeth Lort (1633–1685) - daughter of Sampson Lort
father - Charles Lloyd (II) -1698)
married - Elizabeth Good (died 1692), by whom he had four daughters
Children
Sarah Lloyd - m John Gulson
married 1695 to Mary Crowley (born 1677)
children - four sons and two daughters ?
Ambrose Lloyd (1698–1742)
Charles (III) - (poet)
Sampson Lloyd (II) b 1699
Robert Lloyd?
Olivia Lloyd - died at Birmingham in 1775
f married
Born in a prison house in Welshpool whilst his parents were incarcerated as Quakers.
After his father died in 1698 Sampson (I) aged 34, left Wales and the persecution of the Quakers, and moved to Birmingham, a town tolerant of Quakers and religious dissent. Birmingham was not bounds by legal penalties of the Conventicles Act and Five Mile Act.
His father Charles (I) had left Dolobran Hall to his brother Charles (II).
Sampson (I) became an ironmaster and established a slitting mill at the botton of Bradford Street, Birmingham, on the bank of the River Rea, where by use of water power, sheet iron was cut-up to form nails.
Sampson I benefitted both from the advice and custom of his brother-in-law, Sir Abraham Crowley.The knight bought rod iron from Lloyd for his slitting mills to supply to nailers in the north of England, while Crowley's mills in County Durham produced bar steel which was distributed to edge tool makers in the Midlands by Lloyd.
With no canals then to speed the movement of goods, it was a long journey to Birmingham. The steel was taken by boat from the north east to London and was then carried to the town.
This expensive movement was made possible by the high value of steel compared to its weight, as opposed to the lower value of iron.
Sampson (I) died in 1724. When he had arrived in Birmingham it is said that he had nothing. This seems unlikely given his background and close relationships with wealthy families locally. Still, he may have had only 'modest' means by middle class standards but through hard work, integrity, and the development of family contacts with other leading Quaker families he transformed his fortunes and became a wealthy man, leaving £10,000.
The executors to his will were his widow, his son Sampson II, his son-in- law John Gulson and his brother-in-law John Pemberton.
After his father died in 1698 Sampson (I) aged 34, left Wales and the persecution of the Quakers, and moved to Birmingham, a town tolerant of Quakers and religious dissent. Birmingham was not bounds by legal penalties of the Conventicles Act and Five Mile Act.
His father Charles (I) had left Dolobran Hall to his brother Charles (II).
Sampson (I) became an ironmaster and established a slitting mill at the botton of Bradford Street, Birmingham, on the bank of the River Rea, where by use of water power, sheet iron was cut-up to form nails.
Sampson I benefitted both from the advice and custom of his brother-in-law, Sir Abraham Crowley.The knight bought rod iron from Lloyd for his slitting mills to supply to nailers in the north of England, while Crowley's mills in County Durham produced bar steel which was distributed to edge tool makers in the Midlands by Lloyd.
With no canals then to speed the movement of goods, it was a long journey to Birmingham. The steel was taken by boat from the north east to London and was then carried to the town.
This expensive movement was made possible by the high value of steel compared to its weight, as opposed to the lower value of iron.
Sampson (I) died in 1724. When he had arrived in Birmingham it is said that he had nothing. This seems unlikely given his background and close relationships with wealthy families locally. Still, he may have had only 'modest' means by middle class standards but through hard work, integrity, and the development of family contacts with other leading Quaker families he transformed his fortunes and became a wealthy man, leaving £10,000.
The executors to his will were his widow, his son Sampson II, his son-in- law John Gulson and his brother-in-law John Pemberton.
