Henrietta Maria (Neale) Lloyd (1647 - 1697)

Born 28 Apr 1647 in Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Bennett Jr. — married 1662 in St Mary's, Province of Maryland

Wife of Philemon Lloyd — married 1666 (to 22 Jun 1685) in Province of Maryland

Descendants

Died 21 May 1697 at age 50 in Wye House, Talbot County, Maryland

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Henrietta (Neale) Lloyd migrated from Spain to Colonial America.

Biography

She was born on 28 Apr 1647 and her parents were Anna Maria (Gill) and James Neale of Maryland.

Her father resided in England and Spain.

Henrietta Maria Neale first married about 1663 to Richard Bennett, II ^[1] (1644-1667), son of Mary Ann Utie and Gov. Richard Bennett (1608–1675) of Virginia.

Her husband died and she married secondly by 1670 in Maryland to Col. Philemon Lloyd ^[2] (of the famous Wye House Lloyds) and they have about 10 children.

As mistress of Wye House, Madam Lloyd (the "Madam" was a title of high respect, roughly equivalent to "Lady" in England) became the most glamorous woman of her day. Her beauty, strength of will and character are legendary. So many descendants were named for her that Hulbert Footner, in his "Rivers of the Eastern Shore," called her "the great ancestress of the Eastern Shore."

She quickly showed her new husband a sample of her stubborn will. Although he was a staunch Protestant, she remained a Roman Catholic and brought her two Bennett children up as Catholics. Philemon, equally stubborn, insisted that the eight children she bore him be raised as Protestants. He even wrote a stern injunction to that effect in his Will, indicating he didn't quite trust the lovely and strong-minded Henrietta.

Her religion hardy affected her social standing. Her background, wealth and beauty dazzled the rustic ladies of Talbot County, Maryland society. Not only was she the daughter of one of Lord Baltimore's chief lieutenants in Maryland, but her mother was said to have been a lady-in-waiting to King Charles I's queen, Henrietta Maria, for whom the colony itself, as well as Madam Lloyd was named. For proof, she had her famous mourning ring which, according to tradition, had been given to her mother by Queen Henrietta Maria, after Charles I was beheaded by order of Oliver Cromwell. (The ring is now at the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore.)

She died on 21 May 1697 and was buried at Wye House Cemetery in Easton, Talbot County, Maryland. ^{[3] [4]} Her son, Richard Bennett, III (by her first husband) erected a gravestone with the following inscription ... ... "Henrietta Maria Lloyd, shee that now takes her rest within't, had Rachel's face and Leah's truth, Abigail's wisdom, Lidia's faith, with Martha's care and Mary's, who died the 21st day of May, Anno Domini 1697, aged 50 years and months 2.'? days, to whose memory Richard dedicated this tomb"

Marriage

Marriage: (c1662 Talbot, Maryland ?) OR (1673 Virginia ?)

Husband #1: Richard Bennett, II

Wife: Henrietta Maria Neale

Child: Anne Bennet (c1632-c1708) m: 1666 John Goode, Sr.

Child: Susanna Maria Bennett (1666-1714) m1: John Darnall; m2: 1686 Henry Lowe, Sr.

Child: Richard Bennett, III (1667-1749) m: Elizabeth Rousby (no children).

Marriage: 1666-1669 St.Mary's County, Maryland

Husband #2: Philemon Lloyd

Child: Edward Lloyd (1671-1719) m: 1703 Sarah Covington

Child: Philemon Lloyd, Jr. (1672-1732)

Child: Jane Lloyd (1675-1690)

Child: Elizabeth Lloyd (c1675-1694)

Child: Mary Lloyd (c1675-1690)

Child: Anne Marie Lloyd (c1677-1748) m: 1700 Richard Tilghman, II

Child: James Lloyd (1680-1723) m: 1709 Ann Grundy.

Research Notes

A source is needed to confirm her birth location ...

b: Madrid, Spain ? OR

b: Virginia ? OR

b: Charles County, Maryland, USA ? (per FindAGrave).

Henrietta was born in 1647. She passed away in 1697.

Sources

1. ↑ http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=80008914062&indiv=try
2. ↑ "Colonial Families of the USA 1607-1775" v2 Lloyd Family; for Henrietta Maria Bennett
3. ↑ Maryland, Find A Grave Index 1637-2012 on ancestry.com
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #8969807 for Henrietta Maria (Neale) Lloyd, b: 28 Apr 1647 Charles County, Maryland, USA; d:21 May 1697 Talbot County, Maryland, USA; buried: Wye House Cemetery, Easton, Talbot County, Maryland, USA

• International Marriage Records 1560-1900 by Yates Publishing U.S. on ancestry.com

• Millennium File by Heritage Consulting on ncestry.com

• American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) compiled by Godfrey Memorial Library of MA; on ancestry.com

• Online Books Page. The Neale Family

• Newman, Harry Wright. "Maryland Semmes and Kindred Families": A Genealogical History of Marmaduke Semme(s), Gent., and His Descendants, Including the Allied Families of Greene, Simpson, Boarman, Matthews, Thompson, Middleton, and Neale; Heritage Books 2009; isb#978-0-7884-2308-6; p288

• Parran, Alice Norris. Register of Maryland's heraldic families: period from March 25th 1634 to March 25th, 1935, tercentenary of the founding of Maryland. Baltimore, MD; sponsored by the Southern Maryland Society Colonial Dames; v1 with index

• "Beside the Chesapeake" by Preston Ozymandius Dickson & published in the "Baltimore Sun" newspaper on 05 Nov 1972 of Baltimore MD; p246 (FF Sun Magazine)

• "Sidelights to Maryland History" by Hester Dorsey Richardson & published on 09 Oct 1904 in the Baltimore Sun. newspaper of Baltimore MD; "Henrietta Maria Neale: Grandmother of the Eastern Shore"

• American Genealogical-Biographical Index compiled by Godfrey Memorial Library if Middletown, CT, USA; citing Genealogy Column of the " Boston Transcript" 1906-1941 (greatest single source of material for gen. Data for the northeast area and for the period 1600-1800; indexed; 29 Nov 1905 #835 v123; p403

• https://www.loc.gov/item/06025620/

• https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/000800/000809/html/ndnbelloyd2.html

• FamilySearch
• Richard Bennett in the family data collection - marriages.