William
Cloud
Jr.
Born in Calne, Wiltshire, England
Ancestors 
Son of William Cloud
and Susan (James) Cloud
Brother of
Joseph Cloud Sr., Susan Cloud, Robert Cloud, Jeremiah Cloud Sr., James Cloud and John Cloud
Husband of
Grace (Willis) Cloud
— married
4 Aug 1676 in Blakland Mill, Wiltshire, England
Descendants 
Father of
Richard Cloud, William Cloud, Joseph Cloud, Rachal Margaret Cloud, Jason Cloud, Esther Cloud and Susanna (Cloud) Greene
Died
at age 71
in Calne, Chester, Pennsylvania
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Biography
William was a Friend (Quaker)
William Cloud Jr., was born in 1647/1648, Calne, Wiltshire, England. He was baptised there on 29 Jul 1648. William was baptised on 29 July 1648 in Calne, Wiltshire, England.[1] According to Futhey and Cope's "history of chester county, pennsylvania...1881, this William was living in Caln township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, in 1715 and died there in 1720.[2]
William Cloud Jr., came to Pennsylvania with his father in 1682, on 1 of the 23 ships in William Penn's fleet; the Unicorn;[3][4]Possibly married before coming to America, and some of his children may have been born in England.[5]
He married Grace Willis, 8 mo. 4, 1676, at Blakeland Mill, Wiltshire, England, "both friends of the meeting of Calne" in the home of "John ffryes home", and witnessed by: William Cloud Sr/Susan Cloud/Jane amate or amats/Arthur/John Meate or Neate/Edward Bayley/Joohhn ffrey Senr./John ffrey juner/Robert Card/William Sau,idg./John Williams/margery willis/William Taylor/margery noyes/Sarah Smith/mary fry.[6]
On 4 mo. 1 1686, he purchased of his brother Robert, 200 acres of land lying in Chichester township, and may have lived there awhile, but his name is not found on the tax list of 1693.[5]
He inherited 100 acres of land from his father in 1702; an early settler of Caln towship, as he was a taxable there in 1715. He died there in 1720.[5]
The will of William Cloud Jr., of Caln, cordwainer, made 11 month 19. 1716-17, and proven Dec 16 1720, is recorded at West Chester in Will Book A 1, p. 105. He mentions his wife Grace, his sons, Jason, Joseph, Richard, and William, and his daughters Susanna and Esther. Exec., wife Grace and son Jason.
Children of William Cloud Jr., and Grace Willis
i. Joseph Cloud, d. 1728; m. Ruth Jervis, 1705
ii. Jason Cloud, d. about 1781; m. _______; had children 1 jason 2 Mordecai; 3 Abraham; 4 Sarah; m. William Davis; 5 Grace, m. John Cope, 1751; 6 Alice. m. Henry Thompson, 1752
iii. Richard Cloud, d. intestate 1718 in Philadelphia
iv. William Cloud v. Susanna Cloud, m. Thomas Greene 1715
vi. Esther Cloud
Sources
- ↑
Baptism:
"Wiltshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812"
Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre; Chippenham, Wiltshire, England; Wiltshire Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: 2083/2
Ancestry Sharing Link Ancestry au Record 61187 #1319422 (accessed 2 October 2021)
William Cloud baptism on 29 Jul 1648 (born 29 Jul 1648), son of William, in Calne, Wiltshire, England. - ↑ Pg 500 of Gilbert Cope etal., History of Chester County, Pa.,
- ↑ Identified passengers on the ship "Unicorn", approved by the Committees on Ancestral Eligibility and Lineage, and the Council of the Society; Retrieved from Welcome Society ancestors page; on December 22, 2014
- ↑ Early Chester County Arrivals Index (1681-1698), 12-22-2014; Chester Co., Pa
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Potts, Thomas, Our Family Ancestors, chapter 23, page 149, "The Cloud Family"
- ↑ deciphered by Gilbert Cope of West Chester, Pennsylvania; and cited by Thomas Potts, pg 13, Genealogical notes of the cloud family, founded by william cloud.
- Futhey, J. Smith & Cope, gilbert (1881). History of Chester County, Pennsylvania with genealogical and biographical sketches. Press of Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia.
- Potts, Thomas Maxwell.(1895) "Our family Ancestors, Chapter 23. "The Cloud family". Canonsburg, Pa.
- Early Chester County Arrivals Index (1681-1698): Chester County, PA; Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Sandra Ferguson <ferg@intelos.net>
- Committees on Ancestral Eligibility and Lineage, and the Council of the Society., founded in 1906; retrieved from Welcome Society website.
- Cloud Family Research source page at WikiTree
- Sheppard, Walter Lee Jr., Passengers and Ships Prior to 1684. Volume 1 of Penn's Colony: Genealogical and Historical Materials Relating to the Settlement of Pennsylvania. Heritage Books (2009) .
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