A few weeks ago, Mrs Pat Maas, of Kansas (Email kansaslady@sunflower.com) provided a link between her family back to Rev. Adam Boyd (1650-1679) – “SAID TO BE the grandson of Bishop Andrew Boyd of Argyllshire by various unnamed Internet sources. Her data is “Rev. Adam Boyd II 1650-1679 Married Agnes Forsyth in Sough Lanarkshire, U.K. Died in Aberdeenshire, Scotland Children: Robert Adam III John” Although not given in this quotation, in the next generation it said that the son Robert Boyd was born in 1668. (i) There are no dates and locations give for this family, to see if it may or may not fit Bishop Andrew Boyd’s family. So do any members have any data – dates and locations for these three children and their families, if they had any? (ii) You will notice from the dates above that Rev Adam Boyd died while only 29 years old. So having only three listed children MIGHT BE the limit of his family. (iii) While not given in this tree, it is said that Captain Adam Boyd – Rev Adam Boyd’s stated father – died in Ireland and other sources “imply” that the family remained in Ireland. So Rev Adam Boyd’s marriage in “South Lanarkshire” and his death in “Aberdeenshire” would appear strange to me. Although Boyds were in both locations – so some researchers might be taking names from Ireland and finding the same names in Scotland that might fit this Irish family. (iv) In the 8 Volumes of Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, that I copied in 2010, I could not see any Rev Adam Boyd listed but I did see a listing for his father Andrew Boyd. And there were quite a number of other Boyds listed for the 1500’s. So does this mean that he was on the Irish Fasti rather than the Scottish list? If so, it is strange that he married in South Lanarkshire and died in Aberdeenshire. There was no Adam Boyd’s listed in these 8 Volumes. So this now raises the question – “was Rev Adam Boyd a minister or actually a Presbyterian Minister?” Or could he have been a Church of England Minister? (v) So amongst the records on the internet does it say where – Church and town – in South Lanarkshire that Adam and Agnes were married? This may help in trying to link “Rev Adam Boyd” to another Boyd family in that area. (vi) This source does not say where in Aberdeenshire that “Rev Adam Boyd” died. So do these internet sources provide any more detailed location? (vii) There is no date for Adam and Agnes’s marriage. I ASSUME THIS is in the early 1670’s when he was studying for the ministry at University. Thank you Mike Boyd Historical Committee, HBS