A few weeks ago, Mrs Pat Maas, of Kansas (Email kansaslady@sunflower.com) provided a link between her family back to Bishop Andrew Boyd of Dunoon, Argyllshire. Her data (said to have come from the internet) is “Andrew “Lord Bishop” Boyd 1569 or 1593 in Eaglesham, Scotland Married Elizabeth Cunningham Died December 21, 1639 in Scotland Buried Dunoon Church, Dunoon, Scotland Children: Capt. Adam George Elizabeth Isabel Thomas James” As you can see there is no dates and locations for their children. The date that I have in Family Chapter 8/411 is N9 Andrew Boyd, natural son of sixth Lord Boyd, b / /1556 or 1565, d 21 December 1636 ( ), bu Dunoon, Argyllshire, m /5/1590 (church, town, Renfrewshire?), Elizabeth Conyngham, daughter of Adam Conyngham and Jane Cunningham, of Auchenharvie, b 15xx, d 16xx, living 1618 and had issue:- [Lived: ] - This was Elizabeth's second marriage. She had a marriage contact of 1585 with Thomas Boyd of Lyn (either head of the Pitcon family or a branch of it). This five year gap could suggest that Elizabeth and Thomas Boyd MAY HAVE HAD TWO OR THREE CHILDREN from their marriage. At May 2008, there is no proof of any children born to this couple of Pitcon/Lyn. With some of the order of Bishop Andrew's children is a GUESS ON MY PART AT THIS TIME. O1 Thomas Boyd, b / /159x ( , Renfrewshire?), d / /166x ( ), died between 1 Nov. 1662 and 11th April 1665, bu , m 8/5/1617 (Church, town, county, etc), Helen Hay, dau of William Hay of Barro, and ???????, b / /159x ( ), d / /16xx ( ), bu , and had issue:- [Lived: ] - In The Hon Christopher Boyd notes for the Merton Hall family, it said that The Rev William Boyd's (P1) father was an Burgess of Glasgow and goes on to list 30 Boyd Burgess of Glasgow from 1630 to late 1600's. One of these is Mr Thomas Boyd, Minister at Eaglesham, 1638. O2 Andrew Boyd, b / /1593 ( ), d / /16xx ( ), after 1623, bu , m ? [Lived: ] O3 Elizabeth Boyd, b / /1593 ( ), d / /16xx ( ), after 1623, bu , m / /161x (church, town, county, etc), Rev Andrew Hamilton, Ministers of Kilbarhan, son of and (nee ) Hamilton, b / /159x ( ), d / /16xx ( ), bu , and had issue:- ? [Lived: ] O4 George Boyd, b / /1595 ( ), d / /1625 ( , France), bu , France?, unm? [Lived: ] - This birth date is not consistent with the comments of Robert Boyd of Trochrig in (E) above that called him a "modest youth". These dates would suggest someone who was nearly 30 years old. So you would not be calling him a youth at 30 years of age. So could this George Boyd, have died young or between 1601 and 1610, with a second George Boyd being born in between 1603 to 1610 and it was he who died in France in 1625 and was student at Glasgow University? O5 James Boyd, b / /1597 ( ), d / /1665 ( , Rathlin Island, Co Antrim, Ireland), bu St Thomas's Church of Ireland, Rathlin Island, m / /162x (church, town, County, etc), Christine Campbell, dau of and (nee ) Campbell, b / /159x ( ), d / /16xx ( ), living 1633, bu , and had issue:- ? [Lived: , Rathlin Island, Co Antrim, Ireland] - In the 1659 Irish Census it has an James Boyd living on Ballmore townlands. However, I can't find this townland on the modern map. Could it be Ballynoe which is east of the Harbour? O6 Adam Boyd, b / /1599 ( ), d /5/1649 ( , Glasgow, Scot.), bu , m / /162x (church, town, county, etc), Bessie Boyd, dau of Portencross [see below for possible links for Bessie], b / /160x ( ), d / /16xx ( ), after 1649, bu , and THOUGHT did not have issue:- [Lived: ] >From History of the County of Ayr: with a Genealogical Account of the Families of Ayrshire, James Paterson, 1847, p 421, as a footnote in the Boyd of Pitcon:- “2. Mr Adam Boyd. In 1619, he married Bessie Boyd, dau of Boyd of Portencross, and relict of Patrick Maxwell (son of John Maxwell of Auldhouse), merchant tailor, who died in 1623. He died in May 1649. No issue appeared (Wishaw, pp 119, 115).” O7 Hugh Boyd, b / /1601 ( ), d / /16xx ( ), living 1652, bu , m ? [Lived: ] O8 Isabella Boyd, b / /160x ( ), d / /16xx ( ), bu , m / /16xx (Church, town, county, etc), as his 3rd wife Sir Dugald Campbell, 1st Bt. of Auchinbreck, son of Duncan Campbell, of Auchinbreck, and had issue:- ?[1] [Lived: ] - See Chapter 8/424. However, there appears to be some confusion as to whom this Isabella Boyd is the daughter of. Although, it is not given, I would expect that all the children of Bishop Andrew and Elizabeth were born in Eaglesham, Renfrewshire – although I have found no evidence of this – because this was where he was then minister. These sources in Ch 8/411, suggest that Adam Boyd died in May 1649 in Glasgow, Scotland and not in Ireland where Captain Adam Boyd is said to have died. THUS SUGGESTING THAT WE MAY HAVE TWO ADAM BOYD’s. At this time I do not think that I can be proved one way or the other. If you have any evidence that can be added to any of these children, I would be most grateful to receive it and add to this chapter, with you as the source and where you got the information from originally. So that other can see what has been discovered. Thank you Mike Boyd Historical Committee, HBS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [1]Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 1970, 105 ed., p 463