In the History of the Boyd Clan and Related Families by Frederick T. Boyd Ph. D., 1962, page 7, it says:- “17 Hon. Robert Boyd, a glover of Kilmarnock was born 6 August 1689 and died in November 1761. He was the brother of William Boyd, 2nd Earl of Kilmarnock. [a] He married Margaret Thomson 25 October 1714 by whom he had eleven children. His tenth child: 18 James Boyd (1732-1798) moved to America in 1756. He married first Susanna Coffin Aug. 11, 1757 in Newbury, Mass., and secondly, Abigall Bulfinch in Boston, July 23, 1791.” (a) This is an incorrect statement. The First Earl’s son Robert was born in 1670 and not in 1689 and he died in about 1710 in the Lowlands. Unfortunately, Dr Boyd did not cite any source for this statement that James Boyd of Newburyport, Mass. was the tenth child of Robert Boyd and Margaret Thomson. While on pages 25-26 of this book, Dr Boyd in a tree outlining the family of Tristram Coffin (1605-1681), shows that in the 5th generation of the Coffin family states “5 Susanna Coffin (1735-1788) m. James Boyd Aug. 11, 1757 after his arrival in America from Kilmarnock, Scotland. Susanna was raised in the Tristram Coffin House in Newbury. James Boyd was the 10th child of Hon. Robert Boyd, and grandson of William Boyd, 1st Earl of Kilmarnock. James was born 1732 and died in Boston, 1798.” Again there is no citation of any source for the place of James Boyd in the family of Robert Boyd and Margaret Thomson or the number of children they had. Nor did he name who were the other 10 children of Robert and Margaret Boyd. So do any members know of any sources that Dr Boyd might have used in 1962 to write these claims on the family of Robert Boyd and Margaret Thomson? Thank you Mike Boyd Historical Committee, HBS