> Hi Lauren and other Boyd researchers, > > Here is my info on my brick wall. > > The Boyd that I am stuck on is Nancy Boyd. Nancy is my husband's GGG > Grandmother. > > I know she was b. 27 May in PA and that she d. 7 Jul 1890 in Morgan Co., OH. > Nancy m. Thomas Alexander in Jefferson Co., OH on 23 Mar 1836. > > I have researched: > > Morgan Co., OH pretty extensively. Their library, The Kate Love Simpson > Library has a very nice genealogy collection and room. > > I have a subscription to Ancestry.com, so I've studied census records. > > I have researched in Columbus, Ohio and copied excerpts from books from > Jefferson Co., OH. > > I have some deed records from Jefferson Co., OH for men who could have been > Mary's father. > > I found some church records for Jefferson Co. containing the baptism of a > Nancy Boyd. The church was the Island Creek Presbyterian Church. In reading > these church records online, I also saw where a Boyd child was adopted, so > it makes me wonder if Nancy could have been orphaned. That's just my > thinking. I have no proof of that. > > I last reviewed this family probably around Christmas 2010. > > I have not gone to Jefferson Co., OH to do actual research there. I don't > live too far away from the area, so I might try going there this summer. > > I just don't have too much else to go on at this point. I would appreciate > any suggestions. > > Thanks, > Barb Crawford > Hocking Co., OH

Jonette I this good that your father has done the DNA test. This will allow us to make up a possible trail for your ancestors. 2) William Boyd death in 1854 in Dallas Co. Iowa - what infromation do you have from it. Does his death certificate show his parents? If not see if there was a County Newspaper for that period and see if his death is recorded in it? Hopefully this will give his parents which will allow the lsit to search on those names. 3) I have part of the family of Thomas Boyd and Susannah Howe. The information that I have on htis couple is:- Thomas Boyd Jr was born 1784/5 probably in Jaunita Twp., Cumberland Co., PA, although some census reports say he was born in MD, he could have even been born in York Co., PA; he married about 1810 in Cumberland or York to Susanna Howe, b.Aug.22,1786, Warrington Twp., York Co., PA. They lived in that part of Cumberland Co. that became Perry Co. in 1820. Susanna died Apr.13,1855 in Buck's Valley, Buffalo Twp., Perry Co., PA and was mother to nine children, most of which migrated west to Ohio and beyond. Thomas eventually moved to Darke Co. , OH where several of his children had gone, and he remarried to Rachel Paulus, widow of Joseph O. Keltner, in 1856. Thomas and Rachel appear on the 1860 Census there, but that same year, Thomas moved into the home of his daughter Rebecca near Angola, IN, alone. This family planned to move west and Thomas was sent to live with his son William in Dallas Co., IA. Thomas died Jan.31,1871 in Dallas Co., IA. There are quite a number of members of this family researching and I have partof this family outlined in ch 4/248 in Boyd from Jaunita, Perry Co. (formerly Cumberland Co) PA So you William Boyd MIGHT BE a younger brother!! While I have this second link to Dallas Co., Iowa:- Doyce A. Bailey - minburn@ia.net Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52405 Thomas BOYD b ? Scotland m Clara CLAUSON Harold E BOYD b 1872 Lexington, Mclean Co IL m 1893 Bloomington IL Iva J MANNING Lela LaVonne BOYD b 1898 Dallas Co IA d 1988 m 1919 Dallas John BAILEY Harold Dean BAILEY b 1919 Dallas Co IA d 1985 m 1938 Fae Louise FAGEN Doyce Alan BAILEY b 1946 Perry, Dallas Co IA This is form a 1997 Queries list, so the Email address may have changed While this Boyd families had links to Parke Co., IN. :- Need parents and siblings of JOHN BOYD, Revolutionary War soldier, born in Surry Co., NC 28 Dec 1761. He m. MARY ROBERTS in Mt. Airy, Surry County, NC in June 1784/85. Mary was b. 30 June 1766 in Mt. Airy, Surry County. They resided in Green Co. TN., Surry Co. NC., Grayson Co., Virginia, Rogersville, Hawkins Co., TN and moved to Hendricks Co., IN in 1833. John d. 6 Jan/June 1840. Some of their descendants went to Parke Co., IN., and St. Johns, MI. When did my "Boyd Family" come to America and from what country, Ireland or Scotland? Any info would be greatly appreciated. Write to: C. Boyd, 112 Carriage Way Dr. A106, Burr Ridge, IL 60521 C Boyd may have come across your family while doing their own resaerch Thank you. I hope this will help you Mike Boyd Historical Committee, HBS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonette Kowalik" <jrkowalik@gmail.com> To: <Boyd@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 9:03 PM Subject: [BOYD] Brick Wall - William Boyd - Dallas County Iowa > Boyd cousins > My father and I have been research our Boyd line for about a year and > have hit our brick wall, William Boyd b1798 Cumberland PA (?) d1854 > Dallas County, Iowa. Married Mary (?) b1795 d 1850 also Dallas County > Iowa. Children were Samuel b1823, James b?, Jane b 1825, Nancy b1833, > Catherine b1834. The family lived in Parke County IN for some time as > the children were all born there and a number were married there prior > to the family relocating to Dallas County. James is somewhat of a > mystery as he is listed in William's will as if the family were > unaware of his whereabouts but he was with the family in 1849 when > they relocated to Dallas County Iowa but gone on the 1850 Census. We > have been unable to find any further information on Mary. My father > did have a 67-marker DNA test performed and we are hoping that may > find us some 'close cousins'. Any help would be appreciated. > > Jonette Boyd Kowalik >

Rebecca You will need to find as much information as you can in the USA before you go to Ireland - north or south. So what other information does the shipping record of 1850 tell you? 2) In 1850, was it through Ellis Island they at they came? If so what records does that give on William Joseph Boyd and Jane Boyd? 3) Have you found their naturalisation records? 4) Did you find where he was living in the 1860 Census? 5) Do you know where they "settled" in America after they arrived? 6) You said that he was with the "Ohio 6th Regiment in the Civil War" & that you found 2 William J Boyd listed. So have you been able to get both their records to see if one is born in Ireland? Hopefully this may tell WHERE in Ireland he was born - at least the County. (Do you know where to find these records.) I am sure that other list members will have other questions about what resarch you have done, so far. You could have a situation, where his parents had already come to the USA or perhaps they may have died in Ireland and he and Jane were coming to the USA to live with relatives - uncle, aunt or cousins? And if he has shipped out from Belfast, there are several Counties that he may have come from - Antrim, Down, Armagh, eastern Tyrone or even eastern Londonderry, just to name the most likely Counties. Hopefully this will help Mike Boyd Historical Committee, HBS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rebecca Boyd" <rebecca@wisemare.com> To: <Boyd@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 3:02 AM Subject: [BOYD] Brick Wall: William Joseph Boyd b. ~1840 I am looking for the parents of William Joseph Boyd, who arrived in New York on a ship from Belfast in 1850. He was approximately 10 years old. The only other Boyd on the ship with him was Jane, age 20. I don't know if they were siblings, cousins, aunt/nephew, or what. Unless the ages on the ship's manifest are wrong, she's not his mother. Family lore holds that William was a soldier in the Ohio 6th Regiment in the Civil War, and there are indeed two William J. Boyd's in that regiment. However, this doesn't get me any closer to knowing who his parents were. The US and International records available through Ancestry.com have proved useless on this particular problem. I suspect I need to be looking at Church records in Northern Ireland. How does one do that, without going to Northern Ireland? Help?

Hi Rebecca -- Your message to the list may have bounced, but I received a copy as a cc, so am not cutting off your original as I reply. Take a look to <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_britain> for more information. Apparently it is stated that Great Britain is the Island on which Scotland, Cornwall, Wales and England are located. The Isle of Alba. Census work should provide more clues before you are jumping off in *any* country looking for William Boyd.... Jane is just as common a name. Kind of like a search for John Smith or Jane Doe! However, I suspect you will find "Scotland" as the response for Jane's place of birth on the census. Yours Aye, Lauren On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Rebecca Boyd <rebecca@wisemare.com> wrote: > > Thanks, Lauren.  That is, indeed, information I already have.  However, it has just occurred to me:  Might the "Great Britain" line be significant?  Belfast is within the United > Kingdom, but Great Britain is the island shared by England, Scotland, and Wales.  That's why the full name of the UK is "the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland."  I wonder if that was so in 1850?  (i.e. if Northern Ireland was not considered Great Britain at that time either?)  If so, that leads me to believe I ought to be looking in Scotland, not Ulster. > > Hmmmm....  Thanks for the things to chew on. > > > --- On Thu, 6/2/11, Lauren Boyd McLachlan <confido@gmail.com> wrote: > > From: Lauren Boyd McLachlan <confido@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [BOYD] Brick Wall: William Joseph Boyd b. ~1840 > To: "Mike Boyd" <mikejboyd@bigpond.com> > Cc: "Rebecca Boyd" <rebecca@wisemare.com>, Boyd@rootsweb.com > Date: Thursday, June 2, 2011, 12:49 PM > > From www.castlegardens.org > > WILLIAM BOYD > Age: 10 > Ship: Standard > Arrived: 16 Jul 1850 > Country:  Great Britain > Port of Departure: Belfast > Country of Origin: Great Britain > > JANE BOYD > Age: 20 > Ship: Standard > Arrived: 16 Jul 1850 > Country:  Great Britain > Port of Departure: Belfast > Country of Origin: Great Britain > > However as Rebecca mentioned the ship's manifest in her post, I > suspect this is information she already has.  This is merely an > extract as posted to the CG website.  There may be original records > that state a bit more. > > Keep in mind that it would not be unusual for someone living in > Scotland to arrive in the USA on a ship out of Belfast.  Yet another > possibility. > > Yours Aye, > > Lauren > > On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Mike Boyd <mikejboyd@bigpond.com> wrote: > > Rebecca > > > > You will need to find as much information as you can in the USA before you > > go to Ireland - north or south. > > > > So what other information does the shipping record of 1850 tell you? > > > > 2)    In 1850, was it through Ellis Island they at they came?  If so what > > records does that give on William Joseph Boyd and Jane Boyd? > > > > 3)    Have you found their naturalisation records? > > > > 4)    Did you find where he was living in the 1860 Census? > > > > 5)    Do you know where they "settled" in America after they arrived? > > > > 6)    You said that he was with the "Ohio 6th Regiment in the Civil War" & > > that you found 2 William J Boyd listed.  So have you been able to get both > > their records to see if one is born in Ireland?  Hopefully this may tell > > WHERE in Ireland he was born - at least the County.  (Do you know where to > > find these records.) > > > > I am sure that other list members will have other questions about what > > resarch you have done, so far. > > > > You could have a situation, where his parents had already come to the USA or > > perhaps they may have died in Ireland and he and Jane were coming to the USA > > to live with relatives - uncle, aunt or cousins? > > > > And if he has shipped out from Belfast, there are several Counties that he > > may have come from - Antrim, Down, Armagh, eastern Tyrone or even eastern > > Londonderry, just to name the most likely Counties. > > > > Hopefully this will help > > > > Mike Boyd > > Historical Committee, HBS > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Rebecca Boyd" <rebecca@wisemare.com> > > To: <Boyd@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 3:02 AM > > Subject: [BOYD] Brick Wall: William Joseph Boyd b. ~1840 > > > > > > I am looking for the parents of William Joseph Boyd, who arrived in New York > > on a ship from Belfast in 1850. He was approximately 10 years old. The only > > other Boyd on the ship with him was Jane, age 20. I don't know if they were > > siblings, cousins, aunt/nephew, or what. Unless the ages on the ship's > > manifest are wrong, she's not his mother. > > > > Family lore holds that William was a soldier in the Ohio 6th Regiment in the > > Civil War, and there are indeed two William J. Boyd's in that regiment. > > However, this doesn't get me any closer to knowing who his parents were. > > > > The US and International records available through Ancestry.com have proved > > useless on this particular problem. I suspect I need to be looking at Church > > records in Northern Ireland. How does one do that, without going to Northern > > Ireland? Help? > > > > > > > > ______________________________________ > > House of Boyd Society's (HBS) Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Gathering of the Clan 2012 will be held in Woodland,CA, USA in conjunction with the Sacramento Caledonian Club's 136th annual Sacramento Valley Scottish Games & Festival in April 2012 (unofficial date April 28th and 29th -- to be confirmed by the venue). 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List Members these are the details that I have for Capt John Boyd's children. It would appear that only 4 of the 7 were married but I do not know if they had any children or not from the sources that gave me this information T1 John Boyd, b 22/2/1750 ( , Chester Co., PA), d 13/2/1831 ( , Northumberland, Pa. ), bu , m 13/5/1794 ( ), Rebecca Bull, dau of Col. John and (nee ) Bull, b /11/1767 ( ), d / /18xx ( ), bu , and had issue:- U1 Sarah-Haynes Boyd, b 9/4/1796 ( ), d 1866 (Peoria, Illinois), bu , m. 10/10/1822 ( ), Rev. William R. Smith, son of and (nee ) Smith, b / /17xx ( ) d / /18xx ( ), bu , and had issue:- [Lived: ] - William was a noted preacher at Sunbury. [need to check with James Curran if this is part of his family] U2 Annie-Smith Boyd, b 8/2/1798 ( ), d 24/11/1801 ( ), bu . U3 Mary-Philips Boyd, b 24/11/1799 ( ), d 7/12/1801 ( ), bu . U4 Elizabeth-Rittenhouse Boyd, b 20/9/1801 ( ), d 26/9/1826 (Alton, Illinois), bu , m / /182x ( , ), Dr. Henry Kent Lathey, son of and (nee ) Lathey, b 17xx ( ), d 18xx ( ), bu , and had issue:- ? [Lived: ] U5 John-Benjamin Boyd, b 11/1/1804 ( ) d / /18xx ( , Northumberland, ), bu , unm. [Lived: ] - He studied law and admitted to the bar at Sunbury, but never practiced. U6 William-Thomas Boyd, b 20/11/1805 ( ), d / /18xx ( ), bu , m / /18xx ( , ), Grace Slater, dau of and (nee ) Slater, b 18xx ( ), d 18xx ( ), bu , and had issue:- ? [Lived: ] U7 Marie-Josepha Boyd, b 16/9/1808 ( ), d / /18xx ( ), living 1887, bu , m 28/11/1832, Hon. Stephen/Samuel Freeman Headley, son of and (nee ) Headley, b / /18xx ( ), d / /18xx ( ), bu , and had issue:- [Lived: ] - Marie in 1887 was residing at Morristown, NJ. Stephen was a lawyer, senator from Columbia county c. 1850. If any members of the list have any more data on any of these children's families, the List and I would would like to hear from you please. Would there be any information on John Boyd's family from Colonel John Bull's family tree? Thak you Mike Boyd Historical Committee, HBS ----- Original Message ----- From: Mindy Householder To: Boyd@rootsweb.com ; Mike Boyd Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 11:23 PM Subject: John Boyd THE MORNING HEARLD Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania Publication Date: Friday, February 22, 1924 Page: 13 TODAY'S STORY IN PENNSYLVANIA HISTORY Service and Captivity of Captain John Boyd, Born February 22, 1750 By Frederic A. Godcharles (Copyright, 1923, by the Author) One of the distinguished patriots of the Continentat Army during the the Revolution was Captain John Boyd, a frontiersman who suffered Indian captivity and lived to rejoin his family and again become one of the foremost citizens of his time. The Boyd family gained a foothold in America when John Boyd, the emigrant from the north of Ireland, landed on these shores in 1744, and settled in Chester County. He married Sarah DeVane, and they removed to Northumberland County, where they continuted to reside until their decease. They were the parent of three patiortic sons, John, born February 22, 1750, Thomas, born 1752, and William born 1755. John, the eldest brother, was born in Chester County, where he spent his boyhood days, he joined his parents and brother in Northumberland in 1773, which was then almost the frontier. He took an early and decided part in favor of the colonists in the struggle for liberty. Captain Boyd was a merchant and in partnership with Colonel William Wilson operated a mill on Chilliaquaque Creek, Northumberland County for many years. Captain Boyd, married May 13, 1791, Rebecca, daughter of Colonel John Bull, famous Revolutionary officer. The were the parents of five daughters and two sons. He died February 23, 1831. I transcribed this article word for word. The paper was very faded and some parts hard to read. Thought it was interested and might help someone. Mindy

Mindy and others This John Boyd came from Northumberland Co., PA and would from my comments be outlined in Pennsylvania Genealogies, William H. Egle, 1886. I have part of this family outlined in chapter 4/245. You will note below that Sara De Vane was a Huguenot, but John is said to have come form North of Ireland. So could this Boyd family have had some links to Holland before coming to America or did this couple meet in America? Mike Boyd Historical Committee, HBS The origin of this family is from the North of Ireland with Scotch parentage. In many ways it is very similar to the outline of the family set out in Ch 2/135 Boyd of Washingtonville, Northumberland Co., PA as this family also were in similar battles during the Revolution. I have been given this information from Mr James T. Curran, 1529 Denniston Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15217 USA which he has taken from Pennsylvania Genealogies, William H. Egle, 1886. It would appear that Mr Egle had two slightly different versions. The following is an amalgamation of the two, whoever I have slightly changed the format.. S1 John Boyd, bc 1719 (in the north of Ireland of Scotch parentage), d 178x ( ), bu , m / /1748 ( ), Sarah DeVane, dau of and (nee ) De Vane, b 1724 ( ), d 10/11/1813 ( ), bu , and had issue:- [Lived: ] - Sarah was a Huguenot. [My question, where they in this part of PA or was there some link with John's parents and Sarah's. It should be remembered that the First Earl's 4 brothers all fought in the Scots Dutch Brigade in the Flanders. Could there be such a link?] >From the journal of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania for June 15th, 1781, we have the following: "Petition of Sarah Boyd, of the town of Northumberland, in the county of Northumberland, widow, was read, representing that at an early period of life she had the misfortune of being deprived of her husband, and was left to struggle with many difficulties to support herself and three sons, her only children. That at the commencement of the present war, all of her said sons took an early and decided part in the grand contest, and she cheerfully consented to their serving their distressed country, that her youngest son, William, a Lieutenant in the Pennsylvania regiment fell in the battle of Brandywine. That her son, Thomas, after gaving sharing in all the dangers and fatigues of the Canadian expedition, fell a sacrifice to Indian barbarity, in the expedition commanded by Sullivan and that her remaining son now commands a company appointed for the defense of the frontiers of this State, and praying that she may be allowed the depreciation of the pay of her deceased sons, the same having been transferred to her by her surviving son." On the 29th of the same month, we have this: "That having considered the singular case of Sarah Boyd, as represented in her petition of the 15th inst., they would most earnestly recommend it to the House to make her a grant of a sum of money in lieu and satisfaction of the depreciation which would have descended to the widow and children of her deceased sons if any there had been." "p. 696, A - An act to settle and adjust the accounts of the troops of this State in the service of the United States and for other purposes therein mentioned, was brought in engrossed and compared at the table." "Resolved, that it be enacted into a law and signed by the Speaker." In the Northumberland Gazette of November 10, 1803, the following obituary appears: "Died on Saturday evening last, at the advanced age of 79 years, Mrs. Sarah Boyd. She had long resided in this county during which time her character had been well-known to be that of a sincere Christian and a particular friend to all those who stood in need of her assistance. No woman, perhaps, has ever died in this country whose loss has been more sincerely regretted than that of Mrs. Boyd. On Sunday afternoon, her remains were conducted to the place of interment attended by her relatives and other friends." ----- Original Message ----- From: Mindy Householder To: Boyd@rootsweb.com ; Mike Boyd Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 11:23 PM Subject: John Boyd THE MORNING HEARLD Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania Publication Date: Friday, February 22, 1924 Page: 13 TODAY'S STORY IN PENNSYLVANIA HISTORY Service and Captivity of Captain John Boyd, Born February 22, 1750 By Frederic A. Godcharles (Copyright, 1923, by the Author) One of the distinguished patriots of the Continentat Army during the the Revolution was Captain John Boyd, a frontiersman who suffered Indian captivity and lived to rejoin his family and again become one of the foremost citizens of his time. The Boyd family gained a foothold in America when John Boyd, the emigrant from the north of Ireland, landed on these shores in 1744, and settled in Chester County. He married Sarah DeVane, and they removed to Northumberland County, where they continuted to reside until their decease. They were the parent of three patiortic sons, John, born February 22, 1750, Thomas, born 1752, and William born 1755. William Boyd was a lieutenant in the Twelfth Regiment of the Continortul Line, under Colonel William Cooke. He fell at the battle of Brandyline. Thomas Boyd was a lieutenant in General John Sullivan's command when he made his successful campaign against the Six Nations in Northern Pennsylvania and southern New York. In 1770, Lieutenant Boyd was in charge of a scouting detail on the march when he was captured by the Indians and Tories under the command of Colonel John Butler, near Little Beard's Town, on the Genesee. Boyd was surrounded by a strong detachment of the enemy, who killed fourteen of his men, he and a soldier were captured and only eight escaped. When General Sullivan learned of Boyd's fate the advance was quickened in the hope they could reach him, but on arriving at Genesee Castle, his remains and those of the other prisoners, were found sourrounded by all the horrid evidences of savage Barbarity. The torture fires were yet burning. Flaming pine knots had been thrust into their flesh, then finger nails pulled out, their tongues cut off, and their heads severed from their bodies. John, the eldest brother, was born in Chester County, where he spent his boyhood days, je joined his parents and brother in Northumberland in 1773, which was then almost the frontier. He took an early and decided part in favor of the colonists in the struggle forliberty. His commission as a First Lieutenant in the Continental Army is dated in May 1777, which rank he held until February 1781, when he accepted a Captain's commission from the State of Pennsylvania, which had resolved to raise and equip three companies of Rangers for the defense of the western frontier, then sorely distressed by the hostile incursions of the savages. It was to the command of one of these companies that Capt John Boyd was promoted. In June, 1781, while marching his men across the Allegheny Mountains he fell into an ambuscade of Indians near the headwaters of the Raystown branch of the Juniata River, in Hedford County and was made a prisoner with a number of his soldiers, and led captive thru the wilderness to Canada. One of thhe Indian chiefs, who was instrumental in saving Captain Boyd' life, when asked "Why he did not put his prisoners to death?" raised his eyes and pointint to the heavens, replied, "The Great Spirit protects him." Captain Boyd was confined during his imprisonment in Canada on an island in the St. Lawrence, near Montreal. In the spring of 1782 an exchange of prisoners took place and he was returned to Philadelphia by water with a number of his fellow soldiers. Previous to his capture he had been engaged int he battles of White Plains, Germantown, Brandywine, and Stony Point. He was one of the fifty who composed the "Forlong hope, " led by Mad Anthony Wayne at Stony Point, who met within the fort. He was of West Point, and witnessed the execution of the unfortunate Major Andre. The story of Boyd' experiences after his captivity is possby the most accourate of those handed down to the present generation for he lived many years afterwards. At the time of the ambuseade Captain Boyd was wounded during the skirmish, but after his capture and inspite of his wounds he made a desperate effort to escapt by running but was pursued and received three terrible gashes in his head with a tomahawk, when he was recaptured. The wounds to his head ever afterwards caused him to keep up a continual winking. The Indians immediately struck across the country reaching the West Branch of the Susquanhana near the mouth of the Shippenburg? Creek, they also had another prisoner named Ross, who was wounded even more severely than Boyd, and could travel no further. The Indians determined to massacre him in themost cruel manner. He was fastended to a stake, with his arms tied behind his back, his boyd was cut with sharp points and pitch line splinters stuck into the incisions, when the fire was lighted and the savages danced aroundh im in a fiendish glee, all the time uttering the most hideous yells. Heis tortures were terrible before death relieved him. During this tragic scene Captain Boyd, faint from the loss of blood, was tied to a small oak sapling in such a position that he could not refrain from being a silent spectater of the horrible scene: realizing that he was soon to suffer the same tortures. He summonded up all his courage and resigned himself to his fate. Certainly his thoughts must have reminded him of the sufferings ofh is heroic brother only two years before, almost the same manner. While the incarnate fiends were making preparations to torture him to death by tuches?, he sang a pretty Masonic song, with a plaintive air which attracted their attention and they listened to it closely until it was finished. At this critical moment an old squaw came up and claimed him for her son. The Indians did not interfere and she immediately dressed his wounds and attended to his comfort carefully guarding him during their journey to Canada. This old squaw accompanied Captain Boyd to Quebec where he was placed in a hospital and attended by an English surgeon. When he recovered he was turned out on the street without a penny or a friend. He found a Masonic Inn and made himself known to the proprietor who cared for him until he was exchanged. The old squaw who befriended him belonged to the Oneida tribe. Captain Boyd remembered her kindly as one of his bests friends and frequently sent her presents of money and trinkets. On one occasion he made a journey north to visit her in her aboriginal home and personally thank her for saving his life. Captain Boyd was a merchant and in partnership with Colonel William Wilson operated a mill on Chilliaquaque Creek, Northumberland County for many years. He was one of the surviving officers who enjoyed the provisions of the act of Congress, May 1828. He was a delegate in the convention that ratified the Federal Consitution December 12, 1787. He was an elector of president and vice president in 1792, when he voted for Washington and Adams. He was appointed by President Washington, Inspector of Internal Revenue for Pennsylvania. He also served as Registar and Recorder of Northumberland County. Captain Boyd, married May 13, 1791, Rebecca, daughter of Colonel John Bull, famous Revolutionary officer. The were the parents of five daughters and two sons. He died February 23, 1831. ã?? I transcribed this article word for word. The paper was very faded and some parts hard to read. Thought it was interested and might help someone. Mindy

>From www.castlegardens.org WILLIAM BOYD Age: 10 Ship: Standard Arrived: 16 Jul 1850 Country: Great Britain Port of Departure: Belfast Country of Origin: Great Britain JANE BOYD Age: 20 Ship: Standard Arrived: 16 Jul 1850 Country: Great Britain Port of Departure: Belfast Country of Origin: Great Britain However as Rebecca mentioned the ship's manifest in her post, I suspect this is information she already has. This is merely an extract as posted to the CG website. There may be original records that state a bit more. Keep in mind that it would not be unusual for someone living in Scotland to arrive in the USA on a ship out of Belfast. Yet another possibility. Yours Aye, Lauren On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Mike Boyd <mikejboyd@bigpond.com> wrote: > Rebecca > > You will need to find as much information as you can in the USA before you > go to Ireland - north or south. > > So what other information does the shipping record of 1850 tell you? > > 2)    In 1850, was it through Ellis Island they at they came?  If so what > records does that give on William Joseph Boyd and Jane Boyd? > > 3)    Have you found their naturalisation records? > > 4)    Did you find where he was living in the 1860 Census? > > 5)    Do you know where they "settled" in America after they arrived? > > 6)    You said that he was with the "Ohio 6th Regiment in the Civil War" & > that you found 2 William J Boyd listed.  So have you been able to get both > their records to see if one is born in Ireland?  Hopefully this may tell > WHERE in Ireland he was born - at least the County.  (Do you know where to > find these records.) > > I am sure that other list members will have other questions about what > resarch you have done, so far. > > You could have a situation, where his parents had already come to the USA or > perhaps they may have died in Ireland and he and Jane were coming to the USA > to live with relatives - uncle, aunt or cousins? > > And if he has shipped out from Belfast, there are several Counties that he > may have come from - Antrim, Down, Armagh, eastern Tyrone or even eastern > Londonderry, just to name the most likely Counties. > > Hopefully this will help > > Mike Boyd > Historical Committee, HBS > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rebecca Boyd" <rebecca@wisemare.com> > To: <Boyd@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 3:02 AM > Subject: [BOYD] Brick Wall: William Joseph Boyd b. ~1840 > > > I am looking for the parents of William Joseph Boyd, who arrived in New York > on a ship from Belfast in 1850. He was approximately 10 years old. The only > other Boyd on the ship with him was Jane, age 20. I don't know if they were > siblings, cousins, aunt/nephew, or what. Unless the ages on the ship's > manifest are wrong, she's not his mother. > > Family lore holds that William was a soldier in the Ohio 6th Regiment in the > Civil War, and there are indeed two William J. Boyd's in that regiment. > However, this doesn't get me any closer to knowing who his parents were. > > The US and International records available through Ancestry.com have proved > useless on this particular problem. I suspect I need to be looking at Church > records in Northern Ireland. How does one do that, without going to Northern > Ireland? Help? > > > > ______________________________________ > House of Boyd Society's (HBS) Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Gathering of the Clan 2012 will be held in Woodland,CA, USA in conjunction with the Sacramento Caledonian Club's 136th annual Sacramento Valley Scottish Games & Festival in April 2012 (unofficial date April 28th and 29th -- to be confirmed by the venue). Write AGM@clanboyd.org if you would be interested in helping to plan it. > ____________________________________________________ > House of Boyd Society's (HBS) Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Gathering of the Clan 2011 was a great success in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA in conjunction with The Highland Games and Celtic Gathering April 16-17, 2011. > _______________________________________ > Support the Fellowship Activities of the Clan.  Join the House of Boyd Society! >  http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BOYD/2008-06/1212428046 > ______________________________________ > House of Boyd Society sends HUGE thank you to all of our volunteers.  The Society would not be what it is without you! > ______________________________________ > > Want to contribute an article or query to the Dean Road?  Contact Kevin McLachlan, Editor at Editor@clanboyd.org > > ==================== > Visit the House of Boyd Society Website http://www.clanboyd.org > ==================== > For Officers and other Contacts, see http://www.clanboyd.org/officers.shtml > ==================== > Most replies should go to the list, not just the author of the post.  Make sure to include the list address Boyd@rootsweb.com > ==================== > Need to contact the Admin?  Write me off list at Boyd-admin@rootsweb.com > ==================== > Can't recall what the beginning of a thread was?  Subscribe mid-discussion? Visit the PUBLICLY VIEWABLE archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=boyd > ==================== > Got an issue that is beyond the purview of this list?  Write the Help Desk for assistance   http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/ > Honor your fellow subscribers -- follow the Golden Rule! > **************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Dear Rebecca, Mike and cousins: Ellis Island was not in existence and handling immigrants until 1892. For research 1820 to 1892, one would have to look to Castle Gardens. see: http://www.castlegarden.org/ The opening page says: CastleGarden.org is an educational project of The Battery Conservancy. This free site offers access to an extraordinary database of information on 11 million immigrants from 1820 through 1892, the year Ellis Island opened. Over 100 million Americans can trace their ancestors to this early immigration period. Castle Garden, today known as Castle Clinton National Monument, is the major landmark within The Battery, the 25 acre waterfront park at the tip of Manhattan. From 1855 to 1890, the Castle was America's first official immigration center, a pioneering collaboration of New York State and New York City. CastleGarden.org is an invaluable resource for educators, scholars, students, family historians, and the interested public. Currently the site hosts 11 million records, and support is needed to complete the complete digitization of the original ship manifests. The Battery remains one of the oldest public open spaces in continuous use in New York City. Native Americans fished from its banks, and the first Dutch settlers built a low, stone wall with cannons, a battery, to protect the harbor and the fledgling city of New Amsterdam. The transformations of The Battery and the Castle tell the history of New York and, by association, the growth and development of our nation. ______________________________________ Yours Aye, Lauren On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Mike Boyd <mikejboyd@bigpond.com> wrote: > Rebecca > > You will need to find as much information as you can in the USA before you > go to Ireland - north or south. > > So what other information does the shipping record of 1850 tell you? > > 2)    In 1850, was it through Ellis Island they at they came?  If so what > records does that give on William Joseph Boyd and Jane Boyd?

Understanding Scotch-Irish research requires understanding the religious and political history of Northern Ireland. Don't read "Irish" history cause it's almost a waste of time. To save me time, I'm gonna let Leyburn tell you why Huguenot's were in Northern Ireland. If you don't know Leyburn, you are NOT doing Scotch-Irish research. “The Scotch-Irish A Social History” by James G. Leyburn of Washington and Lee University and published by the University of North Carolina Press contains references to Huguenots in Ulster and America. The following are the Ulster references. On page 128, in talking about Ulster, he states: One of the most fortunate occurrences that happened to it came in the closing years of the century. In 1685 France revoked the Edict of Nantes, which for many years had assured religious liberty to the Huguenots. Historians estimate that some half-million of these Protestants left France as a result of the revocation of the Edict, to the benefit of the industry of the countries to which they migrated. Many of them (no figures are anywhere cited) came to Ulster, and since they, too, were Calvinists, for the most part they joined the Presbyterian Church and soon became a part of the Scottish communities. Their thrift and industry were beneficial; but their particular contribution was an improvement of the methods of manufacturing linen, for which the colony was already noted. Ulster's trade thereafter took another forward leap. So the answer is Huguenot's, just like Quakers, are all connected in Northern Ireland. In the 1820's the "Devanny" family is still in Antrim. Not an absolute connection, but pretty obvious possibility. Pinpointing the DeVane family in Ulster or America could pinpoint Sara's family with relative ease. Have a good weekend. Colin Brooks In a message dated 6/1/2011 8:35:38 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, mikejboyd@bigpond.com writes: Mindy and others This John Boyd came from Northumberland Co., PA and would from my comments be outlined in Pennsylvania Genealogies, William H. Egle, 1886. I have part of this family outlined in chapter 4/245. You will note below that Sara De Vane was a Huguenot, but John is said to have come form North of Ireland. So could this Boyd family have had some links to Holland before coming to America or did this couple meet in America? Mike Boyd Historical Committee, HBS S1 John Boyd, bc 1719 (in the north of Ireland of Scotch parentage), d 178x ( ), bu , m / /1748 ( ), Sarah DeVane, dau of and (nee ) De Vane, b 1724 ( ), d 10/11/1813 ( ), bu , and had issue:- - Sarah was a Huguenot. [My question, where they in this part of PA or was there some link with John's parents and Sarah's. It should be remembered that the First Earl's 4 brothers all fought in the Scots Dutch Brigade in the Flanders. Could there be such a link?]

In the last two days we have had requests about Boyds that came from Ireland and I have sent these people the notes I took at a conference I attended in March, 2010. The speakers were the director emeritus of the Public Records of Northern Ireland (PRONI) and the director of the Ulster Heritage Foundation. I was trying to type on my laptop as fast as they talked and I've cleaned it up as best I can, but it's three pages of notes for ideas about finding ancestors in Ireland. I have discovered that one can't send an attachment to the Boyd Listserv, so if anyone thinks these notes may be useful to you, just hit "reply" and tell me you want them. They WILL be sent as an attachment however. Charlene Boyd Kemp PA State Historian HBS

THE MORNING HERALD Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania Publiation Date: Friday, October 21, 1927 Page: 17 Deaths JESSE BOYD Jesse Boyd, aged 72 years, died at his home in Frankling township, Thursday morning, October 20, 1927, at 1:30 o'clock following an illness of a complication of diseases. He is survived by his widow and one brother, Frank P. Boyd, of Pittsburgh, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held in the home Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock with the Rev. Mr. Robb officiating. Burial will be in Laurel Hill cemetery. Not related (I don't think) Just found and sharing. Mindy

Hello Rebecca, If you are inclined to take a vacation in Ireland then do so. From past experience, unless you have more than a name and a general birth date you have very little hope of finding William's records in Ireland. Is there a death certificate for him? Many times parents names are included and sometimes the place of birth. In some cases naming patterns were used. William's oldest son would be named for his father, Oldest daughter for his wife's mother. Second daughter for William's mother, Second son for his wife's father.. Remember be like a bloodhound, never give up the scent. Joe Boyd Williams SRT Sons of the Republic of Texas Founder House of Boyd Society Calhoun County, Texas Historical Commission Cape Carancahua, Texas Did you ever notice: When you put the 2 words 'The' and 'IRS' together it spells 'Theirs...'

I am looking for the parents of William Joseph Boyd, who arrived in New York on a ship from Belfast in 1850.  He was approximately 10 years old.  The only other Boyd on the ship with him was Jane, age 20.  I don't know if they were siblings, cousins, aunt/nephew, or what.  Unless the ages on the ship's manifest are wrong, she's not his mother. Family lore holds that William was a soldier in the Ohio 6th Regiment in the Civil War, and there are indeed two William J. Boyd's in that regiment.  However, this doesn't get me any closer to knowing who his parents were. The US and International records available through Ancestry.com have proved useless on this particular problem.  I suspect I need to be looking at Church records in Northern Ireland.  How does one do that, without going to Northern Ireland?  Help? --- On Wed, 6/1/11, Mindy Householder <minzgen@gmail.com> wrote: From: Mindy Householder <minzgen@gmail.com> Subject: [BOYD] John Boyd To: Boyd@rootsweb.com, "Mike Boyd" <mikejboyd@bigpond.com> Date: Wednesday, June 1, 2011, 9:23 AM THE MORNING HEARLD Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania Publication Date: Friday, February 22, 1924 Page: 13 TODAY'S STORY IN PENNSYLVANIA HISTORY Service and Captivity of Captain John Boyd, Born February 22, 1750 By Frederic A. Godcharles (Copyright, 1923, by the Author) One of the distinguished patriots of the Continentat Army during the the Revolution was Captain John Boyd, a frontiersman who suffered Indian captivity and lived to rejoin his family and again become one of the foremost citizens of his time. The Boyd family gained a foothold in America when John Boyd, the emigrant from the north of Ireland, landed on these shores in 1744, and settled in Chester County. He married Sarah DeVane, and they removed to Northumberland County, where they continuted to reside until their decease. They were the parent of three patiortic sons, John, born February 22, 1750, Thomas, born 1752, and William born 1755. William Boyd was a lieutenant in the Twelfth Regiment of the Continortul Line, under Colonel William Cooke. He fell at the battle of Brandyline. Thomas Boyd was a lieutenant in General John Sullivan's command when he made his successful campaign against the Six Nations in Northern Pennsylvania and southern New York. In 1770, Lieutenant Boyd was in charge of a scouting detail on the march when he was captured by the Indians and Tories under the command of Colonel John Butler, near Little Beard's Town, on the Genesee. Boyd was surrounded by a strong detachment of the enemy, who killed fourteen of his men, he and a soldier were captured and only eight escaped. When General Sullivan learned of Boyd's fate the advance was quickened in the hope they could reach him, but on arriving at Genesee Castle, his remains and those of the other prisoners, were found sourrounded by all the horrid evidences of savage Barbarity. The torture fires were yet burning. Flaming pine knots had been thrust into their flesh, then finger nails pulled out, their tongues cut off, and their heads severed from their bodies. John, the eldest brother, was born in Chester County, where he spent his boyhood days, je joined his parents and brother in Northumberland in 1773, which was then almost the frontier. He took an early and decided part in favor of the colonists in the struggle forliberty. His commission as a First Lieutenant in the Continental Army is dated in May 1777, which rank he held until February 1781, when he accepted a Captain's commission from the State of Pennsylvania, which had resolved to raise and equip three companies of Rangers for the defense of the western frontier, then sorely distressed by the hostile incursions of the savages. It was to the command of one of these companies that Capt John Boyd was promoted. In June, 1781, while marching his men across the Allegheny Mountains he fell into an ambuscade of Indians near the headwaters of the Raystown branch of the Juniata River, in Hedford County and was made a prisoner with a number of his soldiers, and led captive thru the wilderness to Canada. One of thhe Indian chiefs, who was instrumental in saving Captain Boyd' life, when asked "Why he did not put his prisoners to death?" raised his eyes and pointint to the heavens, replied, "The Great Spirit protects him." Captain Boyd was confined during his imprisonment in Canada on an island in the St. Lawrence, near Montreal. In the spring of 1782 an exchange of prisoners took place and he was returned to Philadelphia by water with a number of his fellow soldiers. Previous to his capture he had been engaged int he battles of White Plains, Germantown, Brandywine, and Stony Point. He was one of the fifty who composed the "Forlong hope, " led by Mad Anthony Wayne at Stony Point, who met within the fort. He was of West Point, and witnessed the execution of the unfortunate Major Andre. The story of Boyd' experiences after his captivity is possby the most accourate of those handed down to the present generation for he lived many years afterwards. At the time of the ambuseade Captain Boyd was wounded during the skirmish, but after his capture and inspite of his wounds he made a desperate effort to escapt by running but was pursued and received three terrible gashes in his head with a tomahawk, when he was recaptured. The wounds to his head ever afterwards caused him to keep up a continual winking. The Indians immediately struck across the country reaching the West Branch of the Susquanhana near the mouth of the Shippenburg? Creek, they also had another prisoner named Ross, who was wounded even more severely than Boyd, and could travel no further. The Indians determined to massacre him in themost cruel manner. He was fastended to a stake, with his arms tied behind his back, his boyd was cut with sharp points and pitch line splinters stuck into the incisions, when the fire was lighted and the savages danced aroundh im in a fiendish glee, all the time uttering the most hideous yells. Heis tortures were terrible before death relieved him. During this tragic scene Captain Boyd, faint from the loss of blood, was tied to a small oak sapling in such a position that he could not refrain from being a silent spectater of the horrible scene: realizing that he was soon to suffer the same tortures. He summonded up all his courage and resigned himself to his fate. Certainly his thoughts must have reminded him of the sufferings ofh is heroic brother only two years before, almost the same manner. While the incarnate fiends were making preparations to torture him to death by tuches?, he sang a pretty Masonic song, with a plaintive air which attracted their attention and they listened to it closely until it was finished. At this critical moment an old squaw came up and claimed him for her son. The Indians did not interfere and she immediately dressed his wounds and attended to his comfort carefully guarding him during their journey to Canada. This old squaw accompanied Captain Boyd to Quebec where he was placed in a hospital and attended by an English surgeon. When he recovered he was turned out on the street without a penny or a friend. He found a Masonic Inn and made himself known to the proprietor who cared for him until he was exchanged. The old squaw who befriended him belonged to the Oneida tribe. Captain Boyd remembered her kindly as one of his bests friends and frequently sent her presents of money and trinkets. On one occasion he made a journey north to visit her in her aboriginal home and personally thank her for saving his life. Captain Boyd was a merchant and in partnership with Colonel William Wilson operated a mill on Chilliaquaque Creek, Northumberland County for many years. He was one of the surviving officers who enjoyed the provisions of the act of Congress, May 1828. He was a delegate in the convention that ratified the Federal Consitution December 12, 1787. He was an elector of president and vice president in 1792, when he voted for Washington and Adams. He was appointed by President Washington, Inspector of Internal Revenue for Pennsylvania. He also served as Registar and Recorder of Northumberland County. Captain Boyd, married May 13, 1791, Rebecca, daughter of Colonel John Bull, famous Revolutionary officer. The were the parents of five daughters and two sons. He died February 23, 1831. I transcribed this article word for word. The paper was very faded and some parts hard to read. Thought it was interested and might help someone. Mindy ______________________________________ House of Boyd Society's (HBS) Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Gathering of the Clan 2012 will be held in Woodland,CA, USA in conjunction with the Sacramento Caledonian Club's 136th annual Sacramento Valley Scottish Games & Festival in April 2012 (unofficial date April 28th and 29th -- to be confirmed by the venue). Write AGM@clanboyd.org if you would be interested in helping to plan it. ____________________________________________________ House of Boyd Society's (HBS) Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Gathering of the Clan 2011 was a great success in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA in conjunction with The Highland Games and Celtic Gathering April 16-17, 2011. _______________________________________ Support the Fellowship Activities of the Clan.  Join the House of Boyd Society! http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BOYD/2008-06/1212428046 ______________________________________ House of Boyd Society sends HUGE thank you to all of our volunteers.  The Society would not be what it is without you! ______________________________________ Want to contribute an article or query to the Dean Road?  Contact Kevin McLachlan, Editor at Editor@clanboyd.org ==================== Visit the House of Boyd Society Website http://www.clanboyd.org ==================== For Officers and other Contacts, see http://www.clanboyd.org/officers.shtml ==================== Most replies should go to the list, not just the author of the post.  Make sure to include the list address Boyd@rootsweb.com ==================== Need to contact the Admin?  Write me off list at Boyd-admin@rootsweb.com ==================== Can't recall what the beginning of a thread was?  Subscribe mid-discussion? Visit the PUBLICLY VIEWABLE archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=boyd ==================== Got an issue that is beyond the purview of this list?  Write the Help Desk for assistance   http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/ Honor your fellow subscribers -- follow the Golden Rule! **************************** ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

THE MORNING HEARLD Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania Publication Date: Friday, February 22, 1924 Page: 13 TODAY'S STORY IN PENNSYLVANIA HISTORY Service and Captivity of Captain John Boyd, Born February 22, 1750 By Frederic A. Godcharles (Copyright, 1923, by the Author) One of the distinguished patriots of the Continentat Army during the the Revolution was Captain John Boyd, a frontiersman who suffered Indian captivity and lived to rejoin his family and again become one of the foremost citizens of his time. The Boyd family gained a foothold in America when John Boyd, the emigrant from the north of Ireland, landed on these shores in 1744, and settled in Chester County. He married Sarah DeVane, and they removed to Northumberland County, where they continuted to reside until their decease. They were the parent of three patiortic sons, John, born February 22, 1750, Thomas, born 1752, and William born 1755. William Boyd was a lieutenant in the Twelfth Regiment of the Continortul Line, under Colonel William Cooke. He fell at the battle of Brandyline. Thomas Boyd was a lieutenant in General John Sullivan's command when he made his successful campaign against the Six Nations in Northern Pennsylvania and southern New York. In 1770, Lieutenant Boyd was in charge of a scouting detail on the march when he was captured by the Indians and Tories under the command of Colonel John Butler, near Little Beard's Town, on the Genesee. Boyd was surrounded by a strong detachment of the enemy, who killed fourteen of his men, he and a soldier were captured and only eight escaped. When General Sullivan learned of Boyd's fate the advance was quickened in the hope they could reach him, but on arriving at Genesee Castle, his remains and those of the other prisoners, were found sourrounded by all the horrid evidences of savage Barbarity. The torture fires were yet burning. Flaming pine knots had been thrust into their flesh, then finger nails pulled out, their tongues cut off, and their heads severed from their bodies. John, the eldest brother, was born in Chester County, where he spent his boyhood days, je joined his parents and brother in Northumberland in 1773, which was then almost the frontier. He took an early and decided part in favor of the colonists in the struggle forliberty. His commission as a First Lieutenant in the Continental Army is dated in May 1777, which rank he held until February 1781, when he accepted a Captain's commission from the State of Pennsylvania, which had resolved to raise and equip three companies of Rangers for the defense of the western frontier, then sorely distressed by the hostile incursions of the savages. It was to the command of one of these companies that Capt John Boyd was promoted. In June, 1781, while marching his men across the Allegheny Mountains he fell into an ambuscade of Indians near the headwaters of the Raystown branch of the Juniata River, in Hedford County and was made a prisoner with a number of his soldiers, and led captive thru the wilderness to Canada. One of thhe Indian chiefs, who was instrumental in saving Captain Boyd' life, when asked "Why he did not put his prisoners to death?" raised his eyes and pointint to the heavens, replied, "The Great Spirit protects him." Captain Boyd was confined during his imprisonment in Canada on an island in the St. Lawrence, near Montreal. In the spring of 1782 an exchange of prisoners took place and he was returned to Philadelphia by water with a number of his fellow soldiers. Previous to his capture he had been engaged int he battles of White Plains, Germantown, Brandywine, and Stony Point. He was one of the fifty who composed the "Forlong hope, " led by Mad Anthony Wayne at Stony Point, who met within the fort. He was of West Point, and witnessed the execution of the unfortunate Major Andre. The story of Boyd' experiences after his captivity is possby the most accourate of those handed down to the present generation for he lived many years afterwards. At the time of the ambuseade Captain Boyd was wounded during the skirmish, but after his capture and inspite of his wounds he made a desperate effort to escapt by running but was pursued and received three terrible gashes in his head with a tomahawk, when he was recaptured. The wounds to his head ever afterwards caused him to keep up a continual winking. The Indians immediately struck across the country reaching the West Branch of the Susquanhana near the mouth of the Shippenburg? Creek, they also had another prisoner named Ross, who was wounded even more severely than Boyd, and could travel no further. The Indians determined to massacre him in themost cruel manner. He was fastended to a stake, with his arms tied behind his back, his boyd was cut with sharp points and pitch line splinters stuck into the incisions, when the fire was lighted and the savages danced aroundh im in a fiendish glee, all the time uttering the most hideous yells. Heis tortures were terrible before death relieved him. During this tragic scene Captain Boyd, faint from the loss of blood, was tied to a small oak sapling in such a position that he could not refrain from being a silent spectater of the horrible scene: realizing that he was soon to suffer the same tortures. He summonded up all his courage and resigned himself to his fate. Certainly his thoughts must have reminded him of the sufferings ofh is heroic brother only two years before, almost the same manner. While the incarnate fiends were making preparations to torture him to death by tuches?, he sang a pretty Masonic song, with a plaintive air which attracted their attention and they listened to it closely until it was finished. At this critical moment an old squaw came up and claimed him for her son. The Indians did not interfere and she immediately dressed his wounds and attended to his comfort carefully guarding him during their journey to Canada. This old squaw accompanied Captain Boyd to Quebec where he was placed in a hospital and attended by an English surgeon. When he recovered he was turned out on the street without a penny or a friend. He found a Masonic Inn and made himself known to the proprietor who cared for him until he was exchanged. The old squaw who befriended him belonged to the Oneida tribe. Captain Boyd remembered her kindly as one of his bests friends and frequently sent her presents of money and trinkets. On one occasion he made a journey north to visit her in her aboriginal home and personally thank her for saving his life. Captain Boyd was a merchant and in partnership with Colonel William Wilson operated a mill on Chilliaquaque Creek, Northumberland County for many years. He was one of the surviving officers who enjoyed the provisions of the act of Congress, May 1828. He was a delegate in the convention that ratified the Federal Consitution December 12, 1787. He was an elector of president and vice president in 1792, when he voted for Washington and Adams. He was appointed by President Washington, Inspector of Internal Revenue for Pennsylvania. He also served as Registar and Recorder of Northumberland County. Captain Boyd, married May 13, 1791, Rebecca, daughter of Colonel John Bull, famous Revolutionary officer. The were the parents of five daughters and two sons. He died February 23, 1831. I transcribed this article word for word. The paper was very faded and some parts hard to read. Thought it was interested and might help someone. Mindy

Jonette, I have never heard of a town in PA named Cumberland, so did you mean Cumberland County? There is a town near me called New Cumberland; could that be it? Maybe I can help if it's Cumberland County, PA. However, could it possibly be Cumberland, MD, which does exist. There is a William Boyd, born in 1798 in Ireland who at the age of 29 came to Maryland (Port of Baltimore) according to the U.S. Naturalization Records Indexes. I noticed you have a question mark by his birth place in your letter, so Cumberland, Maryland could also be a possibility to explore, perhanps. Charlene Boyd Kemp PA State Historian HBS In a message dated 6/1/2011 7:04:26 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, jrkowalik@gmail.com writes: Boyd cousins My father and I have been research our Boyd line for about a year and have hit our brick wall, William Boyd b1798 Cumberland PA (?) d1854 Dallas County, Iowa. Married Mary (?) b1795 d 1850 also Dallas County Iowa. Children were Samuel b1823, James b?, Jane b 1825, Nancy b1833, Catherine b1834. The family lived in Parke County IN for some time as the children were all born there and a number were married there prior to the family relocating to Dallas County. James is somewhat of a mystery as he is listed in William's will as if the family were unaware of his whereabouts but he was with the family in 1849 when they relocated to Dallas County Iowa but gone on the 1850 Census. We have been unable to find any further information on Mary. My father did have a 67-marker DNA test performed and we are hoping that may find us some 'close cousins'. Any help would be appreciated. Jonette Boyd Kowalik ______________________________________ House of Boyd Society's (HBS) Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Gathering of the Clan 2012 will be held in Woodland,CA, USA in conjunction with the Sacramento Caledonian Club's 136th annual Sacramento Valley Scottish Games & Festival in April 2012 (unofficial date April 28th and 29th -- to be confirmed by the venue). Write AGM@clanboyd.org if you would be interested in helping to plan it. ____________________________________________________ House of Boyd Society's (HBS) Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Gathering of the Clan 2011 was a great success in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA in conjunction with The Highland Games and Celtic Gathering April 16-17, 2011. _______________________________________ Support the Fellowship Activities of the Clan. Join the House of Boyd Society! http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BOYD/2008-06/1212428046 ______________________________________ House of Boyd Society sends HUGE thank you to all of our volunteers. The Society would not be what it is without you! ______________________________________ Want to contribute an article or query to the Dean Road? Contact Kevin McLachlan, Editor at Editor@clanboyd.org ==================== Visit the House of Boyd Society Website http://www.clanboyd.org ==================== For Officers and other Contacts, see http://www.clanboyd.org/officers.shtml ==================== Most replies should go to the list, not just the author of the post. Make sure to include the list address Boyd@rootsweb.com ==================== Need to contact the Admin? Write me off list at Boyd-admin@rootsweb.com ==================== Can't recall what the beginning of a thread was? Subscribe mid-discussion? Visit the PUBLICLY VIEWABLE archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=boyd ==================== Got an issue that is beyond the purview of this list? Write the Help Desk for assistance http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/ Honor your fellow subscribers -- follow the Golden Rule! **************************** ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Boyd cousins My father and I have been research our Boyd line for about a year and have hit our brick wall, William Boyd b1798 Cumberland PA (?) d1854 Dallas County, Iowa. Married Mary (?) b1795 d 1850 also Dallas County Iowa. Children were Samuel b1823, James b?, Jane b 1825, Nancy b1833, Catherine b1834. The family lived in Parke County IN for some time as the children were all born there and a number were married there prior to the family relocating to Dallas County. James is somewhat of a mystery as he is listed in William's will as if the family were unaware of his whereabouts but he was with the family in 1849 when they relocated to Dallas County Iowa but gone on the 1850 Census. We have been unable to find any further information on Mary. My father did have a 67-marker DNA test performed and we are hoping that may find us some 'close cousins'. Any help would be appreciated. Jonette Boyd Kowalik

Steven This would APPEAR to be a part of the late Linda Lawhon's family from NC She has put her work in the TN Archives at Nashville - in 18 Boxes - but when I visited in May, I could not find a copy of her family tree. So if you are able to get back to James Henderson Boyd and Frances Witherspoon, Linda's tree may help you to take your family back to Robert Boyd born in 1728 in PA Mike Boyd Historical Committee, HBS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christian D. Boyd" <selbertboyd@gmail.com> To: "'Christian D. Boyd'" <selbertboyd@gmail.com>; "'Mike Boyd'" <mikejboyd@bigpond.com> Cc: "'Boyd, Steven'" <steve.boyd@usairways.com>; "'Boyd List'" <Boyd@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 11:30 AM Subject: RE: [BOYD] Brick Wall - Joseph Carl Boyd 1884-1959 > Carl Joseph Boyd > Birth 02 JUN 1884 in Joplin, Jasper, Missouri, USA > Death 29 Nov 1959 in Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, USA > > Possible Parent: Joseph W Boyd (b. 1836), who died in Navarro, Ellis Co, > TX > (1860). Son of James Henderson Boyd (who resided in Navarro, Ellis, TX in > 1850) and Frances Witherspoon. This part of the family went down to TX > during the Civil War. Some of their chidlren did return to Newton Co to > the > family farm in Diamond, MO and surround. Will need the Texas Boyds to help > confirm because my records are incomplete. Also the Newton Co records in > Neosho, MO may be of help. > > Christian Boyd > Of the Newton Co, MO branch > > -----Original Message----- > From: Christian D. Boyd [mailto:selbertboyd@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, May 30, 2011 6:47 PM > To: Mike Boyd > Cc: Boyd, Steven; Boyd List > Subject: Re: [BOYD] Brick Wall - Joseph Carl Boyd 1884-1959 > > Majority of Boyd records are in Neosho, MO. I will check my records for > Joseph and see if he is part of the Sourhern MO Boyds (Newton & Jasper > Co.) > He may also be part if the Northern Boyd line which settled near Jefferson > City, but we have a common ancestor in TN. > > Sent from my iphone > > On May 30, 2011, at 7:32 PM, "Mike Boyd" <mikejboyd@bigpond.com> wrote: > >> Steven >> I assume that he came from the Coplin area of Missouri - so what County > was >> that in in 1884? >> >> Secondly, have you got his death certificate form 1959 in Pueblo >> Colorado. > >> That should give his parents - if the informat know that data. >> >> Thirdly, do you know when he was married and to whom. If you know his >> spouse's Surname, you may like to also join that mailing list to see if > the >> spouses family might know his parents name, etc >> >> Missouri seems to have been quite popular with Boyd families, so as you > get >> each bit of new infromation on your Joseph tell the list what you have >> found. >> >> Mike Boyd >> Historical Committee, HBS >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Boyd, Steven" <steve.boyd@usairways.com> >> To: "'Lauren Boyd McLachlan'" <confido@gmail.com>; "Boyd List" >> <Boyd@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 9:15 AM >> Subject: [BOYD] Brick Wall - Joseph Carl Boyd 1884-1959 >> >> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> Does anyone have information about a Mr. Joseph Carl Boyd born 1884 in >>> Missouri and died 1959 in Pueblo Colorado. He is my brick wall and I > can't >>> find any additional information on who my GG might have been? >>> >>> Sadly I believe Joplin MO was were there might have been some records >>> but > >>> now after this recent tornado I am not sure where to look next? Any help >>> would be much appreciated. >>> >>> Thanks >>> Steven Boyd >>> >> >> >> ______________________________________ >> House of Boyd Society's (HBS) Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Gathering of > the Clan 2012 will be held in Woodland,CA, USA in conjunction with the > Sacramento Caledonian Club's 136th annual Sacramento Valley Scottish Games > & > Festival in April 2012 (unofficial date April 28th and 29th -- to be > confirmed by the venue). Write AGM@clanboyd.org if you would be interested > in helping to plan it. >> ____________________________________________________ >> House of Boyd Society's (HBS) Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Gathering of > the Clan 2011 was a great success in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA in conjunction > with The Highland Games and Celtic Gathering April 16-17, 2011. >> _______________________________________ >> Support the Fellowship Activities of the Clan. Join the House of Boyd > Society! >> http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BOYD/2008-06/1212428046 >> ______________________________________ >> House of Boyd Society sends HUGE thank you to all of our volunteers. The > Society would not be what it is without you! >> ______________________________________ >> >> Want to contribute an article or query to the Dean Road? Contact Kevin > McLachlan, Editor at Editor@clanboyd.org >> >> ==================== >> Visit the House of Boyd Society Website http://www.clanboyd.org >> ==================== >> For Officers and other Contacts, see > http://www.clanboyd.org/officers.shtml >> ==================== >> Most replies should go to the list, not just the author of the post. >> Make > sure to include the list address Boyd@rootsweb.com >> ==================== >> Need to contact the Admin? Write me off list at Boyd-admin@rootsweb.com >> ==================== >> Can't recall what the beginning of a thread was? Subscribe > mid-discussion? Visit the PUBLICLY VIEWABLE archives: >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=boyd >> ==================== >> Got an issue that is beyond the purview of this list? 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My brick wall is in part from laziness, and part from not knowing where to go from here. I have traced my relatives to the ship(s) they took to the US in 1869/1871. I believe I know the county in Ireland where they resided. Where do I go from here to find possible birth records and parent information? R. E. Boyd Rochester, NY "Insanity is doing the same thing in the same way but expecting different results." - Lao Tse

Thanks Collin. All of this makes sense to me. have some Iowa relatives that changes from one church to another - as "new Light" became available that fit in with their beliefs. This was in 1800 to 1915 arena. And they started out Quakers in PA then to Ohio and were Methodists and then to Iowa where they went to several churches near their farm. Their children made various choices, but none went back to Quakers and none were ever Catholic even in early years in PA. However the Quaker side of the family there had a parent from New Jersey. Do you or anyone know if there were a lot of Quakers in NJ in 1790's or 1800's? Karen -----Original Message----- From: BrooksGen4@aol.com Sent: Monday, May 30, 2011 11:57 AM To: mikejboyd@bigpond.com ; BOYD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BOYD] John and Mary Boyd of Boyd's Choice Mike, Cant understand why you think they married in a Maryland. It clearly says "He tehn married Mary ------ and in 1670 came to Maryland." So he married in England and came to Maryland. Secondly, your making assumptions about the religion again based on English standards. IF he actually lived in England, then obviously the Anglican church was practically the sole option. However, when he came to America, he only had two- Catholic and Anglican. Presbyterian ministries, much less churchs, didn't even exist in America at this time. So where else was he gonna get married, get children baptized etc.? In the 1600's and 1700's in America, Scotch-Irish made their "church" choice based on only two factors. Where they lived and what churches where available where they lived. You could say a man was Quaker if he lived in Philadelphia and attended a Quaker church. You can NOT say the same thing about the same man if he lived in Chambersburg at the exact same time. There were NO Quaker establishments in that area. He went to the nearest church that had a theology as close to his own personal beliefs as possible. And this lasted for almost 200 years or more in America. Case in point- my Daniel Boyd was an elder of the Londonderry, NH Presbyterian church in 1860s. When he pioneered to Ocheyedan, Iowa he became an Elder in the 1st Methodist church of Ocheyedan. So which was he? If you read his scripture writings to his children he was clearly Presbyterian in theology BUT he had no other choice, and attending the "assembly of believers" is a Biblical mandate. So he not only went to that church, he became a leader in that church. In the early part of our countries religious history, you can define a man clearly as one-sided only when it comes to the "Catholic or not?" question. Almost all other religions are protestant and "appropriate" places to attend when you desperately want to be with a body of believers. My two cents, Colin Brooks The 1718 Project In a message dated 5/30/2011 1:42:35 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, mikejboyd@bigpond.com writes: According to the book Eldred E. Brown, His American Ancestors Descendants and siblings and Thirty-Tow allied Families, Edwin H. Brown, 1985, page 18, it says:- "John Boyd (1-1) was born in England in 1620. From the age of ten until he was forty, he was a sailor. He tehn married Mary ------ and in 1670 came to Maryland. In 1684 he settled on sixthy acres known as Boyd's Choice, which he patented from the Proprietary Government. This land was located on the Seven River, above Annapolis, in Anne Arundel County. In 1694 he removed to an estate of one thousand acres, just above the tidewater of the Patuxent River. This tract of land was granted to John Boyd by Charles, Third Lord Baltimore, on 16 September 1703, and was called Amphill Grange. This land was located in the new county of Prince George's, nine miles north of the county seat of Upper Marlboro. He operated the plantion, and an inn, at the old Queen Annie's Town nearby. John Boyd was a prominent man. He served on the Grand Jury, and is mentioned several times in the published Court records. John and Mary Boyd had six children: message ______________________________________ House of Boyd Society's (HBS) Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Gathering of the Clan 2012 will be held in Woodland,CA, USA in conjunction with the Sacramento Caledonian Club's 136th annual Sacramento Valley Scottish Games & Festival in April 2012 (unofficial date April 28th and 29th -- to be confirmed by the venue). Write AGM@clanboyd.org if you would be interested in helping to plan it. ____________________________________________________ House of Boyd Society's (HBS) Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Gathering of the Clan 2011 was a great success in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA in conjunction with The Highland Games and Celtic Gathering April 16-17, 2011. _______________________________________ Support the Fellowship Activities of the Clan. Join the House of Boyd Society! http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BOYD/2008-06/1212428046 ______________________________________ House of Boyd Society sends HUGE thank you to all of our volunteers. The Society would not be what it is without you! ______________________________________ Want to contribute an article or query to the Dean Road? Contact Kevin McLachlan, Editor at Editor@clanboyd.org ==================== Visit the House of Boyd Society Website http://www.clanboyd.org ==================== For Officers and other Contacts, see http://www.clanboyd.org/officers.shtml ==================== Most replies should go to the list, not just the author of the post. Make sure to include the list address Boyd@rootsweb.com ==================== Need to contact the Admin? Write me off list at Boyd-admin@rootsweb.com ==================== Can't recall what the beginning of a thread was? Subscribe mid-discussion? 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This House belonged to the Boyds of Kent Co., NY and his family is outlined in:- History of the Boyd family and descendants, with historical sketches of the ancient family of Boyd's in Scotland from the year 1200, and those of Ireland from the year 1680, with records of their descendants in Kent, New Windsor, Middletown and Salem, N. Y., Boston, Mass., Northumberland County, Pa., and sketches of those from the southern and western states from 1740 to 1912. By William P. Boyd ... Rochester, N. Y., John P. Smith printing company, 1912, pp 189-321. In case you wish to read about this family and Captain Ebenezer and his wife was Washington's chief cook at Washington Headquarters in this period. Mike Boyd Historical Committee, HBS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lauren Boyd McLachlan" <confido@gmail.com> To: "Boyd List" <Boyd@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 7:25 AM Subject: [BOYD] Ebenezer Boyd House >I was just sent an email that this house is for sale. > > > http://country-house.info/index.html > > ______________________________________