The other question that I should have asked, is have members of the list "ALREADY" printed out any part of the Will's Index? If so, could you send me that page or pages as a attached document, so I can print it off. The second part of this task will be get a copy (full or what ever is available from these records). It would be best to send me a typed copy rather than the original hand writing. (I had some fun at PRONI in Belfast when I was copying their hand written Wills to understand some of the words.) I will keep these in a separate FILE, so it can be searched when there are queries on the Boyd net list. If members have already got a of a Scottish Will for their family member/s, it would be very good to turn that into a query for "Dean Road" - by saying whose Will it is, its date and description (location) and then under that reference name the parents and children listed in the Will. Just remember that there could be other children who have died previous to the Will being processed by the Court or it may even list grandchildren of a deceased child. The location of where the Will provider lived will be most important for fallow researchers, as their family might be an unknown part of your family or a second Boyd family from the same area. (That way you can exchange souces and data.) In the William Boyd Index that I copied the first six locations were: Edinburgh, (1709); Saltcoats, (1796); Largs, ( 1632); Parish of Culross, (1543); Parish of Kinglassie, ( 1550); Airth, (1751). So even in this short list, there is a unusual spread of locations for Boyds. If you already have a copy of a Scottish Will (or for any other Country), make a query and send it to the editor of Dean Road at Email editor@clanboyd.org Mike Boyd -----Original Message----- From: Mike Boyd via Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2015 11:30 AM To: boyd@rootsweb.com Subject: [BOYD] Scottish Wills During my overseas trip this year, I was at the Mitchell Library in Glasgow and the staff “got” me into the “Scotlandspeople” website to copy six Wills for William Boyd’s. These are on a Thumb stick – which I will have to get my eldest son to put onto my PC so I can print them out, so I can them process them for articles for Dean Road. But they did print out the two pages of the Index for these William Boyds which appears to be quite useful information, with some – for memory – going back to 1500’s. Does someone on this list have the skills to copy the Scotlandspeople Index for Boyd (and other spelling of Boyd) into a Word Document FILE and send it to me please? Thank you Mike Boyd Historical Committee, HBS

Hi Susan, Susaan an email from you has come me here on the Central Coast NSW re the Boyd families. I do not know if I am any assistance to you On 18/11/2015, at 9:09 AM, Susan Cicala via wrote: > Hi everyone, > I've been a member of this list for a couple of years and anxiously await each new thread hoping to recognise my Boyd names. Unfortunately it never happens. Now, through DNA testing on Ancestry and on GEDmatch I've been told I have a connection to a circle of people all descended from Samuel Boyd (1783 South Carolina) son of John (1740 Ballymena, Antrim Ireland). > > Still, after checking the trees of those people I find no record of my Jane Boyd (born 1853 Greenock Scotland) daughter of William Boyd (born about 1825 Antrim Ireland) son of Thomas Boyd (a labor/butcher who was deceased before 1857). > > I believe my research because I have located the following documents: > > William Boyd's 2 marriages and death record. (His death record shows a mother named Margaret McNeil however his 2nd marriage shows a different mother-Sarah McAlister) All other information matches including the street address in Greenock, Scotland and his father Thomas Boyd as well as both of his wives. > > Jane Boyd’s marriage. This shows William as her father and his first wife Jane Kane as her mother. I have never found her birth record. > > Any suggestions? Does anyone know if maybe Thomas (a butcher) could be a middle or nickname? Does it seem likely that a family would split up and have some stay in Ireland/Scotland while everyone else goes to Southern United States? Other than the connection through DNA I have no family history in Southern United States. > > This brick wall seems impossible :-( > Susan > Sent from my iPhone > Susan Hemsley Cicala☎ > > > ==================== > *** Remember to trim your message before hitting send or your message may be held on the server for being too large due to excessive quoting. *** > > > Deleting quotations of earlier messages will help keep within the limits when replying. > > Check your email client's help file if directions are needed. > ====================================== > > > > {{{{{{{{{ Want to HOST a BOYD Tent at events near you? You must be a Member of House of Boyd and have official standing as a Convenor. Contact the President or a Member of the Board to express your interest and get the ball rolling. http://www.clanboyd.org/officers.shtml }}}}}}}} > > > > House of Boyd Society's (HBS) Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Gathering of the Clan 2015 will be held in conjunction with the San Francisco Caledonian Club's 150th Highland Games & Gathering, Labor Day Weekend -- September 5th & 6th, 2015 Please plan on attending! > > Write AGM@clanboyd.org if you would be interested in helping to plan it. > > ______________________________________ > > Support the Fellowship Activities of the Clan. Join the House of Boyd Society! > http://www.clanboyd.org/joinus.shtml > > ==================== > Need to contact the Admin? Want to discuss an Admin Note? Remember -- to keep the flow of the list, Admin notes are not to be replied to on list. Write me off list at Boyd-admin@rootsweb.com > ==================== > > This list is set for replies to go to the list address Boyd@rootsweb.com not just the author of the post. > ==================== > > 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! > > ______________________________________ > 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 the 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 > > **************************** > ------------------------------- > 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

During my overseas trip this year, I was at the Mitchell Library in Glasgow and the staff “got” me into the “Scotlandspeople” website to copy six Wills for William Boyd’s. These are on a Thumb stick – which I will have to get my eldest son to put onto my PC so I can print them out, so I can them process them for articles for Dean Road. But they did print out the two pages of the Index for these William Boyds which appears to be quite useful information, with some – for memory – going back to 1500’s. Does someone on this list have the skills to copy the Scotlandspeople Index for Boyd (and other spelling of Boyd) into a Word Document FILE and send it to me please? Thank you Mike Boyd Historical Committee, HBS

Mike I have changed my email address to: rg1915@icloud.com John Stewart Sent from my iPod > On 24 Nov 2015, at 23:11, Mike Boyd via <boyd@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > I will get in a day early, so I will not forget. For our USA cousins have a nice and happy Thanks Giving day tomorrow. > > Hopefully, you will wear your Boyd tartan and clothing at some time during the day. > > How many of you will have a nice Boyd tartan table cloth for the table? > > Mike Boyd > ==================== > *** Remember to trim your message before hitting send or your message may be held on the server for being too large due to excessive quoting. *** > > > Deleting quotations of earlier messages will help keep within the limits when replying. > > Check your email client's help file if directions are needed. > ====================================== > > > > {{{{{{{{{ Want to HOST a BOYD Tent at events near you? You must be a Member of House of Boyd and have official standing as a Convenor. Contact the President or a Member of the Board to express your interest and get the ball rolling. http://www.clanboyd.org/officers.shtml }}}}}}}} > > > > House of Boyd Society's (HBS) Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Gathering of the Clan 2015 will be held in conjunction with the San Francisco Caledonian Club's 150th Highland Games & Gathering, Labor Day Weekend -- September 5th & 6th, 2015 Please plan on attending! > > Write AGM@clanboyd.org if you would be interested in helping to plan it. > > ______________________________________ > > Support the Fellowship Activities of the Clan. Join the House of Boyd Society! > http://www.clanboyd.org/joinus.shtml > > ==================== > Need to contact the Admin? Want to discuss an Admin Note? Remember -- to keep the flow of the list, Admin notes are not to be replied to on list. Write me off list at Boyd-admin@rootsweb.com > ==================== > > This list is set for replies to go to the list address Boyd@rootsweb.com not just the author of the post. > ==================== > > 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! > > ______________________________________ > 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 the 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 > > **************************** > ------------------------------- > 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

I will get in a day early, so I will not forget. For our USA cousins have a nice and happy Thanks Giving day tomorrow. Hopefully, you will wear your Boyd tartan and clothing at some time during the day. How many of you will have a nice Boyd tartan table cloth for the table? Mike Boyd

Mike, This is easily done so I can help. Darlene Amark Gilbert, AZ On 11/24/2015 6:30 PM, Mike Boyd via wrote: > During my overseas trip this year, I was at the Mitchell Library in Glasgow and the staff “got” me into the “Scotlandspeople” website to copy six Wills for William Boyd’s. > > These are on a Thumb stick – which I will have to get my eldest son to put onto my PC so I can print them out, so I can them process them for articles for Dean Road. But they did print out the two pages of the Index for these William Boyds which appears to be quite useful information, with some – for memory – going back to 1500’s. > > Does someone on this list have the skills to copy the Scotlandspeople Index for Boyd (and other spelling of Boyd) into a Word Document FILE and send it to me please? > > Thank you > > Mike Boyd > Historical Committee, HBS > ==================== > *** Remember to trim your message before hitting send or your message may be held on the server for being too large due to excessive quoting. *** > > > Deleting quotations of earlier messages will help keep within the limits when replying. > > Check your email client's help file if directions are needed. > ====================================== > > > > {{{{{{{{{ Want to HOST a BOYD Tent at events near you? You must be a Member of House of Boyd and have official standing as a Convenor. Contact the President or a Member of the Board to express your interest and get the ball rolling. http://www.clanboyd.org/officers.shtml }}}}}}}} > > > > House of Boyd Society's (HBS) Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Gathering of the Clan 2015 will be held in conjunction with the San Francisco Caledonian Club's 150th Highland Games & Gathering, Labor Day Weekend -- September 5th & 6th, 2015 Please plan on attending! > > Write AGM@clanboyd.org if you would be interested in helping to plan it. > > ______________________________________ > > Support the Fellowship Activities of the Clan. Join the House of Boyd Society! > http://www.clanboyd.org/joinus.shtml > > ==================== > Need to contact the Admin? Want to discuss an Admin Note? Remember -- to keep the flow of the list, Admin notes are not to be replied to on list. Write me off list at Boyd-admin@rootsweb.com > ==================== > > This list is set for replies to go to the list address Boyd@rootsweb.com not just the author of the post. > ==================== > > 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! > > ______________________________________ > 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 the 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 > > **************************** > ------------------------------- > 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 Wills & Testaments Index * The wills & testaments index contains over 611,000 index entries to Scottish wills and testaments dating from 1513 to 1925. Each index entry lists the surname, forename, title, occupation and place of residence (where these are given) of the deceased person, the court in which the testament was recorded, with the date. Index entries do not include names of executors, trustees or heirs to the estate. They also do not include the deceased's date of death, or the value of the estate. The newly released records from 1902 to 1925, cover the whole of mainland Scotland and the Western Isles. Plans are in hand to include Orkney and Shetland, whose testamentary records are held locally on behalf of the Keeper of the Records of Scotland. Special arrangements are being made to digitise them in order to complete the new resource. If you are searching for a will or testament, you should bear in mind that there was no legal requirement for individuals to make a will. Indeed, comparatively few Scots actually bothered to do this. Even if someone died intestate, there was no obligation for the family to go to court to have the deceased's affairs settled. Many families sorted things out amicably amongst themselves, in which case there will be no testament. It is always worthwhile checking the indexes, however, because they can include persons from quite humble origins. Sometimes the intervention of the court to settle the deceased's affairs was not required until many years after the death, possibly due to a dispute, therefore if a will or testament exists, it may be recorded much later than you would expect http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/Content/Help/index.aspx?r=554&407

Mike, Do you realize that Scotland's People is the public interface for the General Records Office of Scotland? You have made a request for someone to send you a list of all records Boyd in Scotland since they began to keep track. Or did I miss a limit on your request? Yours Aye, Lauren

> Has anyone on this list read this book? Yes, unless you have direct family, he provides no new information. I recall no BOYD mention. Boyd's may have moved into area in 1800's but not as a direct immigration from overseas. > What period in Massachusetts history goes it cover? Covers only western Massachusetts post 1760s. Scouts refers to the Scotch-Irish who fought in French-Indian and American revolutionary war from the region > While it is known that the Penn's in Pennsylvania encourage both Ulster-Scots and German migrants to settle on the boundaries to defend the Quakers, so did the good Fathers of Boston do the same think in the 1600's? Actually, Willam Penn offered land for settlement in his grant lands (PA, NJ parts of Delaware) immediately after he gained access in 1681. It was Rev. Mather's in New England who considered the Indian element and location of available land. James Logan of PA met with him and others and added the idea to his settlement of Scotch-Irish in the 1720s. The 1600s was a time of increasing established settlements and making them permanent. The huge influx of Scotch-Irish forced Mather to figure out where to put the new arrivals. The same happened in PA with Germans and Scotch-Irish, and Logan realized the Quakers, Mennonites, Presbyterians really didn't get along as much as William Penn had hoped. Eventually, we figured it out (sorta ;) > While I have not found any direct Boyds in MA before about 1720. Yes you have, George Boyd ship-builder of Portsmouth, New Hampshire is just one of the families. No, we don't know the Ireland/Scotland connection.

Mike, I am pretty well useless when it come to family research subsequently I am currently at a loss with my current research of the Boyd family. I don't know how to answer your question as I do not know which list my family belongs to. All I know is that William Boyd of Swansea was my great grandfather, his daughter was my grandmother, ( Maud Gertrude Boyd daughter of William of Swansea NSW ). As family research is not my strongpoint it is now that I have to ask for assistance as I have hit the proverbial "brick wall ". The furthest that I have been able to research is that Willaim Boyd of Swansea was my great grandfather and that's it. Can anybody assist me with this? Ant start will help. Regards, Warren Stoddart Mannering Park NSW On 19/11/2015, at 11:31 AM, Mike Boyd via wrote: > Members > There are a number of lists of Boyd that we have, that we need to turn into Family Chapters in the Clan Boyd Pyramid. Below is the list of Boyd Household in CT in 1790. > > BOYD,Francis CT Co:Litchfield Twp:Woodbury > BOYD,Abraham CT Co:Windham Twp:Plainfield > BOYD,Joseph CT Co:Windham Twp:Voluntown > > > > Do any of these belong to your family? If so, could you please tell the list and what you know of their origins, etc > > > > So questions of where these Boyd families came from need to be answered. Did they come down from Boston, MA or come out of New York City (some of the early travellers from the suburbs). Or did these families come directly from overseas? > > > > I will be putting these three families into Volume 23 of Clan Boyd of Scotland for Boyd families from Conneticut/RI. > > > > So does anyone have access to the County Histories for Litchfield and Windham Counties CT to see if these Boyd families are outline in those books? > > > > Thank you for your assistance > > > > Mike Boyd > > Chairman > > Historical Committee, HBS > > > > > > ==================== > *** Remember to trim your message before hitting send or your message may be held on the server for being too large due to excessive quoting. *** > > > Deleting quotations of earlier messages will help keep within the limits when replying. > > Check your email client's help file if directions are needed. > ====================================== > > > > {{{{{{{{{ Want to HOST a BOYD Tent at events near you? You must be a Member of House of Boyd and have official standing as a Convenor. Contact the President or a Member of the Board to express your interest and get the ball rolling. http://www.clanboyd.org/officers.shtml }}}}}}}} > > > > House of Boyd Society's (HBS) Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Gathering of the Clan 2015 will be held in conjunction with the San Francisco Caledonian Club's 150th Highland Games & Gathering, Labor Day Weekend -- September 5th & 6th, 2015 Please plan on attending! > > Write AGM@clanboyd.org if you would be interested in helping to plan it. > > ______________________________________ > > Support the Fellowship Activities of the Clan. Join the House of Boyd Society! > http://www.clanboyd.org/joinus.shtml > > ==================== > Need to contact the Admin? Want to discuss an Admin Note? Remember -- to keep the flow of the list, Admin notes are not to be replied to on list. Write me off list at Boyd-admin@rootsweb.com > ==================== > > This list is set for replies to go to the list address Boyd@rootsweb.com not just the author of the post. > ==================== > > 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! > > ______________________________________ > 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 the 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 > > **************************** > ------------------------------- > 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

Has anyone on this list read this book? What period in Massachusetts history goes it cover? By the use of "Blandford Scouts" would suggest that the "Scots" were involved in some war? While it is known that the Penn's in Pennsylvania encourage both Ulster - Scots and German migrants to settle on the boundaries to defend the Quakers, so did the good Fathers of Boston do the same think in the 1600's? When reading this - if no Boyds are mentioned - you will need to pay attention from where in Ireland and Scotland people were coming from. This may help other members do a reverse migration pattern on their own families. While I have not found any direct Boyds in MA before about 1720, we know that there were Boyds in Rye, Ct (now in NY) in 1680's but at this time have we do not know their origins. Good reading. Mike Boyd Historical Committee, HBS -----Original Message----- From: Lauren Boyd McLachlan via Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 3:30 AM To: Boyd List Subject: [BOYD] Fwd: [STEWART] Books ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Mary Kyritsis via" <stewart@rootsweb.com> Date: Nov 23, 2015 1:56 AM Subject: [STEWART] Books To: "Stewart List" <STEWART@rootsweb.com> Cc: A good book if you want to read up on the more northern immigration of Scots to America is “Ulster Scots and Blandford Scouts” by Sumner Gilbert Wood. It details the arrival of early Scots to Massachusetts, and is a very readable account. Mary in Greece

Good morning Colin, Colin I have come to deadlock on my Boyd line and after reading your email, which also came to me, I am now at a complete loss as to what I am researching. It would seem as if we are also part of the same family albeit well separated but the genes are there and so I am coming to you thinking that just maybe you can assist me in filling in the gaps. Genealogy is not my strong point as I quickly become confused and when I can't get any further I switch off for a long time BUT I am now researching again. Colin, what I have is basic and that is: William and Thomas Boyd settled in Swansea NSW and William would be my great grandfather. My grandmother, a daughter of William was Maud Gertrude Boyd. I do know that the aforesaid Maud Boyd came from this family in Swansea and making William Boyd my great grandfather. What I am now wondering is there a connection between us, albeit very long distant, and therefore maybe we should or shouldn't connect our trees ??? If I can be of assistance to you in this regard: As stated above William Boyd was my great grandfather and his daughter Maud ( William's daughter ), my grandmother. The bottom line of all of this Colin is that I am getting nowhere with the research apart from what I have, ie William and Thomas Boyd arrived in lake Macquarie after moving up from the central coast in about ???. ( I did know but now unsure ). If I can be of more assistance to you the let me know. Are you a local as in Lake Macquarie ??? ( just curious ). Cheers, Warren Stoddart Mannering Park Lake Macquarie On 19/11/2015, at 11:07 AM, Colin Brooks via wrote: > A headache indeed :) Ok so let me get this straight. Your ancestor > line is Jane Boyd 1853 to William Boyd c1825 to Thomas Boyd c.1795. > Where did William the father get married? > So splitting families is extremely normal if not typical. > "Usually" parents stay with 1 or 2 children. All the others emigrate. > Scotland as a location for Jane's birth is most likely a work > situation for her father. Happened all the time. > > Then you have a DNA link to John Boyd 1740 of Ballymena, County > Antrim, Ireland. Based on age, Thomas (c.1795) is likely a grandson or > nephew of John of Ballymena. So researching John's sons and ALL his > brothers would be the DNA matching. Remember the split can occur up > the ancestor line, and the DNA still keep most of the matches. I would > still focus my effort on Ballymena Boyd's and any proceeding John. > > Robert Boyd is Ruling Elder of the Presbyterian church in Ballymena in 1703. > John Boyd left the Quaker meeting house in Ballymoney parish from > Ballynacree townland and moved to Pennsylvania circa 1720s > John Boyd is in Ballymena Town and Estate in the 1669 Hearth Money Rolls > > maybe you know this, but it seems you have legit family locations from > which to focus your search. > > Colin Brooks > The 1718 Project > ==================== > *** Remember to trim your message before hitting send or your message may be held on the server for being too large due to excessive quoting. *** > > > Deleting quotations of earlier messages will help keep within the limits when replying. > > Check your email client's help file if directions are needed. > ====================================== > > > > {{{{{{{{{ Want to HOST a BOYD Tent at events near you? You must be a Member of House of Boyd and have official standing as a Convenor. Contact the President or a Member of the Board to express your interest and get the ball rolling. http://www.clanboyd.org/officers.shtml }}}}}}}} > > > > House of Boyd Society's (HBS) Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Gathering of the Clan 2015 will be held in conjunction with the San Francisco Caledonian Club's 150th Highland Games & Gathering, Labor Day Weekend -- September 5th & 6th, 2015 Please plan on attending! > > Write AGM@clanboyd.org if you would be interested in helping to plan it. > > ______________________________________ > > Support the Fellowship Activities of the Clan. Join the House of Boyd Society! > http://www.clanboyd.org/joinus.shtml > > ==================== > Need to contact the Admin? Want to discuss an Admin Note? Remember -- to keep the flow of the list, Admin notes are not to be replied to on list. Write me off list at Boyd-admin@rootsweb.com > ==================== > > This list is set for replies to go to the list address Boyd@rootsweb.com not just the author of the post. > ==================== > > 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! > > ______________________________________ > 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 the 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 > > **************************** > ------------------------------- > 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

Lauren Just letting you know my new email address is: rg1915@icloud.com It commemorates my great uncle who was killed in 1915 aged 18yrs in WW1. Cheers John Stewart Sent from my iPod > On 23 Nov 2015, at 17:30, Lauren Boyd McLachlan via <boyd@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Mary Kyritsis via" <stewart@rootsweb.com> > Date: Nov 23, 2015 1:56 AM > Subject: [STEWART] Books > To: "Stewart List" <STEWART@rootsweb.com> > Cc: > > A good book if you want to read up on the more northern immigration of > Scots to America is “Ulster Scots and Blandford Scouts” by Sumner Gilbert > Wood. It details the arrival of early Scots to Massachusetts, and is a > very readable account. > > Mary in Greece > > > ********************************* > PLEASE PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION to the address fields when you are sending or > replying to list mail. > ---------------------------------- > Please visit Clan Stewart in America's web site: > http://www.clansstewart.org > ------------------------------------ > Looking for Scottish games in your area? Visit http://www.scottishinfo.org > _______________________________________________ > STEWART mailing list > STEWART@rootsweb.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > STEWART-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > ==================== > *** Remember to trim your message before hitting send or your message may be held on the server for being too large due to excessive quoting. *** > > > Deleting quotations of earlier messages will help keep within the limits when replying. > > Check your email client's help file if directions are needed. > ====================================== > > > > {{{{{{{{{ Want to HOST a BOYD Tent at events near you? You must be a Member of House of Boyd and have official standing as a Convenor. Contact the President or a Member of the Board to express your interest and get the ball rolling. http://www.clanboyd.org/officers.shtml }}}}}}}} > > > > House of Boyd Society's (HBS) Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Gathering of the Clan 2015 will be held in conjunction with the San Francisco Caledonian Club's 150th Highland Games & Gathering, Labor Day Weekend -- September 5th & 6th, 2015 Please plan on attending! > > Write AGM@clanboyd.org if you would be interested in helping to plan it. > > ______________________________________ > > Support the Fellowship Activities of the Clan. Join the House of Boyd Society! > http://www.clanboyd.org/joinus.shtml > > ==================== > Need to contact the Admin? Want to discuss an Admin Note? Remember -- to keep the flow of the list, Admin notes are not to be replied to on list. Write me off list at Boyd-admin@rootsweb.com > ==================== > > This list is set for replies to go to the list address Boyd@rootsweb.com not just the author of the post. > ==================== > > 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! > > ______________________________________ > 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 the 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 > > **************************** > ------------------------------- > 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

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Mary Kyritsis via" <stewart@rootsweb.com> Date: Nov 23, 2015 1:56 AM Subject: [STEWART] Books To: "Stewart List" <STEWART@rootsweb.com> Cc: A good book if you want to read up on the more northern immigration of Scots to America is “Ulster Scots and Blandford Scouts” by Sumner Gilbert Wood. It details the arrival of early Scots to Massachusetts, and is a very readable account. Mary in Greece ********************************* PLEASE PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION to the address fields when you are sending or replying to list mail. ---------------------------------- Please visit Clan Stewart in America's web site: http://www.clansstewart.org ------------------------------------ Looking for Scottish games in your area? Visit http://www.scottishinfo.org _______________________________________________ STEWART mailing list STEWART@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to STEWART-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

In the Will of Samuel Boyd, who is thought to have come from Ballyhalbert, Ards Peninsular, County Down, and was a tailor in New York City, of 1757 it said in part from: "The following are wills copied from ABSTRACTS OF WILLS ON FILE IN THE SURROGATE'S OFFICE, CITY OF NEW YORK. Abstracts of Wills Vol V 1754-1760, Page 219. “… I leave to my brother David and his children in Ireland œ100, and œ20 now in the hands of Mr. Jesse Craig. I leave to my honored father [not named] œ3 Stirling yearly during his life. “ This indicates that both his brother David and his un-named father were still living in Ireland – (the research group that I am part of ASSUME that this was in Ballyhalbert, but we are not 100% confident if that is true or not.) From the first line about David getting money from “Mr Jesse Craig”, does anyone know whom this “Jesse Craig” might have been and where he lived, etc. (I am ASSUMING Samuel Boyd had sent him some goods.) This Samuel Boyd, also had a power of attorney for a Mr Thomas Gelston, whom we also think came from the Ards Peninsular. In noticed in the BALLYHALBERT OLD GRAVEYARD “GELSTON Here lieth the body of Thomas Gelston late of. ...........? who departed this life. ......1761 aged 72 yrs.(OFF GRANSHA BORN 1689) Also Mary Gelston alias ......... who departed this life March 20th 1756 aged 26 yrs Also John Gelston, son to Samuel Gelston who died in childhood Here lieth the body of Hugh Gelston, late of Loughdoo who died September 26th September 1773 aged 55 yrs Likewise on the south side of this tomb lieth the body of Mary Ann Gelston alias SMITH, wife of Samuel Gelston of Granshaw who died May 3rd 1802 aged 63 yrs Likewise the remains of the aforesaid Samuel Gelston who died 11th July 1811 aged 80 yrs.” So could this Thomas Gelston be the same person who gave Samuel Boyd of NYC this Power of Attorney.? Are there any members of the Craig and Gelston families that might help to “unsort” this puzzle? Thank you. Mike Boyd Chairman Historical Committee House of Boyd Society

C:\\CB15006 107 Spurs Drive Wellington Point QLD 4160 Brisbane Australia 20 November 2015 Dear Judy Thank you for your Email of 18 November 2015 to the Boyd net list concerning your Jane Boyd (born 1853 in Greenock, Scotland) who was daughter of William Boyd (born about 1825 Antrim, Ireland) son of Thomas Boyd and whose DNA matches the family of John Boyd in Chapter 4/244. If I do not write to down in a letter I will quickly forget what I have told you. I am still clearing Emails that came in during my 6 weeks overseas in September & October and sorting out my papers from the trip as well. One of my roles as Chairman of the Historical Committee of the House of Boyd Society is to try to find Boyd families wherever they are in the World and include them in Clan Boyd of Scotland. This is an effort to build a Clan Boyd Pyramid of its descendants from pre 1,200. It will also add to the over 770 Boyd families that I have collected so far and make it much easier to make connections. During my five recent trips to Britain and the USA, I have found a further two thousand five hundred plus of new Boyd families but I have not had time to process these data into family trees yet. (i) You will have already got my reply to the whole Boyd list about your connection to John Boyd of Union county, SC and who came from Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland. So I will not need to cover those issues. (ii) Seeing your family goes back to Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland, it would be well worth joining both Antrim Net lists at rootsweb.com - IRL-ANTRIM@rootsweb.com and NIR-ANTRIM@rootsweb.com And seeing the family moved to Greenock, Renfrewshire, I would suggest that you also join the Renfrewshire net list as well to get information and sources to find information on this family. (iii) I have the family of John Boyd and Jane Bernardoe of Bushy Creek, Union District, SC, outlined in Family Chapter 2/244 in FILE W46588GJ.doc starting on page 2. (iv) I have always though Jane‘s family might have been Huguenot, so they may have had some involvement with the Irish Linen trade in Ballymena area, so the Bernardoe name might be another name to ask about on these Antrim lists. Now to the Family of Thomas Boyd of Ballymena (v) Have you been in contact with both the Libraries at Greenock and Paisley? I am not sure of the status of the Greenock Library, but I have been to the Local Studies section of the Paisley Library a few times (which I thought covered all family tree work for Renfrewshire, but I think that I also saw someone mention recently that Greenock as also having a Local studies section. (vi) So do you know when William Boyd came to Greenock? This would allow you to look at the 1851 Census or the 1841 Census for Scotland. (vii) So how do you know that Jane Boyd was born in Greenock, Renfrewshire in 1853? And did William Boyd have any children born in 1855, the first year of official records? I understand that there is quite a bit of details about the family for those born in that year. I am thinking that William Boyd may not have been living in Greenock in 1853 but somewhere else in Scotland. Or was it just the case that the family were too poor in 1853 to have her Baptised? viii) Oh, could his wife have done home to mother to have Jane? If so, where might his wife’s family have been living in 1853? ix) Either Paisley or Greenock Libraries should be able to provide you with a list of Thomas Boyd’s who are buried in Greenock Cemeteries before 1857. They might have other members of this family as well buried in Greenock. (x) What other Boyd connection have you got through this DNA testing? And how far back can these people take their Boyd family tree? I think that is all I can provide you with at present. I have written up what you have initially provided in your Email to the Boyd net list into Chapter 18/913 in FILE W18658UC.doc, which starts on my page 9 (A4 page size). This is the second Volume of County Antrim Boyd families in Clan Boyd of Scotland. I would like to get what additional information you might have on this family please. With you as the source of these details (or other family members). If you can do the changes in a different colour font, that would help me making notes and to list your primary sources. It will allow me to build onto it in the future. I would contribute that information to you, so any future researchers can contact you about it. Clan Boyd of Scotland is a collection of Boyd families in a effort to build a pyramid of the Clan. The bases of these family chapters is to show a families origins; include the known details; sources of the information; any books/publications on the family and list known researchers or possible researchers (type of family Research Group). The third Edition of I think at present I only have 2 or 3 such families, so I might leave that task to someone else and just collect Boyd families. The information I would ideally like to be able to include are full names (including common name); date and place of birth, death and marriage (incl. church); place of burial; to whom married; spouses parents, children; and where they lived. This format also allows for a small history to be included on each individual. The initial draft need not have all this information and it is more important to list children and other descendants etc. The best way is to send it to me electronically as I am not the world's fastest typist. When you send that, I could then type it up and send it back to you to ensure that I have it correctly layout. It is on Word processing in Word for Windows 2 so allows you to add what you like. Depending on your objective, it can be used as a research tool to record what you have done to find information about an individual; as an appendix to a family history or as I am doing just a straight genealogy and recording who were members of the Clan. My aim as said above is to build a pyramid of the Clan, which will make it much easier for people to fit their family into the Clan. I think the above details for each Boyd descendant will help build the Clan Pyramid. I have filled up Volumes 1-10 with draft Boyd families. I am currently working on several other Volumes for Counties in Ireland, Shires in Scotland and various States in the USA. I would like to get your full postal address please, so I can pass on your name to others when I think I might get an match. Are you aware of any other Boyd researchers/families who I might be able to include on my researcher's list as well please. The details I would like to include here are :- NAME OF RESEARCHER; ADDRESS; EARLIEST KNOWN DATE; EARLIEST KNOWN LOCATION; AND EARLIEST KNOWN NAME; Feel free to pass on my name to anyone you might come across who have a Boyd in their family tree, so I can add their Boyd or Boyd descendants to the Clan Boyd Pyramid. I take it from your Email address that you are an employee of rootsweb.com? The House of Boyd Society has been going since 1988. The House of Boyd society has our own:- - surname Net Group at BOYD@rootsweb.com - quarterly Newsletter called Dean Road (contact the editor - editor@clanboyd.org) - They are always searching for material - queries, photos or short articles - to go in future issues) - DNA Project and discussion group boyd-dna@rootsweb.com - the House of Boyd Society Website http://www.clanboyd.org - Historical Committee - family database - www.facebook.com group - for members only To develop your family tree, I would also strongly recommend that you post to the BOYD-L@rootsweb.com net list, so you can advertise your Boyd Branch. This can be about telling the list more about your Boyds; asking for help to find his parent and or sibling, etc It is best to put only one idea or request in each message. The messages that go to the list are also kept in the archives, so it means that other people can look back and see if anyone is researcher their ancestor. I assume that your maiden name was Boyd, so you should have some male Boyd to have a DNA test done. They may like to get the 67-marker DNA test to see if your male Boyds origins come from. I understand that if you go this website you can get the details of who to go about getting the test done - http://www.familytreedna.com/group-join.aspx?Group=Scottish-Clans Hopefully this will “show” the linkage and the number of generations back there is a common link. This may help to find other clusters of Boyd families that are connected to you. Hopefully these connections can go back further than 1740. I look forward to hearing from you in the future, so we can add your family branch to our Clan Boyd Pyramid. Kind regards Mike Boyd Chairman Historical Committee, HBS Susan Hemsley Cicala USA boyd@rootsweb.com Incl: W46588GJ.doc

Hi Susan, I happened across your email in ref to the Boys brothers of Swansea NSW. I do not know if we have a connection or not but a brief outline of my Boyds are the following: William and Thomas Boyd as I understand it were fisherman along with other trades such as boat building, professional fishinermen etc etc.. in Lake Macquarie and up and down the coast but most of which were carried out in Swansea. There is more to the background of William and Thomas Boyd than I have shown here but I don't have it all together as yet and I am simpy seeking to see if you are searching the same Boyds as I am. William married ??? in Swansea and my grandmother was one of his children thus making Willaim Boyd my great grandfather. I have never been able to trace who William married or where he was married but I do know that he lived in Swansea and as an extra both William and Thomas streets in Swansea were named for them.!! If what I have shown here ties in with your family of Boyds then please get back to me and together we may be able to establish more. Sincerely, Warren Stoddart Mannering Park NSW

Susan IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, there were two ways for family to have Land in Ireland. The could own it or lease it. If they owned land, the eldest son would inherit the land and the younger sons would have to move or buy their own. However if they leased, and because some rents were on three lifetime - ie three generations - it would be the youngest sons name who would be put on the lease. So we need to work out which of these two situations might have occurred with this family. One section stayed in Ireland and another came to the USA. My first thought when I saw John Boyd of Ballymena, I thought this John Boyd was in Chapter 6/334:- T1? John Boyd, b / /1730 ( , Ireland), d / /1806 ( , 96th District, SC), bu , mc / /175x (church, town, county, Ireland?), Mary Fenn, dau of and (nee ) Fenn, b / /173x ), d / /17xx ( , Ireland or USA?), bu , and had issue:- [Lived: ] Whose family came in 1768 and Landed at Hampton Roads, Virginia on the ship Earl of Donnegal, Duncan Ferguson in Command, with three sons and a daughter. Then I noticed the date was not the same, so I looked at the John Boyd in Chapter 4/244: T1 John Boyd, bc 1740 ( , Ireland), d 6/11/1815 (Bushy Creek, Union District, SC), bu , mc 1766 ( , , Newberry Dist., SC ), Jane Bernardoe, dau of and (nee ) Bernardoe bc 1750 ( ), d / /1835 ( , Union Co, SC), bu and had issue:- [Lived: , SC? ] - Details? Jane name might also be spelt as Bernardoc rather than Bernardoe. John and Jane are on the DAR Patriot Index. Address is http:www.ancestry.com/ You will need the GEDCOM family program to download the infromation that the DAR has. - 2/7/98 Hila Van Horn in the October 1998 issue of Dean Road, p 16, said that John Boyd was born 21 November 1740 in Ballymena, Co Antrim, Ireland. However there is no John currently listed as being born in 1740 [CHECK AGAIN - 28/10/98] and they had a son Samuel Boyd U8 Samuel Boyd, b 1783 ( , Union Co?, SC) d 12/1/1860 ( , Monroe County, MS), bu , Mary Ann (Polly) Thompson, dau of and (nee ) Thompson, bc 1788 ( ), d /6/1859 ( , Monroe County, MS), bu , and had issue:- [Lived: ] There are a number of researchers of this family on the Boyd net list which maybe able to help you. What date of birth (or estimate) do you have for Thomas Boyd? My GUESS is 1790-1805, which I would estimate that he is the second or more likely the third generation after John Boyd from Chapter 4/244. Butcher, I suspect, was his occupation rather than a second name. Ballymena, County Antrim is a centre for a number of Boyd families with one said to have settled there in in 1575. As the Agnews form Wigtonshire also settled in Ballymena, it maihgt mean that these Boyds came form Wigtonshire rather than Ayrshire. I will write to you privately about your family. Good hunting Mike Boyd Historical Committee, HBS -----Original Message----- From: Susan Cicala via Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2015 8:09 AM To: boyd@rootsweb.com Subject: [BOYD] William/Thomas Boyd Hi everyone, I've been a member of this list for a couple of years and anxiously await each new thread hoping to recognize my Boyd names. Unfortunately it never happens. Now, through DNA testing on Ancestry and on GEDmatch I've been told I have a connection to a circle of people all descended from Samuel Boyd (1783 South Carolina) son of John (1740 Ballymena, Antrim Ireland). Still, after checking the trees of those people I find no record of my Jane Boyd (born 1853 Greenock Scotland) daughter of William Boyd (born about 1825 Antrim Ireland) son of Thomas Boyd (a labor/butcher who was deceased before 1857). I believe my research because I have located the following documents: William Boyd's 2 marriages and death record. (His death record shows a mother named Margaret McNeil however his 2nd marriage shows a different mother-Sarah McAlister) All other information matches including the street address in Greenock, Scotland and his father Thomas Boyd as well as both of his wives. Jane Boyd’s marriage. This shows William as her father and his first wife Jane Kane as her mother. I have never found her birth record. Any suggestions? Does anyone know if maybe Thomas (a butcher) could be a middle or nickname? Does it seem likely that a family would split up and have some stay in Ireland/Scotland while everyone else goes to Southern United States? Other than the connection through DNA I have no family history in Southern United States. This brick wall seems impossible :-( Susan Sent from my iPhone Susan Hemsley Cicala☎

Thank you for your email. Unfortunately my Thomas and William were not fisherman. Maybe our emails got mixed up. My william was an Iron Turner and his dad Thomas was a butcher/laborer. My men show up in Ireland (Thomas) and Scotland (william), I have no record of them moving to Wales but then I never looked. Maybe your Thomas and William are uncles/brothers to mine. What are the birth dates/location for yours? I'll have to search yours to see if we have a connection. Have you done a DNA test? Maybe we can try that- Thanks for reaching out! Cheers Sent from my iPhone Susan Hemsley Cicala☎ > On Nov 20, 2015, at 4:26 AM, Warren Stoddart via <boyd@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > Hi Susan, > > I happened across your email in ref to the Boys brothers of Swansea NSW. I do not know if we have a connection or not but a brief outline of my Boyds are the following: > > William and Thomas Boyd as I understand it were fisherman along with other trades such as boat building, professional fishinermen etc etc.. in Lake Macquarie and up and down the coast but most of which were carried out in Swansea. > > There is more to the background of William and Thomas Boyd than I have shown here but I don't have it all together as yet and I am simpy seeking to see if you are searching the same Boyds as I am. > > William married ??? in Swansea and my grandmother was one of his children thus making Willaim Boyd my great grandfather. I have never been able to trace who William married or where he was married but I do know that he lived in Swansea and as an extra both William and Thomas streets in Swansea were named for them.!! > > If what I have shown here ties in with your family of Boyds then please get back to me and together we may be able to establish more. > > Sincerely, > Warren Stoddart > Mannering Park NSW > > > > > > > > ==================== > *** Remember to trim your message before hitting send or your message may be held on the server for being too large due to excessive quoting. *** > > > Deleting quotations of earlier messages will help keep within the limits when replying. > > Check your email client's help file if directions are needed. > ====================================== > > > > {{{{{{{{{ Want to HOST a BOYD Tent at events near you? You must be a Member of House of Boyd and have official standing as a Convenor. Contact the President or a Member of the Board to express your interest and get the ball rolling. http://www.clanboyd.org/officers.shtml }}}}}}}} > > > > House of Boyd Society's (HBS) Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Gathering of the Clan 2015 will be held in conjunction with the San Francisco Caledonian Club's 150th Highland Games & Gathering, Labor Day Weekend -- September 5th & 6th, 2015 Please plan on attending! > > Write AGM@clanboyd.org if you would be interested in helping to plan it. > > ______________________________________ > > Support the Fellowship Activities of the Clan. Join the House of Boyd Society! > http://www.clanboyd.org/joinus.shtml > > ==================== > Need to contact the Admin? Want to discuss an Admin Note? Remember -- to keep the flow of the list, Admin notes are not to be replied to on list. Write me off list at Boyd-admin@rootsweb.com > ==================== > > This list is set for replies to go to the list address Boyd@rootsweb.com not just the author of the post. > ==================== > > 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! > > ______________________________________ > 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 the 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 > > **************************** > ------------------------------- > 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

Members There are a number of lists of Boyd that we have, that we need to turn into Family Chapters in the Clan Boyd Pyramid. Below is the list of Boyd Household in CT in 1790. BOYD,Francis CT Co:Litchfield Twp:Woodbury BOYD,Abraham CT Co:Windham Twp:Plainfield BOYD,Joseph CT Co:Windham Twp:Voluntown Do any of these belong to your family? If so, could you please tell the list and what you know of their origins, etc So questions of where these Boyd families came from need to be answered. Did they come down from Boston, MA or come out of New York City (some of the early travellers from the suburbs). Or did these families come directly from overseas? I will be putting these three families into Volume 23 of Clan Boyd of Scotland for Boyd families from Conneticut/RI. So does anyone have access to the County Histories for Litchfield and Windham Counties CT to see if these Boyd families are outline in those books? Thank you for your assistance Mike Boyd Chairman Historical Committee, HBS