I was going through some old papers and found a letter that my brother had received from someone searching for Milton J. Boyd descendents, written in 1998. These are not our Boyd ancestors but I thought the letter might help someone else so here it is................ ( I have no idea if this man lives at this address now or not.) Bernard J. Boyd, Jr. 20 Grotto Avenue Providence, RI 02906 May 22, 1998 Dear Mr. Boyd: For the past few years I have pursued the casual hobby of looking into the history of the Boyd family of Taunton, Massachusetts and I am looking for descendents of Milton J. Boyd to add to the family tree. Milton Boyd was born in March, 1900 in Taunton, the only son of Peter F. Boyd and Kathleen Ursula O'Sullivan. He had one sister, Lillian, who never married. Milton was an accountant for a short time in Taunton and moved to Detroit in 1925. His father also moved to Detroit, apparently to work for the Ford Motor Company as an electrician, but returned to Taunton the following year. At the time of his fathers death in 1933, Milton had one child and at the time of his mothers death in 1947, he had seven children and was still a resident of Detroit. I recently found an obituary notice for Milton, listing his children as Milton Jr., Bruce, Richard, Vance, Gregory, Jane and Barbara. These names, by the way were a surprise; I usually find James, Michael, Peter and Letitia. Milton's father Peter (1874-1933) was born in this country, one of ten children of Peter and Bessie (Ford) Boyd. Milton's grandfather Peter (1841-1904) was born in the parish of Fuerty, County Roscommon, Ireland, and came to this country around 1867, following his brothers Michael (my great, great grandfather) and James. Their brother William and Fanny came to the United States around 1872, I believe with their father James and possible their mother, Letitia. The Boyd's were a very large extended family in the Taunton area for many years and I have found a fair amount of information about them. One thing I do not have are any photographs and I think some must exist from around 1870 to 1930 or so. If you are a descendent of Milton Boyd I would very much like to hear from you; please write and I will send you more information. Regards, Bernie Boyd, Jr.

Are there any members of this list that live in RI or MA that may like to volunteer to try to contact Mr Bernard Boyd, Jr.? Co Roscommon in Ireland is not a place that many Boyds came from. Mike Boyd Historical committee, HBS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim Boyd" <KBoyd_TrustnHisWord@ez2.net> To: "Boyd List" <Boyd-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 11:18 AM Subject: [BOYD] Milton J. Boyd of Taunton, Mass. >I was going through some old papers and found a letter that my brother had >received from someone searching for Milton J. Boyd descendents, written in >1998. These are not our Boyd ancestors but I thought the letter might help >someone else so here it is................ > ( I have no idea if this man lives at this address now or not.) > Bernard J. Boyd, Jr. > 20 Grotto Avenue > Providence, RI 02906 > > May 22, 1998 > > Dear Mr. Boyd: > > For the past few years I have pursued the casual hobby of looking into the > history of the Boyd family of Taunton, Massachusetts and I am looking for > descendents of Milton J. Boyd to add to the family tree. >