I have some correspondences somewhere around my house from in the 90's when I spoke with several people regarding this line. I will see what I can find. Off the top of my head, I believe George landed in Philadelphia. Barry On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 9:03 AM, Mindy Householder <minzgen@gmail.com>wrote: > I have 4 seperate Boyd family files from Westmoreland, Allegheny, Fayette, > and Washington County, PA. I am also trying to verify more of the Scott > Lee > Boyd book due to the numerous questions and errors found. There are no > cites as to where he obtained his information. So anything in this book I > am very skeptical about. Let me know what is decided and I would be happy > to share this information. > > Mindy > > On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 12:06 AM, Mike Boyd <mikejboyd@bigpond.com> wrote: > > > During my recent trip to the USA in 2011, I meet four people at four > > separate places, during my talks and going to the three Highland Games, > who > > were descendants of this couple. > > > > However, it was not until I was talking to a group at Nashville (which > > young > > Bob Boyd organised for me) that I meet the last of these, Clayton Boyd, > who > > gave me a file with some 32,000 names on it. So after my talk finished > > Clayton, Bob and I were talking about this family. And it was decided > that > > we should make this family A PROJECT for the House of Boyd Society. > > > > By a Project, I mean that a group of this family descendants and other > HBS > > members devote some time to doing some organised research on this family. > > > > I know that these books are published about this family:- > > > > The Boyds of Boyds Tank, by Frank Ewell Boyd & William Taylor Boyd. > (1970). > > 107 p. 71-126643 > > > > Captives' Mansion by S. R.. Slaymaker II, published in 1973. [title given > > by > > Brenda Cornelius ] > > > > So does anyone know if any other books or material has been published on > > the > > family of George and Isabella Boyd and their five son's families - > Patrick; > > George, Jr.; John; James and Robert Boyd? > > > > I know that when I was in Lexington, KY, I found about 40-50 pages on the > > West family who are part of Patrick's family. > > > > While last year, while with Charlene Kemp at the Lancaster Co., PA > > Historical Library, I found a chart which Mrs. Evelyn A. Benson did while > > researching for material for Frank Ewell Boyd & William Taylor Boyd book. > > This Chart covers the first 5 generations. > > > > I have also been told Frank Ewell Boyd & William Taylor Boyd's book does > > contain some errors in it but not what these errors are or how many there > > are. > > > > It is know that the son George Boyd remained in Compass, Chester Co., PA. > > While Patrick and John Boyd moved to South Boston on the Dan River, > > Virginia > > and the remaining two brothers, who had also come to the Dan River later > > moved onto Granville County, NC > > > > These are the details that I currently have on these five sons (which I > > have > > been given over time, so may or may not be correct):- > > > > S1 Patrick Boyd, b / /1711 ( , Co. Antrim, Ireland), d 2/1/1762 (either > > Chester Co, Pa or Halifax Co., VA.), bu , m 25/7/1732 (St. John's > Episcopal > > Churchyard, Compass, Lancaster Co., PA.), Rachel Grissom (or Grisham), > dau > > of and (nee ) Grissom, bc 1715 ( ), dc / /1750 ( ), bu , and had issue:- > m > > 2ndly m 1751-1752 ( Church, place ), Ann Douglass, of Halifax Co., VA., > dau > > of and (nee ) Douglass, bc 1737 ( ), d / /17xx ( ), bu , and had issue:- > > > > S2 George Boyd, Jr., b / /1715 ( , Lancaster Co., Pa.), d 12/6/1763 ( ), > bu > > St. John's Episcopal Churchyard, Compass, Lancaster Co., PA., m / /174x ( > > church , place), Mary Douglass, dau of and (nee ) Douglass, bc 1730 ( ), > d > > / > > /17xx ( ), bu St. John's Episcopal Churchyard, Compass, Lancaster Co., > PA., > > and had issue:- > > > > S3 John Boyd, Sr., b / /1716 ( , Lancaster Co., Pa), d / /1757 ( , > Halifax > > Co., Va.), bu , m / /173x ( , ), Margaret Lawson, dau of and (nee ) > Lawson, > > bc 1720 ( ), d / /17xx ( ), bu , and had issue:- > > > > [Lived: Dan River, VA ] > > > > S4 James Boyd, b / /1718 ( ), d 1772 ( ), bu , m / /173x ( , ), Mary > > Cochran, dau of and (nee ), bc 1720 ( ), d / /17xx ( ), bu , and had > > issue:- > > > > - From the book, The Boyds of Boyds Tank, by Frank Ewell Boyd & William > > Taylor Boyd, (1970), 107 p. (USLC # 71-126643), pp 20-21, said that:- > > > > "The brothers James (1717?-1772) and Robert (1719?-1778?), sons of George > > Boyd of Pennsylvania, were in Virginia with older brothers John and > Patrick > > for a time but moved to North Carolina settling in Granville County which > > borders on the Virginia state line just south of Halifax County. Both > died > > in Granville County." > > > > S5 Robert Boyd, b / /1720 ( ), d / /1782 ( ), bu , m / /174x ( , ), > > Lucretia > > O'Mary, dau of and (nee ) O'Mary, bc 1720 ( ), d / /17xx ( ), d / /17xx ( > > ), > > bu , and had issue:- > > > > [Lived: ] > > > > While these are the details the 1994 IGI for the UK has on them:- > > > > Isabella Mrs BOYD (F)......... S: Abt 1695 B: 21 Oct 1980 OGDEN Ba: > F801962 > > 10 @^ - > > > > Spouse: George BOYD , , Ireland E: 30 Oct 1980 OGDEN So: 1260781 > > > > George BOYD (M)........ B: 1715 B: 4 Apr 1989 LOGAN Ba: 5007964 12 > > > > Father: George BOYD , Antrim, Ireland E: 19 Oct 1989 LOGAN So: 1553367 > > > > Mother: Isabella SP: Cleared > > > > George BOYD (M)........... B: 1719 B: 21 Oct 1980 OGDEN Ba: F801962 10 @^ > - > > > > Father: George BOYD Antrim, Ulster Province, Ireland E: 8 Nov 1980 OGDEN > > So: > > 1260781 > > > > Mother: Isabella SP: 25 Nov 1980 OGDEN > > > > John BOYD (M)........... B: 1712 B: 21 Oct 1980 OGDEN Ba: F801962 10 @^ - > > > > Father: George BOYD Antrim, Ulster Province, Ireland E: 12 Nov 1980 OGDEN > > So: 1260781 > > > > Mother: Isabella SP: 25 Nov 1980 OGDEN > > > > James BOYD (M)............ B: 1715 B: 21 Oct 1980 OGDEN Ba: F801962 10 @^ > - > > > > Father: George BOYD Antrim, Ulster Province, Ireland E: 12 Nov 1980 OGDEN > > So: 1260781 > > > > Mother: Isabella > > > > I do not have Patrick's entry which is in the 2nd half I still have to > > copy. > > > > While this entry MIGHT BE George's Christening after his birth in 1691. > > > > George BOYD (M)........... C: 17 May 1692 B: 17 Apr 1974 SLAKE Ba: > 7331611 > > 84 > > > > Father: Georg BOYD Airth, Stirling, Scotland E: 6 Jun 1974 SLAKE So: > 934260 > > > > Mother: Elizabeth JOHNSTOUN SP: 20 Aug 1974 SLAKE > > > > I was told last year when I visited South Boston on the Dan River, that > > James and Robert had their land on the Virginia and North Carolina State > > border and claimed that when the State Tax man came to them, that they > > lived > > in the other State. > > > > While I have part of this family outlined in Chapter 5/266 with 68 pages, > > it > > will mean that in future I most likely will have to make up new family > > chapters for some of the later generation's families in Volume 25 of Clan > > Boyd of Scotland (for Pennsylvania families); Volume 27 (for the Virginia > > families and Volume 28 (for North Carolina families. Or should I keep all > > these families - say for the grandchildren of the five sons - into one of > > these Volumes so that they are all remain together. > > > > So do we from a group to research this family in an organised why? Can > > someone else besides myself, chair or guide this group? > > > > So there are a number of questions that need to be asked on the start of > > this family and I will start the list of:- > > > > (i) When did George and his family come to Compass, Chester Co., PA? It > was > > know that it was prior to 1729. > > > > (ii) What ship did they come from Ireland on? > > > > (iii) Which Port did they leave from in Ireland? > > > > (iv) Which Port did they arrive in the USA? > > > > (v) Are there any land purchaser that they made when they arrived? > > > > (vi) What was the date of birth of each of the five sons and where? [Note > > my > > current data differs from the IGI dates for their birth] > > > > (vii) Where in County Antrim, Ireland did George and his family live? [I > > think it was around the Ballymoney area of Antrim but I have no evidence > to > > support this.] > > > > viii) Some people say that he came on a ship hired by Lord Archibald > > Douglass. (While at the Woodland Games in California, I did get an card > > from > > the Douglas tent for their Regent for North California, so I can write to > > him shortly to see whom might be the best person to write to in Clan > > Douglas > > society of North America.) > > > > (ix) Why did George and his family settle in Compass, Chester Co. PA and > > not > > further west like many of the other Irish of the 1720's. > > > > (x) Why did he as a Episcopalian in American and I assume as a Church of > > Ireland in County Antrim find that he had to migrate out of Ireland in > the > > 1720's. The Church of Ireland were the "ruling class" in Ireland. > > > > (xi) Why did George (and assume his parents) moved from Scotland to > County > > Antrim. Was this because of the Covenanter problems in Scotland at the > end > > of the 1600's? > > > > ANY OTHER QUESTIONS TO BE ASKED/ANSWERED? > > > > xii) > > > > ? > > > > SO WHAT DO WE DO WHEN WE HAVE COLLECTED THIS DATA? > > > > A) Do we simply compile a family tree and put it as various family > Chapters > > in Clan Boyd of Scotland? > > > > B) Or does someone wish take this family tree data and add other data to > it > > to make a book on this family? > > > > C) Or can we put it on it on the clanboyd.org web site? > > > > D) any other suggestions? > > > > Thank you > > > > ? > > > > Mike Boyd > > > > Chairman > > > > Historical Committee > > > > House of Boyd Society > > > > > > ______________________________________ > > 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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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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