I followed David's line some and have information on his children and pictures of headstones and the cemetery they are in. Will gladly share. Mindy On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 11:26 PM, Mike Boyd <mikejboyd@bigpond.com> wrote: > ** > > William Boyd and Louise M Miller of Wilkinsburg, Allegheny Co., PA > > Mindy Householder has kindly posted the details of family of William Boyd > who was the David Boyd and Mary Bryson form the History of Alleghey County, > PA, Part II, p 356. > > So my thought was that I had a new family Chapter to include in Volume 11 > of Clan Boyd of Scotland (for Boyd families form County Down). But when I > checked I found that this David Boyd was part of Colonel David Boyd of > Ballycastle townland, (just opposite Mount Stewart in Greyabbey Parish). > This does David Boyd ancestors back 8 generations to connected to the > central stem of Clan Boyd. > > This David Boyd's ancestors are:- > > L1 Robert Boyd, fifth Lord Boyd, bc 1517, d 3 January 1590,, bu in the Low > Church of Kilmarnock, m 153x, (contract dated 1535) his cousin-german, Lady > Margaret Colquhoun, daughter and heiress of George Colquhoun, fourth of > Glens, and Margaret Boyd, b 15xx, d August 1601, bu Metropolitan Church of > Glasgow, and had issue:- > > M10 Colonel David Boyd, of Tourgill, a natural son, b / /156x ( ), d / > /16xx, living 1613 and died before 1623 ( ), bu , Ireland?, m / /159x, > Margaret Wallace, Lady Hayning, a widow, dau of Wallace, b / /15xx ( ), d / > /16xx ( ), bu , and had issue:- > > N3 Thomas Boyd, b / /160x ( , Ireland or Scotland), d / /1660 ( ), bu , m / > /162x (church, town, county, etc), Jean Shaw, dau of and (nee ) Shaw, b / > /160x ( ), d / /16xx ( ), bu , and had issue:- > > O5 Thomas Boyd, b / /163x ( ), d / /17xx ( ), bu , m / /165x (church, town, > county, etc), wife not given, dau of and (nee ) ????? > > P1? John Boyd, b / /1657 ( ), d 20/8/1726 ( ), bu , m / /168x (church, > town, county, etc), Janet Gall, dau of and (nee ) Gall, b / /1653 ( ), d > 20/6/1726 ( ), bu , and had issue:- > > Q1? William Boyd, b / /169x ( ), d / /1740 ( ), bu , m / /171x (church, > town, county, etc), wife not given, dau of and (nee ) ??????, b / /169x ( ), > d / /17xx ( ), bu , and had issue:- > > [Lived: of Ballyblack?, Co Down ] > > R1? Alexander Boyd, b / /171x ( ), d / /1796 ( ), bu , m / /173x (church, > town, county, etc), wife not given, dau of and (nee ) ??????, b / /169x ( ), > d / /17xx ( ), bu , and had issue:- > > [Lived: of Ballyblack?, Co Down ] > > S1 William Boyd, b / /1737 ( ), d 24/12/1798 ( ), bu , m / /176x (church, > town, county, etc), Ellinor McKee, dau of and (nee ) McKee, b / /1746 ( ), d > 9?/4/1789? ( ), bu , and had issue:- > > [Lived: of Ballyblack, Co Down, Ireland ] > > T1 David Boyd, b / /1766 ( ), d 25/7?/1843 ( ), bu , m / /179x (church, > town, county, etc), Mary Bryson, dau of and (nee ) Bryson, b 28?/9/1770 ( ), > d 21/4/1846 ( ), bu , and had issue:- > > While David and Mary had these children:- > > U1 Jane Boyd, b 29?/3?/1799 ( ), d 26/3/1881 ( ), bu , m / /182x (church, > town, county, etc), Dr John Wadsworth, son of and (nee ) Wadsworth, b / > /179x ( ), d / /18xx ( ), bu , and had issue:- ? > > U2 John Boyd, b 12/12/1801 ( ), d /5/1855 ( ), bu , m / /182x (church, > town, county, etc), Catherine Kennedy, dau of and (nee ) Kennedy, b / /180x > ( ), d / /18xx ( ), bu , and had issue:- > > U3 Alexander Boyd, b 20/1/1804 ( ), d 9/1/1854 ( ), bu , m / /182x (church, > town, county, etc), Mary Critchlow?, dau of and (nee ) Critchlow, b / /180x > ( ), d / /18xx ( ), bu , and had issue:- > > U4 David Boyd, b 12/4?/1805 ( ), d / /18xx ( ), bu , m / /182x (church, > town, county, etc), Jane Morrison?, dau of and (nee ) Morrison, b / /180x ( > ), d / /18xx ( ), bu , and had issue:- ? > > [Lived: ] > > U5 James Boyd, b 12?/3?/1815 ( ), d 22/??/1838 ( ), bu , unm? > > U6 Hugh Boyd, b 12/3/1815 ( ), d 24?/3/1858 ( ), bu , m / /184x (church, > town, county, etc), Mary Ann? Deqqison?, dau of and (nee ) ???????, b / > /181x ( ), d / /18xx ( ), bu , and had issue:- > > U7 William Boyd, b 23/3/1816 ( ), d 19/3/1895 ( ), bu , m / /185x (church, > town, county, etc), Maria Lousia Millar?, dau of and (nee ) Millar, b > 3?/8?/1824 ( ), d 7/12/1900 ( ), bu , and had issue:- > > [Lived: ] > > While the details that I have for William and Louise's children are:- > > V1 John Boyd, b / /1860 ( ), d 13?/6/1865 ( ), bu . > > V2 Mary Boyd, b / /186x ( ), d / /19xx ( ), bu , m / /188x (church, town, > county, etc), Alfred William Duff, son of and (nee ) Duff, b / /186x ( ), d > / /19xx ( ), bu , and had issue:- > > W1 William Boyd Duff, b / /188x ( ), d / /19xx ( ), bu , m ? > > [Lived: ] > > W2 Louise Duff, b / /189x ( ), d / /19xx ( ), bu , m / /191x (church, town, > county, etc), James Maxwell Moore, son of and (nee ) Moore, b / /189x ( ), d > / /19xx ( ), bu , and had issue:- > > V3 Jane Wodsworth Boyd, b / /186x ( ), d / /19xx ( ), bu , m ? > > So if you belong to any of these seven children of David Boyd and Mary > Bryson, you will be only about the 6th person in the World who can connect > back to the central stem of Clan Boyd. > > It now raised the question if any of the many Boyd families that came to > the SW of PA, were part of this family from the Ards Peninsular of County > Down. If you are, the lists and I would be glad to hear from you. > > Thank you > > Mike Boyd > > Chairman > > Historical Committee > > House of Boyd Society > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Mindy Householder <minzgen@gmail.com> > *To:* Boyd@rootsweb.com ; Mike Boyd <mikejboyd@bigpond.com> > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 15, 2011 11:58 PM > *Subject:* William BOYD, B. November 28, 1816 > > HISTORY OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY > > Including > > It's early settlement and progress to the present time; a descriptin of its > historic and interesting localities; its cities, towns and villages; > religious, educational, social and military history; mining, manufacturing > and commercial interests; improements, resources, statistics, etc. > > also > > Portriats of some of its prominent men, and biographies of many of its > representative citizens. > > In Two Parts > > Chicago, Ill: > > A. Warner & Co., Publishers > > 1889 > > Part II > > Page: 356 > * > > WILLIAM BOYD, > *retired, Wilkinsburg, was born in the County Down, near Belfast, Ireland, > November 28, 1816. Six years later his parents, David and Mary (Bryson) > Boyd, came to America, and settled on a farm in that part of Indiana > township, which no consititutes O'Hara. There the father died at the age of > seventy-seven, and the mother when eighty-six. They had six sons and one > daughter: John, Alex, David, Hugh, James, William and Jane (mrs. Dr. John > Wadsworth). William, who is the youngest and only one living, remained on > the home farm till eighteen years old, when he went to Pittsbugh and learned > the molder's trade. With two parnters, he started a foundry at Johnstown in > 1836, and continued to operate it nine years. He came to Wilkinsburg in > 1845, and dealt in cattle and stock fourteen years; bought a farm in aIndina > township, which he cultivated till 1873, when he returned to Wilkinsburg, > and is here extensively interested in real estate. He and his family are > connected with the Covenanters' Church, of which his parents were members. > Mr. Boyd is an active democrat, and came within a few votes of being made > burgess in 1888, although the borough is overwhelmingly republican. In 1859, > he married Louise M., daughter of William and Mary (Markle) Miller, of > Westmoreland county, Pa., of German descent. Mrs. Louise M. Boyd is a niece > of the late Gen. Joseph Markle, of Mill Grove. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd have two > daughters, Mary and Jennie, at home. > >