As you of you may recall my previous reference to Adam Boyd, the youngest son of first Lord Robert Boyd and his family. The American researcher who supplied this Chart of 13 generations said he was born in 1460 and married for his second wife Joan Cuthbert. It does not say who his first wife was or how many children he may have had with this first wife. Or where they may have been born. Nor does it tell us when this Adam Boyd married Joan. From the birth of their first child - Cuthbert Boyd in 1494 - I would assume it was about 1493. The chart also said that he "moved to Leeds, England, his home Kirk Bielston". But did not say where he moved from. We know that his father settled at Alnwick after he fled Scotland in 1469 and is THOUGHT to have died in about 1482, when his son Thomas Boyd, Earl of Arran, own son James Boyd was made Second Lord Boyd and was restored to the property by two charters, (Boyd Papers, Ayr Arch. Coll., iii. 139.) dated 14 October 1482, to his mother in liferent and to himself in fee, of the lands of Kilmarnock and others in Ayrshire; Teylyng and Brechty in Forfarshire; Caverstoun in Roxburghshire; Naristoun in Lanarkshire and Polgavy in Perthshire, and had instrument of sasine on these 'James, Lord Boyd,' in the barony of Kilmarnock, 22 October following, and in the lands of Monfod, Kilbryd, Flat, Ravisdalemure, Dalry, 25 October, and in those of Ormscleuch, Charlton, Bollynschaw, Dririg, etc., 26 October. (Boyd Papers, iii. 139, 141, 142.) Previous writers say he was not restored as Lord Boyd, but it seems plain from this that they are wrong, and that his grandfather, having died between Easter 1480-81 and 14 October 1482, he was allowed by the King, his uncle, to take the title. He is named James, Lord Boid, as a witness to a charter January 1483-84. (Reg. Mag. Sig., i 330, No. 1573.) So the First Lord Boyd flight in 1469 from Scotland, would appear to be one migration to England by members of Clan Boyd. However, at this time, we can't say if it was the first migration or not. From the International Genealogical Index we do know that there are many Boyds in various Counties in England in the 1600's but not where these Boyd came from. In the 7th Generation of this Chart we have Thomas Boyd (1634-1719), who was the fourth son listed to the parents John Boyd and Lidia Eliott. This Thomas married Elizabeth Bennett, daughter of Governor of Virginia. However, there is no indication if this Thomas came to Virginia or remained in England. If Elizabeth Bennett was living in Virginia, with her father, it may mean that Thomas came to America in the mid to later 1600's. The Chart lists 6 children for Thomas and Elizabeth - James (b1658); Richard (b 1660); Thomas (b 1662); John (b 1670); William (b 1672); and Benjamin (b 1674). Although the gap between Thomas and John would SUGGEST that other children were born to this couple - perhaps girls or children that died in child birth. The Chart says that William married Mary Thornton, but does not give any date. It said that she was born in 1676 and it gives their first child being born in 1693, so I expect they married about 1693. However, there is no indication where this marriage took place - America or England. It lists three children - Thomas Boyd (1693-1766); John Boyd (b 1695); and James Boyd (b 1697). The son, Thomas Boyd, is listed as having married Mahulda Box - but no date or place of marriage. The Chart lists eight children to this couple and lists the name BOYLESTON. They are Thomas Boylston (1714-1810); David Boyleston (1716-1811); John Boylston; George Boylston; Presley Thornton Boylston (b 1710); William Bennett Boylston (b 1732); Benjamin Boylston (b 1735) and Melinda Boylston. Thomas Boyd and "Mahulda" Box are mentioned in three publications:- i) The Boydstun Family, by Gustine Courson Weaver, 1927; ii) The Boydstun-Boydston Family, Gladys Boydstun Domonoake, 1971; and iii) The Ancestors of John Hall Boydstun and his Descendants, Q. B. Boydstun, 1972. In the second book above, they use the names Boydstun-Boyleston-Boydston. So something happened in the early 1700's for this family to change from BOYD to BOYLSTON. One source said that this family went to Boston, MASS. while the other book said that they began in Talbot County, Maryland. That will have to be another article. This article is to let members know that the Boyds of Northumberland in the 1469, later moved to Leeds area of Yorkshire (and most likely to other areas in the Midlands of England) and some in the late 1600's or early 1700's moved to the USA. So we need to encourage people with the name of Boydstun, Boydston, or Boyleston to join the Boyd@rootsweb.com net list and post their known family and to do their DNA test to see where they may find a link in Clan Boyd. Thank you Mike Boyd Historical Committee House of Boyd Society