Pat I will send you a private letter as soon as I post this to you. I am sending this query to Boyd list so that other Boyds who are researching for their Boyds around Ayr town might be able to help you as well if they have a James Boyd (second most common Boyd name) who married Mary Oswald (or some other spelling variation). St. Quivox and Newton (on Ayr) are suburbs of Ayr town. Thank you for the query Mike Boyd Historical Committee, HBS ----- Original Message ----- From: "happytalk44" <happytalk44@embarqmail.com> To: "'Mike Boyd'" <mikejboyd@bigpond.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 12:36 AM Subject: Ayr/Boyd surname > Hello Mike, > > I just saw your post on the Ayr list and the information in your signature > about the BOYD surname. As a new member of the list I had posted a query > re: my McMillan/Oswald research to which you kindly responded. > > Over the weekend I have found information that one of the Oswald children > (Mary b. c 1811) married James Boyd (b. c 1806) and they resided in Ayr. > The birthplaces of their children (all 10 of them) state St. Quivox and > Newton. Mary died on Feb 14, 1858 and is buried at Wallacetown > Churchyard. > James is shown to be a "cotton weaver". > > Might any of this connect with your research on the BOYD families? > Thanks for any assistance. > Pat Stoewe > Florida > >