Good question! On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 9:51 AM, Christopher T. Smithson < ctsmithson@gmail.com> wrote: > With regards to the John and Mary Boyd in Maryland in the 1670's and 1680's > has anyone documented this couple based from original records and not from > someone compiled family history? > > Thank you, > > Chris Smithson > Clan Genealogist > > -- > Christopher T. Smithson > 4219 Paddrick Road > Darlington, Maryland 21034-1034 > 410-836-3433 home > 443-350-7650 cell > ctsmithson@gmail.com > > On May 30, 2011, at 11:57, BrooksGen4@aol.com wrote: > > > Mike, > > Cant understand why you think they married in a Maryland. It clearly > > says "He tehn married Mary ------ and in 1670 came to Maryland." So he > > married in England and came to Maryland. > > Secondly, your making assumptions about the religion again based on > > English standards. IF he actually lived in England, then obviously the > Anglican > > church was practically the sole option. However, when he came to > America, > > he only had two- Catholic and Anglican. Presbyterian ministries, much > less > > churchs, didn't even exist in America at this time. So where else was he > > gonna get married, get children baptized etc.? > > In the 1600's and 1700's in America, Scotch-Irish made their "church" > > choice based on only two factors. Where they lived and what churches > where > > available where they lived. You could say a man was Quaker if he lived in > > Philadelphia and attended a Quaker church. You can NOT say the same thing > about > > the same man if he lived in Chambersburg at the exact same time. There > > were NO Quaker establishments in that area. He went to the nearest > church that > > had a theology as close to his own personal beliefs as possible. > > And this lasted for almost 200 years or more in America. Case in > point- > > my Daniel Boyd was an elder of the Londonderry, NH Presbyterian church > in > > 1860s. When he pioneered to Ocheyedan, Iowa he became an Elder in the 1st > > Methodist church of Ocheyedan. So which was he? If you read his scripture > > writings to his children he was clearly Presbyterian in theology BUT he > had no > > other choice, and attending the "assembly of believers" is a Biblical > > mandate. So he not only went to that church, he became a leader in that > church. > > > > In the early part of our countries religious history, you can define a > > man clearly as one-sided only when it comes to the "Catholic or not?" > > question. Almost all other religions are protestant and "appropriate" > places to > > attend when you desperately want to be with a body of believers. > > > > My two cents, > > Colin Brooks > > The 1718 Project > > > > > > In a message dated 5/30/2011 1:42:35 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > > mikejboyd@bigpond.com writes: > > > > According to the book Eldred E. Brown, His American Ancestors > Descendants > > and siblings and Thirty-Tow allied Families, Edwin H. Brown, 1985, page > > 18, > > it says:- > > > > "John Boyd (1-1) was born in England in 1620. From the age of ten until > he > > was forty, he was a sailor. He tehn married Mary ------ and in 1670 came > > to > > Maryland. In 1684 he settled on sixthy acres known as Boyd's Choice, > which > > he patented from the Proprietary Government. This land was located on > the > > Seven River, above Annapolis, in Anne Arundel County. > > > > In 1694 he removed to an estate of one thousand acres, just above the > > tidewater of the Patuxent River. This tract of land was granted to John > > Boyd > > by Charles, Third Lord Baltimore, on 16 September 1703, and was called > > Amphill Grange. This land was located in the new county of Prince > > George's, > > nine miles north of the county seat of Upper Marlboro. He operated the > > plantion, and an inn, at the old Queen Annie's Town nearby. > > > > John Boyd was a prominent man. He served on the Grand Jury, and is > > mentioned > > several times in the published Court records. > > > > John and Mary Boyd had six children: > > message > > > > > > ______________________________________ > > 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? 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