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: 2-1 Charles, m. Elizabeth Ray. 2-2 John, m. 1703/3/28 Elinor Fitz-Redmond. 2-3 Abraham, m. 1705/10/16 Mary Gray. 2-4 Isaac, m. 1727/3/18 Sussanah Noble. 2-5 Mary, m. first Ishmael Bateman (& had a son and 3 daughters), m. second William Goe and had a son and dau. 2-6 Martha, m. Thomas Wells." While this data does not say where John Boyd married Mary, it WOULD APPEAR to have been in Maryland and not in England, from the date of the children's own marriage. So can this marriage be found in Maryland to tell us his wife's surname? It would appear that this family were Episcopalian, as their son John married on 28 March 1706 at All Hallows Parish Church in Anne Arundel County, MD. It would appear that the children could have been born in early 1680's. Thank you Mike Boyd Historical Committee, HBS (Folder10AE # 20B)