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