May I suggest that Catherine Mcgdmartine is actually a MARTIN. Martin family is in Dunluce in 1624 and 1622 in Coleraine. Very small family based on census records but specifically located in exact same spots as Boyd families in northern Ireland going back to near Plantation times. -- Colin Brooks The 1718 Project CB1718project@gmail.com

Thank you Colin and Linde for those suggestions. COULD the "Mcgd" of the Surname have been a second Christian name? Or her family being Scottish, some one has used "Mc" but I can't guess what the "gd" part might be in 1624 writing - or is that just pen stokes joining the "Mc" and "Martin"? >From the Will of 1624, I would estimate that William and Catherine might have married about 1600, but I COULD NOT SAY if it was in Scotland or Ireland. William had a number of Lands, seems to have been a "merchant" at Dunluce. So could he have been a merchant working [or friend of] for the Earl of Antrim and over time bought some lands from him? Mike Boyd -----Original Message----- From: Colin Brooks via Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2016 12:38 AM To: DIB . ; irl-antrim@rootsweb.com Cc: AYRSHIRE@rootsweb.com ; boyd Subject: Re: [IRL-ANTRIM] Boyds of Dunluce, County Antrim 1624 May I suggest that Catherine Mcgdmartine is actually a MARTIN. Martin family is in Dunluce in 1624 and 1622 in Coleraine. Very small family based on census records but specifically located in exact same spots as Boyd families in northern Ireland going back to near Plantation times. -- Colin Brooks The 1718 Project CB1718project@gmail.com

There were possibly very early on McMartins in co. Antrim. I see that there was a place called Court McMartin down near Cushendall, which is a likely location for the property of a Scottish McMartin family *This is my new email address>>> L.Lunney@ria.ie <L.Lunney@ria.ie> Please use it if possibl*e Dr Linde Lunney Dictionary of Irish Biography Royal Irish Academy Dublin 2 Ireland On 18 April 2016 at 15:38, Colin Brooks <cb1718project@gmail.com> wrote: > May I suggest that Catherine Mcgdmartine is actually a MARTIN. Martin > family is in Dunluce in 1624 and 1622 in Coleraine. Very small family based > on census records but specifically located in exact same spots as Boyd > families in northern Ireland going back to near Plantation times. > > > > > -- > Colin Brooks > The 1718 Project > CB1718project@gmail.com >