Do any members of this list come form the Boyds of Ballytober, near Bushmills – which seem to have been there from 1624? Thank you Mike Boyd From: DIB . Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2016 10:56 PM To: Mike Boyd ; irl-antrim@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IRL-ANTRIM] Who is "Thomas Boyd of Bellihabrett" The placenames are all local. I suggest possibly that the Bellihabrett is a misreading of Ballytibbert which is a former version or a local pronounciation still heard of "Ballytober" which is about two miles from Dunluce and one mile from Bushmills; I think Ballyhalbert is unlikely LL On 12 April 2016 at 10:16, Mike Boyd via <irl-antrim@rootsweb.com> wrote: In the book An Historical Account of the MACDONNELS Of Antrim: Including Notices of some other Septs, Irish and Scottish, Rev George Hill, 1873, pp 389-393, it provides this outline of the Will of William Boyd of Dunluce, 1624. In one of the last Clauses of this Will of 1624 it says: - “ Appendix III Will of William Boyd of Duncluce, 1624 ... (xxx) Lastly, I will and appoynt fatfull and well-loved ffreinds, Mr Andrew Monpenny archdeacon off Coner, Wm Dunlape the lard of Crage, Thomas Boyd of Carncogie, Archibald Boyd off Carncualagh, Archibald Stewart off Bellilachmore, and my son in law Walter Kennedie, John Logane off the Bosthmiles, Thomas Boyd of Bellihabrett, to be overseers yt this my will and laste Testament shall duly be performed in all poynts reservinge the interpretaone off itt to them or any fowre or more off, iff any question shall happen to arise, qr off Thomas Boyd and Mr Wm. Wallace shall be two.” The first seven of these names would appear to be from County Antrim. However where does “Thomas Boyd of Bellihabrett” come from? I had for about a decade ASSUMED it was a townland in County Antrim, but a member of our New Windsor Boyd research group, who came from Ballyhalbert, Ards Peninsular, County Down, has just suggested that “Ballihabrett” could be the 1624 spelling for Ballyhalbert. Colonel David Boyd, the natural son of the 5th Lord Boyd, came to Greyabbey Parish in 1606, with his 5th or 6th cousin Sir Hugh Montgomery. This Colonel Boyd’s third son was called Thomas Boyd is thought to be the one that died in 1660 at Portavogie, Ards Penisular. It is not know when he was born (but one of his sons became the Boyds of Glentry), so is this Thomas Boyd old enough to in the Will of William Boyd of Dunluce in 1624? It is also known that Boyds (more than one but number not known) came in 1566 from Carrick, Ayrshire. The only known Boyd family in Carrick, Ayrshire was Adam Boyd of Penkill, who had two named sons – Robert of Penkill and James of Trochrig – and three un-named sons. These three un-named son by 1566, would have been in their 20’s years of age. So COULD/MIGHT Thomas Boyd of Carncogie; Archibald Boyd off Carncualagh, and William Boyd of Dunluce have been the second generation of these Boyds of “Carrick, Ayreshire”? I only have these names – and no family – so do not know if there might be any DNA matches. So all these Boyds might have had a common ancestor in Alexander Boyd, the next brother after Thomas Boyd, Earl of Arran, who died between 1500 and 1510. So could the son of Colonel David Boyd, Thomas Boyd in the Ards Peninsular, County Down, have been a friend of William Boyd of Dunluce, Antrim, in 1624? OR IS THERE ANOTHER TOWNLAND NEAR DUNLUCE that this “Bellihabrett” could represent Thank you for any comments Mike Boyd Brisbane, Aust. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-ANTRIM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message