Warren, You seem to be the first researcher to take up the project that is this William and Thomas brothers of New South Wales. The society is dependent on you to find your proofs. If it is any consolation, the fact that you can prove your connection to these brothers puts you far out front of a lot of people who think they know a bunch of stuff that just isn't so. We have a reltively new member of this research team who is the line of Boyd who bought in to the West Indies in the 1680's. The Boyd of Barbados, Trinidad and Tobego, and Jamaica are all over these islands and they rule trade in the islands still today with their network based out of Santo Domingo. In the late 1800's their family empire stretched from Barony of Dansen Hall in London through the Caribbean Ocean across panama. Don Hauk of Hawaii has always believed that he was of this line but has been unable to prove it in his 25+ years of research. Your biggest clue seems to be that they were boatbuilders. This is not a cheap trade. They were rich when they arrived in NSW. and if you can connect this boat building company to the East India Company you will have your connection. Lord John Boyd the first Baronette of Dansen Hall, son of Augustus- the Irish pirate, had at least seven brothers one of which, Robert, traversed the entire globe several times. These are the "Boyd of St. Kitts". Very little is known of what became of some of this family. Sometimes it is a worthwhile endeavor to go back in time from your "brick wall" and work down the generations and see if there is reason to suspect any connection. I suspect a connection here for your William and his brother Thomas. Look at Robert the pirate. There may be one or two generations to work out and this may be a total red herring. Also. I remember suggesting that you look to the archive at the NSW library, specifically all of the newspapers from there at the time. Have you done that yet? Please post whatever you find there to the RootsWeb list so that other researchers may benefit. And if I run across anything that points in any way to Australia I will let you know. Mike Boyd, the clan historian has been looking for his Boyd Scottish connection for forty years. There are no easy answers to genealogy and you are the first person to ask about this line. Happy Hunting, Barry Boyd House of Boyd Society Convenor for Texas On 4/27/2016 8:21 PM, Alan Stoddart via wrote: > Barry, I may have contacted you a long way back as the name certainly rings bells fort me however, I have not as yet resolved my Boyd line of Swansea NSW Australia. The only fact I have is that William Boyd was my great grandfather, ( his daughter Maud Gertrude Boyd was my grandmother ). The problem I have is that I cannot get beyond William Boyd to find out where his family initiated. In other words that afore mentioned William Boyd would be my great grandfather and his daughter Maud Gertrude Boyd was my grandmother. > > Barry, for whatever reason I do not appear to be able to get beyond the two brothers os Swansea in NSW Australia. Is there in any way you can point me in the correct direction to research this Boyd line. If you could assist in any way I would be most grateful. > > Hoping you can assist with this prob. > > Sincerely, > Warren Stoddart > Lake Macquarie NSW > > > > > ==================== > *** Remember to trim your message before hitting send or your message may be held on the server for being too large due to excessive quoting. *** > > > Deleting quotations of earlier messages will help keep within the limits when replying. > > Check your email client's help file if directions are needed. > ====================================== > > > > {{{{{{{{{ Want to HOST a BOYD Tent at events near you? 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