Mike, "Omally" is a transcription error from a census (I forget which one, 1790 maybe?) The Bryan Omery/Omary does show up in early Lunenburg county court records as working with John in road clearing. I have also run across him in relation to William Irby, who was a founding county commissioner in Halifax At that time 'Lunenberg' county included all of what would become Halifax county. Its the same place. a) yes, I agree that was her name, Lucetia O'mery b) all four of the brothers were gone from Compass, PA by 1740 and Patrick as early as 1736 when he headed out owing pelts. The settlement on the Dan river was, indeed, the first "white settlement" that far inland c) her daddy was a laborer who build the Cumberland trail. I have not yet identified his homestead but I think it was near "HicksFord"or somewhere near the William Irby estate close to "Black Walnut". (the location of all of these properties it may be possible to identify.) d) Robert died 1778, Lucretia was still alive in 1782 when the will was proven. I do not think you will find her grave in NC, though. I believe she lived her last years in Newberry SC. with her oldest boy Robert and may be buried there. (If anyone knows where these two are buried I would really like to find their graves) .On 3/29/2016 2:53 AM, Mike Boyd via wrote: > For the last two decades I have understood that Robert’s wife was Lucretia O’Mary. > > S5 Robert Boyd, b / /1720 ( ), d / /1782 (?) ( ), bu , m / /174x ( , ), Lucretia O'Mary, dau of and (nee ) O'Mary, bc 1720 ( ), d / /17xx ( ), d / /17xx ( ), bu , and had issue:- > > > > But I recently got some advice that her name was spelt as Lucretia Omery. > > “Robert C Boyd Sr.1763-1771, son of George Boyd Sr and Isabella, was born about 1716 in Antrim, > Ulster, Ireland1763-1764, 1766, 1770. He died on 25 Aug 1778 in Granville, North Carolina, USA. He > married Lucretia Omery in 1745 in Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Virginia, USA1766, 1772-1774. > > Lucretia Omery1773, 1775-1776, daughter of Bryan Omery, was born in 1720 in Lunenburg, > Lunenburg, Virginia, USA1773, 1776. She died on 25 Aug 1778 in Granville, North Carolina, USA.” > > A) Has any member of this family come across this spelling for Robert’s wife? > > B) They may have got married in 1745, but I would question the location. I would have thought that the four brothers were still in PA at this time. Nor is my Virginia history too good, but I would not have expected White men to have been in this part of Virginia as early s this? > > C) Also Lucretia’s birth place of Lunenburg, VA would also need to be questioned for the same reason. Her date of birth could be “right” – 1720 – but being 25 years old might suggest her family had some wealth? > > D) You will notice that both Robert and Lucretia died on the same day – 25 Aug 1778. That does not “look” right? 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