Not a problem good to help. I hope Salmond is not connected to the Boyds. The man is this country's worst nightmare like the rest of the SNP He was our first minister until he lost the referendum last year, thank god. He resigned and became an MP in Westminster. He is known as Baron Greenback who was slimy toad in a cartoon Danger Mouse. Look it up on the internet. I can't stand him of his party as they have destroyed my beloved Scotland. Anyway: have a great Xmas and s healthy new year. John Sent from my iPod > On 16 Dec 2015, at 19:54, Barry Boyd via <boyd@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > Thanks John, > > It seems that at this time there was only one bighouse. > > http://www.ornaverum.org/family/waddell-balquhatstone.html > > Someone mentioned Salmond connection and I saw somewhere along the way > that your PM Alex descends from a Boyd woman who lived there. > > Looks like this James Boid may have been a farmer "in" Balquhatstone. > > The other place I can't seem to find is Ruthwall. Could that be > Ruthwell, Dumfries? > > this list has a James and John both b abt 1650, and a Mary b abt 1655. > >> On 12/16/2015 1:15 PM, John Stewart via wrote: >> The name you refer to is Balquhatstone and is an area near Falkirk. >> >> It is pronounced Balwhatstone. >> It is now mainly farm land and was more than likely the same at the time of the Covenanters. >> >> Problem is most people engender like now write down what they think they have heard, hence spellings change for the same name. >> >> John Stewart >> >> >> Sent from my iPod >> >>> On 16 Dec 2015, at 01:44, Ray via <boyd@rootsweb.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> Balwhatstone was in Stirlingshire. >>> Not sure these links will work for you, but I'll try. If they don't work, try copying and pasting them. >>> >>> >>> Publications of the Scottish History Society, vol. 49 (1904), >>> contains the Commissariot of >>> Stirling, with 11 references to Balwhatstone in Slamannan Parish or St.