My family came ti America in 1729 and I don't know who would be in the 1790 census. Awrabest, Cal Awrabest, Cal Genealogist Emeritus House of Boyd (retired) On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 6:04 PM, Mike Boyd <[email protected]> wrote: > When President Washington authorized the first official national census in > 1790, the population of the United States was approximately three million > whites and their one million slaves. > > > > The average BOYD family had 5.8 members. There was a total of 309 BOYD > families concentrated primarily in Pennsylvania (102), North Carolina (41), > South Carolina (39), Maryland and Virginia (29 each), and New York (25), > with an additional 34 families distributed in the six other new states. > There were also 1,498 adult single and independent BOYDS not members of > the above-mentioned households. BOYD was not one of the numberically more > prominent families in the census. > > > > (Nor was BOIT, which had a total of 129 families with the largest single > concentration in North Carolina (20). Both families have the exact same > coat of arms, with only one basis design for that coat of arms: unescapable > proof that Boit and BOYD are only spelling variations.) > > > > I do not know how may of the 730 Boyd families that I have might have been > listed in this Census. > > > > So now might be a good time to start a project of asking the list if any > of American cousins can go back to 1790 and make a connection to those > families listed in the Census. > > > > Thank you > > > > Mike Boyd > > Historical Committee, HBS > > > > ==================== > House of Boyd will be present in the Clan Village at the 700th Anniversary > Celebration of the Battle of Bannockburn, June 2014. Look to > http://www.clanboyd.org for more information > ==================== > Need to contact the Admin? Want to discuss an Admin Note? Remember -- to > keep the flow of the list, Admin notes are not to be replied to on list. > Write me off list at [email protected] > ==================== > > Remember to trim your message before hitting send! > Check your email client's help file if directions are needed. > > ==================== > This list is set for replies to go to the list address [email protected] just the author of the post. > ==================== > > Can't recall what the beginning of a thread was? Subscribe > mid-discussion? Visit the PUBLICLY VIEWABLE archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=boyd > > ==================== > Got an issue that is beyond the purview of this list? Write the Help Desk > for assistance http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/ > Honor your fellow subscribers -- follow the Golden Rule! > > _________________________________________ > House of Boyd Society's (HBS) Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Gathering of > the Clan 2014 will be held in conjunction with the St. Andrews Society of > Detroit's Highland Games at Livonia, Michigan, USA. The date is to be > confirmed by the venue, however, this year's event (2013) is the first > weekend in August. Please plan on attending! > > Write [email protected] if you would be interested in helping to plan it. > ______________________________________ > House of Boyd Society's (HBS) Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Gathering of > the Clan 2013 was a great success. It was held in Greenville, SC, USA in > conjunction with the Greenville Scottish Games, Saturday May 25th, Memorial > Day Weekend 2013. > > _______________________________________________________________________________ > Support the Fellowship Activities of the Clan. Join the House of Boyd > Society! > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BOYD/2008-06/1212428046 > ______________________________________ > House of Boyd Society sends HUGE thank you to all of our volunteers. The > Society would not be what it is without you! > ______________________________________ > > Want to contribute an article or query to the Dean Road? Contact Kevin > McLachlan, Editor at [email protected] > > ==================== > Visit the House of Boyd Society Website http://www.clanboyd.org > ==================== > For Officers and other Contacts, see > http://www.clanboyd.org/officers.shtml > > **************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >