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

I would dearly love to connect my Boyd ancestors to a family in the 1790 census, but unfortunately, I've hit a brick wall with my great-grandfather, William Fisher Boyd, who was born in Illinois, Tennessee, or Kentucky in 1848 and died in St. Louis, Missouri in 1925.  I've posted his data on this list before, but never gotten any useful responses. Bruce Boyd St. Louis, MO

Rev Adam Boyd (1650-) Rev Adam Boyd (1675-1748) Rev John Thomas Boyd (1690-1750) Jane Boyd (1721-1812) Jane (Jean) Boyd Brown (1763-1817) Sarah Jane "Sallie" Brown Herron (1781-1860) 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 > -- Rommy Lopat weedpatchgazette.com Phone: 847-922-0437 Facsimile: 847-295-1986