This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: edwirvin Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.boyd/7207/mb.ashx Message Board Post: In my earlier posting I mentioned my theory of a link between these three families in Cumberland county, Pa. and then later in southside Virginia. Here is one of the old survey maps that you can find online at the Land Records Office Archives. It is map #A18-120. http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/rg/di/r17-114CopiedSurveyBooks/Book A1-A89/Book A-18/Book A-18 pg 242.pdf You can see my usual suspects. In 1755, Joseph Henderson has surveyed a tract of land based on a warrant originally granted to Samuel Boyd the previous year. The neighbors are Robert Boyd, John and Christopher Irwin, John Kirkpatrick, and Nathaniel Wilson. You can see much of this in John Wright Boyd's 1980 Family History. JWB included several primary source documents showing the details on the Robert Boyd family. JWB's emphasis was the descent of Robert's youngest son, Samuel Boyd. He clearly proves the close relationship between Samuel and John Irwin in 1772 in Charlotte and Bedford county. John Irwin of Hat Creek was married to one Margaret Boyd. I believe Margaret Boyd was either a sister or an aunt to Samuel Boyd. John Wright Boyd makes a few assumptions (like we all have to do) that seem to be a little shaky to me. First, he assumed that William Egle's Notes & Queries was correct when he said Robert Boyd was a Captain in the French and Indian War and that he di! ed in about 1761. I do not believe that. I think the Capt. Boyd was more likely from one of the Octoraro settlements in either Chester or Lancaster county. But I don't want to get lost in that argument. I think the Lurgan/Letterkenny Robert Boyd may have died several years before 1761. I suspect the person who died in 1761 was the mother, NOT the father Robert. Robert Boyd died without a will and maybe it was the death of the mother that triggered the Letters of Administration naming eldest son John Boyd as Administrator. JWB included these Letters in his book. On the Appraisal it says "one note in hand for Joseph Henderson who ____?? back parts of Virginia" It is difficult to read. If you look at the above survey map, it seems to me that this is an extended family. I am working on it. As to the John Boyd who married Nancie Urie, I have never seen a primary source confirming any of that, although I have not searched very hard. Most of what I have seen is from the old 19th century "Histories". In particular, the stories told by David? who had been captured by the Indians. I usually avoid these old books like the plague. I know Northumberland county was not in existence in the 1750's. If they meant the area that was to become Northumberland, this would be the Shamokin/Sunbury area of Lancaster and this area suffered much from Indian attacks. But you certainly would not seek refuge on the west side of the Susquehanna. That would be jumping from the frying pan into the fire. Edwin Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>