Harriet, The Boyd shipbuilder of Porstmouth, NH is George Boyd (1733-1787). Col. George Boyd, (he was the father of William Boyd and grandfather of Col. George W. Boyd now living in Portland, Me.) purchased the mill seat, now the Raynes mansion and shipyard, of Peter Livius, somewhere between 1767 and 1770 His wife is Jane Brewster, daughter of Joseph Brewster. They had five sons and five daughters. Mary married Joseph Champney, and died since 1850; Jane married Dr. John Goddard, and died in 1790, aged twenty-seven years; Phebe died young; Abigail, married Capt. Mackay, and afterwards Capt. Samuel Ham, who built the Woodbury mansion; Submit married Hon. John S. Sherburne, and died in 1803, aged twenty-eight years; Joseph died after arriving at years of manhood; George died unmarried; William married a daughter of Capt. Thomas Martin, and left one son, Capt. George W., now living, and the only descendant who bears the name of Boyd; Supply and Henry Lucas died young. George died on his return voyage from London, and his tomb is in the Old North Cemetery along with the coat-of-arms (online but hard to see-faded) On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 4:39 AM, Harriet E. Cady <[email protected]> wrote: > When I was doing some research on BOYD I found there was a Ship builder in > Portsmouth, NH in late 1700's early 1800's in Portsmouth, NH. > I vaguely remember that He was the father of 14 children. > Has anyone traced their BOYDs to this man? > Harriet in NH > > > > ==================== > 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 >