What line of Boyds in Maryland are you from? Mine were from Frederick, not far away, out of Andrew and David Anna Grace Boyd Foster On Jul 28, 2005, at 10:15 PM, Jane C. Grezlik wrote: > James, > What Ohio Boyd's are you looking for? I am an Ohio Boyd with roots in > Cecil > Co. Md. > Jane in Ohio > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James & Carolyn Boyd" <jcbyd@cvtv.net> > To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 9:41 PM > Subject: Re: [Boyd] Scottish and Irish Boyds > > >> How do I get off the mailing list. The site is good but deals most >> with >> east coast boyds not ohio boyds. jcbyd@cvtv.net >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Rich" <richboyd@speednetllc.com> >> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 1:29 PM >> Subject: [Boyd] Scottish and Irish Boyds >> >> >>> Below shows some reasons why Boyds and other Scots left Scotland and >>> Ireland. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>> Petition of Ulstermen, 1718 >>> >>> In the beginning of the seventeenth-century, when James VI of >>> Scotland became James I of England, (1603) a concerted effort was >>> made >>> to settle the province of Ulster in N. Ireland with Scots. King >>> James thought of this as one way to cure the "Irish problem". >>> >>> Most of the large estates from this time have long since passed >>> into other hands. Some of the Undertakers (a man who undertook to >>> plant >>> the land with settlers) did not adhere to the conditions of the >>> grants and, therefore, lost their estates. Others sold the land >>> once >>> they had obtained title. Many more estates were created by land >>> grants between 1641 and 1703, after the 1641 rebellion. The Scottish >>> Undertakers as part of their land grants undertook to plant the land >>> with settlers (or undertenants) whom they brought over from >>> Scotland. It was mainly these tennants who became the >>> ancestors >>> of the ethic group known today as Scotch-Irish, a term virtually >>> unknown in Ireland where they are known as Ulster-Scots. >>> >>> Very little documentation survives on the Undertenants, but the >>> Undertakers are a different story. It must be remembered that, in >>> those times land was considered more valuable than people. Because >>> large tracts of land are involved there is far more information on >>> the >>> Undertakers. As the undertenants were brought to Ireland by the >>> Undertakers it is obvious that many of them came from the same area >>> in >>> Scotland and were his near relatives. One such undertaker was: >>> >>> Sir Thomas Boyd of Bedlay: second son of the sixth Lord Boyd of >>> Kilmarnock, Scotland. He married Grizel Cunningham, the daughter >>> of >>> Alexander Cunningham on 22 October 1603. Ulster patent dated 29 >>> August 1610: Shean 1,500 acres, Strabane Barony, County Tyrone. >>> >>> Marion, the sister of Thomas Boyd, married James Hamilton, Earl of >>> Abercorn and eventually acquired Sir Thomas Boyd's estate. It can be >>> assumed that Thomas Boyd brought over many settlers by the name of >>> Boyd since the surname is quite common in Northern Ireland. Many >>> of >>> the Boyd's in America are descended from these Ulster-Scots but >>> tracing them down is another thing altogether. Many records have been >>> destroyed during the centuries of civil strife in the country. >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> --- >>> >>> *The Petition of Ulstermen* >>> >>> Three hundred people signed the memorial (Petition of Ulstermen >>> 1718) >>> to Governor Shute, March 6, 1718 asking encourgement to obtain land >>> in >>> "that very excellant and renowned plantation called New England. >>> Five heads of the Boyd family; John, Robert, Thomas, William and >>> another Thomas signed the Petition. Captain William Boyd came to >>> this >>> country fourteen times bringing Scottish pioneers from the north >>> of >>> Ireland, and finally located at Londonderry. There is reason to >>> believe that many of the Scottish Boyds who came between the years >>> 1718 >>> and 1750 from Ulster were his near kin. A number of them located at >>> Bristol, Maine and Londonderry, NH. The Petition begins: >>> >>> "We whose names are the underwritteninhabitants of ye north of >>> Ireland doe in our own names and in the names of many others, >>> our >>> neighbors, gentlemen, ministers, farmers, and tradesmen, >>> commisionate and appoint our trusty and well beloved friend the >>> Reverand William Macasky to repair to His Excellancy the Right >>> Honorable Colonel Samuel Suitte (Shute) Governor of New England, >>> and to >>> insure His Excellancy of our sincere and hearty inclinations to >>> transport ourselves to that excellant and renowned Plantation >>> upon >>> our obtaining from his Excellancy suitable >>> encouragement"......... >>> >>> The original copy of the Petition of Ulstermen hangs in the rooms of >>> the >>> New Hampshire Historical Society in Concord. >>> >>> This from my web site: http://clanboyd.info >>> >>> >>> ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== >>> RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite >>> >>> http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd- >>> trees >>> >> >> >> ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== >> RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite >> >> http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd- >> trees >> >> > > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd- > trees >

I descend from Alexander Boyd b. circa 1712 d.1780 (in Maryland) Francis b. 1747 d.1797, Hugh b. 1767 d. 1811, James b. 1791 d.1872 (in Ohio), John b. 1825 d.1901, Sarah b. 1859 d.1926 Alexander had a brother Francis, that he named in his will. There may have been a brother Hugh in Chester Co. PA, as well. Jane in Ohio ----- Original Message ----- From: <agfoster@headscheme.com> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 10:24 PM Subject: Re: [Boyd] Scottish and Irish Boyds > What line of Boyds in Maryland are you from? Mine were from Frederick, > not far away, out of Andrew and David > Anna Grace Boyd Foster > On Jul 28, 2005, at 10:15 PM, Jane C. Grezlik wrote: > > > James, > > What Ohio Boyd's are you looking for? I am an Ohio Boyd with roots in > > Cecil > > Co. Md. > > Jane in Ohio > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "James & Carolyn Boyd" <jcbyd@cvtv.net> > > To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 9:41 PM > > Subject: Re: [Boyd] Scottish and Irish Boyds > > > > > >> How do I get off the mailing list. The site is good but deals most > >> with > >> east coast boyds not ohio boyds. jcbyd@cvtv.net > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Rich" <richboyd@speednetllc.com> > >> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> > >> Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 1:29 PM > >> Subject: [Boyd] Scottish and Irish Boyds > >> > >> > >>> Below shows some reasons why Boyds and other Scots left Scotland and > >>> Ireland. > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>> > >>> Petition of Ulstermen, 1718 > >>> > >>> In the beginning of the seventeenth-century, when James VI of > >>> Scotland became James I of England, (1603) a concerted effort was > >>> made > >>> to settle the province of Ulster in N. Ireland with Scots. King > >>> James thought of this as one way to cure the "Irish problem". > >>> > >>> Most of the large estates from this time have long since passed > >>> into other hands. Some of the Undertakers (a man who undertook to > >>> plant > >>> the land with settlers) did not adhere to the conditions of the > >>> grants and, therefore, lost their estates. Others sold the land > >>> once > >>> they had obtained title. Many more estates were created by land > >>> grants between 1641 and 1703, after the 1641 rebellion. The Scottish > >>> Undertakers as part of their land grants undertook to plant the land > >>> with settlers (or undertenants) whom they brought over from > >>> Scotland. It was mainly these tennants who became the > >>> ancestors > >>> of the ethic group known today as Scotch-Irish, a term virtually > >>> unknown in Ireland where they are known as Ulster-Scots. > >>> > >>> Very little documentation survives on the Undertenants, but the > >>> Undertakers are a different story. It must be remembered that, in > >>> those times land was considered more valuable than people. Because > >>> large tracts of land are involved there is far more information on > >>> the > >>> Undertakers. As the undertenants were brought to Ireland by the > >>> Undertakers it is obvious that many of them came from the same area > >>> in > >>> Scotland and were his near relatives. One such undertaker was: > >>> > >>> Sir Thomas Boyd of Bedlay: second son of the sixth Lord Boyd of > >>> Kilmarnock, Scotland. He married Grizel Cunningham, the daughter > >>> of > >>> Alexander Cunningham on 22 October 1603. Ulster patent dated 29 > >>> August 1610: Shean 1,500 acres, Strabane Barony, County Tyrone. > >>> > >>> Marion, the sister of Thomas Boyd, married James Hamilton, Earl of > >>> Abercorn and eventually acquired Sir Thomas Boyd's estate. It can be > >>> assumed that Thomas Boyd brought over many settlers by the name of > >>> Boyd since the surname is quite common in Northern Ireland. Many > >>> of > >>> the Boyd's in America are descended from these Ulster-Scots but > >>> tracing them down is another thing altogether. Many records have been > >>> destroyed during the centuries of civil strife in the country. > >>> > >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> --- > >>> > >>> *The Petition of Ulstermen* > >>> > >>> Three hundred people signed the memorial (Petition of Ulstermen > >>> 1718) > >>> to Governor Shute, March 6, 1718 asking encourgement to obtain land > >>> in > >>> "that very excellant and renowned plantation called New England. > >>> Five heads of the Boyd family; John, Robert, Thomas, William and > >>> another Thomas signed the Petition. Captain William Boyd came to > >>> this > >>> country fourteen times bringing Scottish pioneers from the north > >>> of > >>> Ireland, and finally located at Londonderry. There is reason to > >>> believe that many of the Scottish Boyds who came between the years > >>> 1718 > >>> and 1750 from Ulster were his near kin. A number of them located at > >>> Bristol, Maine and Londonderry, NH. The Petition begins: > >>> > >>> "We whose names are the underwritteninhabitants of ye north of > >>> Ireland doe in our own names and in the names of many others, > >>> our > >>> neighbors, gentlemen, ministers, farmers, and tradesmen, > >>> commisionate and appoint our trusty and well beloved friend the > >>> Reverand William Macasky to repair to His Excellancy the Right > >>> Honorable Colonel Samuel Suitte (Shute) Governor of New England, > >>> and to > >>> insure His Excellancy of our sincere and hearty inclinations to > >>> transport ourselves to that excellant and renowned Plantation > >>> upon > >>> our obtaining from his Excellancy suitable > >>> encouragement"......... > >>> > >>> The original copy of the Petition of Ulstermen hangs in the rooms of > >>> the > >>> New Hampshire Historical Society in Concord. > >>> > >>> This from my web site: http://clanboyd.info > >>> > >>> > >>> ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > >>> RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > >>> > >>> http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd- > >>> trees > >>> > >> > >> > >> ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > >> RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > >> > >> http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd- > >> trees > >> > >> > > > > > > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > > > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd- > > trees > > > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees > >

Unfortunately there were a ton of Alexanders, Johns and Williams and a good many Andrews. Maryland must have been a goodo place for them. Anna Grace On Jul 28, 2005, at 11:03 PM, Jane C. Grezlik wrote: > I descend from Alexander Boyd b. circa 1712 d.1780 (in Maryland) > Francis b. 1747 d.1797, > Hugh b. 1767 d. 1811, > James b. 1791 d.1872 (in Ohio), > John b. 1825 d.1901, > Sarah b. 1859 d.1926 > > Alexander had a brother Francis, that he named in his will. There may > have > been a brother Hugh in Chester Co. PA, as well. > Jane in Ohio > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <agfoster@headscheme.com> > To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 10:24 PM > Subject: Re: [Boyd] Scottish and Irish Boyds > > >> What line of Boyds in Maryland are you from? Mine were from Frederick, >> not far away, out of Andrew and David >> Anna Grace Boyd Foster >> On Jul 28, 2005, at 10:15 PM, Jane C. Grezlik wrote: >> >>> James, >>> What Ohio Boyd's are you looking for? I am an Ohio Boyd with roots >>> in >>> Cecil >>> Co. Md. >>> Jane in Ohio >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "James & Carolyn Boyd" <jcbyd@cvtv.net> >>> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 9:41 PM >>> Subject: Re: [Boyd] Scottish and Irish Boyds >>> >>> >>>> How do I get off the mailing list. The site is good but deals most >>>> with >>>> east coast boyds not ohio boyds. jcbyd@cvtv.net >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Rich" <richboyd@speednetllc.com> >>>> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> >>>> Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 1:29 PM >>>> Subject: [Boyd] Scottish and Irish Boyds >>>> >>>> >>>>> Below shows some reasons why Boyds and other Scots left Scotland >>>>> and >>>>> Ireland. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Petition of Ulstermen, 1718 >>>>> >>>>> In the beginning of the seventeenth-century, when James VI of >>>>> Scotland became James I of England, (1603) a concerted effort was >>>>> made >>>>> to settle the province of Ulster in N. Ireland with Scots. King >>>>> James thought of this as one way to cure the "Irish problem". >>>>> >>>>> Most of the large estates from this time have long since >>>>> passed >>>>> into other hands. Some of the Undertakers (a man who undertook to >>>>> plant >>>>> the land with settlers) did not adhere to the conditions of the >>>>> grants and, therefore, lost their estates. Others sold the land >>>>> once >>>>> they had obtained title. Many more estates were created by >>>>> land >>>>> grants between 1641 and 1703, after the 1641 rebellion. The >>>>> Scottish >>>>> Undertakers as part of their land grants undertook to plant the >>>>> land >>>>> with settlers (or undertenants) whom they brought over from >>>>> Scotland. It was mainly these tennants who became the >>>>> ancestors >>>>> of the ethic group known today as Scotch-Irish, a term virtually >>>>> unknown in Ireland where they are known as Ulster-Scots. >>>>> >>>>> Very little documentation survives on the Undertenants, but the >>>>> Undertakers are a different story. It must be remembered that, in >>>>> those times land was considered more valuable than people. Because >>>>> large tracts of land are involved there is far more information >>>>> on >>>>> the >>>>> Undertakers. As the undertenants were brought to Ireland by the >>>>> Undertakers it is obvious that many of them came from the same area >>>>> in >>>>> Scotland and were his near relatives. One such undertaker was: >>>>> >>>>> Sir Thomas Boyd of Bedlay: second son of the sixth Lord Boyd of >>>>> Kilmarnock, Scotland. He married Grizel Cunningham, the daughter >>>>> of >>>>> Alexander Cunningham on 22 October 1603. Ulster patent dated 29 >>>>> August 1610: Shean 1,500 acres, Strabane Barony, County Tyrone. >>>>> >>>>> Marion, the sister of Thomas Boyd, married James Hamilton, Earl >>>>> of >>>>> Abercorn and eventually acquired Sir Thomas Boyd's estate. It can >>>>> be >>>>> assumed that Thomas Boyd brought over many settlers by the name >>>>> of >>>>> Boyd since the surname is quite common in Northern Ireland. >>>>> Many >>>>> of >>>>> the Boyd's in America are descended from these Ulster-Scots but >>>>> tracing them down is another thing altogether. Many records have >>>>> been >>>>> destroyed during the centuries of civil strife in the country. >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> -- >>>>> --- >>>>> >>>>> *The Petition of Ulstermen* >>>>> >>>>> Three hundred people signed the memorial (Petition of Ulstermen >>>>> 1718) >>>>> to Governor Shute, March 6, 1718 asking encourgement to obtain >>>>> land >>>>> in >>>>> "that very excellant and renowned plantation called New England. >>>>> Five heads of the Boyd family; John, Robert, Thomas, William >>>>> and >>>>> another Thomas signed the Petition. Captain William Boyd came to >>>>> this >>>>> country fourteen times bringing Scottish pioneers from the north >>>>> of >>>>> Ireland, and finally located at Londonderry. There is reason to >>>>> believe that many of the Scottish Boyds who came between the years >>>>> 1718 >>>>> and 1750 from Ulster were his near kin. A number of them located >>>>> at >>>>> Bristol, Maine and Londonderry, NH. The Petition begins: >>>>> >>>>> "We whose names are the underwritteninhabitants of ye north of >>>>> Ireland doe in our own names and in the names of many others, >>>>> our >>>>> neighbors, gentlemen, ministers, farmers, and tradesmen, >>>>> commisionate and appoint our trusty and well beloved friend the >>>>> Reverand William Macasky to repair to His Excellancy the Right >>>>> Honorable Colonel Samuel Suitte (Shute) Governor of New England, >>>>> and to >>>>> insure His Excellancy of our sincere and hearty inclinations to >>>>> transport ourselves to that excellant and renowned Plantation >>>>> upon >>>>> our obtaining from his Excellancy suitable >>>>> encouragement"......... >>>>> >>>>> The original copy of the Petition of Ulstermen hangs in the rooms >>>>> of >>>>> the >>>>> New Hampshire Historical Society in Concord. >>>>> >>>>> This from my web site: http://clanboyd.info >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== >>>>> RING OF BOYDS >>>>> http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite >>>>> >>>>> http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd- >>>>> trees >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== >>>> RING OF BOYDS >>>> http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite >>>> >>>> http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd- >>>> trees >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== >>> RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite >>> >>> http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd- >>> trees >>> >> >> >> ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== >> RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite >> >> http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd- >> trees >> >> > > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd- > trees >