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 > >