The following is from the book "The Boyd Family of York County, Maine, Arthur S. Boyd, 1924." (This is the only book on the Boyd family-- that I know of- - that goes into Norman lineage. It is quite interesting.) (Arthur's book goes on the assumption that the Boyds and the Stewarts descend from brothers. Most Scottish historians do not support that descent today. The Norman connection: The Boyd family of Kilmarnock, Scotland, from which is descended all the Boyd families of Scottish origin, is a branch of the Breton family of Dinan, or de Dinant. The identity of the families appears in their arms; as the family of Dinan bore a fesse indented, while that of Fitz-Alan (from which the Stuarts and Boyds are descended) bore a fesse chequey. The principally of Dol and Dinan was in the old French Province of Bretagne, and extended from Alet (St. Malo), by way of the towns of Dol (now known as Dol-de-Bretagne, in the Department of Ille-et-Vilane), Dinan (in Cotes-du-nord), and Combourg, to the central hills of Bretagne, over a tract of ninety miles by sixty. Its chiefs, on whom many Barons were dependent, were rather sovereigns than magnates, and their origin is lost in antiquity. In all probability they represented the patriarchal sovereigns of the Diablintes, the nation who held that part of Bretagne in the time of Julius Caesar, who conquered Bretagne in 57-56 BC and gave it the name of Armorica, and occupied the coast of Gaul between the seine and the Loire, but later the name of Armorica was confined to Bretagne. The rest of this can be found on the Clan Boyd Society web site below: http://www.clanboyd.info/state/maine/famhist/arthur1/index.htm Richard G. Boyd http://www.clanboyd.info agfoster@headscheme.com wrote: > Who can tell me about the Norman connection? My Dad said we were > believed to date back to the Norman Conquest but that and the story > about the Sicilian Island cathedral is all I've gotten. > Anna Grace Boyd Foster > > On Jul 12, 2005, at 3:04 PM, Rich wrote: > >> Hello >> >> Anna asked why the newsletter is named "The Dean Road". >> >> The road that leads from the burgh of Kilmarnock to Kilmarnock Castle >> was the Dean road. >> The castle is now usually called the Dean Castle. >> >> William G. Boyd gave the name to the newsletter early in 1988 before >> the society >> was offically formed. Later the named confirmed at the 1988 Stone >> Mountain Georgia Highland >> Games.. >> >> Rich >> >> agfoster@headscheme.com wrote: >> >>> Rich: Thanks for sending the July issue of Dean Road. My question: >>> what is the significance of the name? >>> Anna Grace Boyd Foster >>> >>> >>> >> > > >

Rich Do you have the book ""History of the Boyd Family And Descendants with sketches" by William P. Boyd Rochester, N.Y. John P. Smith Printing Company 1912 ? Vic

Rich - this is just an aside......I email with 3 ladies in England. Last night, the one said: "You Yanks read the word Castle or Manor, and you all rush in to claim it as your own...." :) JanC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich" <richboyd@speednetllc.com> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 4:21 PM Subject: [Boyd] The Norman Connection > > The following is from the book "The Boyd Family of York County, Maine, > Arthur S. Boyd, 1924." > > (This is the only book on the Boyd family-- that I know of- - that goes > into Norman lineage. It is quite interesting.) > (Arthur's book goes on the assumption that the Boyds and the Stewarts > descend from brothers. Most Scottish historians > do not support that descent today. > > The Norman connection: > > The Boyd family of Kilmarnock, Scotland, from which is descended all the > Boyd families of Scottish origin, is a branch of the Breton family of > Dinan, or de Dinant. The identity of the families appears in their arms; > as the family of Dinan bore a fesse indented, while that of Fitz-Alan > (from which the Stuarts and Boyds are descended) bore a fesse chequey. > > The principally of Dol and Dinan was in the old French Province of > Bretagne, and extended from Alet (St. Malo), by way of the towns of Dol > (now known as Dol-de-Bretagne, in the Department of Ille-et-Vilane), > Dinan (in Cotes-du-nord), and Combourg, to the central hills of > Bretagne, over a tract of ninety miles by sixty. Its chiefs, on whom > many Barons were dependent, were rather sovereigns than magnates, and > their origin is lost in antiquity. In all probability they represented > the patriarchal sovereigns of the Diablintes, the nation who held that > part of Bretagne in the time of Julius Caesar, who conquered Bretagne in > 57-56 BC and gave it the name of Armorica, and occupied the coast of > Gaul between the seine and the Loire, but later the name of Armorica was > confined to Bretagne. > > The rest of this can be found on the Clan Boyd Society web site below: > > http://www.clanboyd.info/state/maine/famhist/arthur1/index.htm > > Richard G. Boyd > http://www.clanboyd.info > > > > > agfoster@headscheme.com wrote: > > > Who can tell me about the Norman connection? My Dad said we were > > believed to date back to the Norman Conquest but that and the story > > about the Sicilian Island cathedral is all I've gotten. > > Anna Grace Boyd Foster > > > > On Jul 12, 2005, at 3:04 PM, Rich wrote: > > > >> Hello > >> > >> Anna asked why the newsletter is named "The Dean Road". > >> > >> The road that leads from the burgh of Kilmarnock to Kilmarnock Castle > >> was the Dean road. > >> The castle is now usually called the Dean Castle. > >> > >> William G. Boyd gave the name to the newsletter early in 1988 before > >> the society > >> was offically formed. Later the named confirmed at the 1988 Stone > >> Mountain Georgia Highland > >> Games.. > >> > >> Rich > >> > >> agfoster@headscheme.com wrote: > >> > >>> Rich: Thanks for sending the July issue of Dean Road. My question: > >>> what is the significance of the name? > >>> Anna Grace Boyd Foster > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > > > > > > > > > ==== 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 > > >