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 >

Let's remember that in the earliest days of the country Ohio was Virginia On Jul 27, 2005, at 9:41 PM, James & Carolyn Boyd wrote: > 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 >