Jeff: Not knowing your age, I don't know what time period you are looking for. Do you belong to Ancestry.com? Jackson L. Boyd listed in 1870 as age 8 with A.D. Boyd and Armilda Boyd...born Kentucky (P.O. Green River, Hart, Kentucky); Jackon Boyd listed with Rachel Boyd as head; his age 18, born Ky (1870 Census, Meramec, Jefferson, Missouri); and there are Jackson Boyd's listed in Floyd, Kentucky in 1880. Several genealogies are listed for ANDREW Jackson Boy in Kentucky; couple of Jackson Boyd's listed in Ky land Grants, Pulaski County. Natalie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Boyd" <prairie1@shawneelink.net> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 12:05 PM Subject: Re: [Boyd] Boyd naming patterns >I sure am envious of the folks that can trace their family back. I don't >have much of a clue about mine after my great grandfather. The best I have >ever come up with is his father a "Jackson Boyd" who was born as the death >certificate of my ggf says in " Kentucky Country" > Jeff > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <JodieK444@aol.com> > To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 12:02 PM > Subject: [Boyd] Boyd naming patterns > > >> Usually after they got through naming the first several children after >> fathers and mothers, they went to aunts, uncles and brothers and sisters. >> Although >> not 100 percent reliable, naming patterns can really help you match up >> your >> families. The name "Rosannah" in my Boyd family (who migrated from >> Newberry, SC >> to Meriwether County, GA) carried down for several generations and went >> with >> the family into Georgia, Alabama and sometimes, farther west. >> >> Another Boyd family in Meriwether (John and Eleanor Boyd of Abbeville, >> SC) >> carried the family names Hannah, Adam, Ebenezer and Alexander. After >> tracking >> this family for several generations (both earlier and later), I came to >> the >> conclusion they were probably not related to my Boyds from Newberry. This >> John >> Boyd's estate (he died in 1836) was settled in both Meriwether and >> Abbeville. The >> list of names of legatees in both cases was identical. >> >> Another lucky break came when I was tracking Robert Boyd, b. 1791, son of >> Hugh and Jennett Boyd of Newberry, who married Chloeretta Gray. They also >> moved >> to Meriwether. After much research, I found that Robert's daughter, Julia >> Boyd, >> married Benjamin White in Meriwether and had a daughter named Chloretta. >> That >> sure helped me connect Julia as a child of Robert and Chloeretta. Also, >> there >> was a Frederick Boyd in Meriwether. Since Chloeretta's father was >> Frederick >> Gray, it was worth the pursuit and I later "cemented" Frederick as a son >> of >> Robert and Chloeretta Gray Boyd. Bible and family records from this >> family later >> shared by a descendant "sealed the deal." We are still trying to figure >> out >> where the name of "McDuffie" came from in this family. McDuffie was >> another son >> of Robert and Chloretta. (Chloretta is seen in at least one source as >> "Floretta" but her mother's name was Chloeretta Dawkins Gray and the >> Bible record >> clearly shows Robert's wife as "Chloeretta" or "Chloretta.") Robert >> remarried >> twice after Chloretta's death, both times to women named Martha. Now, >> that has led >> me on a merry chase! >> >> Although it is maddening and frustrating to search through all the Johns, >> Roberts, Elizabeths and other common names, you can usually latch onto >> one child >> whose name is just a little different and it is well worth the research >> time >> to check it out. >> >> Judy K. in Newnan, GA >> >> >> ==== 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 > >