Interesting story & information. Thanks for sending. JanC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Boyd" <bboyd@melbpc.org.au> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 7:16 PM Subject: Re: [Boyd] Thomas BOYD > G'Day Shirley > > I have a Thomas Boyd who may have migrated to the USA with his father but > the dates don't correspond with yours > > regards > > Brian Boyd > Melbourne > Australia. > > > > a.. THOMAS BOYD, Was born in the year of 1836, in Hull, England, and was > baptised on the 31st day of May 1836, at Drypool, in Hull, East Yorkshire, > England. I can find no further record of Thomas Boyd. Did he follow his > father's yearning (?) to go to America? The following letter may have been > written by Thomas' father. > (Check Thomas Boyd, for death records, census records, or immigration > records to America or Australia.) > > A 'Boyd' Letter from New York, U.S.A. > > A copy of the following letter was obtained from The University of Hull > Library (ref: bx/160/27/1). > > > This letter has the word 'Patrington' handwritten across the top. Patrington > was where the first Boyd mill was located and the family may well have owned > land in the vicinity. Patrington was not too far away from the City of > Kingston upon Hull, where the Boyd family are known to have resided for many > years. > > In the 1830s, trade in the Hull area was in a depressed state. Did William > Boyd (1780 - 1854) migrate to America at the age of 50, at that time with a > view to a better life style, and did he try to get his brother George to > join him in June 1830? If he did, then he must have returned to Hull again > at a later date, as he died there 24 years later at the age of 74, in 1854. > Was George residing in Macclesfield in the 1830s? It was quite possible that > this letter does not relate to our branch of the Boyd tree at all, but there > are several relevant aspects, which could point to such a link. The New > Zealand Boyd Family legend has it, that at least one member of the Boyd > family emigrated from England to the U.S.A. and another to Australia. It was > thought to be William or George's sons or grandsons. > > > The letter sent from W. Boyd in New York, To his brother in Macclesfield, > reads: > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear Brother - New York, March 2nd, 1830 > > > It was natural for those who are suffering from a distressed state of trade, > and their hardships daily increasing, to turn their attention, to some > remedy whereby they may be relieved from their embarrassed circumstances > (a.) > > > You are well aware with that idea resting upon my mind, I emigrated to this > country, and now I think that it my duty to my brother and fellow-countrymen > and all whom it may concern, to give a correct and impartial statement of my > present situation and future prospects. > > > I arrived in New York after a pleasant voyage of 5 weeks and one day, and > immediately turned my attention, after my arrival, to get employment at my > own trade, in which I succeeded, and received for my week's work, 9 dollars > and 25 cents*, and I receive now on average 11 dollars per week. I rent a > small house in the suburbs at 30 dollars (or about seven pounds Sterling per > year). > > > We (he may have taken his wife and family with him) can have the best beef > or mutton at 5 cents, (or 2 ½ pence per pound), the best wheaten bread at 2 > cents 1 penny per pound). Though if we bake it ourselves we can have it at a > cheaper rate, and everything else in the like low proportion. > > > I have just heard by the accounts from England that the distress of trade in > many of the manufacturing districts still continues. > > > I shall now give you a correct statement as near as I can of the weekly > earnings of all the different trades in the country: > > > Bricklayers and Stonemasons can earn, on average, 12 dollars per week. > (Remember that William and George were in the Bricklayers and Stonemasons > trade), Blacksmiths 10 dollars, Carpenters and Joiners 10 dollars and 70 > cents (note that they would have been associated with these trades also, in > their milling business), Shoemakers 10 dollars, Tailors 10 dollars, Stocking > weavers 10 to 11 dollars, Silk Weavers 11 dollars, Linen Weavers 10 dollars, > Cotton Weavers about 10 dollars and 25 cents, and weaving was the worst > paid, as the steam looms seem to take the place of the hand looms even in > this country, but any person having a little money, may do very well by > going a few miles from this city, and uniting farming with weaving, he may > rent a house and garden, and about 12 acres of land, nearly as cheap as I > have my house here, which by management , will pay him very good interest. > Cloth workers of all descriptions can live very well in this city, they can > earn from 11 to 12 dollars and a half per week, Hatters between 9 and 10, > and Labourers 11 and a half dollars per day. > > > I have now given you a correct statement as near as I could inform myself. > The prospects of labourers meet with every encouragement, as there are new > towns and villages springing up in every part of the country, and of course > employ a great number of hands. The state of the country is certainly very > different from that of England, as any person inclined to industry has every > prospect of doing well, and if he has no particular occupation, there are > many resources in which he was sure to succeed, as by working in the employ > of a farmer, or if able to cultivate for himself he was sure to be paid with > good interest. The general disposition of the inhabitants seems to be very > friendly, and no way jealous of newcomers, as they have districts, which > want cultivation. Their resources increase with population and that being > the case, the Americans hold out a friendly hand to all that come. I shall > now conclude with the hope of seeing you in a few months, to share in the > blessings of a free and independent nation > > I remain dear Brother, Yours & c. W Boyd. > > > N.B. Mr. Boyd having shewn the above letter to several friends, they > entreated him to publish it, in order to shew the difference of the working > classes of this country and America - it was now submitted for the perusal > of the Public. Jones, Printer, Macclesfield. Re-printed by B. Montgomery, 23 > Lowgate, Hull. > > > (* An American dollar was 4 shillings and six-pence sterling. An American > cent was equal to one halfpenny.) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <ShirBoy@aol.com> > To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:40 PM > Subject: [Boyd] Thomas BOYD > > > >I am still looking for death/burial locations for two Thomas Boyds, both of > > whom > > died sometime between June 1830 and November 1832. Both immigrated from > > Ireland > > in 1830. One was b 1743, probably in Ireland but could have been Scotland; > > the > > other was b 1780 in Ireland. They died somewhere between their arrival in > > Baltimore and when the family left Pittsburgh for Holmes County, OH. > > Family > > stories have the younger Thomas still living when the family was in > > Pittsburgh. > > Farming was their profession. > > > > Shirley Boyd > > Columbus, OH > > > > > > ==== 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 > > > > > > > > -- > > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.5.7 - Release Date: 1/03/2005 > > > > > > > ==== 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 > > >