James, I come from Hamilton County, Ohio Boyds who apparently settled in Green Township in north Cincinnati sometime in the early 1800's. Earliest records I have indicate a Joseph Boyd married Rebecca Crawford from PA in 1810. They had 7 children - James married Catharine Mills, John, Margaret married Joseph Morton, Elizabeth married John Bracken, Martha married John Moore, Rebecca ??, and Joseph, my G, G, Grandfather married Bertha Henn. They had 7 children living at the time of the 1900 census- Alice b 1870, Laura b 1874, Emma b 1876, Helen b 1879, unknown girl's name, and my G, Grandfather James Boyd. James Boyd was a plaster contractor like his dad Joseph. When he married they had one son, Lawrence Genter Boyd who also became a plaster contractor. This was my Grandfather who was born in 1892. Lawrence Genter Boyd married Sophia who was born in Germany in 1893. They had one son, my father, born about 1919 - Lawrence Garrison Boyd. All of these Boyds lived in the Cincinnati area until my dad was stationed in Texas during WWII and married a Texas girl. I would be interested to know if you have any relationships that fit into this tree structure. The only male branches in my tree would have happened sometime in the 1810's when Joseph Sr. had three sons, James, John and then my ancestor Joseph Jr. Do you hane a James born about that time who married a Catharine Mills? Regards Gary M. Boyd, AIA Gary M. Boyd, AIA Exec. VP - 3D/I T: 713.871.7004 C: 713.294.9829 Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld -----Original Message----- From: James & Carolyn Boyd <jcbyd@cvtv.net> To: CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wed Jul 27 20:41:06 2005 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