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 >