Firstly John welcome to this list. We are the friendly people, that will help people with their problems. Secondly, there is no wrong or right way to post or to format. Thirdly there are no SILLY QUESTIONS EITHER. If you do not know something about your family or Clan Boyd, ask the list. (I am sure that there are another 100 people out there who would like to know the answer to the same question. I am trying to do several other letters and queries at present. BUT I TAKE IT, that you do not know where in NC in 1772, your William Boyd was born. William Boyd is about the fifth most common male Boyd name. So that means that you will most likely find 22,000 of them rather than the 27,000 as for the more popular John Boyd. Do you know the town and County in NC that he was born in but just did not mention it? Or do you need to find it? So, does his death Certificate of 1852 tell you where he was born? This will help the list to identify his possible family in NC. As Boyds came down the Great Wagon Road in the 1740's, I suspect that they have also come to NC about the same time, in those inland counties. At the time of his death, [Is Montgomery the town or County?] were there any Newspapers that may have given an account of his life and outlined where he was born. And thirdly, when and where was he married. Hopefully in NC? So that location may also have been his birth location. And once this location is known in NC, the list can start to narrow down which Boyd family in NC that you may belong to. And the area that he lived in in Alabama, may have an County history, in which his family is mentioned. So, that may also tell you where in NC he came from to allow you to get started with looking for his family in NC. And I wold assume that it goes back to either PA or MD. I will get one with my other list of jobs for this morning and hopefully on Sunday, I can look at your query in more detail. And others may - from the data you have posted - be able to make other connections or have other questions about your Boyd family of NC. Mike Boyd Brisbane, Aust. -----Original Message----- From: John Boyd Sent: Thursday, December 5, 2019 12:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [CLANBOYD] Getting stuck finding the parents of William Boyd [b. 1772 in NC, d. 1852 in Montgomery, AL] Firstly, I'm new to mailing list. I'm probably going to do some things wrong, as far as formatting and responding. I've already shown I don't know how to do it on another Boyd mailing list. Secondly, my first post to this mailing list will be a repeat of the one I sent to another Boyd mailing list about a week ago. I'm not here to spam, but I currently only have this one specific question. Please bear with me if you've seen this already. The more visibility I have to more experienced genealogist and researchers, the more successful my own endeavors will be. I'm new to genealogy. I've been working for a couple of years, off and on, to trace my paternal lineage. Alas, I'm not the greatest at taking notes when it matters, and I failed to properly document my sources when I initially think I traced my lineage back to Scotland. Now I'm stuck trying to track further back than William Boyd [b. 1772 in NC, d. 1852 in Montgomery, AL].
One other thing to consider, John, is taking a Y-DNA test. You need to go to a specialist agency rather than somewhere like Ancestry. Many of us are with a company called "Family Tree DNA". Inside the Boyd family there are a lot of sub-clans so taking the test and joining Family Tree DNA's Boyd Project will help you see the closest Boyds to you. You can then look for a common ancestor: https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/boyddnanet/about/background https://www.familytreedna.com/public/boyddnanet?iframe=ycolorized Thank you. David Boyd [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Mike Boyd <[email protected]> Sent: 06 December 2019 20:31 To: [email protected] Subject: [CLANBOYD] Re: Getting stuck finding the parents of William Boyd [b. 1772 in NC, d. 1852 in Montgomery, AL] Firstly John welcome to this list. We are the friendly people, that will help people with their problems. Secondly, there is no wrong or right way to post or to format. Thirdly there are no SILLY QUESTIONS EITHER. If you do not know something about your family or Clan Boyd, ask the list. (I am sure that there are another 100 people out there who would like to know the answer to the same question. I am trying to do several other letters and queries at present. BUT I TAKE IT, that you do not know where in NC in 1772, your William Boyd was born. William Boyd is about the fifth most common male Boyd name. So that means that you will most likely find 22,000 of them rather than the 27,000 as for the more popular John Boyd. Do you know the town and County in NC that he was born in but just did not mention it? Or do you need to find it? So, does his death Certificate of 1852 tell you where he was born? This will help the list to identify his possible family in NC. As Boyds came down the Great Wagon Road in the 1740's, I suspect that they have also come to NC about the same time, in those inland counties. At the time of his death, [Is Montgomery the town or County?] were there any Newspapers that may have given an account of his life and outlined where he was born. And thirdly, when and where was he married. Hopefully in NC? So that location may also have been his birth location. And once this location is known in NC, the list can start to narrow down which Boyd family in NC that you may belong to. And the area that he lived in in Alabama, may have an County history, in which his family is mentioned. So, that may also tell you where in NC he came from to allow you to get started with looking for his family in NC. And I wold assume that it goes back to either PA or MD. I will get one with my other list of jobs for this morning and hopefully on Sunday, I can look at your query in more detail. And others may - from the data you have posted - be able to make other connections or have other questions about your Boyd family of NC. Mike Boyd Brisbane, Aust. -----Original Message----- From: John Boyd Sent: Thursday, December 5, 2019 12:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [CLANBOYD] Getting stuck finding the parents of William Boyd [b. 1772 in NC, d. 1852 in Montgomery, AL] Firstly, I'm new to mailing list. I'm probably going to do some things wrong, as far as formatting and responding. I've already shown I don't know how to do it on another Boyd mailing list. Secondly, my first post to this mailing list will be a repeat of the one I sent to another Boyd mailing list about a week ago. I'm not here to spam, but I currently only have this one specific question. Please bear with me if you've seen this already. The more visibility I have to more experienced genealogist and researchers, the more successful my own endeavors will be. I'm new to genealogy. I've been working for a couple of years, off and on, to trace my paternal lineage. Alas, I'm not the greatest at taking notes when it matters, and I failed to properly document my sources when I initially think I traced my lineage back to Scotland. Now I'm stuck trying to track further back than William Boyd [b. 1772 in NC, d. 1852 in Montgomery, AL]. _______________________________________________ ___________________________________ NOTE: Use the data on this list as a finding tool, just as you would any other secondary source. When you find the name of an ancestor listed confirm the facts in original sources. Clan Boyd Society, International (The Clan Boyd Web site is down, I am trying to get it back up and working. _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/[email protected] Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community
Good afternoon everyone, @Mike, thank you for reaching out. You've given me a lot to consider, and I'm going to be frank with you, I may not have a lot to offer as far as answers. I'm not a member of any sites that would offer documents, so anything behind a paywall (such as birth and death certificates, wills and testaments, etc) aren't something I have access to. I do not know the location in NC. All the resources I've found, such as https://mykindred.com/cloud/TX/getperson.php?personID=I13727&tree=mykindred01, just say North Carolina. What I can say is that the aforementioned link does mention William Boyd moved to Montgomery, AL from Brunswick County (city unknown) circa 1821. It also appears he married Rebecca Sellers in Brunswick County, NC as well. I can say that he move to and died in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama. This is about as far as I can take it. I don't have documents to prove any of this, just what others have done at the SOURCES that I provided in my original post. @David, thank you for mentioning FTDNA. I've had a couple of others reach out to me about this Boyd FTDNA Y-DNA Project, and will definitely be ordering the Y-111 test before too long. I'm hoping to take advantage of the sales, but we'll see. Thank you everyone, John Boyd ________________________________ From: Mike Boyd <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 6, 2019 2:31 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [CLANBOYD] Re: Getting stuck finding the parents of William Boyd [b. 1772 in NC, d. 1852 in Montgomery, AL] Firstly John welcome to this list. We are the friendly people, that will help people with their problems. Secondly, there is no wrong or right way to post or to format. Thirdly there are no SILLY QUESTIONS EITHER. If you do not know something about your family or Clan Boyd, ask the list. (I am sure that there are another 100 people out there who would like to know the answer to the same question. I am trying to do several other letters and queries at present. BUT I TAKE IT, that you do not know where in NC in 1772, your William Boyd was born. William Boyd is about the fifth most common male Boyd name. So that means that you will most likely find 22,000 of them rather than the 27,000 as for the more popular John Boyd. Do you know the town and County in NC that he was born in but just did not mention it? Or do you need to find it? So, does his death Certificate of 1852 tell you where he was born? This will help the list to identify his possible family in NC. As Boyds came down the Great Wagon Road in the 1740's, I suspect that they have also come to NC about the same time, in those inland counties. At the time of his death, [Is Montgomery the town or County?] were there any Newspapers that may have given an account of his life and outlined where he was born. And thirdly, when and where was he married. Hopefully in NC? So that location may also have been his birth location. And once this location is known in NC, the list can start to narrow down which Boyd family in NC that you may belong to. And the area that he lived in in Alabama, may have an County history, in which his family is mentioned. So, that may also tell you where in NC he came from to allow you to get started with looking for his family in NC. And I wold assume that it goes back to either PA or MD. I will get one with my other list of jobs for this morning and hopefully on Sunday, I can look at your query in more detail. And others may - from the data you have posted - be able to make other connections or have other questions about your Boyd family of NC. Mike Boyd Brisbane, Aust. -----Original Message----- From: John Boyd Sent: Thursday, December 5, 2019 12:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [CLANBOYD] Getting stuck finding the parents of William Boyd [b. 1772 in NC, d. 1852 in Montgomery, AL] Firstly, I'm new to mailing list. I'm probably going to do some things wrong, as far as formatting and responding. I've already shown I don't know how to do it on another Boyd mailing list. Secondly, my first post to this mailing list will be a repeat of the one I sent to another Boyd mailing list about a week ago. I'm not here to spam, but I currently only have this one specific question. Please bear with me if you've seen this already. The more visibility I have to more experienced genealogist and researchers, the more successful my own endeavors will be. I'm new to genealogy. I've been working for a couple of years, off and on, to trace my paternal lineage. Alas, I'm not the greatest at taking notes when it matters, and I failed to properly document my sources when I initially think I traced my lineage back to Scotland. Now I'm stuck trying to track further back than William Boyd [b. 1772 in NC, d. 1852 in Montgomery, AL]. _______________________________________________ ___________________________________ NOTE: Use the data on this list as a finding tool, just as you would any other secondary source. When you find the name of an ancestor listed confirm the facts in original sources. 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