The Head of the Boyd Households listed in NC in the 1790 Census BOYD,Meriam NC Co:Chowan Twp:Unknown BOYD,William NC Co:Pasquotank Twp:Unknown BOYD,Roger NC Co:Pasquotank Twp:Unknown BOYD,Sarah NC Co:Cumberland Twp:Unknown BOYD,Frances NC Co:Moore Twp:Unknown BOYD,James NC Co:Robeson Twp:Unknown BOYD,John NC Co:Halifax Twp:Unknown BOYD,James NC Co:Nash Twp:Unknown BOYD,Joshua NC Co:Warren Twp:Unknown BOYD,Joshua NC Co:Caswell Twp:Unknown BOYD,John NC Co:Chatham Twp:Unknown BOYD,George NC Co:Chatham Twp:Unknown BOYD,John NC Co:Lincoln Twp:Unknown BOYD,William NC Co:Lincoln Twp:Unknown BOYD,William NC Co:Wilkes Twp:Unknown BOYD,Robert NC Co:Wilkes Twp:Unknown BOYD,Robert Jr NC Co:Wilkes Twp:Unknown BOYD,Thomas NC Co:Wilkes Twp:Unknown BOYD,William NC Co:Craven Twp:Unknown BOYD,Coleman NC Co:Jones Twp:Unknown BOYD,Josiah NC Co:Wayne Twp:Unknown BOYD,James NC Co:Guilford Twp:Unknown BOYD,Robert NC Co:Iredell Twp:Unknown BOYD,John NC Co:Montgomery Twp:Unknown BOYD,Samuel NC Co:Montgomery Twp:Unknown from Ch 5/266 – S4/T1! BOYD,Andrew NC Co:Rockingham Twp:Unknown BOYD,William NC Co:Rockingham Twp:Unknown BOYD,Phenehas NC Co:Stokes Twp:Unknown BOID,William NC Co:Randolph Twp:Unknown BOYDE,William NC Co:Beaufort Twp:Unknown BOYDE,Thomas NC Co:Beaufort Twp:Unknown BOYDE,William Esqr NC Co:Beaufort Twp:Unknown BOYDE,Thomas NC Co:Beaufort Twp:Unknown BOYDE,William NC Co:Beaufort Twp:Unknown BOYDE,Applum NC Co:Dobbs Twp:Unknown BOYDE,Robert Sr NC Co:Pitt Twp:Unknown BOYDE,Isaac NC Co:Pitt Twp:Unknown BOYDE,Joseph Sr NC Co:Pitt Twp:Unknown BOYDE,William NC Co:Pitt Twp:Unknown BOYDE,Robert Jr NC Co:Pitt Twp:Unknown And if we follow the naming pattern, for the children listed in the website that John Boyd cited, where the first son is listed as William Boyd, this would suggest that William Boyd, born in 1772, own father MIGHT HAVE ALSO BEEN A “WILLIAM BOYD” I count ten William Boyd’s listed hear. Can anyone “identify” any of these William Boyd, that we can help John to remove them from his list of possible fathers? Thank you for your assistance Mike Boyd Brisbane, Aust.