Hi all John Boyd in his query about William Boyd born in 1772 in Brunswick County, NC, said that William was Methodist Circuit Riding Preacher. But did not say when he became one. I do not know, the history of the Methodist Church in the USA. Or in the UK for that matter as well Do any members know of any sources for the history of the Methodist Church in the USA? If so, can you post those to the list for the benefit of other members please? Secondly, would there or could there be histories of the Methodist Church in either Brunswick County, NC or in Montgomery Co., AL? That may assist John in his research of this family. I am aware of a Boyd family from SW County Donegal, whom were Methodist, but I think their conversion took place after 1800 in Ireland, so I do not know if that might help find the origins of William’s parents? But a knowledge the Methodist Church in Brunswick County, NC, have provide useful background to help John undertake his research. Thank for your assistance in helping John Mike Boyd Brisbane, Aust

Methodists from an early date organized into Conferences. I have visited the archives for the Vermont/ New Hampshire meeting which later merged with some others to form the NorthEast Conference. At some point, each state had its own Superintendent (who was not a Bishop, but exercised many of the function). My sister’s Father in Law was Superintendant for the State of Maine for many years from the 1930’s to about 1960. Each individual state conference 150 years or more ago attempted to maintain its own Methodist Seminary (i.e. college). It is possible that Maine’s became the Bangor Theological Seminary. New Hampshire’s may have dissolved. Vermont had one from about 1800 at Newbury, VT, but it was later collapsed into Wesleyan University in Connecticut. Boston’s venture thrived as Boston University. New Jersey’s as Drew, and a number of others retain the Methodist connection in the name — Southern Methodist, Ohio Wesleyan for instance. The written archives are fairly good. Because the Vermont effort was lodged with Wesleyan University, the Vermont papers have been preserved I think at the Vermont Historical Society. > On Dec 8, 2019, at 1:31 PM, Mike Boyd <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all > > > > John Boyd in his query about William Boyd born in 1772 in Brunswick County, NC, said that William was Methodist Circuit Riding Preacher. But did not say when he became one. > > > > I do not know, the history of the Methodist Church in the USA. Or in the UK for that matter as well > > > > Do any members know of any sources for the history of the Methodist Church in the USA? If so, can you post those to the list for the benefit of other members please? > > > > Secondly, would there or could there be histories of the Methodist Church in either Brunswick County, NC or in Montgomery Co., AL? That may assist John in his research of this family. > > > > I am aware of a Boyd family from SW County Donegal, whom were Methodist, but I think their conversion took place after 1800 in Ireland, so I do not know if that might help find the origins of William’s parents? But a knowledge the Methodist Church in Brunswick County, NC, have provide useful background to help John undertake his research. > > > > Thank for your assistance in helping John > > > > > > Mike Boyd > > Brisbane, Aust > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > ___________________________________ > 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 Bruce P. Shields 6405 Garfield Rd Hyde Park VT 05655 (802) 888 5165 [email protected]