Good morning all Boyd of Broadmeadows, Selkirkshire In the book Burke’s Distinguished Families of America, The Lineages of 1600 Families of British Origins now resident in the United States of America, [no date], p 2574, it tells us - The eldest son, John Boyd, of Broadmeadows, Selkirkshire, Scotland, b 30 Mar. 1771; m 6 Dec. 1799, Jane, dau of Capt. T. Robert Robb, 84th Regt of Foot, and d. 1849, leaving issue, 1. Archibald, b 25 May 1801; m Miss Duddingstone, of Sandford. 2. William Mitchell, of Edinburgh, b 29 Aug. 1803; m Miss Hamilton, of Kildonan, Ayrshire, and by her had issue. 3. Robert, m. Ann Bowden. 4. Sprott, of whom presently. 5. Philip Donville, b 14 Sept 1823. 1. Isabella, b 15 Jan. 1807 2. Fanny Mitchell, b 27 Mar. 1808. 3. Rebecca, b 20 Feb 1810. 4. Jane, b 26 April 1813; m Bertram Evans, and had issue. 5. Anne Montague Scot, b 9 April 1820; m Andrew Wauchope of Niddrie. 6. Margaret Alexine, b 25 Sept. 1830; m James Campbell, 50th Madras Native Infantry. It would appear that those birth, that are given come from a family Bible, as I could only, from a first look on the 1994 IGI, find only Anne Montague Scot Boyd’s birth entry and she was born at Reading, England in 1820. And I do not know enough history of this family to know if they came to England This Burke’s, does not say when John Boyd bought or obtained Broadmeadows. And in the New Year, I will have to visit my State Library, about 20 miles away, to see if find this family in their Landed Gentry or Landed Commoners publications, to see if they might add further data to this family. It seems that Broadmeadows is still in existence. It is about 6 miles west of Selkirk (town) and just north of the A708 and appears from the website, to be able to be hired out to parties of up to 20 people or so. Does your family connect to any of these 11 children? And it seems from the Net that there were more than 11 children born to John and Jane. So, has anyone done any research at Selkirk Library, Church or other places on this family? Or do you have any additional information on it Thank you for your assistance. Mike Boyd Clan Boyd