Hi all John Boyd of Carrickfergus, later removed to Chester. The outline of this family comes from 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 2573. Dr John Boyd, whom came to Carrickfergus in 1650 form Scotland, was said to have an younger son John Boyd, which Burke’s outline as – “The younger son, John Boyd, of Carrickfergus removed to Chester, m 1st Miss Dicksen, and by her had issue, town sons, 1. Archibald, of whom presently. 2. Robert. He m., 2ndly, Matilda, dau of Captain Dodson, R. M. A., and had further issue, 1. Janney, m., 2ndly M I Sparkes” Unfortunately, this tree does not provide either dates or locations. We are told that Archibald was born in 1726, suggesting that his father married Miss Dicksen in about 1718 or 1719, but I have not been able to find any marriage entry or birth entry for this John Boyd. One website suggested he was born in 1700. But that leaves a 50-year gap between when his father, Dr John Boyd, arrived in Carrickfergus, and this John Boyd’s birth. (Suggesting to me there could be at least one generation missing form this tree.) And the IGI for the UK, does not have any entries for Carrickfergus prior to 1700. When it says that this John Boyd “removed to Chester”, I am assuming they mean Chester (town), in Cheshire, England. Again, this family does not seem to appear in the IGI for the UK. From the map this would appear to be a port that appears to be well inland, but I have no idea why this family choose this part of England to migrate to. Hopefully, some of the Boyds of England, can do some research at Chester to see what might be found on this family. As you can see this John Boyd married a second time to Matilda Dodson, but there is no data to indicate when and where this took place. And it also seems strange that they had only one child – “Janney Boyd”. She has married twice herself but the first husband in not listed and the name of her second husband seems to be Mr Sparkes, but very little data to be able to trace their family. If you descend from the second son Robert Boyd (or any other children), we would like to hear from you please about your connections to this family. Mike Boyd Brisbane, Aust.