Not sure if anyone on the List has seen this book before. It might be of interest to some. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015071167764&view=1up&seq=1 Merry Christmas!

Mary This is one of an series of Books on Boyds, that make the WRONG CONNECTION TO THE HEAD OF THE CLAN. This John Boyd is born in 1739 and the person he is said to be his father is James Boyd born in 1726 - only 13 years after his father. He would have been the "ELDEST" SON and therefore, would have been the 16th Earl of Erroll - which he is not. For those that wish to check this out, can either look at Burke's Peerage and Baronetage or The Scots Peerage, Volume v, for Boyd of Kilmarnock and in am not sure which Volume the Earl of Erroll is recorded in. It does say that he come from Irvine, which would be the second most popular Ayrshire town after Kilmarnock. He trained as an Lawyer at Edinburgh University - so that would suggest that his family had some money or wealth and most likely he was not the eldest son in his family. It says that he left Scotland in 1770 with his mother - suggesting that his father was died. They settled first in Richmond Berkshire County, MA. (I am not sure if this means that they had Boyd relatives there or knew people from Ayrshire that settled in western MA near the NY State border) They then moved to Kinderhook, which appears to be in Columbia County New York. This is not too far form a cluster of Boyds at and around Albany, NY who were there from the 1760's. I have yet to see any death records for his un-named mother. His outline of the Heads of the Clan is also wrong - in that Walter Stewart is not his brother but his Half-brother and they settled in Renfrewshire in the 1100's and not at Kilmarnock. (It is know that Sir Robert Boyd, II, was given land in Ayrshrie after the Battle of Largs in 1263, but its location is not known but thought to be around Largs itself. In March 1306, at Robert the Bruces two Coronations at Scone, Perthsire, Sir Robert Boyd, IV, is termed a small Cunninghame landowner, but does not name his Estate/s. This Sir Robert Boyd was with Bruce on Rathlin Island in Ireland and lead the capture of Brodick Castle in 1306, so Bruce could return to Ayrshire. (So Mike Boyd thinks that the Kilmarnock lands and Dean Castle were given at this time and not in 1316 or two years after him being a junior Commander at Bannockburn in 1314.) I assume the details of his family and his two marriages are based on fact but I have no knowledge or data that might "dispute" what is written. I do not recall seeing anyone whom claims descent from this John Boyd and his family or know if anyone has researched his family in Irvine, Ayrshire. This 1913 publication is another Boyd book that is due to be updated. Mike Boyd Brisbane, Aust. -----Original Message----- From: Mary Helton via CLANBOYD Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2019 7:07 AM To: [email protected] Cc: Mary Helton Subject: [CLANBOYD] Boyd's of Scotland and their decendents online book Not sure if anyone on the List has seen this book before. It might be of interest to some. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015071167764&view=1up&seq=1 Merry Christmas!