Hi all Archibald Boyd of East India Company. 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 2574. “The elder son, Archibald Boyd, of the H. E. I.C. Service, b 1726; m 1760, his cousin, Isabella (b 1729, d. 1806), dau of William Mitchell, of Leith, and d. 1782, leaving issue, 1. John, of whom presently, 2. William, of Hillhouse Field, W. S., Edinburgh, b 1772; m 1798, Jessie Brown (b. 1773; d 1848), and d. 1845 1. Isabella, m 1788, William Sprott, of Spott.” Again, there is very little details about this family. Although Archibald Boyd is listed as the “eldest” son, it is quite strange that as the first son, he was employed by the Honourable East India Company. It seems that he has “done” his service in India and returned home at the age of 34 years of age and had enough wealth to be married. I understand that the East India Company records at housed at the British Library. So, these may be worth searching for “some” of Archibald’s earlier life in India. This outline of the family does not say where he lived after his marriage, but with his wife coming from Leith, next to Edinburgh, the Midlothian area might be a good starting point. Nor does it say what he did after his marriage, that would allow him to increase his wealth, so that his son could buy the Broadmeadows Estate in Selkirkshire when he married in 1799. Or if this Archibald Boyd had brought this Estate himself and gave it to his son John was a wedding gift. This family of Archibald and Isabella list of children of only three entries seems very small for this period. Although, it tells us that Archibald died 1782, and being married for 22 years before his death suggesting that more children may have been born to them, but may have died at birth or in infancy? But I was not able to find any of these three children in the 1994 IGI for the UK. Or any other births to them of any other possible children. With William Boyd and Jessie Brown’s family, I was able to find several children in the 1994 IGI for the UK for this couple in which they were located at South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland While the daughter Isabella Boyd married William Sprott, and another website said they had no children. It would appear that this Sprott family of Spott, also married into the Boyds of Merton Hall in Wigtownshire. That Boyd family starts in 1659, with a William Boyd, after the time Dr John Boyd is said to have moved to Carrickfergus, Ireland. So, at this time, it is difficult to say if two Boyd families were linked in earlier times or not. However, her elder brother, John Boyd, named his fourth son Sprott Boyd – assume after his brother-in-law. If you know of any further details of this family or a descendant, I would like to hear from you please about this family of Edinburgh and later Broadmeadows, Selkirkshire. Thank you Mike Boyd Clan Boyd