This Wiki article is a good overview of the Great Wagon Road with a handy timeline. It won’t tell you the names of the families, but may indicate likely time frames. Of course, people also migrated by sea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Wagon_Road Jeri Sent from my iPad > On Feb 12, 2020, at 4:40 PM, Mike Boyd <[email protected]> wrote: > > The first known Boyds I have found moving out of PA to the “South” were the four sons of George and Isabella Boyd of Compass, PA in about the 1740’s. > > I assume they were not the first Boyd to move South!! > > Does anyone know anything about these “early” Boyd migrations out of PA? > > And do you know form which County in PA and to where – town, county, and State – they moved to South. > > This will help determine when Boyds arrived in these “Southern States”. > > Thank you for your assistance. > > Mike Boyd > Brisbane > ([email protected]) > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > ___________________________________ > 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

Thank you Jeri Ann for providing this website to members to rad as “background” for their own families moving from PA, “South”. Hopefully, I can read this tomorrow when I clear my Emails? Mike Boyd Brisbane, Aust. ([email protected]) From: Jeri Ann Boyd Sent: Thursday, 13 February 2020 11:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [CLANBOYD] Re: When did Boyd start to move out of PA to the "South" This Wiki article is a good overview of the Great Wagon Road with a handy timeline. It won’t tell you the names of the families, but may indicate likely time frames. Of course, people also migrated by sea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Wagon_Road Jeri Sent from my iPad > On Feb 12, 2020, at 4:40 PM, Mike Boyd <[email protected]> wrote: > > The first known Boyds I have found moving out of PA to the “South” were the four sons of George and Isabella Boyd of Compass, PA in about the 1740’s. > > I assume they were not the first Boyd to move South!! > > Does anyone know anything about these “early” Boyd migrations out of PA? > > And do you know form which County in PA and to where – town, county, and State – they moved to South. > > This will help determine when Boyds arrived in these “Southern States”. > > Thank you for your assistance. > > Mike Boyd > Brisbane > ([email protected]) > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > ___________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ ___________________________________ 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