The fifth version of this family is the family of John Boyd of Ballygarvey, County Antrim. Ballygarvey is between Ballymena and Broughshane in Co Antrim. This would put it NE of Ballymena and no further than 6 kms from the Ballymena CBD. Most likely along the A42 Road. It might be an townland, rather than a village. This family chart does not say what occupation they were or what religion. However, by the use do the terms of Ballygarvery, of Recavan, of Kinbally and of Tullymore would suggest that they were farmers. These expressions may even suggest that they owned the land or were the Principal Leasee. [This will need to be followed up - where?] From As the Crow Flies over Rough Terrain, James G Kenny, 1988, Page ???, it said that the John Boyd [P1?] below came from Glasgow. However, at this point we do not have an idea of what time period this John Boyd may have been born. We only know that his grandson, James Boyd, [R1] was born in 1683. So, his grandfather could be born in a period from 1610 to 1640, depending on when the second and third generations were born in the order of their separate families. P1? John Boyd, b / /162x ( , Scotland), d / /16xx ( , Ireland), bu , m / /164x (church, town, County, etc), Janet Logan, dau of and (nee ) Logan, b / /162x ( ), d / /16xx ( , Ireland?), bu , and had issue:- [Lived: of Ballygarvey, County Antrim, Ireland ] - Blackwood Pedigrees, Volume 4, p 55 said that he "came from Scotland and settled at Ballygarvey, County Antrim." On the Larne Discoverer Series Sheet 9 1:50,000 map it has an Ballygarvey between Ballymena and Broughshane - about 1 1/2 kms west of the Post Office at Broughshane. [Mike Boyd is not sure if this is the only townland of that name in County Antrim.] It would fit as a possible ancestor of the various BOYD families from Ballymena - Blackwood Pedigrees, only lists one son in this family. Would a search of the Church records in Broughshane or Ballymena help find other children? Or could the Ballymena Library suggest possible sources to find other member so of this family? Nor does it say when the family settled in County Antrim in the 1600's. Q1 John Boyd, b 165x ( ), d / /17xx ( ), bu , m / /168x (Church, town), Jane Forsythe, dau of and (nee ) Forsythe, b 16xx ( ), d / /17xx ( ), bu , and had issue:- [Lived: Ballygarvey, Co. Antrim Northern Ireland ] In many of the IT trees, they say that this John Boyd is the son of Captain Adam Boyd, WHOM DIED IN 1649. I copied this in 2004, on my first visit to Ireland and I now can’t recall if he used primary sources or not. But if you are part of this family, it would be well worth you checking out this source at the Linenhall Library opposite the City Hall in Belfast. The children listed were. R1 James Boyd, b / /1683 ( , Ireland), d 12/3/1759 ( , Ireland), bu , Ireland, m / /170x (church, town, Ireland?), Nancy Henry, dau of and (nee ) Henry, b / /168x ( ), d / /17xx ( ), bu , and had issue:- m 2ndly / /17xx (church, town, etc), Jane Davison, dau of and (nee ) Davison, b / /17xx ( ), d / /1757 ( , Ireland?), bu , and had issue:- ? [Lived: ] R2 John Boyd, b 168x ( ) , d / /17xx ( ), bu , m / /170x (church, town, county, etc), Martha Smyth, of Killyfleugh, dau of and (nee ) Smyth, b / /168x ( ), d / /17xx ( ), bu , and had issue:- [Lived: ] R3 William Boyd, b / /168x ( ), d / /17xx ( ), bu , m / /17xx (church, town), Mary Millar, dau of and (nee ) Millar, b 17xx ( ), d / /17xx ( ), bu , and had issue:- [Lived: near Racavan, Co. Antrim Northern Ireland ] R4 Andrew Boyd, b / /169x ( ) , d / /17xx ( ), bu , m / /171x (church, town, county, etc), Martha Crawford, dau of and (nee ) Crawford, b / /169x ( ), d / /17xx ( ), bu , and had issue:- ? [Lived: of Kinbally ] R5 Samuel Boyd, b / /169x ( ), d / /17xx ( ), bu , m / /171x (church, town, county, etc), Martha Shaw, dau of and (nee ) Shaw, b / /169x ( ), d / /17xx ( ), bu , and had issue:- ? [Lived: of Tullymore, ] As this family came form the Ballymena area of County Antrim, it could be the origins of an number of Boyd families that came form Ballymena to a number of US States in the second half of 1700’s Mike Boyd Historical Committee Clan Boyd Society, International Brisbane, Aust.