Another Boyd source, who is now is dead, gave this sources as the origins of the above John Boyd. However, the document I got did not provide the primary sources he got this information form. However, without wives names, dates and locations, it is very difficult to come to any conclusion about this connection. I certainly will be looking at the Ballymena MI's to see if I can find the 1760 burial of William Boyd when I visit in March Q1? Robert Bruce Boyd, b / /16xx (Kilmarnock, Scotland), d / /17xx (Kilmarnock?), bu , m / /16xx (church, town, county), wife not given, dau of and (nee ) ????, b 16xx ( ), d 17xx ( ), bu , and had issue:- [Lived: ] R1? Robert Boyd, b / /16xx (Kilmarnock, Scotland), d / /17xx (Kilmarnock?), bu , m / /16xx (church, town, county), wife not given, dau of and (nee ) ????, b 16xx ( ), d 17xx ( ), bu , and had issue:- S1? William Boyd, b 6/12/1690 (Kilmarnock, Scotland), d 3/5/1760 (Ballymena, Co Antrim, Ireland), bu Ballymena?, m / 171x (church, town, county), wife not given, dau of and (nee ) ????, b / /169x ( ), d / /17xx ( ), bu , and had issue:- [Lived: , Ballymena, Co Antrim, Ireland? ] - Details? When did William move from Kilmarnock to Ballymena? If you can make a connection to these Boyd, I would be most grateful and so will be a number of researchers of John's family in America. Thank you Mike Boyd

Mike, I just noticed a small populated area known as Boydstown on an old Irish Ordnance Survey Map, Sheet 33 (1832) in Caherty Townland, Ballyclug Parish, Ballymena PLU, County Antrim. I don't find this Boydstown on a modern map, but it was maybe less than a km west of Caherty, which is on the road from Roslin Hill to Broughshane. I suppose you might be able to find who leased property in this area if you visit PRONI in Belfast. If I can make a copy of this part of the map, I could e-mail it to you unless you've already discovered this settlement. By the way, by Ballymena, do you refer to the town or townland, the Poor Law Union (PLU) or the Local Government District (LGD)? My interest in the Boyd family stems from a DNA match of a current Boyd to a Bartley/Barclay family possibly from this area. Possibilities are adoption by a Boyd family or out-of-wedlock birth. David