There are three able in this and I hope that the format is copied. 7/354 BOYD OF c1659 IRISH CENSUS This limited Boyd information is from the book A Census of Ireland, Circa 1659, With Supplementary Material from the Poll Money Ordinances (1660-1661), Ed. Seamus Pender, 1939. This book is concerned with the number of people in various sub-divisions within Counties in Ireland and at time it list various "important" people for these sub-divisions. So there are no lists of actual names and places as might occur in a modern census COUNTY OF ANTRIM BARONY OF ANTRIM Parishes Places No. of people Tituladoes Names English Irish Molylmey 459 James Adaire, gent. John Boyd gent. ..... 218 241 Total 1461 620 841 [This is not the full table as set out on page 4. Only the sections relating to the Boyds] Principal Irish Names & Scotch [and] Their Numb'. ....; Boyd, 7; .... [Most of the family names seemed to be Scottish. With McKye 11, O'Hara, Read and Taggard with 9 people being the larger family names] These 7 Boyd could be the entire family of John Boyd of Molylmey Parish. BARONY OF GLENARME This included the Parishes of Kilvowghter, Larne and Lays. There were no Boyds listed under the Tituladoes Names but under "Principal Irish Names and som Scotch [and] Their Numbs." it lists ....Boyd, 14; ... There is no indication as to which townlands or Parish these 14 people may have come from. From chapter 7/359, Boyds of Kilwaughter (which I assume is the modern spelling of Kilvowghter) there were graves as early as 1752. It is also known that Boyds were in Larne in the 1600's as well. So without more data, it is difficult to say where this number of Boyds may have been living. It could be a single Boyd family or several families. BARONYS OF DUNLUCE, CAREY & KILCONWAY Parishes Places No. of people Tituladoes Names English Irish The Iland of Rathry Ballymore 19 James Boyd gent. 4 15 Total 4078 1138 2940 Under "Principall Irish Names & their Number" ....; Boyd & O'Boyd, 20; .... "The Iland of Rathry", I assume is Rathlin Island off Ballycastle. When I looked at my Discoverer Series Sheet 5, Ballycastle, 1:50,000, I could not see any Ballymore. But opposite Church Quarter, Rathlin Island, on the east coast is a townland Ballynoe. So I am not sure if this is the Ballymore of 1659. The 20 I assume means the number of people with that name in the three Baronyes of Dunluce, Carey & Kilconway. Besides this James Boyd under the Heading of English is the number 4 and I assume that these are the remainder of this family. So does the remaining 16 mean family connected to those mentioned in William Boyd's Will in Dunluce or those other Boyd families near Dervock? (I am not sure if Dervock is covered by these three Baronys?) Towne and liberties of Carrikfergus Parishes Places No. of people Tituladoes Names English Irish Total 1311 831 480 Under "Principal Irish Names [and] Their Numb." it has Boyd, 5; ... This could be a single family or five individuals. (Ibid. p 79) If you have already made an connection to any of these named Boyd's, or your Boyd family came from any of these areas, I would like to hear form you please. Mike Boyd Historical Committee, HBS