In the family of an John Boyd born 1690 (In Ireland or Edinburgh, Scotland), who married Jane Craig in 1715 in Philadelphia, PA., USA, his son is said to have married Elisabeth Young, the dau of "Ulster Baronet" Sir William Young. Do members know of any book that I could look up when I go to Ballymena Library in mid March please to find this Sir William Young? And hopefully his daughter, Elizabeth. S1 John Boyd, b 1716 ( , Philadelphia, PA., USA), d 1758 ( ), m 1744 ( ), Elizabeth Young, dau of "Ulster Baronet" Sir William Young, b 1719, d 1803, and had issue:- [Lived: ] [In an email message of 19/12/1998 to the BOYD-L@rootsweb.com group Rommy Lopat (weedpatch@rsg.org) mentions an incident "Following the burning of the Irish Settlement by Indians in 1756, the Boyds removed to Cumberland County (c1756-1760) as did many other families." While this is similar to the story of a John Boyd, whose family is outlined in ch 4/249. However he may have been a close cousin or a Boyd from the same part of Ireland who came to the US together.] This John Boyd went to the Irish Settlement of the Craig Settlement in 1728 with his father. There would appear to be a third John Boyd who is the father of Thomas Boyd from chapter 5/276. This family arrived from County Armagh in 1732 in America - it is not clear when they went to the Irish Settlement. Secondly, I am trying to find out the "standing" of these John Boyd's families, as to why the younger John Boyd was able to marry a Baronet's daughter. Even in America in the 1740's you would hardly expect a Baronet's daughter to marry a "commoner". It may help to identify the Boyd family in Ireland. Since my trip in 2005, I am thinking that a number of the younger members of the Cadet branches of Ayrshire came to northern Ireland in the 1600's for religious reasons. Thank you for your assistance. Mike Boyd Brisbane

Hello, This is my first posting so hope I'm on the right list? James HOFFMAN married Amelia MINNIS at Belfast in abt 1858. Can anybody tell me where to find the couple's marriage or can somebody do a look-up please? Perhaps there is somebody on the list who is already researching these families? Amelia was d/o William MINNIS, a school teacher, and born abt 1835. Found MI for a son of theirs (James 1yr, 9 mths) at Ballycarn in 1865. Two other children were born to the couple before James - William HOFFMAN in abt 1859/1860 & George HOFFMAN in abt 1862 but not sure where. James HOFFMAN was from Co Kerry. The couple & 2 sons came out to Melbourne, Australia in 1867 although James came a couple of years earlier. Thanks to all in advance, Jenny in AUS