Surname Boyd has been added to the Old Families file and index of DerryGenWeb. This file contains surnames found in Derry in 1700 AD or earlier. All old families are welcome to participate. Thanks Mike Boyd for your dedication and hard work to track everyone down. Don Kelly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Boyd" <mikejboyd@bigpond.com> To: <NIR-DERRY@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 6:46 PM Subject: [NIR-DERRY] Boyd families in County Londonderry > One of my roles as Chairman of the Historical Committee of the House of > Boyd > Society is to collect Boyd family trees, so that more knowledge can he > added > about Clan Boyd - where ever it may have lived. > > These are some of the Boyd families and people that I know come from > County > Londonderry. > > List of Boyd families in County Londonderry > > (With these Boyd families, I will include the first generation of each > family under it.) > > 6 BOYD, formerly of, BALLYMACOOL > > Part of this family, which settled in Letterkenny, Co Donegal in 1590, > later > lived in the later 1600's in Londonderry City, Co Londonderry and with a > number of members of the family taking part in the Siege of Londonderry in > 1689. > > 66 BOYD OF BALMAIN, formerly of COLERAINE, Co. LONDONDERRY > > S1 Alexander Boyd, b 1782 [1], d 4/8/1853 [1], m 18xx, Margaret Eccles, > dau > of Samuel & Jane (nee Nendenhui?) Eccles, bc 1788 [1], d /3/1834, bu > Devonshire Street or Town Hall Cemetery, and had issue:- > > [Lived: Sydney, NSW ] > > 93 BOYD OF AGHADOWEY, Co DERRY, IRELAND > > The origins of this family is from County Derry in Northern Ireland. > Thomas > came to the United States in 1852 with his wife Mary Elliott. > > R1 John Boyd, b 17xx, d 18xx, m 17xx, wife not given, b 17xx, d 18xx, and > had issue:- > > [Lived: "The Callius", County Derry ] > > 2/98 BOYD OF MASOSQUIN, Co. DERRY > > R1 William Boyd, bc 1685 ( ), d 2/5/1772 ( town, county, Ireland), bu > Taughboyne Parish Church, Churchtown, County Donegal, Ireland, m / /171x > (church, town, county, etc) wife's name not given, dau of and (nee ) > ?????, > bc / /1696 ( ), d 21/6/1764 (town, county, Ireland), bu Taughboyne Parish > Church, Churchtown, County Donegal, Ireland, and had issue:- ? > > [Lived: ] > > 4/244 BOYD OF COLERAINE, Co. LONDONDERRY, IRELAND (3) > > T1 John Boyd, b 1734-1740 ( , Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, Ireland), d > 6/5/1817 ( , Worthington, PA), bu , m / /1766 ( Londonderry [Town or > County?], Ireland), Mary Fulton, dau of Abraham and Margaret (nee > Guthrie/Guthrey) Fulton, bc 1750 (Articlave, Co. Londonderry , Ireland), d > / > /1825 ( ), bu , and had issue:- > > [Lived: ] > > > > I am also aware of these Boyds but do not have any family for them that I > could put into a family chapter. > > (A) Directory of Irish Family Research 2000, Tenants on the estates of the > Earls of Antrim in the 17th century, Ian Montgomery, pp 80-81, > > It has:- > > 23. Adam Boyde, Gent. of Coleraine, 17 Aug. 1637, lease of Liswatticke > [Liswatty, P. of Ballyrashane, Co Londonderry]. D/2979/3A/6/14/1 > > > > (B) Boyd of Templemore Parish, Co Londonderry. > >>From the Jameson Paper it says "Mr. Jameson resided in Templemore, County > Londonderry (see Family Archives-Regional Locations for breakdown of City. > Londonderry). Among these early families that settled in Londonderry and > its > vicinity were the Smiths, Boyds, Cargills, and Cochranes, and our family > as > well all leaving Scotland to emigrant to Ulster in the early part of the > century. They all left from Argyleshire and were involved with the Clan > Steward, many of whom resided on the Isle of Bute. " > > So it would appear that "a Boyd family" come from the Isle of Bute in > Argyllshire between 1609 to 1620 to Templemore Parish, Co Londonderry > (which > is between the River Foyle and the border with County Donegal) ie the > western half of the City of Londonderry, but I have no details of this > family > > (C) Boyd of Aghadowey > > Rev Thomas Boyd, Minister of Aghadowey, from 1660-1699 and took part of > his > congregation to the Siege of Londonderry in 1689. > > If you area Boyd or have any Boyd families in your own tree I would like > to > hear from you please, so I can put them in the Clan Boyd Pyramid. > > > > Mike Boyd > > Historical Committee, HBS > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NIR-DERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.7.4/811 - Release Date: 5/18/2007 > 3:50 PM > >

Ginger: The following Hassan family members are buried at St. John's Catholic Cemetery, Granaghan, Parish of Killelagh, County Derry: Section D - 20: ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF JAMES HASSAN WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 17TH FEBRUARY 1870 AGED 70 YEARS. O' NEIL FAMILY OF TIRGAVIL MARY ANN REID DIED 7TH MARCH 1935 HER HUSBAND JAMES DIED 17TH DECEMBER 1977 THEIR TWO INFANT CHILDREN ALSO THEIR SON JOHN DIED 14TH SEPTEMBER 1977 THOMAS KELLY DIED 3RD DECEMBER 1983 THEIR DAUGHTER MARY KELLY INFANT DIED 1948 Section I - 29: HASSAN IN LOVING MEMORY OF A DEAR HUSBAND AND DEAR FATHER PATRICK JOSEPH DIED 17TH MARCH 1987 AGED 77. Section B - 5 HASSAN R. I. P. Good luck on your trip Jim Pearce, Nuevo, California

C an anyone tell me if these records, roughly 1640 to 1750, are on line? If not, can anyone advise where I can find these records?Regards, Jim Wilman ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

My ancestor, Maj. David Archibald, was born in County Londonderry on 20 September 1717, and married Elizabeth Elliott on 19 May 1741, presumably in County Londonderry. She was born in County Londonderry on 10 June 1720. David appears to have been born in either Colraine or Maghera(not certain whether it was the Parish of or the village of). Does anyone have records with the exact locations for these two births and marriage?Can anyone tell me who holds these records today? Material I have found indicates this Archibald family may have come to Ulster from Dumfries / Dumfries and Galloway and the Elliotts may have come from Roxburghshire somewhere near Hermitage Castle.Has anyone matched up the Archibalds and Elliotts from Londonderry with these families, and if so, what are the exact locations. I'm guessing that these families came to Londonderry around 1600, so there would be several generations. Any help will be most appreciated,particularly with Elliott. Regards, Jim Wilman ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Please disregard the previous message. There has been some erroneous information circulating for the past 8 years on our Robert Johnston, b. 1808 in Ireland. It all started with an unrelated Johnston in northern Ontario making a "leap of faith" taking our Johnston family in Prescott Co. and mingling it with their Johnston family in Brampton. We both had an Archibald b. 1815 and a Robert; however, our Robert was b. 1808 and died in Prescott Co., and theirs turned out to be b. 1810 and died in Brampton. It took me 8 months of intensive work to find the error, but the damage had been done. Others picked up on it via various posts, etc.. One elusive source kept the error alive and gave it a life of its own, much to my chagrin. This morning I finally heard from that source and hope to have her correct the errors. I apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused anyone. Needless to say I'm crestfallen, but I may have halted the propagation of the error, finally. Good hunting, Cliff. Johnston "May the best you've ever seen, Be the worst you'll ever see;" from A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cliff. Johnston" <moments-in-time@houston.rr.com> To: <NIR-DERRY@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 10:10 AM Subject: [NIR-DERRY] Robert Johnston, b. 1767, d. 1 Dec 1849 > Greetings from Sunny Texas, > > Sometimes complete strangers can be a real blessing. Last night a lady in > Australia brought to my attention a posting about a Robert Johnston who > appeared to be from our family. He is! Today I found out that the > posting had been made by another stranger (to me) who was the daughter of > a friend of an elderly Johnston who was curious about his family. He had > the following information written down by his grandfather: > > "Robert Johnston, b. 1767, d. 1 Dec 1849, married Mary Porter Brown. > > Two of their sons were Robert "Red Robin" Johnston, b. 1808 in Ireland, > and Archibald Johnston, b. 1815 in Ireland." > >>From our oral family history we have that Robert, b. 1767, was born in >>Scotland and moved to Ireland where he married, raised a family and died. >>Robert "Red Robin" and Archibald moved to Upper Canada ca. 1832. One or >>more siblings died on the journey over. A married sister may have >>remained in Ireland. > > If anyone has any information on Robert Johnston '67 and Mary Porter Brown > I would appreciate very much hearing from you. > > Cliff. Johnston > "May the best you've ever seen, > Be the worst you'll ever see;" > from A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NIR-DERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Ginger, You don't give any dates or places or say what you have done by way of trying to trace your ancestors in Ireland. B ----- Original Message ----- From: <ChristianRN777@aol.com> To: <nir-derry@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 6:00 PM Subject: [NIR-DERRY] Hasson family > If anyone has any information about the Hasson Family for Northern Ireland I > would love to hear from you. I am going to Ireland May 17 for 10 days and > have made no contacts at all. My gg grandfather was James Hasson and he had 10 > children. He married Catherine Fahy. Not sure if they married in Ireland or > here in America. The did settle in Philadelphia, Pa. My grandmother is Mary > Hasson one of his daughters. > Please write to me at _Christianrn777@aol.com_ > (mailto:Christianrn777@aol.com) > Thank, Ginger > > > > ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NIR-DERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

If anyone has any information about the Hasson Family for Northern Ireland I would love to hear from you. I am going to Ireland May 17 for 10 days and have made no contacts at all. My gg grandfather was James Hasson and he had 10 children. He married Catherine Fahy. Not sure if they married in Ireland or here in America. The did settle in Philadelphia, Pa. My grandmother is Mary Hasson one of his daughters. Please write to me at _Christianrn777@aol.com_ (mailto:Christianrn777@aol.com) Thank, Ginger ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Greetings from Sunny Texas, Sometimes complete strangers can be a real blessing. Last night a lady in Australia brought to my attention a posting about a Robert Johnston who appeared to be from our family. He is! Today I found out that the posting had been made by another stranger (to me) who was the daughter of a friend of an elderly Johnston who was curious about his family. He had the following information written down by his grandfather: "Robert Johnston, b. 1767, d. 1 Dec 1849, married Mary Porter Brown. Two of their sons were Robert "Red Robin" Johnston, b. 1808 in Ireland, and Archibald Johnston, b. 1815 in Ireland." >From our oral family history we have that Robert, b. 1767, was born in Scotland and moved to Ireland where he married, raised a family and died. Robert "Red Robin" and Archibald moved to Upper Canada ca. 1832. One or more siblings died on the journey over. A married sister may have remained in Ireland. If anyone has any information on Robert Johnston '67 and Mary Porter Brown I would appreciate very much hearing from you. Cliff. Johnston "May the best you've ever seen, Be the worst you'll ever see;" from A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay

Would you please look up DENNING/DINNING. Thank you so much.

Does anyone know where you can see a copy of the Bodley Survey Map of 1609? Barbara Braswell __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Linda, Been away from my emails a few days - the board has really come to life with what you are doing! Your work is appreciated by all. If you are still able, could you please have a look for Fulton entries. My Fultons seem to be in south east Londonderry around Castledawson, Maghera & Magherafelt. Prior to about 1820-1830 I'm not sure where they are from - there is a a theory (another board contributor) that they came from Tyrone. Interested in all Fultons but particularly names: James, Alexander, Samuel, Joseph, Abraham & William Henry. There may have been a strong Presbyterian link. Thanks. Ross Fulton, Sydney - Australia.

I hate to add to your burdens, Linda, but I would be very grateful for any info on my elusive "Brick" WALLS family. Great Grandfather, James Walls, born May 1832 in County Derry; parents, John and Anne Walls, Roman Catholics. James emigrated to the USA in 1853. Thank you for your generous efforts! Lorraine Travers calorra@verizon.net

Dear Linda, Would you be so kind as to look for Robert or William McNeil in the Sentinal? Robert emigrated to Philadelphia from Co. Derry (Aghadowey) in 1850. Thank you! Susan Detweiler ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

You poor lady,you must be at the comp all day,but if you do get a spare minute could you look for a mar of a William Watson to Agnes McKinley,she was the daur of William McKinley.The mar would probably have been around the Dungiven area.Thank you very much for all your efforts.Don Watson. Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com

I appreciate your efforts, and likewise I would appreciate a lok up for the surname MARLIN as they were from around the Maghera/Curran area in Londonderry. Many thanks, Laurie Marlin, bairnssdale, Vic. Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: <AmyHutton@aol.com> To: <NIR-DERRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 10:36 PM Subject: Re: [NIR-DERRY] Londonderry Sentinel > I hate to do this, as I'm sure you are swamped. But if you get to the end > of your request list, and still have the energy to do so, could you please > look up the family McWhirter/McQuarter/M'Whirter/MaWhirter probably in Maghera? > > Feeling sheepish... > > Amy McWhirter Hutton > > > > ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NIR-DERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Linda, Thank you for your offer. If you are not too inundated with requests, can I add the name JOB/JOBS/JOBE/JOBES or other varient. Thank you Anne

If you have a chance, could you look up 2 people for me, please? John LEES was born in Dunboe about 1818 and immigrated about 1845. There would probably be very little, if any, mention of him in the paper. Margaret PURDY was born Oct. 31, 1827 in Altikeerugn. She married William NEAL/NEILL about 1846; immigrated shortly there-after. Thanks so very much for your help. Libby in Illinois

Please, Hugh McSheffery/ry/rey married Margart Rogerson/Robinson about 1857 in County Londonderry, in or near Coleraine.... she was Protestant and he was Roman Catholic,would there be a mention of such an event....please ??? Thank you LSW ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Would you be able to look up HASLETT for me if you have any spare time, thanks Regards Cheryl Haslett NZ

Hello Linda, Hope you're not getting overwhelmed by all the requests! Mine is for the name Lowther or Lowthers. Thanks so much! Virginia