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 > >