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