Thank you Robert. Could you Email me from your personal address please. >From the Irish Link for June 1885, it said that Ludovic Stewart was granted lands at Portlough in Raphoe barony, Co Donegal. However, it did not say if he was Duke of Lennox or if his Brother Esme was but he had land in Co Cavan, so I assume it was Ludovic. It said that Emse came from Lennox in Stirlinghsire. However, when I wen to my map of Scotland, I could not find Lennox but did find Lennox town about 5 kms NW of Kirkintillock but this is in Lanarchshire. Near where the Cadet Branch of the Boyd family of Badenheath, as follows:- F2 William Boyd, b 13xx, d living 1374-75, m 13xx, wife unknown and had issue:- [Lived: ] - He had a grant of land from King David II (1329-1371) of the lands of Auchmarr in Dumbarton in 1366 forfeited by Duncan de Luss. Thomas Fleming of Foulwood, formerly Earl of Wigtoun, having in 1372 impignorated to him the lands of Leygne for 80 pounds sterling, he gave a charter of these lands to Malcolm Fleming of Biger. He was ancestor of the Boyds of Badenheath (Badinhaith is in Stirlingshire) - a property acquired before the reign of Robert III. The last of this line appears to have been Margaret, Lady of Badenheath, daughter of William and sister and heiress of Robert Boyd, both of that place, married to Robert Boyd, who died 1611, third son of fifth Lord Boyd, see M3. (see Chapter 11) I do not have the details of direct successsion of this family from the late 1,300's until 1611, let alone the younger male members of it. So there could have been Boyd tenants of Lodovic form Stirling that came with him to this part of County Donegal. There was already a John Boyd at Letterkenny by 1590 and Sir Thomas Boyd was one of the 50 Unkertakers just outside of Sion Mills, County Tyrone. I will look forwar to getting some detials from you about these two Boyd Thank you. Mike Boyd Brisbane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ulster Ancestry" <ulsterancestry@hotmail.com> To: <NIR-DERRY@rootsweb.com>; <BOYD@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 6:53 PM Subject: Re: [NIR-DERRY] Boyd of Taughboyne Parish, Co Donegal and later of Worcester, Mass. > > Hello Mike, > > Further to your posting : > > "Here lies interred the remains of John Young, who was born in the isle of > Bert, near Londonderry," > > "Bert" is probably "Burt" which is now a Parish in County Donegal about 6 > miles from the City of Londonderry. Technically Burt is not an island but > there was an island in the Parish that being the Island of Inch [now in > Fahan Parish]. The original Taughboyne Parish extended right into > Newtowncunningham and bordered on Burt Parish > >>From Hills "Plantation of Ulster" you will find that this part of Donegal > was granted to Ludovic Stewart > The 2nd Duke of Lennox. Stewart populated his portion with many of his own > Scottish tenants including a John Boyd, a Robert Boyd, and a John Young. > If > we assume that these men were former Lennox tenants in Scotland then it is > likely that they came from Sterling,the heartland of the Lennox family > estates. > This idea might be further reinforced by the names of other early settlers > on Inch Island [The Bryces and the Elders} who we know did come from > Sterlingshire. > > You will find transcripts of 17th century Donegal muster rolls and land > leases at www.ulsterancestry.com on the Free Pages section which would be > worth a search for further evidence. > > > best regards > Robert > www.ulsterancestry.com >