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 >From: "Mike Boyd" <mikejboyd@bigpond.com> >To: <NIR-DERRY@rootsweb.com>, <BOYD@rootsweb.com> >Subject: [NIR-DERRY] Boyd of Taughboyne Parish,Co Donegal and later of >Worcester, Mass. >Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 11:43:21 +1000 > >This is another family that I found that I have on my PC that migrated in >1718:- > >"YOUNG, David, of Worcester, Mass.; from Londonderry, Ireland, 1718; son >of John Young(q.v.); born in Taughboyne, County Donegal, Ireland; m. > >Martha BOYD? d. at Worcester, Oct.26, 1749, aged 65; Child: William; d. > >Dec. 26, 1776, aged 94.-Perry's Scotch-Irish, p. 11, Worcester > >Inscriptions, p. 67, Wall's Reminiscences of Worcester, p. 128." > > > > >From the date of death for their some William Young, this would suggest >that >David Young and Martha Boyd were married before 1682. > >However, it does not tell us how may other children they may have had and >if >any of these also came to Worcester, Mass with them in 1718. > > > >Taughboyne Parish takes in St Johnstown and Church Town on the west side of >the River Foyle. However, that does not tell us where Martha Boyd's >family >may have come from in Ireland. > > > > >From Scotch-Irish in New England By Rev. A. L. Perry, Professor of >History >and Politics, Williams College, Williamstown, Mass. I was sent a passage >which says:- > >"John Young was perhaps the oldest immigrant who ever came to this country >to live and die. If the inscription on his tombstone is to trusted, which >the American Antiquarian Society, of Worcester, copied and published many >years ago, he was ninety-five years old when he landed at Boston. He lived >in Worcester twelve years, died in 1730; was buried in the old yard on the >common. His son, David Young, an old man when he came, died at ninety-four >years, and was buried in the same place. His son, William Young, a stone >cutter by trade, erected over their graves a common double headstone, with >the following inscriptions in parallel columns, united at the bottom by the >rude yet precious rhyming lines: >"Here lies interred the remains of John Young, who was born in the isle of >Bert, near Londonderry, in the Kingdom of Ireland. He departed this life, >June 30, 1730, aged 107 years. >Here lies interred the remains of David Young, who was born in the parish >of Tahbeyn, county of Donegal, and kingdom of Ireland. He departed this >life, December 26, aged 94 years. > >The aged son, and the more aged father >Beneath (these) stones their mould'ring bones >Here rest together." > > >Again if you are an descendant of this Boyd/Young family, I am sure the >list >would like to hear form you please > > > >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 _________________________________________________________________ Think you're a film buff? Play the Movie Mogul quiz and win fantastic prizes! http://www.msnmoviemogul.com