Colin and others. (we have communicated with you before Colin) There have been a cluster of us working on our Boyd family, who "may" have come out of Armagh in 1732/34" to this country. (Thomas Boyd and his brother William plus a couple of sisters) Thomas said in his will that he was of "Alin " township. It has always bothered me that Thomas's son James (my ancestor) was said in many old DAR applications to have been born at Bethlehem Pa. The reason that it has never felt right is because my understanding of Bethlehem is that it was a German settlement. The Boyd family were supposedly Scots/Irish. Do you have any opinions about this? Diane

For what it is worth to you and others interested in Boyds, below are the Scotch-Irish Boyds in New Hampshire, exactly where they lived in NH and when, based on NH official records. Some of these might have moved to PA. This comes from the Librarian of the New Hampshire Historical Society in an article he wrote in "Historical New Hampshire," Vol. 50, Nos. 374 Fall/Winter 1995, pp. 213-228. BOYD James Boyd & Margaret, Portsmouth 1723 (from Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire (State Papers Series), Volumes 32-39, Concord. 1907-1941.) John Boyd, Chester, NH 1746  (from a deed) Nathaniel Boyd & Margaret, Chester, NH 1741 (from a deed) Robert Boyd, Chester 1726 (Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire (State Papers Series), Volumes 32-39, Concord. 1907-1941.)    … son Samuel Boyd & Margaret, Londonderry, NH 1739 (from a deed) Thomas Boyd, Chester, NH 1728 (from a deed) William Boyd & Alice (Hunter), Londonderry, NH 1740 (from a deed) The canny Scotch-Irish, from my knowledge of them, Diane, were not averse to settling where Germans already were and, by the same token, visa versa! Ruth On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 10:56 AM, Diane Graham <[email protected]> wrote: > > Colin and others. (we have communicated with you before Colin) > > There have been a cluster of us working on our  Boyd family, who "may" > have come out of Armagh in  1732/34"  to this country. > (Thomas Boyd and his brother William plus a couple of sisters)  Thomas > said in his will that he was of "Alin " township. > > It has always bothered me that Thomas's son James  (my ancestor) was > said in many old DAR applications to have been born at Bethlehem Pa. > The reason that it has never felt right is because my understanding > of  Bethlehem is that it was a German settlement. > > The Boyd family were supposedly Scots/Irish. > > Do you have any opinions about this? > > Diane