Forwarding Mike's Stewart related query. Anyone on this list related? Please include Mike in your responses. "Mike Boyd" <[email protected]> Yours Aye, Lauren List Admin ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mike Boyd <[email protected]> Date: Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 1:25 AM Subject: [BOYD] Ann Boyd and Alexander Stewart married 27 Nov 1778 at Dreghorn, Ayrshire To: [email protected], [email protected] During my recent trip to Scotland, I found the family of the above. Alexander Stewart was born on 31 August 1760 to James Stewart and Barbara Auld at Dreghorn. Details of Ann is form her headstone at Kilmarnock Laigh Churchyard which says:- Ann Boyd widow of Alexander Stewart Senior died on 10th November 1834, aged 94 years. The author then goes onto question this data by saying:- "If the age of 94 is correct Ann's birthdate would have been 1740, making her 20 years older than her husband and 52 years old when he last child George was born. Has the weather played its part in fading the transcription, was Ann indeed 20 years older than her husband or was the headstone erected by her grandchildren (The order of names on the tombstone points to this) who unaware of her age, added a presumed age got her." In her marriage she is give as being of Irvine, where quite a lot of Boyd families lived. The author adds that"- "More likely her parents were a James Boyd and wife Mary Vas who had a daughter in 1752 in Kilmarnock. An Adam Boyd who was Provost of Kilmarnock in 1730 could well have been her grandfather." The 1994 IGI for the UK has only this entry for Mary Vass:- Ann BOYD (F).......................... C: 28 Aug 1752 B: 9 Dec 1971 SLAKE Ba: 7114821 22 Father: James BOYD Kilmarnock, Ayr, Scotland E: 21 Jan 1972 SLAKE So: 1235268 Mother: Mary VASS SP: 23 Aug 1972 SLAKE and it has this for a Mary Bas:- Ann BOYD (F).......................... B: 28 Aug 1750 B: 21 Aug 1958 Ba: 7003003 11 Father: James BOYD Kilmarnock, Ayr, Scotland E: 1 Oct 1958 SLAKE So: 538193 Mother: Mary BAS SP: 2 Feb 1961 SLAKE Do any members of this list belong to this Stewart, Auld, Boyd families. Mike Boyd Brisbane _______________________________________ The Gathering 2009 and our AGM was a HUGE success! Thanks to all who were involved in bringing us to gether. _______________________________________ Support the Fellowship Activities of the Clan. Join the House of Boyd Society! http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BOYD/2008-06/1212428046 ______________________________________ House of Boyd Society sends HUGE thank you to all of our volunteers. The Society would not be what it is without you! ______________________________________ House of Boyd Society's (HBS) Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Gathering of the Clan 2010 will be held at Stone Mountain, Georgia in conjunction with the Stone Mountain Games. Mike will be coming to America to join us! Write [email protected] if you would be interested in helping to plan it. ==================== Want to contribute an article or query to the Dean Road? Contact Kevin McLachlan, Editor at [email protected] ==================== Visit the House of Boyd Society Website http://www.clanboyd.org ==================== For Officers and other Contacts, see http://www.clanboyd.org/pages/officers.html ==================== Most replies should go to the list, not just the author of the post. Make sure to include the list address [email protected] ==================== Need to contact the Admin? Write me off list at [email protected] ==================== Can't recall what the beginning of a thread was? Subscribe mid-discussion? Visit the archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=boyd ==================== Got an issue that is beyond the purview of this list? Write the Help Desk for assistance http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/ Honor your fellow subscribers -- follow the Golden Rule! **************************** ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message