[Ancestor] Boyd

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Husband [Ancestor] Boyd

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1 M William Boyd ^{1 2}

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           Born: Oct 1731 - northern Ireland 1 2
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         Spouse: Sarah [Unk] (1741-      ) 1 3

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General Notes: Husband - [Ancestor] Boyd

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Alan, first Lord High Steward of Scotland, married Margaret, daughter of Fergus, Earl of Galloway, and had five children, Simon, the third child, being progenitor of the Boyds. Alan died in 1153, and Simon became the second High Steward of Scotland. Robert Boyd, son of Simon Boyd, being of fair complexion was called "Boidle" or "Bordel" meaning the Gaelic, Boyt or Bo - "fair or beautiful". This became a surname. Robert Boyd "the fair" is the common ancestor of all of the name Boyd. He died prior to 1240 A. D., and left a son, Robert Boyd. Dean Castle, long the residence of the ancient family of Boyd, stood about a mile from Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, on the west coast of Scotland. The descent to the American Boyds during the centuries has been in many instances through younger sons, of whom no record is kept in the register's office in Scotland. The family early appeared in the North of Ireland, coming from Scotland, there married and bred the hardy Scotch-Irish who in America have achieved fame and honor. Descendants of these North of Ireland boys settled in northern New York, New York City and Pennsylvania, prior to the Revolution. There was also an early settlement in Virginia. The Boyds, like all the Scotch-Irish, were hardy, energetic, desirable citizens, and in settling in a new country usually chose the rugged hillside, rather than the more fertile river bottoms, like the Dutch. This was due to their early environment, as each race chose location in accordance with its youthful surroundings. The Boyd families in Erie County, Pennsylvania, trace to the same Scotch ancestor, Robert "the fair", through the Irish line, the two branches in Waterford tracing to the same ancestor in county Antrim, Ireland. William Boyd, the American ancestor, came from the north of Ireland in early life, and there is little doubt that he was in Virginia and Maryland before his appearance in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. James Anderson, who came to Erie County, Pennsylvania, with William Boyd, was a relative, the two families being closely connected in Ireland. ⁴

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1680.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 659.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 660.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1679.