William Boyd

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Husband William Boyd ^{1 2 3}

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           Died: 1812 1 4
         Buried:  - Bullskin Twp, Fayette Co, PA

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Children

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1 M Thomas Boyd ^{1 4}

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           Died: 1855 - ? Fayette Co, PA 1 4
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2 M John Boyd ^{1 4}

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           Died: 1857 - Connellsville, Fayette Co, PA 1
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3 M Judge Robert Boyd ^{1 5 6 7}

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           Born:  - Bullskin Twp, Fayette Co, PA
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         Spouse: Rebecca Work (      -      ) 2 8

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4 M James Boyd ^{1 9}

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           Died: Bef 1882 - Tyrone Twp, Fayette Co, PA
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5 M William Boyd ^{1 4}

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6 M Jeremiah Boyd ^{1 4}

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7 F Mary Boyd ^{1 10}

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           Born: 1786 11
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           Died: 16 May 1856 11
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         Spouse: Joseph Barnett (1784-1833) 1 10

         Spouse: Stewart H. Whitehill (      -      ) 1

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General Notes: Husband - William Boyd

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He was a native of Ireland and settled in Tyrone township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. His father was killed by the Indians on the Potomac river, April 13, 1757.

He came to Fayette County, Pennsylvania, from Virginia some time about the close of the Revolution, making the journey to his new home on the west border of Bullskin township on pack-horses. He brought with him several slaves, and six negro children were registered as being born to these from 1795 to 1809, namely, Andrew, Millie, Ben, Prissie, Samuel, and Alexander, but of their subsequent history nothing can be said.
He was a man of considerable education, and served for a number of years as a justice of the peace. He died and was interred on his homestead.

The founder of the Fayette County family was William Boyd, who moved from the Shenandoah valley to Fayette County, Pennsylvania, in 1784, settling in Bullskin township. His farm "Springhill," on "Mount's Creek," consisted of two hundred and forty acres, which was patented to him in June, 1786, by the government. He bore a commission as justice of the peace, dated 1792. He was a man of education, and held high positions in the township.

The source states that his family consisted of eight children - and then gives only seven names.

1 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 488.

2 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 484.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 352.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 353.

5 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 403, 484.

6 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 953.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 218, 353.

8 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 218.

9 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 353, 357.

10 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 69.

11 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 73.