John Boyd and Mary Williams

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Husband John Boyd ¹

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           Born: Abt 1761 - Derry Twp, Lancaster Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 6 Apr 1799 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 2
         Buried: 

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         Father: William Boyd (1733-1808) 3 4
         Mother: Jennet Brisbin (      -      ) 4

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       Marriage: Abt 1784

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Wife Mary Williams ^{1 5}

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           Born: 1761 - Paxtang Twp, Lancaster Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Sep 1844 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 2 5
         Buried:  - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA

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         Father: George Williams (      -      ) 2 5
         Mother: 

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   Other Spouse: Stacy Potts (1731-1816) 2 6

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Children

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1 F Mary Boyd ²

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           Born: 21 Jul 1785 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 M William Boyd ²

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           Born: 12 Nov 1786 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1 Jul 1805 - Baltimore, Fairfield Co, OH 2
         Buried: 

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3 M George Boyd ²

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           Born: 17 Jul 1788 2
     Christened: 
           Died: in infancy
         Buried: 
         Status: Twin

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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4 F Elizabeth Boyd ²

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           Born: 17 Jul 1788 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Status: Twin

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5 M James Rutherford Boyd ^{7 8}

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           Born: 13 Oct 1790 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 29 Dec 1865 9
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Margaret Emerson (      -1824) 2

         Spouse: Eliza Keller (1803-1828) 10

         Spouse: Eliza Sloan (1800-1886) 2 7
           Marr: 3 Feb 1831 9

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6 M John Brisben Boyd ²

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           Born: 27 Jun 1793 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Jun 1804 2
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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7 M George Williams Boyd ²

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           Born: 12 Nov 1796 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 31 Aug 1863 11
         Buried:  - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA

         Spouse: Elizabeth S. Mish (1802-1849) 2
           Marr: 31 Oct 1822 11

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General Notes: Husband - John Boyd

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He was one of the first settlers in the new town of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, locating there in 1785 \emdash the year it was laid out \emdash and became quite prominent and influential.

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General Notes: Wife - Mary Williams

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After the death of her second husband, she removed [from Trenton, New Jersey?] to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where she resided with her son, George W. Boyd, until her death.

1 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 114.

2 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 115.

3 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 113.

4 Mary Craig Shoemaker, Five Typical Scotch-Irish Families (Unknown Publisher: Albany, NY, 1922), Pg 73.

5 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 529.

6 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 528.

7 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 145.

8 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 115, 342.

9 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 117.

10 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 117, 342.

11 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 118.