Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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William Boyd and Catherine McGrew




Husband William Boyd 1

           Born: Abt 1726 - northern Ireland
     Christened: 
           Died: 1785 - Cumberland Twp, York (later Adams) Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - Old Black Cemetery, near Gettysburg, Adams Co, PA


         Father: William Boyd (Abt 1700/1710-1767) 3
         Mother: Margaret [Unk] (Abt 1706/1710-Aft 1767) 3


       Marriage: Abt 1744-1748 - York (later Adams) Co, PA



Wife Catherine McGrew 4

           Born: 1724 - County Tyrone, Ireland 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 26 Apr 1828 or 26 Oct 1828 4
         Buried:  - Westmoreland Co, PA


         Father: John McGrew (Abt 1700-Abt 1775) 5
         Mother: Elizabeth [Unk] (      -      ) 5




Children
1 M William Boyd 6

           Born: 1751 or 1752 - Cumberland Twp, York (later Adams) Co, PA 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 May 1846 - Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 6
         Buried:  - Old Sewickley (later Old Dick) Church Cemetery, near West Newton, Westmoreland Co, PA
         Spouse: Margaret [Unk] (1757-1814) 6
           Marr: 1778 - York (later Adams) Co, PA 6
         Spouse: Martha Bales (      -      ) 7
           Marr: Cadiz, Harrison Co, OH


2 F Rosanna Boyd 1

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1785
         Buried: 
         Spouse: John Kennedy (      -      ) 1


3 F Mary Boyd 1

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: John Cavan (      -      ) 1


4 M Benjamin Boyd 8

           Born: 1756 or 1757 - Cumberland Twp, York (later Adams) Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 1824 8
         Buried:  - Old Sewickley (later Old Dick) Church Cemetery, near West Newton, Westmoreland Co, PA
         Spouse: Unknown (      -      )
         Spouse: Annie White (1778-1856) 9


5 F Janet Boyd 10

            AKA: Jannett Boyd 10
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



6 F Elizabeth Boyd 10

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



7 M John Boyd 1

           Born: 1761 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Feb 1815 - Westmoreland Co, PA 1
         Buried:  - Old Sewickley (later Old Dick) Church Cemetery, near West Newton, Westmoreland Co, PA
         Spouse: Ruth McGrew (      -Aft 1832) 1
           Marr: Bef 1785


8 M Robert Boyd 11 12

           Born: 1762 - Cumberland Twp, York (later Adams) Co, PA 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 1850 - South Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 11
         Buried:  - Old Sewickley (later Old Dick) Church Cemetery, near West Newton, Westmoreland Co, PA
         Spouse: Elizabeth Larimer (1769-1850) 12
           Marr: 1790 or 1792 8


9 M Archibald Boyd 9

           Born: Abt 1765
     Christened: 
           Died: 21 Apr 1825 9
         Buried:  - Lower Marsh Creek Cemetery, Cumberland Twp, York (later Adams) Co, PA
         Spouse: Isabella Maxwell (Abt 1771-1837) 9



General Notes: Husband - William Boyd


He was about eight or ten years of age when his father brought the family to the Marsh Creek settlement about 1734 to 1736. He was raised on his father's 200-acre farm near the present town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.


General Notes: Wife - Catherine McGrew


She was about two years old when her parents brought her to America from Ireland.

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Sources


1 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 47.

2 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 29.

3 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 27.

4 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 30.

5 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 31.

6 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 32.

7 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 36.

8 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 49.

9 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 50.

10 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 48.

11 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 570.

12 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 49, 269.


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