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From: "Mike Boyd" <>
Subject: Re: BOYD/Ayrshire
Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2005 09:49:31 +1000
References: <6.2.0.14.1.20050617134838.01e2c5e0@shawmail>


When I was researching this family for Lois I found th efollowing:-

A marriage entry for Andrew Boyd and Jean Kirwod as follows:-

Andrew Boyd married Jean Kirkwood on 27 Oct. 1798, at Beith, Ayrshire, Batch
# 7101812, serial # 11.
e first half of the 1994 IGI there are 73 entries with this Batch number.
Yet there are no entries for their children - the 6 you listed in 1998, plus
I would say another 8 children were

In the first half of the 1994 IGI there are 73 entries with this Batch
number. Yet there are no entries for their children - the 6 you listed in
1998, plus I would say another 8 children were born to them to fill the
gaps. Quite strange! With them being married in 1798 and the last know being
born in 1827.

As Lois did not say which Church this family belonged, she thought that the
children may not have been Baptised. Can any member of this group explain
why in this period, a family with 6 known children and perhaps another 8
unknown would not Baptise their children

Through this Batch number of 7101812, I was able to link this with two other
Boyd families.

The first was from the family of Robert Boyd and Elizabeth Anderson of
Irvine (Robert is given as being a sea Captain) four youngest children

In 1998 I was givne this about Robert:-

"Erected in memory of / ROBERT BOYD late Shipmaster in Irvine / who died in

1766 aged 78 years / and of ELIZABETH ANDERSON his Spouse / who died in

1786 aged 81 years / Also MARY BOYD their Daughter / who died the 15th Novr.

1804 aged 66 years

While the first 7 children were born in Irvine, there four were given as
having been born at Dunlop

T8 Agnes Boyd, b 16/11/1741 (Dunlop, Ayrshire), d ?, bu ? , m ?

Agnes BOYD (F)............ B: 16 Nov 1741 B: 8 Oct 1971 LANGE Ba: 7101812 65

Father: Robert BOYD Dunlop, Ayr, Scotland E: 31 Mar 1972 LANGE So: 1235122

Mother: Elizabeth ANDERSON SP: 12 Dec 1972 LANGE

T9 Janet Boyd, b / /174x (Dunlop?)

Janet BOYD (F).............. C: 24 Sep 1744 B: 8 Oct 1971 LANGE Ba: 7101812
66

Father: Robert BOYD Dunlop, Ayr, Scotland E: 31 Mar 1972 LANGE So: 1235122

SP: 12 Dec 1972 LANGE

While no mother is listed, this entry is the same date of Christening date
for the entry in family III in Ch 60.

T10 Ann Boyd, b / /17xx ( )

Ann BOYD (F).............. C: 9 Oct 1744 B: 8 Oct 1971 LANGE Ba: 7101812 66

Father: Robert BOYD Dunlop, Ayr, Scotland E: 31 Mar 1972 LANGE So: 1235122

SP: 12 Dec 1972 LANGE

While no mother is listed, this entry is the same date of Christening date
for the entry in family III in Ch 60.

T11 Mary Boyd, b / /17xx ( )

- This could be the same person as T5 above. As Ann and Mary were Christened
on the same day does this raise the question if they were twins?

The second link is wiht an outline of the Boyd family from Pitcon.

O1? Robert Boyd, b / /1606 ( ), d / /1684 ( ), bu , m / /162x (church,
town), Elizabeth Cunningham, dau of and (nee ) Cunningham, b / /160x ( ), d
/ /16xx ( ), bu , and had issue:-

P3? Thomas Boyd, b / /1649 ( ), d / /17xx ( ), bu , m / /166x (church,
town), Janet Wallace, dau of and (nee ) Wallace, b / /165x ( ), d / /17xx
( ), bu , and had issue:-

[Lived: ]

- These three entries are from the 1994 IGI for the UK:-

Agnes BOYD (F)............... C: 22 Dec 1667 B: 25 Oct 1969 Ba: C115782

Father: Thomas BOYD Ayr, Ayr, Scotland E: 3 Dec 1969 ARIZO So: 1041329

Mother: Jonat WALLACE SP: 7 Jan 1971 SLAKE Pr: 6900403

John BOYD (M)............... B: 9 Mar 1673 B: 1 Nov 1969 ARIZO F#: 538230 @

Father: Thomas BOYD Ayr, Ayr, Scotland E: 23 Jan 1970 ARIZO P#: 10

Mother: Janet WALLACE SP: Pre-1970 O#: 28867

John BOYD (M)................. C: 16 Mar 1673 B: 1 Nov 1969 Ba: C115782

Father: Thomas BOYD Ayr, Ayr, Scotland E: 23 Jan 1970 ARIZO So: 1041329

Mother: Jonat WALLACE SP: 7 Jan 1971 SLAKE Pr: 6900403

There were 12 other entries for Batch number C115782 which I will put at the
end of this section, as these MIGHT BE cousins or siblings to this line, as
they might have gone to the same Church in Ayr, Ayrshire. With Batch number
538230, it was the only number I found with the Boyd down to Margaret Boyd.
Does this mean that the tree came from the Wallace side of the family?

With the gap in births between Agnes and John, it would suggest that perhaps
at least two other children may have been to this couple. One in 1669 and
the other in 1671.

- The 1994 IGI for the UK has these entries WHICH MIGHT BE CONNECTED TO THIS
FAMILY (SEE LETTER CB05032 for links to ch 15, ch 5/252 & ch 5/265):-

Andrew BOYD (M)............. C: 13 Aug 1676 B: 22 Oct 1976 PROVO Ba: 7607542
21

Father: Thomas BOYD Beith, Ayr, Scotland E: 7 Jan 1977 PROVO So: 1058297

SP: 21 Jan 1977 PROVO

Andrew BOYD (M)............. C: 15 Aug 1676 B: 13 Nov 1971 LANGE Ba: 7101812
1

Father: Thomas BOYD Beith, Ayr, Scotland E: 29 Jan 1972 LANGE So: 1235122

SP: 8 Dec 1972 LANGE

While these last two entries do not give the mothers name, they COULD
INDICATE A LINK to this family

However more data will be need to lik all three families together.

Mike Boyd

Historical Committee, HBS

----- Original Message -----

From: "Lois Copping" <>
To: "Mike Boyd" <>
Cc: <>
Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 2:01 AM
Subject: BOYD/Ayrshire


> Dear Mike,
>
> I think we 'talked' years ago..............maybe not, but I was Williams
> then and had a different email address,
>
> Anyway, I thought I would say hello. I am second generation Canadian and
> know very little about Scotland.
>
> My mother was Mary Knox b. 1913 d/o George Knox and Elizabeth Boyle
> Martin Kay of Kilbirnie, Ayrshire.
>
> George's parents were George Knox and Mary Gillies m. 1877 Kilbirnie,
> Ayrshire and
> his grandparents were George Knox and Agnes BOYD m. 1836 Beith and
> Kilbirnie, Ayrshire
>
> Agnes Boyd died 1886 at Kilbirnie and she was the d/o Andrew Boyd and Jean
> Kirkwood m. 1798 Beith, Ayrshire
>
> I believe that Andrew and Jean were at Kilbirnie for the 1841 Census with
> a Margaret, Janet and Andrew. I have
> a possible family of six with many gaps between marriage and last child
> Andrew b. 1827. These folk were not
> baptising their children in the C of S and neither did my Knoxes.
>
> Andrew might possibly be born 1778 to John Boyd and Barbara Wright to whom
> I am showing only four children
> named Ralston 1770 Annabella 1772 Andrew 1778 Margaret 1778...........and
> no marriage found. Perhaps they
> might be in your Boyd's of Ireland.
>
> If there was a Barbara d/o Andrew and Jean, it is quite possible she is in
> the IGI and Ancestral Files as married
> to a Robert Kerr King of Beith.............these two did name two sons
> Andrew. Further googlesearching and I located
> the Kings as early settlers of Wellington, Ontario, Canada emigrating in
> 1842.
>
> I would be pleased to hear if you know anything of this line of Boyd. Any
> help would be most welcome,
>
> Lois
>

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