Thomas
Boyd/Isabella McLennan of Ardrossan, Ayr, Scotland
to Canada, 1820
I'm looking at this Boyd family
in particular and have just begun my research.
The youngest son "Alexander"
is the only one in Scotland who fits the MI inscription in
Falkirk, Stirlingshire - "died
August 29, 1849 - age 88". My
Alexander Boyd
and his wife Helen Kerr
had children - John, Agnes, Thomas, Helen and Jean.
We know that Agnes married
Andrew Graham - some of their offspring went to
Australia. Thomas married
Isabella McLennan in 1819 and these two came to
Canada in 1820.
The Register of Proclamations
of Banns & Marriages of Lochwinnoch, Renfrew
show the following:
"1735, Oct'r 25th John Boyd
in Ardrossan-Miln and Jean Caldwell in this
parish Booked & c. Consigned
be married at Ardrossan ye May Restored ------"
and the family built as below, from reference to the IGI and Old Parochial Registers.
There are a couple of children
that don't really seem to fit yet - for
example, the first child "Jane"
from the IGI had a mother named "JANE" and
the entry is for Stevenston.
I didn't find the corresponding OPR reference.
The 2nd child "Robert" is most likely true but I still need to find the OPR entry.
#8 "Agnes" I only found in the IGI and again mother's name is "Jane".
#11 "John" is perplexing -
christened September 21, 1760 according to the
IGI - but I have the OPR in
front of me for September and the original
transcription for the IGI
must be in error. There were in fact, two
"John"'s baptized Sept 21st,
but sons of Patrick Jack and Archibald Mure.
The next entry in the register
is for my Alexander Boyd in October. My gut
feeling is that the IGI entry
is wrong. Of course, I need to get to the
local FHS to order that film
from previous research for the IGI and also the
film for the register of births
& baptisms for Ardrossan.
Anyway, the hunt is on and
I would love to hear from other BOYD researchers
if anything in this fits.
**1. Jane Boyd b: September
1738 in Stevenston, Ayr, SCT IGI Reference:
September 1738 C116152 IGI
Reference (2): Mother: JANE Caldwell
**2. Robert Boyd b: August
09, 1740 in Ardrossan, Ayr, SCT IGI Reference:
August 09, 1740 Batch 7629438
- 1058793 Film NONE
Sheet: 92 IGI
Reference (2): Mother:
Jean CALWELL
3. John Boyd b: April 21, 1742
in Ardrossan, Ayr, SCT Christened: April 25,
1742 OPR Ardrossan, Ayr IGI
Reference: April 25, 1742 7629438 - 1058793
Film NONE
Sheet: 92
4. William Boyd b: April 30,
1744 in Ardrossan, Ayr, SCT Christened: May 06,
1744 OPR, Ardrossan, Ayr
IGI Reference: May 06, 1744
7629438 - 1058793 Film NONE
Sheet: 63
5. Thomas Boyd b: March 10,
1745/46 in Ardrossan, Ayr, SCT Christened: March
13, 1745/46 OPR Ardrossan,
Ayr IGI Reference: March 13, 1745/46 7629438 -
1058793 Film
NONE Sheet: 64
6. Ann Boyd b: February 05,
1747/48 in Ardrossan, Ayr, SCT Christened:
February 07, 1747/48 OPR Ardrossan,
Ayr IGI Reference: February 07, 1747/48
7629438 - 1058793
Film NONE Sheet: 67
7. John Boyd b: July 01, 1749
in Ardrossan, Ayr, SCT Christened: July 02,
1749 OPR Ardrossan, Ayr
**8. Agnes Boyd b: July 27,
1753 in Ardrossan, Ayr, SCT IGI Reference:
C115762 IGI Reference (2):
Mother: JANE Caldwell
9. Thomas Boyd b: February
10, 1756 in Ardrossan, Ayr, SCT Christened:
December 02, 1756 OPR Ardrossan,
Ayr
10. James Boyd b: August 29,
1758 in Ardrossan, Ayr, SCT Christened:
September 03, 1758 OPR Ardrossan,
Ayr IGI Reference: September 05, 1758
7629439 - 1058793
Film NONE Sheet: 10
**11. John Boyd b: September
21, 1760 in Ardrossan, Ayr, SCT IGI Reference:
September 21, 1760 7629438
- 1058793 Film NONE
Sheet: 70
12. Alexander William Boyd
b: October 13, 1760 in Ardrossan, Ayr Christened:
October 19, 1760 OPR Ardrossan,
Ayr Burial: August 29, 1849 West Falkirk
Churchyard, Falkirk, Stirlingshire,
SCT
+Helen Ker/Kerr b: Abt. 1770 m: August 17, 1790 in Falkirk
Stirlingshire SCT
Diana
Binks-Proulx
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada