COIMISIUN
LAIMHSCRIBHINNI NA H*IREANN
IRELAND PROBATE
and WILLS
REGISTRY OF DEEDS, DUBLIN ABSTRACTS OF WILLS, VOLUME I, 1708 TO 1745
Page 133
Will of: HANLON, Alexander
- 24 March 1715 - 16 Nov. 1724.
"Redmd. Hanlon of Letterkenny,
Co. Donegal, merchant and JOHN BOYD of
same, merchant, and Alexr.
Johnstone, Dublin, pewterer, exors."
Page 140
Will of: McDONNELL,Henry -
Drumcondra Lane, suburbs of city of Dublin,
gardiner. 26 July 1725
23 Sept. 1725. "Memorial witnesses by: Wm.
Sumner and SAMUEL BOYD his
clerk"
Page 157
Will of: GORE, Henry - Sligo,
Co. Sligo, Esq. 13 Feb 1725 - 2 Dec 1727
"Witnesses: Thos. Osborne,
Sligo, gent., Thomas Corcoran, Sligo,
merchant, DAVID BOYD, servant
to testator, Henry Gore, Shannon, Co.
Sligo, gent., Henry Mara,
Sligo, schoolmaster. Memorial witnessed by:
DAVID BOYD, Denn. Delany,
Dublin, gent."
Page 162
Will of: SMITH, Thomas - Waterford,
alderman - 24 June 1727 - 9 May 1728
"Witnesses: ALEXANDER BOYD,Waterford,Esq.,
William Barker, Waterford,
alderman, Thomas Burton,Waterford,
gent."
Page 164
Will of: McDOWELL, Benjamin
- Rathmore, parish of Dunegar, Co. Antrim,
linendraper. 22 Dec. 1725
- 26 June, 1728. "Witnesses: William Rodger
and Robert Carswell, both
of Rathmore, aforesaid, linendrapers, WILLIAM
BOYD, Dunegar, farmer. Memorial
witnessed by: William Rodger, WILLIAM BOYD."
Page 167
Will of: VAUTEAU, Mary Magdalen
- city of Dublin, widow - 15 Dec 1726
7 Nov. 1728. "Witnesses: SAMUEL
BOYD, clerk to Wm. Sumner, public
notary, Dublin, William Drury,
same, and said Wm. Sumner."
Page 187
Will of: ROBERTS, William
- Cullenwood, Co. Dublin, gent - 21 Feb. 1729
20 May 1731."His niece Elizabeth
Williams and her brother SAMUEL BOYD"
Page 215
Will of: MATHEWS, Arthur -
Brittas,parish of Killead, Co. Antrim, gent.
7 March 1730 - 20 Nov. 1734.
"Memorial witnessed by: Joseph Wilson, GEORGE
FREDERICK BOYD,Antrim"
page 226
BOYD, JOHN - Rathmore, gent.
25 April 1720. Narrate, 1/2 p., 11 Aug. 1721.
His wife. Son James Boyd.
Daughter Jane. Son-in-law John McDowell. Last
daughter Elizabeth Boyd. James
Crawford, John McDowell, Alexander Adair, exors.
Freehold estate in the townland
of Ballymacklehoile, in B. Massereen
Part lease of Ballyrobert,
B.Belfast. Rathmore, Hurkleton [? Hurtletoot
in parish of Antrim], Cravery
in Dunsilly [situation not mentioned]
Witnesses: Alexander Brown,
Moyedom, clke., Josias Ennis, Rathbeg,
yeoman, James Craig, Ballynoe,
linendraper, all in Co. Antrim.
Memorial witnessed by: Alexr.
Brown, Alexr. Hutcheson.
James Crawford (seal)
John McDowell (seal)
Alexander Adair (seal)
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Page 235
Will of: WALKINSHAW,
James - Dromart, Co. Armagh, gent. 23 Oct. 1736.
3 March 1736/37. "His wife
Margaret Walkinshaw, exor. His only son James
Walkinshaw, under twentyone
years. His brother-in-law JOSEPH BOYD of
Armagh, apothecary, exor.
Testator's said wife, James Kirkpatrick and
JOSEPH BOYD, guardians of
his said son and six daughters. JOSEPH BOYD(seal)"
Page 239
Will of: MASON, John - Waterford,
Esq. 1 Oct. 1735 - 18 April 1738.
"His only son Aland Mason.
His [? testator's] sisters Henrietta Alcock
als. Mason, Susanna Mason,
Mary Mason. Henry Alcock, eldest son of his
sister Eliz. Alcock als. Mason,
deceased. JOHN BOYD, son of his sister
URITH BOYD als. Mason, deceased,
Jno. Sheppard, son of his sister Hannah
Sheppard als. Mason, deceased.
His brother Henry Mason, Esq."
Page 264
Will of: JOHNSTON, Hugh -
Redemon, Co. Down, gent - 20 Nov. 1737 -
15 Feb. 1739. "His wife
Elizabeth, exor. His son Arthur Johnston.
His son William, His daughters
[? daughters of testator]. Mr James
Trail, Marybrook. MR DAVID
BOYD, Downpatrick, exors. and trustees."
Page 265
Will of: DOYLE,Henry -
Kilcashen, Co. Kildare, gent. 12 Dec. 1739 -
23 Feb 1739/40. "Witnesses:
Samuel Slicer, John Ford, Henry Levingston
and JOHN BOYD, gent., all
of Dublin."
Page 269
Will of: HUTCHESON, Francis
- Bishop of Down and Connor - 17 April 1736
19 June 1740 "Slevanagh,
Drumra, and the farms in the occupation of
HUGH BOYD and Quinton O'Cahan
Co. Antrim"
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REGISTRY OF DEEDS - DUBLIN ABSTRACTS OF WILLS VOL. II 1746-85
COIMISIUN LAIMHSCRIBHINNI NA H*IREANN
Page 13
Will of: CATHERWOOD, John
- Ballyvester, Barony Ards, Co. Down -
14 March 1739 - 15 June 1747.
"Memorial witnessed by: John Faires,
HUGH BOYD, Donaghadee."
Page 28
BOYD, ALEXANDER - Waterford,Esq
24 March 1745 Full 2 1/2 pp. 14 Dec 1749.
A charge on the Ballytruckle
estates and Grange Upper and Lower,
liberties of city of Waterford,
by marriage articles with my late wife
Urith Boyd alias Mason, ¦1,000
of this for my daughter Jane Drake's
fortune. Settlement made by
me on my eldest son James Boyd, deceased, on
his marriage. My grandsons
by him Alexr. and Thos. Boyd. My eldest son
now living Robt. Boyd, Glanshaw,
Co.Kilkenny. My son George Boyd, exor.
My son John, exor. (under
21 years), his mother Urith Boyd my late wife.
My grandchildren Alexr., Thos.,and
Henrietta Boyd.Marriage articles of
my daughter Mary with my son-in-law
Wm. Paul, merchant. My four eldest
daughters Frances Ward, Ellen
Elliot, Ann Winkworth and Elizth. Napper.
My son-in-law Darcius Drake,
exor.
Lands of Ballyno[o]ny in the
[Barony] of Knocktopher, Co. Kilkenny,
commonly called Campbell's
Lot which I purchased from Wm. Smithwick.
My estate in Dunkit[t], Co.
Kilkenny which I purchased from Thos. Hillam
and Jane his wife and to which
Thos. Mackey is now tenant. My house
which I dwell in in city of
Waterford. Town and lands of Knockhouse, Co.
of the city of Waterford.
Witnesses: John Burrough, Joanna Berth, Robt.
Snow, all of Waterford. Memorial
witnessed by: John Burrough,
Richd.Hinde,Waterford, gent.
Robt. Boyd (seal)
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Page 73
Will of: COLLINDER,William
- Waterford, merchant. 17 May 1754 -
21 June 1754. "PAUL BOYD"
Page 122
Will of: WILSON, Christian
- Scar, Co. Wexford, gent - 16 May 1755
5 July 1759. "Witnesses: Rev.
Francis Shudall, late of Duncormuck, Co.
Wexford, clerk, deceased,HENRY
BOYD,Charles Shudall,both of Duncormuck,gents."
Page 142
Will of: ANGLESEY,Richard
EARL OF - of Newport Pagnell, Viscount
Valentia and Baron of Mountnorris
and also of Altham. 7 April 1759 -
23 Jan. 1762. "Witnesses:
Nicholas Viscount Loftus of Ely, ROBERT BOYD,
Glensansaw, Co. Kilkenny,
Esq., Darius Drake, Camlin, Co. Wexford, Esq.,
Rev. Jno. Nixon, Mount Julia,
Co. Wexford, clerk."
Page 210
Will of: STEWART,Jane - Ballylogh,
Co. Antrim, spinster - 1 Aug. 1760 22
April 1769. "Witnesses: ALEXANDER
BOYD, ESQ., and Jno. McAllester,
merchant, both of Ballycastle,
Co. Antrim, Andrew Stewart, late of the
Park in the parish of Ballintoy,
Co. Antrim, gent., deceased. Memorial
witnessed by: ALEXANDER BOYD,
John Stewarr, Ballintoy, Co. Antrim,gent."
Page 330
Will of: CARR,Arthur - Ballaghhenry,
Co. Down. 8 Apl. 1782 -
26 Nov. 1782. "Witnesses:
WILLIAM BOYD, Aghlasnafinn, linen draper,
Arthur Carr, junior, and Neice
Fitzpatrick, farmer,both of the Ballagh,
all in Co. Down. Memorial
witnessed by: WILLIAM BOYD and DAVID BOYD,
both of Aughlessnafin aforesaid."
Page 337
Will of: MOORE, James - Ballydivity,
Co. Antrim 24 Dec. 1778 -
11 Nov. 1783. "The
lands of North Ballydivity, Cluntice and Islandahoo
which I hold from Earl of
Antrim; lands of South Ballydivity,
Carnfeog[ne] which I hold
under the heirs of James Stewart,
Esq.,deceased,Upper Ballynaris
and Ballyness leased from Earl of Antrim,
all in Barony Dunluce, Co.
Antrim.Frosses, Barony Kilconway, Co. Antrim
held from Earl of Antrim,
North Torcrum (ditto) in Grange of Killegan,
Co. Antrim, Lissaniske, Barony
Dunluce, Duncarbit, Drumchullen and
Cullyveely (ditto)Barony Cary,
all in Co. Antrim. Upper and Lower
Moyargits, held from heirs
of HUGH BOYD, Ballycastle, Co. Antrim,
deceased. Upper Ballinlea,
Barony Carey, Co. Antrim held from Earl of
Antrim, Lisbel[la]nagroagh
More, Barony Carey, Cloughhorr, Barony
Dunluce both Co. Antrim (ditto).
Ballymacklevennon [Co. Londonderry] in
liberties of Coleraine which
I hold from MRS JENNETT BOYD, widow,
deceased.
Page 351
Will of: CUMING, Andrew -
Lisbredan, Co. Down - 14 Aug. codicil 15 Oct.
1783 - 10 Feb. 1785. "Witnesses
to Will and codicil: James Caldwell,
Ballymiscam, Dissenting minister,
JOHN BOYDE, Ballybeen, farmer, Robert
Moore, Dundonald, schoolmaster,
all in Co. Down. Memorial witnessed by:
James Caldwell, JOHN BOYD."
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