I just received a long letter
from a Boyd cousin in Alberta. He's done some
research into my Boyd lines,
added one more generation to what I knew. We
are hoping someone might be
able to help with the questions. The quotes
come from my cousin Jack's
letter:
"Robert Boyd held title to
land where John Parke Boyd (US Army commander in
1812) had spent several years
exploring leads us to think they could have
been related."
Does anyone have information on John Parke Boyd's descendants/siblings?
"Robert Boyd settled in Madison,
Indiana and became a farmer. He had nine
children - 4 girls, 5 boys.
Robert Boyd acquired land (about 70 acres) just
north of the Ohio River at
Madison. (From will) Also thirty four acres Sec
9, T 20, R12. Also thirty
five acres in Jefferson County, Indiana it being
the NE 1/4 of the NW quarter
of Sec No.9, in TWP 4 North of Range No.9... In
total 69 acres.
Robert Boyd held title to this
80 acres just north and west of the present
Danville, Illinois, but we
have no information on how he aquired the
property. It is possible
that he bought it from a brother (John Parke) or
he may have inherited it on
his brother's death. On his death (1846) Robert
willed the approx. 70 acres
of land in Indiana and 80 acres in Illinois to
his three eldest sons.
They were John, Joseph and Asa K."
The members of the family listed
in the will, starting with the males (and
likely the oldest first) John,
Joseph, Asa K. (we believe this to be my 3rd
g.grandfather), Robert, Alexander
Wilson Polly (Jones), Matilda (Sullivan),
Aremathea (Licklyter), Arnaline
(Terrill)
I'm also trying to find information on my 2nd great grandfather:
Charles BOYD born 10 Feb. 1868
location unknown / died 6 July 1941 Swift
Current, Sask., Canada
+ Jessie Grace HOMER born
23 June 1881 / married 23 June 1899 at Pingree,
N. Dakota, USA
(witnesses-J.W.
BOYD, Loula M. Plowe Pastor: Louis B. Hardy Bap.
Church, Jamestown, N.Dakota)
Jessie died Nov.
1922 in Meyronne, Sask. Canada
Further info on their descendants can be found at my web site listed below.
If anyone has Charles BOYD/Jessie
Grace HOMER in their family tree, please
contact me. Thank you.
Suzette Estacaille
suzette.estacaille@osg.net
or info@estacaille.org
My genealogy web site
http://members.aol.com/suzetteest/Start.htm
to http://www.estacaille.org/