CHAUNCEY BOYD - NEW YORK

CHAUNCEY BOYD was born in Western, December 11, 1809, son of JAMES and
MEHITABLE (REYNOLDS) BOYD, natives of Rhode Island, among the pioneers of Western, where they lived and reared a family of five children, and where they died. Chauncey Boyd has always resided in Western, and has lived on the farm he now occupies for sixty-four years. In 1831 he married CATHARINE, daughter of John
and Rachel CARPENTER, of Western, by whom he had five children: ALMIRA (Mrs. EDWIN FRASER); SQUIRE; CHARLOTTE (Mrs. WILBURN CUMMINS); JANE (Mrs. ROBERT D. PHILLIPS); and EMMA (Mrs. ALVIN R. STONE).  Mr and Mrs Boyd are probably the oldest living married couple residing in Western, this date,August 16, 1895. 

Source: Our County and its People, a Descriptive Work on Oneida County,
New York, edited by Daniel E. Wager, 1896 

Thanks to Karen from Ohio, USA

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