IRISH QUAKERS IN CHESTER COUNTY, PA
I. William
Boyd became a member of Sadsbury Mo. Mtg Lancaster County, and
was married 9 Mo. or 10 Mo,
1737, to Hannah Minshall, widow. At
Sadsbury
Mo. Mtg., 6 Mo. 7, 1749, he
was complained of for marriage out by a
priest and 11 Mo. 6, 1752,
produced an acknowledgment for this breach of
discipline. At the same
Mo. Mtg., 3 Mo. 4, 1754, a certificate of
removal was signed for him
and his daughter to Warrington Mo. Mtg., York
County. The certificate was
received at Warrington 4 Mo. 20, 1754. At
Warrington, 1 Mo. 8, 1763,
a certificate to Hopewell Mo. Mtg., Virginia,
was signed for him and his
three children.
II. Samuel
Boyd was reported to Sadsbury Mo. Mtg., 5 Mo. 4, 1743, as
having married out by a priest,
and was disowned 8 Mo. 3, 1743.
III. George
Boyd produced a certificate, dated 10 Mo. 22, 1760, from
Sadsbury to Warrington Mo.
Mtg. and seems to have been a member of
Newberry Meeting York County.
He made his will Sept. 17, 1796, then of
Warrington Township, and it
was probated Oct. 22, 1796. His executors
were Thomas
Leech and John McMillan. He mentions
his wife Catharine and
children, James, Ann, Jane,
and Rachel. Of these children, Ann was
received into membership by
Warrington Mo. Mtg, 1, Mo. 7, 1792. She was
complained of 5 Mo. 12, 1798,
for marriage out to one Jones and sent an
acknowledgment. According
to her cousin James McMillan's Bible record,
Ann
Jones, daughter of George and
Catherine Boyd, died Sept. 9, 1830.
IV. Sarah
Boyd, was married 2 Mo. 17, 1739, at Sadsbury Mtg. to Thomas
Leech,
son of Richard and
Sarah (Cox) Leach. They removed to Warrington,
York County.
V. Jane Boyd was born, as her
son James states in his Bible, in 1728,
died 5 Mo. 12, 1782, and was
buried in the burial ground at Warrington
Meeting House. She was complained
of 7 Mo. 5, 1748, by Sadsbury Mo. Mtg.
for marriage out to Joseph
Green and produced an acknowledgment, 12 Mo.
3, 1753. Jane Green, widow
of Joseph Green, of Sadsbury, was married 5
Mo. 4, 1756, at Sadsbury Meeting,
to John McMillan, of Warrington
Township, York County, son
of Thomas and Deborah (Marsh) McMillan. He was
born in 1728, in County Antrim,
Ireland, died 9 Mo. 17, 1791, and was
buried beside his first wife,
Jane.
By her first husband, Joseph
Green, Jane Boyd had two children: [Page
364] (1) Joseph and (2) John.
These two children were received into
membership by Warrington Mo.
Mtg., 8 Mo. 11, 1764. (1) Joseph Green, of
Warrington, son of Joseph,
deceased, was married 12 Mo. 16, 1773, at
Warrington Mtg., to Lydia
Holland, daughter of Henry and Lydia (Fell)
Holland, of same place. A
certificate for Joseph and his wife Lydia to
Westland Mo. Mtg., Washington
County, was signed by Warrington, 3 Mo. 7,
1795. They settled near Brownsville
where they owned a farm and grist
mill. Lydia Green, daughter
of Joseph, married Joseph Richardson, a
tanner of Columbiana Co.,
Ohio, and became the mother of the eminent
physician, Dr. Richardson.
(2) John Green was disowned by Warrington Mo.
Mtg., (1) Mo. 14, 1775, probably
for marriage out. Possibly he married
the daughter of one John Abbot,
of Berwick Twp.,York County, who made his
will Jan. 27, 1786 (probated
March 8, 1786) and mention his wife, Alice,
and dau. Margaret, wife of
John Green. By her 2nd husband, John McMillan,
Jane Boyd had five children:
Sarah, Thomas, John, Abigail, and James.
Chester County, PA was established
1718 from Newark or Kennett counties.