Boyd Wills in 19th & Early 20th Century Westmoreland Co, PA
This list consists of information
from wills of Boyds who died in the
18th, 19th & early 20th
century that are recorded in the Westmoreland
County courthouse. Most were
written by residents of Westmoreland
County.
My primary purpose was to identify
children mentioned in the wills in
an effort to link Westmoreland
County Boyd families together. I
estimate that the list has
information on about 90% of the Boyds
listed in the courthouse records
for that period. I actually looked
at 26 of the 32 wills in the
list.
From the record summaries
I obtained the name of the deceased, the
year in which the will was
probated (not necessarily the year of
death), the township or borough
(or county if not Westmoreland), the
docket, volume and page number
of the record, and the name of the
personal representative. The
personal representative is often a
relative. If more than one
name was listed as personal representative
I only recorded the first
one. Absence of a personal representative
may be a transcription omission
on my part.
From the wills I obtained
the names of the spouse, children and other
relatives as best I could.
Children are list alphabetically as it was
not possible to determine
birth order. Sometimes I could not tell if
a child name was given as
the first and middle name (e.g. Mary
Elizabeth) or a listing of
two different children (e.g. Mary,
Elizabeth).
I examined the records on Oct
10, 2000. If you have any questions,
please contact me by email.
R E Murphy
Baltimore, MD
USA
remurphy@home.com
1) Boyd, A C (1896) of Irwin
Borough
Will @ Docket WB, Vol 10 P
24
Pers. Rep is Emma E Boyd
Spouse is Emma C
He was pastor of 1st Presbyterian
Church in Irwin (1)
2) Boyd, A W (1888) of Sewickley
Twp
Will @ Docket WB, Vol 8 P
18
Pers. Rep is Dillon Gibbons
Spouse is Ruth M
Children:
Benjamin
E
James
Rebecca
Foster
Roxann
3) Boyd, Archibald (1869) of
S Huntingdon Twp
Will @ Docket WB, Vol 5 P
284
Pers. Rep is O P Fullerton
Spouse is ??
Children:
Archibald
Elizabeth
(& William Nichols)
John
Margaret
(& David Hunter)
Mary
Susanna
(& Samuel Bell)
4) Boyd, Benjamin (1824) of
N Huntingdon Twp
Will @ Docket WB, Vol 2 P
112
Pers. Rep is ??
Spouse is Ann
Children:
Alexander
Ann
Benjamin
Catherine
Jean
Elizabeth
Harriett
Matilda
William
5) Boyd, Catherine Anne (1921)
of Franklin Twp
Will @ Docket WB, Vol 21 P
319
Pers. Rep is ??
Spouse is Phoebe
Children:
David
Jr
6) Boyd, Clark (1892) of Mt
Pleasant Twp
Will @ Docket WB, Vol 8 P
585
Pers. Rep is Susan Boyd
Spouse is Susan
Children:
Charles
A
7) Boyd, D A (1913) of Parnasus
Twp
Will @ Docket WB, Vol 18 P
119
Pers. Rep is ??
Spouse is ??
Children:
Elsie
Lorena
Lettie
Ethel
Margaret
Elizabeth
8) Boyd, David (1868) of Philadelphia
Co
Will @ Docket WB, Vol 5 P
190
Pers. Rep is ??
Spouse is ??
9) Boyd, Eliza A (1898)
of Washington Co
Will @ Docket WB, Vol 10 P
355
Pers. Rep is ??
Unmarried (2)
Brother is Robert P Boyd
10) Boyd, Elizabeth (1903)
Greensburg
Will @ Docket WB, Vol 12 P
352
Pers. Rep is ??
Widow of A W Boyd (3)
Children:
Alma
G Getty
Etta
M
Grace
M Mackintosh
John
F
P
O
11) Boyd, Elizabeth E (1916)
Will @ Docket WB, Vol 19 P
341
Pers. Rep is ??
Spouse is ??
Children:
Clara
E
John
S
12) Boyd, Elizabeth M (1912)
Will @ Docket WB, Vol 17 P
350
Pers. Rep is ??
Spouse is ??
13) Boyd, Frances (1820) of
S Huntingdon Twp
Will @ Docket WB, Vol 2 P
41
Pers. Rep is ??
Spouse is ??
14) Boyd, Henry (1921) of Rostraver
Twp
Will @ Docket WB, Vol 21 P
199
Pers. Rep is Mary A Boyd
Spouse is Mary A
15) Boyd, Henry C (1904) of
Greensburg Twp
Will @ Docket WB, Vol 13 P
240
Pers. Rep is ??
Not related to Henry Sr (See
note 4)
16) Boyd, Henry Sr (1851) of
N Huntingdon Twp
Will @ Docket WB, Vol 3 P
308
Pers. Rep is ??
Spouse is ??
Children:
Esther
James
Jane
Henry
Margaret
Mary
Nancy
Samuel
17) Boyd, Jane M (1903) of
Ligonier Twp
Will @ Docket WD, Vol 13 P
74
Pers. Rep is J C Boyd
Spouse is ??
18) Boyd, John (1868) of W
Newton Twp
Will @ Docket WB, Vol 5 P
163
Pers. Rep is ??
Spouse is Jennie
Children:
Margaret
19) Boyd, John (1887) of Rostraver
Twp
Will @ Docket WB, Vol 7 P
529
Pers. Rep is Robert P Boyd
Spouse is ??
Sister is Eliza Boyd
Children:
George
James
John
Mary
Patterson
Nancy
Jane Welke
Nelson
Robert
P
20) Boyd, John (1889) of S
Huntingdon Twp
Will @ Docket WB, Vol 8 P
91
Pers. Rep is Martha J Boyd
Spouse is ??
21) Boyd, John (1890) of
Cumberland Co
Will @ Docket WB, Vol 8 P
223
Pers. Rep is ??
Spouse is Dorcas
Children:
Mary
John
22) Boyd, John C (1905) of
Allegheny Co
Will @ Docket WB, Vol 14 P
109
Pers. Rep is ??
Spouse is ??
23) Boyd, Mary E (1892) of
W Newton Twp
Will @ Docket WB, Vol 8 P
512
Pers. Rep is ??
Spouse is ??
24) Boyd, Mary F (1906) of
S Huntingdon Twp
Will @ Docket WB, Vol 15 P
18
Spouse of ??
Pers. Rep is Elizabeth Markle
Sister is Mary Markle
25) Boyd, Nancy (1841) of E
Huntingdon Twp
Will @ Docket WB, Vol 3 P
29
Pers. Rep is ??
Spouse is ??
26) Boyd, Rachel (1848)
Will @ Docket WB, Vol 3 P
218
Pers. Rep is ??
Spouse is ??
27) Boyd, Reuben (1919) of
Irwin Borough
Will @ Docket WB, Vol
P
Pers. Rep is Reuben Earl Boyd
Spouse is Elizabeth C
Children:
Clara
E
George
Paul
Lillian
Beryl
Mary
Burdella
Reuben
Earl
28) Boyd, Robert (1892) of
S Huntingdon Twp
Will @ Docket WB, Vol 8 P
544
Pers. Rep is James Boyd
Spouse is Nancy
Children:
Elizabeth
L
Jane
James
Mary
Margaret
29) Boyd, Rose G (1909) of
Greensburg Twp
Will @ Docket WB, Vol 16 P
211
Pers. Rep is Sam Miller
Sisters
Harriett
Thompson
Celia
Boyle
Frances
McKee
30) Boyd, Ruth (1845) of S
Huntingdon Twp
Will @ Docket WB, Vol 3 P
138
Pers. Rep is ??
Spouse is ??
31) Boyd, Ruth M (1890) of
Sewickley Twp
Will @ Docket WB, Vol 8 P
296
Pers. Rep is Benjamin F Boyd
Spouse is Alexander
Children:
Rebecca
Fogle
Roxanna
32) Boyd, William (1846) of
S Huntingdon Twp
Will @ Docket WB, Vol 3 P
164
Pers. Rep is Archibald Boyd
Spouse is Martha
Children:
John
William
Mary
Catherine
June
William son of Archibald is
mentioned in the will.
William son of Robert is mentioned
in the will.
1) A C Boyd (#1) is listed
here and in the records of the First
Presbyterian Church in Irwin
with the same death date. The church
records identify him as pastor.
2) Unmarried status of Eliza
Boyd (#9) is inferred from her listing
of Robert P Boyd as her brother.
3) Link between Elizabeth
Boyd (#10) and A W Boyd is explicit in her
will. But the A W Boyd (#2)
listed here says his wife is Ruth. On the
other hand, there are additional
administrative papers (Docket AD,
Vol 4, page 123 that have
Etta Boyd, who is identified as a child of
Elizabeth Boyd (#10),
as the administrator.
4) I cannot recall how I deduced
that Henry C Boyd (#15) is not
related to Henry Boyd Sr (#16).
Sorry!