THE FAMILY OF ANDREW BOYD, FREDERICK,
MD
The background of the Andrew
Boyd who married Mary MacKay in Frederick,
Maryland, on 25 June 1783
has yet to be determined. Attempts to connect
Andrew to the several Andrew
and Mary Boyds in Cumberland, York, and
Adams counties in Pennsylvania,
Baltimore city, and other Boyds in
Maryland have not been successful.
The Maryland Historical Society's
accession #48732 given by
Mrs.
Margaret Bridges Blakeslee in 1941
includes the "Boyd-McKay Family
Bible" and two versions of a typed and
unsigned article on "The Boyds
of Frederick." One version states "Andrew
Boyd, the first member of
the family to settle in Frederick, was born on
September 25, 1749. The date
of his arrival in this country is not
known." The other states "Andrew
Boyd was the first member of the family
to settle in Frederick, but
the date of his arrival there is not known."
That is the same birth date
hand-written in the bible for that of Mary
McKay Boyd, which would have
made her thirty-four years old when she was
married. The bible has no
written mention of Andrew, and the birth and
death dates of others appear
to have been written by someone in the
following generation, the
last entry being 1842. Dr. Albert Francis
Blakeslee,
whose wife was the donor of the above documents, stated on a
paper obtained from another
descendant that Andrew Boyd came from
Scotland with his brother,
William, who went to Kentucky. No source is
given. An unsigned biography
of Andrew's grandson, Dr. Charles Mifflin
Boyd, 1826-1887, states that
"he came from a very affluent family...."
What we do know is that in
1779 Andrew Boyd bought Lot 91 (East Church
to
East Second St. beside Middle
Alley) and was listed as "weaver," married
Mary
MacKay in 1783, had four children baptized in the Evangelical
Reformed Church, and had two
living children and four slaves listed in
the 1790 census. The two children
were Mary Ann, born 1787, and David,
born 1790. He was listed as
"merchant" in the will of his father-in-law,
William MacKay, in 1797, and
he died in 1807/8. William was an immigrant
from Sutherland, Scotland,
and his wife's father, James Pearre, had come
from Aberdeenshire. MacKay
and Pearre were termed "tailor," and Andrew
was a "weaver," yet all three
had the means to buy property in Maryland.
His son, David, was deeded
the house on Lot 91 on East Church St. (later
101 East Church St.) and had
fourteen children, one of which, Andrew, had
eight children. David advertised
his weaving and blue dying business on
Church and Second Street between
1811 and 1815, and in later years the
family had a store beside
the City Market on Market St. Family members
bought and sold property in
both the town and county. Although Andrew's
children were baptized in
the Reformed church, David and his
mother-in-law, Mrs. Meissell,
joined the Methodist church about 1807, and
David "became one of the principal
pillars in the church," according to
the "Sketches of the early
History of the Methodist Church of Frederick."
Upon David's death in 1862,
the official body of the Methodist church
wrote lengthy laudatory resolutions
on "Brother Boyd," and the writer of
the "Sketches," who had known
David since 1820, added another paragraph
to state that "Bro. Boyd was
one of the principal men who saved our
church in Frederick from a
similar fate" to those others in a "radical
controversy when many of the
most prominent appointments ...were torn to
pieces and became mere wrecks
from which they have not recovered fully to
the present day."
Mary Anne Boyd was married
to Job Hunt III by the Rev. David Martin 5
July 1808, which was shortly
after her father's death. The Williams
History of Frederick states
that "Job Hunt, a class leader and trustee,
married Mary Boyd, a lady
of the purest Christian character, and together
they consecrated their talents,
time and means to the service of the Lord
as Methodists." In 1814, following
the sale of their house on Lot 38 on
the south side of East Patrick
Street, the family moved to Hagerstown,
where they lived on Potomac
and Franklin streets, and continued its close
assocation with the Methodist
church. She was the mother of seven
children: Sarah Ann, who died
as an infant in 1810; Asbury Hemphill,
1811-1900, who remained in
Frederick; Elizabeth Hopkins 1814-1877, a
spinster; Samuel 1817-1896,
who moved to Baltimore; and the twins, Jesse
Johns and David Boyd, born
in April 1823, a few months before their
father's sudden death. More
details are in the Hunt section.
Job's estate was adminstered
by his brother-in-law, David Boyd, and Mary
Ann; after the sale of the
property in Hagerstown, Mary Ann removed to
Frederick with her children.
She and her husband were obviously close to
David Boyd, and both men named
sons after the other: Job Hunt Boyd, and
David Boyd Hunt. Mary Ann
Boyd Hunt died 1 February 1848 in Frederick.
The author of the Methodist
"Sketches" wrote in the 1849 entry "Mary A.
Hunt the widow of the man
of God, Job Hunt (long since deceased) died
this year in great peace....Sister
Hunt was remarkable for plainess &
modesty, & a strict attention
to her religious duties. She was blessed
with a happy death."
In the 1770s there was also
in Frederick Archibald Boyd from England and
Abraham Boyd of the John Boyd
family from Southern Maryland. Both of
these are well documented,
and there is no obvious connection to Andrew.
Andrew's wife, Mary MacKay,
had a Scottish father and mother. The Thomas
and Andrew Boyd family from
Pennsylvania was Irish, but regardless of the
coincidences of the names,
research shows that none of the Andrews there
could possibly have been our
Andrew. None of the other Baltimore Boyds
nor those listed by Mrs. Markell
fit our Andrew. We are now assuming that
the statement of Dr. Blakeslee
is correct, and that our Andrew was
actually a Scottish immigrant.
(Carroll H. Hendrickson)
NOTES ON THE SEARCH FOR THE ANCESTRY
OF ANDREW BOYD, d. 1808, FREDERICK, MD
FREDERICK:
Frederick Co marriage license
to Mary MacKay 25 Jun 1783
1790 census: Free white males
over 21 - 1; under 16 - 1; free white
females - 2; slaves - 4
Children of Andrew and Mary
Mackay Boyd baptised in Evangelical Reformed
Church, Frederick: Anna,
bap. 19 Feb 1785 (died young?); John b. 13 Sep
1786, bap. 18 Sep 1786 (Hoffman
sponsors, died young?); (Mary) Anna, b 3
Dec 1787, bap. 16 May 1788
(married Job Hunt); David, b. 20 Aug 1790,
bap. 22 Nov 1790 (married
Mary
Meisell, d. 1862)
For
more data on David and Mary Meisell Boyd contact misstyblue@softcom.net
Will of William McKay, Montgomery
Co. Book C pp.314-315, proved 24 Jan
1797: "my daughter Mary Boyd"
and "Andrew Boyd of Frederick County,
merchant"
Will of Andrew Boyd Liber G.M.R.B.1
Folio 364 of 2 Dec 1807, proved 8 Mar
1808
Frederick Co. marriage license 5 Jul 1808: Job Hunt and Mary Anne Boyd
Frederick Herald:
5 Jul 1808 Job Hunt and Mary
Ann Boyd married by the Rev. David Martin
15 May 1811 David Boyd in blue dying business - 2nd St.
8 Jun 1811 David Boyd and Mary
Meixsel (Mixell) married Thursday 30th by
the Rev. David Martin
4 Mar 1815 obit of Mary MacKay Boyd (died Friday at an advanced age)
Bartgis Republican Gazette:
17 Jun 1815 David Boyd in
"weaving business" Church St., reward for
apprentice
"Sketches of the early History
of the Methodist E. Church of Frederick,"
hand-written and given to
Calvary Methodist Church of Frederick after
1981, reminiscences of members
of the Boyd family
Those Incredible Methodists, G.P. Baker, Balt. 1972
p 342 Andrew Boyd vice president
of the first group of laymen in the
first Methodist Electoral
Conference (the grandson of our ancestor,
Andrew Boyd, and one more
indication of the Boyd and Hunt Methodist
influence on Nanna)
History of Frederick County
MD, T.J.C.Williams, Vol. I, pp. 456-459,
participation of Boyd family
in the Frederick Methodist church
Deeds in Frederick County:
L/139 Jul 1767
Andrew Boyd of Cumberland
Co PA from Peter Ford of Frederick for
L69.8s.1d "Part of Skythorn"
and "Part of the Resurvey of Skythorn." 58
1/2 acres
O/82-4 of 10 Oct 1770
Andrew Boyd (of Cumberland
Co. PA) and wife Mary to Lancelot Jacques &
Thos Johnson Jr for L25 PA
the above 58 1/2 acres near Fort Frederick as
above for L75. Geo Murdoch
& Chas Beatty of Fred his atty's.
(the above two deeds were
recorded in Frederick Co., but are of a
Pennsylvania Andrew and Mary
Boyd)
WR2/70 Jun 25 1779 to "Andrew
Boyd of same town and County aforesaid
[Frederick] weaver" from Lettice
Ferguson Lot 91 (east side Middle Alley
between East Church and East
Second) 60 x 393 ft. L1,000
WR4/329 Jn 5 1784 Andrew Boyd
from Clement Holliday & Nathaniel Ramsey
(Commissioners for Preservation
of Confiscated British Property) property
of Daniel Dulany purchased
ground rents - sold at auction Lots 91 though
96 L5.12
WR8/688 Nov 17 1789 Andrew
Boyd "of Baltimore" (?) from Samuel Perry. Two
tracts of Resurvey of Brothers
Agreement 150 acres and 100 acres L750
N. B. (cf. Cumberland Co. deeds E287 and E287-89 of 3 Oct 1778)
WR13/156 Mar 26 1795 Andrew
Boyd "of Baltimore" to Joseph McCaleb of
Taney Town 5 acres of Resurvey
of Brothers Agreement for L21.9.6
(the above three deeds are
Andrew, son of Thomas and Rebecca, and Mary
Boyd who moved from Adams
Co. to Baltimore and died in 1802)
WR23/550 Nov 17 1802 Andrew
Boyd to Geo Kolb East half of lot 91 facing
East Second St. for depth
of 139 ft. L67.10 Bought WR2/70 Signed by Mary
Boyd
WR25/273 31 Dec 1803 Andrew
Boyd to Adam Hart 5 shillings in re ground
rent for 1/2 lot 92
WR31/252 Jun 20 1807 Andrew
Boyd to Geo Kolb remainder of lot 91 facing
Second St. L75 Signed by Mary
Boyd
WR47/287 13 Jul 1814 to David
Boyd from Mary Boyd Lot 91 60x193 (no
street mentioned, 2nd St.
side lots sold, this was the north side of
Church St.,the present 101
East Church, later bought by the Tyson family.
The picture of the corner
house in the 1854 Frederick scenes shows the
Boyd house.)
Williams p.458 in re Frederick
Methodist Church "Job Hunt, a class leader
and trustee, married Mary
Boyd, a lady of the purest Christian character,
and together they consecrated
their talents, time and means to the
service of the Lord as Methodists.
They were the parents of the late
Asbury H. Hunt, a most intelligent,
loyal and devoted Methodist. David
Boyd was the father of the
late Andrew Boyd, leader, steward and trustee,
and one of the most active
and devoted members the church has ever had."
Letter of Mrs. Margaret H.
Pearre of Houston TX 13 Dec 1995 enclosing
page of Virkus, Frederick,
Abridged Compendium BALL, David Charles
ancestry, showing Andrew Boyd
"from Scotland to Montomgery Co. Md." (no
source and Montomgery Co.
is incorrect, but another hint as to his being
an immigrant)
Maryland Historical Society:
Accession 48732 given by Mrs.
W.A. Blakeslee Dec 1941 in Filing Case A:
"Boyd-McKay Bible" -
Typed copy of data from the bible appear to be
accurately transcribed, although
there are torn and illegible sections.
The bible was searched personally
7 April 1994. It was wrapped as the
"Andrew Boyd Bible", However,
the lists of births and deaths extended to
1842 in what appeared to be
the same hand, and there were no entries at
all for the first Andrew Boyd.
The wording "Mary Boyd that was Mary
McKay, was born September
25th, 1749." might indicate that this, along
with entries of earlier events,
was added after there was another "Mary
Boyd."
Two versions of a typed paper
entitled "THE BOYDS OF FREDERICK". One
states: "Andrew Boyd, the
first member of the family to settle in
Frederick, was born on September
25th, 1749. The date of his arrival in
this country is not known."
It is in doubt about the marriage of Mary Ann
Boyd to Job Hunt. The other
version states "Andrew Boyd was the first
member of the family to settle
in Frederick, but the date of his arrival
there is not known."
It makes no reference to Mary Ann's marriage.
Neither version includes the
children of Andrew and Ann MacKay Boyd who
did not live. The birth date
given for Andrew Boyd is exactly that for
the birth date of Mary MacKay
Boyd which is hand-written in the
"Boyd-McKay Bible" in the
Maryland Historical Society, which makes that
open to doubt.
correspondents:
Phebe R. Jacobsen 735
Glenwood St., Ann 21401 410-268-1023
R on Taylor - 3rd street on
left, 1st house on right
Mrs. Evelyn Looney, 1703 South
Roanoke, Springfield MO 65087 had
incorrect connection of Andrew
Boyd of Frederick to Thomas Boyd of PA,
but later furnished miscellaneous
material:
undocumented research
by Dr. Albert Francis Blakeslee, husband of
Margaret Bridges (donor of
Boyd bible and papers to MHS and descended
from Mary Boyd Jones): "William
Boyd and Andrew Boyd came to American
together (brothers). William
went to Kentucky. Andrew born 1749."
bios of Dr. Charles
Mifflin Boyd (name given as "William Charles Boyd"
in the bible): "Not much is
known of his childhood, other than that he
came from a very affluent
family, and had brothers and sisters." A.B.
Dickinson College 1846, U
PA Medical School 1850, 1850 Cincinnati census.
m. Charlotte Miller Reeder
1852, 8 children, divorced 1869. Contract
surgeon US Army 1861-1863.
m. Virginia Boulware 1872, hotel proprietor
Huntsville and Renick MO,
killed by train 1887.
typed copies of
letters from Charlotte M. Boyd to her parents-in-law,
David and Mary Boyd: Jul-Dec
1852 several mentions of Hunt cousins, "give
my love to David Hunt tell
him married or not married he must come out
here and set up a store for
himself."
TIME LINE FOR ANDREW BOYD OF FREDERICK
1779, 25 Jun Andrew "weaver"
buys lot 91 from Lettice Ferguson
1783, 25 Jun Andrew m. Mary
MacKay
1785, 19 Feb daughter Anna
baptised
1786, 13 Sep son John born
1787, 3 Dec daughter
Mary Anna born
1784, 5 Jun Andrew buys
lots 91-96 from Commissioners
1790, 20 Aug son David born
1790 census: Free white males
over 21 - 1; under 16 - 1; free white
females -
2; slaves - 4
1796, 3 --- will of
Wm. McKay lists "Andrew Boyd of Frederick County,
merchant"
1802, 17 Nov Andrew sells
part of lot 91 to Geo Kolb
1803, 31 Dec Andrew to Adam
Hart 1/2 lot 92 - ground rent
1807, 20 Jun Andrew sells
addition part of lot 91 on 2nd St. to Ge. Kolb
1807, 2 Dec Andrew makes
will
1808, 8 Mar Andrew's
will proved
The Passenger and Immigration
Index 1994 Supplement:
Boyd, Andrew 14, Charleston
SC 1767 3627.37 p 195
Boyd, William, Charleston
SC 1767 3627.37 p191, 192, 236
from South Carolina Immigrants
1760 to 1770 Danielsville GA, Heritage
Papers 1988 - SC Archives,
1430 Senate St., Columbia SC 29200
This is the only Andrew-William
combination in our time frame.
The IGI for Scotland shows
no Andrew or William Boyd in our time frame
from Aberdeen, and very few
Boyds at all from Sutherland.
The following other Boyds researched
have not resulted in any connections
to Andrew of Frederick:
OTHER FREDERICK BOYDS
Archibald:
Archibald (from "Archibald
Boyd and His Descendants" - xerox copy on
file) born England or Scotland
about 1747, wife Margaret Dundas buried
All Sts 1774; he married Ann
Scott 1777, daughter of another Scottish
family. Ann's sister, Elizabeth,
married Robert Peter of Georgetown.
Archibald and Ann's son, George,
married Harriet Johnson, daughter of
Joshua Johnson and sister
of Louisa Catherine Johnson, wife of John
Quincy Adams. Archibald on
Comm of Correspondence and Militia in
Frederick. No obvious relationship
to Andrew or other Boyds.
All Saints' Grave Yard (widow
of Archibald):
BOYD: "In memoriam/Margaret
Boyd que/ obyt quinto die/Januarii
1774/Aetatis qu ano/25 Corpus
cujus in/spem resurrectionis/benedicto his
post-/tumest Archibaldus/Boyd
Conjux ejus/dolore afectus hoc/monumentum
confectavit."
see article on Archibald Boyd
by Herbert Tanner
Abraham:
Frederick 1790 census (a son of John Boyd III)
"Boyds of Maryland and Virginia" - article Xeroxed in file
1. John emigrant "Boyd's Chance"
see below d.1704 - wife Mary d. 1722 -
ch:
Charles, John, Abraham, Isaac, Mary, Martha
wills
in Annapolis
2. John Jr. d. c. 1756 m. Eleanor
Fitzredmunds 1706
ch:
Benjamin, John III, Abraham, William, Eleanor, Mary, Margaret,
Marcella,
Ann, Sarah
2nd
wife no name
3. John III b. 25 Sep 1709
- d. ca 1771 - Susannah Baldwin
will probated in Frederick County
John Boyd III - documents
in Hall of Records:
Box 7/Folder 65 - will inventory
26 May 1772 Frederick Co. L105.14.9 1/2
Abraham Boyd signed
19 Aug 1772
Liber 38/Folio 639 - will 17
Apr 1760, executed 18 May 1772 Frederick Co.
- (2nd) wife Susannah, 4 sons:
Benjamin, John, Abraham, William; 6
daughters: Mary, Margaret,
Marcella, Elionar, Ann, Sarah (children by
Eleanor Fitzredmunds)
Ad. Account Book B No2 page
378 Frederick Co. Final acct. of John Boyd,
Susannah Boyd executrix 25
Oct 1775. Abraham paid L6.10.0
Liber 7/Folio 46 - widow Susannah paid balance - L22.15.10
Abraham Boyd and wife Sarah
of Frederick Ci. administrators for estate of
James Knott of PG Co. 18 Nov
1776. (Accounts Liber 72 Folio 333)
Boyd marriages in Evangelical
Reformed church:
1800 - Edward Boyd m. Maria
Hoffman (Hoffman baptism sponsors)
1799 - John Boyd m. Hannah
Smith
MARKELL PAPERS, Frederick Historical Society:
Charity Boyd, wife of Thomas
Boyd Prince George Co. Bk K page 1405 (?)
1767 Proof of marriage.
Mil Rec. - Thomas Beall, George
Brooke Beall p. 189 ....Archibald Boyd
page 188...William J.Beall,
Samuel Beall Jr.
Abraham Boyd m. Deborah Walling Nov 8 1728
Margaret Boyd - daughter of Abraham & Deborah Boyd b. 25 Nov 1730
Benjamin Boyd m. Elinor Williams 27 Feb 1758
Thomas Boyd - Charity Duckett m. 24 Mar 1757
Benjamin Boyd son of John and Elinor Boyd b. 15 Jan 1706
John Boyd son of John and Elinor b. 25 Nov 1709
Abraham son of John and Elinor 5 June 1713 - Queen Anne - PG Co.
William Boyd son of John and Elinor 19 Apr 1716
Elinor dau of John and Elinor 7 Jun 1720
John Boyd m. Susan Baldwin 8 May 1785 - Queen Anne Parish, PG Co.
Archibald Boyd m. Ann Scott 9 Nov 1777 PG Co.
Reuben Tyler Boyd son of Benjamin and Eleanor Boyd 3 Jul 1794
John Nugent ? m. Carry? Boyd 21 May 1797
Elizabeth Boyd dau of John
and Ann Boyd b. 14 Mar 1793
Abraham Boyd m. Deborah Walling
8 Sep 1728 QA Parish
Margaret Boyd dau of Abraham and Deborah b. 23 Nov 1730
Abraham Boyd son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Boyd circa May 1735
Benjamin Boyd m. Elizabeth
Harwood 30 Oct 1733
Thomas Boyd son of Benjamin
and Eliabeth 14 Sep 1734
will - Mary Boyd PG Co. 16
Sep 1721, prob 4 Dec 1722 - sons: Charles,
John, Abraham; dau:Martha
wife of Thomas Wills or Wells. John, a son &
daughter - Mary Batterman.
Son Issac Executor and daughter Mary Batterman
residue of estate.....
Charles Carroll of Anne Arundel
Co will leaves money &...kinswoman
Eleanor Boyd
(see Xeroxes of Markell papers for more listings)
HAGERSTOWN BOYDS
Joseph and Susanna Boyd -
Zion Reformed Church, Hagerstown:
Joseph Boyd b. 12 Apr 1774 d. 26 Nov
1859 (85 yrs, 7 mos, 14 dys),
Susana wife; children: Susana 1799,
Elizabeth 1801, Samuel 1804,
William, 1806
BALTIMORE BOYDS
Will abstracts Baltimore County:
Andrew Boyd 3/10/1790 Book
6 page 102- Mary wife, sons Andrew, Alexander,
James, daughters Elizabeth
and Mary (see the Cumberland Co. data on the
Andrew and wife Mary who moved
to Baltimore.) Farm in Adams (formerly
York) Co PA given to Alexander.
(see Cumberland Co. data) Farm in
Berkeley Co. VA. given to
James. Andrew "the younger" given property in
Baltimore, but no mention
of Frederick. Our Andrew would have been much
too old to have been "Andrew
the younger", son of Andrew of PA/Baltimore.
(Searched Berkeley Co. Historical
Society records 11 May 1994 for the
Andrew - James Boyd property
for any possible connection to Andrew of
Frederick, and there was no
evidence. The Belle Boyd family of
Martinsburg apparently came
from the William Boyd family of Cumberland
Co. PA also, as did several
other local families.)
Adams
Co. deed D 179 of 31 Mar 1808 from Mary Boyd to son Alexander
Hamilton Boyd (above)
releases dower rights to Alexander for $500.
Adams
Co. deed D 192 Alexander H. Boyd to Alex Cobean 288A & 112
perches for L1,933 6s 8p
Dr. John Boyd 8/12/1788 Book 4 page 402 - Apparently no children.
Maryland Historical Society Magazines:
members of First Presbyterian
Church: Andrew 1773, 1783; James 1766; John
1766, 1770, 73, 83
Abraham - muster roll PG Co. French & Indian wars 1757-8 (9:36l)
Adam - 1678 - 1723 planter St. Marys Co (23:112)
Andrew -Associator 1775 Frederick
Co. (11:163)
Archibald - Associator 1775
Fred Co (11:163)
clerk for Comm. of Observation 1775 (10:303)
replaced by Benjamin Ford Nov. 1775 (10:321)
also on Comm. of Obser. - Andrew Boyd and John Hendrickson
(11:163)
inventory of arms & ammo 1775 (11:61)
paid 10/2/8 for lead 1775 (11:64)
Francis - Cecil Co 1779 Susquehanna
Manor (5:59)
George - ship owner sloop "William" Potomac 1735 (26:146)
John Jacob Boyd (1820-1876)
and wife, Frances Adelaide Sifford
(1826-1902), lived in Frederick
and Baltimore (50:313) [he was son of
David and Mary Meissell, grandson
of Andrew and Mary Mackay]
John - "Boyd's Chance" Severn
& South rivers 1684 (25:216)
original land grant 10 May 1685 (53:297)
Chancery PG Co 1702 died 1742 aet 63 (b 1679) (23:112)
part owner ship "Prince of Orange" 1740 (26:158
John, Dr. - 1738-1790 druggist
in Balt (42:45)
Chancery 1787-9 Balt Co (23:112)
Comm of Safety 1774, Comm of Correspondence 1776 (41:94,106)
Comm of Observation Balt (60:273)
doctor in Revolution (24:4)
established drug store in Balt May 1767 (37:195)
surgical instruments stolen Balt 1773 (27:36)
First Presb Church 1766-83 (35:257)
Presb Soc of Balt 1744 (4:230)
Other books researched in the Maryland Historical Society:
Scott Lee Boyd, compiler, "The
Boyd Family" in The Parrish Family: The
family of William Boyd, the
immigrant from the northern part of Ireland
to Cumberland Twp. PA c. 1710-1767.
This is possibly the same William
mentioned on page 21 in his
The Boyd Family, and no Andrew is listed in
the index for this William
Boyd branch.
The Boyd Journals, Heckert
- an academic work on James McHenry Boyd
1845-46. The genealogical
chart shows no connection to Frederick,
although he had a brother
Andrew died 1815 and sister Mary died 1811.
Boyd Military Records, Annie Walker Burns - no listing for our Andrew
The Barron Family Boyds were in Virginia in 1790 and Kentucky in 1837
The Boyd Family Journal 1925-28, Adairsville, GA are all Southern
Broyle's "Montague Lafitte
Boyd" of Savannah, 1959 mentions John Boyd of
MD 1738 who married Charity
Talbot, and Walter Boyd, a LT who "commanded
Fort Frederick", but no mention
of Andrew
The James Alexander Boyd of Boyd's MD was born in Ayrshire 1823
There are many mentions of
the fact that Boyds settled in almost all the
Eastern states. Many pages
have been written on the Boyds of Kilmarnock,
but no specific connection
of an immigrant to the titled family has been
given. Many of the Boyd immigrants
were actually Irish.
The Boyd Family Charts are
John Boyd 1730-1799 and Samuel Boyd (from
Ireland) 1682-1770 and show
no connection to Andrew of Frederick.
(Phebe Jacobson suggests Green
Plains on Mojack Bay, Matthews Co. VA)
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA
Cumberland County Historical
Society,
Box 626, Carlisle PA 17013
Chris Amadure-Bard, Library
Assistant:
1790 census:
Andrew Boyds in Bucks, Chester,
Huntingdon, Philadelphia City & Co.
In York (included Cumberland
and Franklin Cos.):
2 different Andrews
free white male 16+
1 1
" "
" under 16 - 1
white females
2 1
Cumberland Co. tax roll for Andrew:
Hopewell 1768: 2 lots
1 tanyard 2 horses 2 cows
Hopewell 1769: 2 horses 2
cows 4 sheep 2 Lt
Lurgan 1768 : 100 Warranted
20 Clear
Lurgan 1769 : 500 Warranted
20 Clear
"The Boyd Family", Scott Lee
Boyd, compiler, pp.22-23
History of Cumberland County,
Beers, 1886, pp. 260-262
The Carlisle Gazette 27 May
1789
PA Herald & York Advertiser
7 Jan 1789, 13 Jan 1790, 15 Feb 1792, 18 Feb
1795, 27 May 1795, 25 Nov
1795
Abstracts of Cumberland Co
Indictments, 1768, #294
History of Cumberland County,
Wing 1879, pp.251-255
Cumberland County deed abstracts
23 Sep 1757 - 8 Feb 1781
CUMBERLAND COUNTY PA TIME LINE
* signifies deeds of AB son
of Thomas and Rebecca (Baltimore)
# signifies an earlier AB
(Shippensburg)- could be one or two individuals
(the Cumberland Co. deeds
distinguish between AB tanner of Baltimore and
AB tanner of Shippensburg
- both Andrews had wife Mary - as did AB of
Frederick)
Thomas and Rebecca Boyd - Manchester
Tp York Co [Thomas died when last
four children were minors
(1757?); Rebecca died before 1776. Robert
McPherson and Samuel Edie
guardians.]
1.
William m. c. 1774 Elizabeth
2.
Elizabeth
3.
Jean
4.
Rebecca m. Richard Parker
5.
Andrew b. 1755? m. Mary
#1757, 23 Sep (2A Cumber Co
archives) AB witness to deed to Thomas Boyd
of Cumberland Tp York Co from
Alexander Mitchell of Lurgan Tp
#1763, 28 Feb AB received
lot 88 Shippensburg from Shippen (from Cum. Co.
F15-16)
1764, 19 Mar house of John Boyd nr. Shippensburg burned by Indians
#1767, 25 Mar AB bought "Spanish
Oak" lot in Shippensburg from Shippen
dwelling house/ leather manufacturing
(this lot sold with lot 88 in
F16-18 of 5 Feb 1781)
#1767, Jul (Fred Co deed L/139)
AB of Cumberland Co. from Peter Ford 58
1/2 acres near Fort Frederick
#1767, 4 Oct AB (B182)
witness to sale of wheat & hay Lorrison of Lurgan
to Craig of Cumberland Co
#1768 Hopewell tax roll
- AB - lots, tanyard, horses, cows
#1768 Lurgan tax roll
- 100 W 20 C
#1769 Hopewell tax roll
- lots, horses, cows, sheep
#1769 Lurgan tax roll
- 500 W 20 C
#1770, 10 Oct (Fred Co deed
O/82-4) AB and wife Mary to Lancelot Jacques
& Thos Johnson Jr. 58
1/2 acres near Fort Frederick
?1771, 5 Nov (Cum Co deed --)
AB from Samuel Davidson Shipp lots 89 and
90
#1771, 23 Jan (Cum Co deed
F16-18 wife's assent 1775) AB tanner of Shipp.
& Mary lot #88 and "Spanish
Oak" lot to Samuel Rippey Sr. farmer of
Shipp.
*1776, 10 Feb (York Co Book
G p. 192) William Boyd, tanner, and Elizabeth
to AB, tanner, transfer of
land from father's estate. - AB now of age (b.
1755?) see "The Boyd
Family" p. 22
*1778, 8 Apr (Cumb Co deed
E205-06) AB tanner of Shipp from James Pollock
of Carlisle lot 109
John Forbes witness
*1778, 3 Oct (Cum Co deed E287)
AB farmer of Shipp from Samuel Perry 64
A. Hopewell Tp; Shipp lots
36, 35, and 135
*1779, 8 Jun (Cum Co deed E363)
AB of Balt & Mary to Samuel Alexander of
Carlisle lot 109 Carlisle
*1779, 23 Nov (Cum Co deed
F19-21) AB tanner of Balt & Mary to Samuel
Weakly & Stephen Groves
of Cumberland Co Shipp lots 89 and 90
1789, 7 Jan AB has mail at
Marshcreek, Robert McPherson has lot at
Marshcreek
*1789, 27 May AB of Baltimore
offers reward for stolen mare - deliver to
Andrew Parker (Cumberland
Co) or Samuel Porter
*1789, 17 Nov (Fred Co deed
WR8/688) AB "of Baltimore" from Samuel Perry
- Resurvey of Brothers Agreement
1790 York Co census - 2 Andrew Boyds
*1794, 27 Mar (Deed Book 2-1
p. 577) AB of Baltimore sells to Wm. Moore
of Cumberland Tp York Co the
land conveyed by William and Elizabeth Boyd
in 1776
*1795, 26 Mar (Fred Co deed
WR13/156) AB "of Baltimore" to Joseph Caleb
of Taney Town 5 A. of Resurvey
of Brs. Agree.
*1808 wife Mary clears
title to AB deed of 27 Mar 1794 - land of
AB/William Boyd and wife Elizabeth
- showing relationship of Andrew &
William as sons of Thomas
and Rebecca
Adams Co. deed D 179 of 31
Mar 1808 from Mary Boyd to son Alexander
Hamilton Boyd (above)
releases dower rights to Alexander for $500.
Adams Co. deed D 192 Alexander
H. Boyd to Alex Cobean 288A & 112 perches
for L1,933 6s 8p
Adams Co deed A 245 to Andrew
Boyd from John and Richard Penn of Great
Britain 15 Aug 1800
25 Apr 1994 - researched Adams
Co. Record Room with Nancy Lesure - other
than finding that Alexander,
the son of the Andrew and Mary Boyd who
moved from PA to Baltimore,
sold his PA property, there was nothing to
connect this family to Andrew
and Mary MacKay Boyd of Frederick. We still
have the Andrew and Mary Boyd
of Cumberland Co. who bought and sold
property near Fort Frederick
in 1770, the one or more Andrews of
Cumberland Co. in the 1790
censuses, one of which was the son of Thomas
and Rebecca and had wife Mary
who moved to Baltimore. Our Andrew Boyd was
of age in 1779 (bought Lot
91 in Frederick) and too old to be the son of
the Andrew from PA who died
1802 in Baltimore.
Scott
Lee Boyd's The Boyd Family, Santa Barbara, CA 1935 and
"Peerage of Scotland", BOYD,
Lord Boyd and Earl of Kilmarnock (accession
#48732 in MHS), both go into
much detail of the Boyd family in Scotland,
with no actual immigrant connecting
an appropriate immigrant Boyd with
this family.
CHILDREN
OF DAVID (1790-1862) and MARY MEISSELL BOYD (1794-1871)
based on lists given to the
Maryland Historical Society by Mrs. Margaret
Blakeslee 3 Dec 1941 (Accession
#48732) and papers of Dr. Albert F.
Blakeslee through Mrs. Evelyn
Looney) Contact Betty
misstyblue@softcom.net
William
7 Mar 1812 - 4 Jun 1812
David Martin
6 Apr 1813 - died young
Andrew
22 Jul 1815 - 1877 m. Caroline Mantz
Frances Elizabeth 12 Jul 1817
- m. Owen Ball
Mary Ann
22 Jun 1819 - m. Aubrey Jones (Blakeslee)
John Jacob
1 Jul 1820-1876 m. Frances Sifford
Eleanor
12 Aug 1822 - 15 Jul 1823
Job Hunt
24 Jun 1824 - 1 Jan 1842
William Charles
16 May 1826 - 26 Sep 1887 (Dr. Charles Mifflin Boyd) -
m.
(1) Charlotte
Reeder (2) Virginia Boulware (Looney)
Wilson Rowen
18 Apr 1828 - m.Lizzie Roche
Asbury McKendree 15
May 1831 - m. Julia Baker
Hamilton
11 Jul 1833-1863
Caroline Virginia 27 Jan 1835-1904
m. Albert Medders (Phebe Jacobsen)
David
10 May 1838 - m. Mamie Par...
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David Boyd was very close
to his sister, Mary Ann, who married Job Hunt 5
July 1808, in Frederick. Job
and Mary Ann Boyd Hunt named one of their
twins, born in 1823, "David
Boyd Hunt." Job Hunt died suddenly in 1823,
and David Boyd named his next
son, born in 1824, "Job Hunt Boyd." During
part of the 1850s, three Hunt
brothers, David Boyd, Jesse Johns, and
Asbury Hemphill, and their
Boyd cousin, Andrew, above, were all merchants
in the second block of North
Market St.
Carroll
H. Hendrickson, Jr.,
6242 White Oak Drive
Frederick, MD 21701-6721