PENNSYLVANIA
Colonial and Revolutionary
Families of Pennsylvania, Volumes I-III
WILLIAM ELLIS, b. June 20,1813,
d. Oct. 13,1881; m. (first) Hannah
Lownes; (second) AGNES
BOYD, of whom presently. William Ellis, eldest
son of William Cox and Rebecca
(Morris) Ellis, married (first) Hannah
A., daughter of Edward and
Hannah Lownes. She died 1857, and he married
(second) AGNES, daughter of
REV.
GEORGE and ELIZABETH (LIVINGSTON)
BOYD.
By the second marriage William Ellis had three children:
GEORGE BOYD
ELLIS,
died in infancy, and AGNES BOYD and ALDER MORRIS ELLIS.
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ANNA GILLESPIE, married
DR. GEORGE MELLICK BOYD.
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Murdoch Kendrick
The ancestors of Murdoch Kendrick,
of the Philadelphia bar, were among
the early German settlers
in the Conestoga and Pequea valleys of
Lancaster county, Pennsylvania,
long prior to the Revolution, and many
members of the Kendrick family
took an active part in that struggle.
Henry Kendrick, who had a
mill and a large tract of land on the Pequea
creek in Martick township,
was captain of a company in the First
battalion of Lancaster county
militia, COLONEL JOHN BOYD, which was
called into active service
in May, 1777, and George, Martin, Isaac, and
Henry Kendrick, Jr.,were members
of the same battalion.
William Ross took part in the
armed conflict between the Connecticut
settlers in the Wyoming Valley,
and the Pennsylvania authorities when
force was resorted to, to
oust the representatives of Connectcut from
their lands, and in July,
1784, marched with twenty-nine picked men
under Captain John Swift to
meet an armed force of Pennsylvanians under
Major Moore, who were reported
to be at Larner's on their way to attack
the Yankee settlers. The two
parties met at Locust Hill, in Northampton
county, and a battle ensued
in which one Pennsylvanian was killed and
several were wounded on both
sides. August 1, Secretary John Armstrong,
and HONORABLE
JOHN BOYD, of the Supreme Executive Council of
Pennsylvania, came to Wyoming
with an armed force and arrested Mr. Ross
and others who were with him
at Locust Hill on the charge of murder.
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REV. JAMES BOYD
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RICHARD BUTLER O'HARA, son
of Captain James and Mary (Carson) O'Hara,
was born in Pittsburgh, where
he died while still a young man. He was
always of a delicate state
of health and never actively engaged in
business or public life. He
married MARY BOYD. Their children were:
James O'Hara, deceased; Elizabeth
O'Hara, unmarried; Mary Carson O'Hara
(Mrs. William M.Darlington).
All born "Guyasuta," Allegheny county,
Pennsylvania
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JAMES EASTON BRODHEAD, born
in Pike county, Pennsylvania, February 22,
1851; married, May 1,1877,
HATTIE
LOCHLIN BOYD, born July 11,1852,
daughter of NATHANIEL
and JANE (CURRAN) BOYD. They have WALTER, born
March 9,1878; JOHN ROMEYN,
born September 25, 1880; FREDERICK MOOM, born
July 31,1883; and
NATHANIEL BOYD, born June 22,1891.
Pittsburgh:
ROBERT STURGEON ROBB's first
wife was EMMA S. BOYD, born in 1842, died
September 2, 1904, daughter
of ALEXANDER BOYD. None of the children of
this marriage arrived at years
of maturity. His second wife was Mrs.
Mary Pershon .
Richard PARKER and Janet his
wife emigrated from Ulster, Ireland, in
1725. and settled three miles
from Carlisle, acquiring land by patent,
near the Presbyterian meeting
globe on the Cenedoguinet creek in
Cumberland county, province
of Pennsylvania, in 1734. His application
made at that date was for
the land on which he had "resided ye ten years
past". Richard Parker died
prior to 1750; his wife survived him fifteen
years. Among their children
were: 1. John 2. Thomas, born 1720, married
Eleanor Ferguson. 3. Richard
(2), born 1725, married Martha---. 4.
William, born 1725, married
and had issue. 5. Martha, died unmarried at
age of eighty-four. 6. Susannah,
married --- Dunning and had issue. 7.
JAMES, married MARY
(ELEANOR) BOYD.
Agnes PARKER, eldest child
of John and Margaret (McClure) Parker, was
born in 1741, near Carlisle,
Pennsylvania. She married, in 1760, William
DENNY, born 1737, in Chester
county, Pennsylvania, died about the year
1800 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
He removed to the Cumberland Valley in
1745, and was the first coroner
of Cumberland county. During the
Revolution he was commissioner
of issues. He was the contractor and
built the Court House at Carlisle
in 1765; the building was destroyed by
fire in 1845. He was a gentleman
of the old school, high-minded and
dignified in manner and conservative.
Their children were: 1. Ebenezer,
see forward. 2. PUSELLA ,
born May 28, 1763. died February 22, 1849;
married SIMON
BOYD, of Carlisle, an officer in the Second Battalion of
Associators of Cumberland
county. 3. William, died in infancy. 4. Nancy
(Agnes), born August 31, 1768,
died January 11, 1845, unmarried, at
Carlisle. 5. Margaret, born
June 25, 1775, married Samuel Simison. 6.
Mary died aged three years.
7. Mary, born March 5, 1778, married George
Murray, of Carlisle. 8. Elizabeth,
born April 22, 1781, died March 27,
1848, unmarried, at Carlisle.
and 9. Boyd Parker, born February 20, 1783,
died at
Pittsburgh.
COLONEL DAVID POTTER - first
wife, Mary (Mason) Potter, died in 1783,
and in August, 1784, he married
SARAH
BOYD, daughter of JAMES and SARAH BOYD,
whose eldest sister MARTHA
was the wife of Hon. James Ewing,of Trenton,
and the mother of Chief Justice
Ewing, of the New Jersey Supreme Court.
By his first wife he had eight
children, one of whom died in infancy;
five daughters and the two
sons, David and William, who succeeded to the
business at Bridgeton, and
were prominently identified with public
affairs. One of these sons,
Colonel William Potter, was appointed
adjutant of the Eleventh Regiment
United States Infantry in 1799, when
war with France was imminent,
and was commissioned captain of the "Union
Company" of Bridgeton at the
outbreak of the War of 1812. He was also
commissioned first lieutenant
in the Regular Army, and was commissioned
by Governor Ogden, of New
Jersey, major of a battalion detailed to guard
the coast at Cape May. In
1820 Colonel William Potter removed to
Philadelphia and later to
Ohio, as director of iron industries, and died
in that state, March 16, 1847.
By his second wife, SARAH (BOYD) Potter,
Colonel Potter had seven children,
six of whom lived to mature years:
JOHN POTTER, b. Aug. 4, 1786,
d. Sept. 10, 1810, unm.;MARTHA EWING, b.
Sept. 26, 1788, d. Dec. 27,
1840, m., March 9, 1808, Judge Daniel Elmer;
NANCY BLAKELEY, b. Feb. 22,
1791, d. Sept. 29, 1816, m. William Elmer,
M. D., an eminent physician
of Cumberland Co.,N.J.; JAMES BOYD, b. Feb.
7, 1796, d. Dec. 26, 1865,
m., April 28, 1818, Jane Barron; his son,
General David Potter, was
prominently identified with financial and
industrial enterprises in
N. J., and another son was Col. William
Potter, L.L.D., etc., a prominent
lawyer, in later years, who while a
student at Princeton in 1862,
entered the Union army as second lieut.,
served throughout the war,
rising by successive promotions to the rank
of lieut.-col., and was one
of the officers detailed to deliver Gen.
Lee's surrendered colors to
Secretary Stanton, May 1,1865; MARGARET
KEAN, b. Feb. 2,1802, d. Sept.,1871,
m. (first) William Elmer, M. D.,
whose first wife was her eldest
sister, Nancy B.; and (second) Charks
Read. ROBERT BAIL POTTER,
youngest son of Colonel David and Sarah (BOYD)
Potter, born at Bridgeton,
Cumberland County, New Jersey, June 21,1799,
died in Philadelphia, September
22,1880. He married,June 21,1821, Mary
Justus, born 1800, daughter
of Philip and Elizabeth Justus, and they had
seven children.
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Robert Galt, or Gault, as
the name is variously spelled at that early
date, was one of the founders
and first trustees and elders of Pequea
Presbyterian Church, to which
REV.
ADAM BOYD was called as the first
pastor, July 29,1724.
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PAUL ROSS WEITZEL married,
January 18,1859, FANNIE EDWARDS BOYD,
daughter of Dr. Eben Little
and RUTH ANN (ELLSWORTH) BOYD of
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania,
and they had issue.
Source: Colonial and Revolutionary
Families of Pennsylvania, Vol. I-III
published 1911.
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Old and New Monongahela River Valley History
"One of the WITHEROW girls
married JOHN BOYD and died years ago in
Carroll township."
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IRA R. BUTLER was born at
the old homestead in Chester county,November
15th, 1792. He was married
by George Bentley, Esq., to MARY BOYD, June
14th, 1822. She was born October
23d, 1801, at New London Cross Roads,
Chester county. She died September
7th, 1874. Ira and his wife first
set up housekeeping in what
was long known as the Peggy Speers house, in
Catsburg. In 1812 he kept
store with his brother Benjamin in the house
now occupied by T. H. Baird,
Esq., on Main street,known as the Stewart
property.
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J.F.
BOYD - Among the ministers, besides the pastors, who preached in
the Presbyterian Church during
its connection with Rehoboth.
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Rehoboth church near Bellevernon,Pa
- August 30, 1874, REV. A.F. BOYD
was installed as his successor.
December 11, 1883, Rev. BOYD had, at his
own request, the pastoral
relation dissolved.
Source: Van Voorhis, John S.
Old and New Monongahela. Pittsburgh, PA:
Nicholson, 1893.
INDEX: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania History
Chapter IV. Pioneer Settlements--Erection
of the County--Establishment
of the County-Seat:
PATRICK BOYD
Chapter V. the French and Indian
War:
ROBERT BOYD
ADAM BOYD
Chapter VI. Lancaster County
in the Revolution:
THOMAS BOYD
HUGH BOYD
Chapter VII. War of the Revolution:
DR. ROBERT BOYD, of Lancaster
County, Surgeon of the First Pennsylvania
Battalion
JOHN BOYD
CAPT. JOHN BOYD
CAPT. SAMUAL BOYD
Chapter X. Lancaster County
in the War of 1812-15, and Mexican War:
MATTHEW BOYD
Chapter XIV. Lancaster County
in the War of the Rebellion:
SAMUEL BOYD, Feb. 24, 1865;
must. out with company July 12, 1865.
Chapter XV. Lancaster County
in the War of the Rebellion:
OLIVER P. BOYD, July 11, 1863;
drafted; trans. to Co. D, 105th Regt. P.V., Sept. 19, 1864.
JOHN S. BOYD , Aug. 11, 1862;
must. out with company May 15, 1863.
Chapter XVIII. Lancaster County
in the War of the Rebellion:
HUGH M. BOYD, Aug. 30, 1864;
wounded near Wilmington, N. C., Feb. 26,
1865; disch. by G. O. June
7, 1865.
NATHANIEL W. BOYD.
SAMUEL BOYD, First Lieutenant
SAMUEL J. BOYD
Chapter XIX. County Buildings
and Lands:
SAMUEL BOYD - iron and iron-work
Chapter XX. Lancaster County
Civil List - Biographical Sketches of Many
of its Pioneers and Prominent
Men:
1770-76 - SAMUEL BOYD
1792 - SAMUEL BOYD
1796 - SAMUEL BOYD
1861-63 - SAMUEL BOYD
Oct 21, 1784 - JOHN BOYD
-------- - WILLIAM BOYD
Dec 6, 1813 - SAMUEL BOYD
July 6, 1836 - JOSEPH S. BOYD
Nov 21, 1836 - NICHOLAS BOYD
Chapter XXI. The Bench and
Bar of Lancaster County:
1739 - SAMUEL BOYD
1769 - ROBERT BOYD,commissioned
June 20,1769.
Oct 21, 1784, JOHN BOYD, Quarter
Sessions and Jail Delivery.
Jan 3, 1785, JOHN BOYD, Common
Pleas.
-----------, JAMES BOYD
Chapter XXII. History of Medicine
and Medical Men in Lancaster County:
DR. BOYD, of Bucks County,
Pa.
J.O. BOYD, M.D. 1870 University
of Pennsylvania - Residence:Lancaster.
Chapter XXV. Public Internal
Improvements:
JAMES BOYD, of Chester County
SAMUEL BOYD, Lancaster County
JOHN C. BOYD, of Northumberland
S.W.P. BOYD, of Lancaster
County
Chapter XXIX. City of Lancaster:
SAMUEL BOYD, an ingenious
mechanic.
CHARLES BOYD
JAMES BOYD
SAMUEL BOYD - 1800 kept the
"Willow Grove Tavern"
Chapter XXX. Borough of Columbia:
JOSEPH BOYD - gunsmith
ROBERT BOYD - carpenter
MRS. MARY BOYD - members appear
on the record in the sessions-book from
1808 to 1822.
SAMUEL BOYD - selected for
school directors from West Hempfield township.
JOHN BOYD, Locust Street.
MRS. BOYD, Cherry Street.
SAMUEL H. BOYD
JOSEPH BOYD, Revolutionary
soldier, was a private, and served through
the Revolutionary war. He
was a blacksmith, and carried on his business
at the corner of Fourth and
Walnut Streets. He died about 1849.
JASPER W. BOYD
Chapter XXXII. Manheim Borough:
1868,69,70,71,80 - H.C. BOYD,
dry-goods and general store.
HENRY C. BOYD - member first
German Reformed Church.
Chapter XXXIV. Borough of Marietta:
WILLIAM BOYD, weaver
Chapter XXXVIII. Bart Township:
REV. ADAM BOYD - 1724 pastor
at Upper Octorara Church and Middle
Octorara Church.
Chapter XLVII. East Donegal
Township:
DAVID BOYD
ADAM BOYD - 1732 Donegal Presbytery
Chapter XLIX. Drumore Township:
ROBERT BOYD
JOHN BOYD
SAMUEL BOYD
ALEXANDER BOYD
JOSEPH BOYD
WILLIAM R. BOYD
LIEUT. SAMUEL BOYD
JOHN S. BOYD
Chapter LIV. Elizabeth Township:
T.A. BOYD
Chapter LVI. Ful:
JAMES PORTER, grandfather
of the late S.W.P. BOYD, Esq., who was sheriff
of the county from 1860 to
1863, and held other offices of trust and
confidence, among them that
of jury commissioner.
THOMAS BOYD
SAMUEL BOYD
REV. JOHN BOYD - Little Britain
S.W P. BOYD, sherif, Fulton
township
Chapter LVIII West Hempfield
Township:
SAMUEL BOYD, owned and kept
"The "Fountain Inn" generally known
as "Boyd's Tavern".
Chapter LXII. Leacock Township:
ADAM BOYD
Chapter LXIII. Upper Leacock
Township:
JAMES BOYD
Chapter LXVI. Martic Township:
THOMAS AMBLER, married MARY
JANE BOYD, residence Martic township.
MARY JANE AMBLER, a granddaughter
of JOHN BOYD who settled upon the land in 1752.
THOMAS BOYD.
JOHN BOYD, Jan 17,1750, 50
acres, next to Thomas White and James Moore.
This property remained in
the family until the death of W.C. Boyd, when
it was sold to Milton Wike.
ROBERT BOYD.
Chapter LXIX. Paradise Township:
JANE DICKSON, married JOSEPH
BOYD, of Pequea,
removed to Zanesville,Ohio,
where he died.
M. JOSEPHINE BOYD, married
REV. HERMAN HOOKER, an Episcopal clergyman of
Philadelphia, who died soon
after, leaving her a widow.
Chapter LXX. Penn Township:
JAMES BOYD.
Chapter LXXIV. Sadsbury Township:
JOHN BOYD.
GEORGE BOYD.
Chapter LXXV. Salisbury Township:
GEORGE BOYD.
SAMUEL BOYD, blacksmith.
JOHN BOYD, farmer.
MARY BOYD, farmer.
JAMES BOYD.
JOSEPH BOYD.
WILLIAM BOYD.
THOMAS BOYD.
REV. ADAM BOYD.
CAROLINE HENDERSON married
MR.BOYD.
ELIZABETH MCILVAINE married
? BOYD.
Source: History of Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania published in
Philadelphia by Everts and
Peck in 1883.
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