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Index to "Colonial Families of Philadelphia," Philadelphia, PA
NOTE: MD = Married; CH = Child
NAME MAIDEN NAME DATE PAGES, COMMENTS
BOYD, AGNES
62 MD WILLIAM ELLIS
BOYD, ANNA
GILLESPIE
468 CH OF THOMAS L GILLESPIE
BOYD, ELIZABETH
LIVINGSTON
63 MD GEORGE BOYD
BOYD, GEORGE
63 MD ELIZABETH LIVINGSTON
BOYD, GEORGE M
468 MD ANNA GILLESPIE
BOYD, MARGARET
M1893 1339 TO JOHN ROBERT RANKIN
BOYD, MARION
729 MD JAMES HAMILTON
BOYD, MARY
1608 MD JOHN STILLE
BOYD, MARY
674 MD ROBERT WRIGHT
BOYD, THOMAS
728 729 LORD BOYD
Source:
"Colonial Families in Philadelphia",
edited by John W. Jordan, published
by Lewis Publishers of New
York in 1911 in 2 volumes.
Books and index are available
on microfiche/microfilm from the Family
History Library, Salt Lake
City:
Vol. 1 FHL US/CAN Film #0924483
Item 1
Vol. 2 FHL US/CAN Film #1697339
Item 2
Indexes:
Index, A - Flintham, M.
FHL US/CAN Fiche #6331276
Index, Flintham, S. - McKinsey,
H. FHL US/CAN Fiche #6331277
Index, McKinsey, J. - Suter,
A. FHL US/CAN Fiche
#6331278
Index, Suter, C. - Z
FHL US/CAN Fiche #6331279
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Chester County, PA
JOSEPH COWAN BOYD was born
at what is known as the Black Horse Hotel, on
the Philadelphia and Lancaster
turnpike, Chester County,Penna, June
6,1799. His father,
WALLACE BOYD, born in Chester County,Penna, was a
farmer and afterward a hotel
keeper. His father, THOMAS BOYD, was one
of the early settlers of Chester
county, and a staff officer in the
Revolutionary was. His great-grandfather,
the REV. ADAM BOYD, emigrated
from Ireland, and was the
first settled pastor of the Octoraro
Presbyterian church in the
vicinity of Parkersburg. Adam Boyd was
looked upon as being foremost
in church matters.
Joseph Cowan Boyd was one of
the men who inherited some of the old Penn
patent land, and he was a
successful farmer in the last century. He was
an active man in educational
matters, filling the office of school
director, and his political
sympathies were with the Republican party.
He married MARY D.R. MCCORKLE,,
daughter of William and Catherine
(SNOWDEN) McCorkle, who before
her marriage successfully taught at a
private school called Mantua.
This school was instituted by the Rev.
James Latta, the fourth pastor
of Upper Octorara church. William
McCorkle was the editor of
the ³Freeman¹s Journal,² published in
Philadelphia during the time
of Napoleon. His first editorial work was
in Greensburg, Westmoreland
county, Pennsylvania, and he continued in
this business during his life.
To Joseph Cowan Boyd and Mary D. R.
(McCorkle) Boyd were born
the following children: 1. CATHERINE S.,
unmarried; 2. WILLIAM WALLACE,
deceased; 3. MARIANA; 4.JOSEPH C., a
traveling salesman; 5. JAMES
S., a farmer, married Susan DEAN, to whom
were born three children,
of whom two are deceased. The survivor,
Robert S., married Nellie
Philips, to whom were born two
children--James Harold, deceased,
and Robert Wayne. Mariana Boyd resides
with her sister, Catherine,
and her brother Joseph, in Parkersburg,
Penna. They are connected
with the Octorara Presbyterian Church.
Source:History of Chester &
Delaware Co. Vol. I Page 249 (similar to
newspaper column glued to
stiff paper, printed not typed)
Chester County Historical
Society Library
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ADAM
BOYD is one of the oldest settlers in the Colville valley.
The farm where he lives now,
two miles south of Marcus, was taken as
a homestead over thirty years
ago, and for many years previous to that
he had lived in that state
for many years previous to that he had lived
in the valley. Adam
Boyd was born on July 27, 1833, the son of ISAAC
and
MAGDALENA (HARSHBURGER) BOYD, natives of Pennsylvania, where also
they remained until their
death. His ancestors lived in that state
for many years previous.
Adam was educated in the common schools and
at the age of sixteen began
to learn the cabinet maker's trade. Then
he took up carpenting until
1856, in which year he came to Iowa and in
1859 to Nebraska. Thence
he journeyed via Pike's Peak to Walla Walla
and in the following year
we find him in southern Oregon. In 1861 he
came to Idaho in the time
of the Orofino gold excitement, where he
mined for some time.
In was in 1861 that Mr. Boyd first set foot in
the territory now embraced
in Stevens county, and the first few years
of his stay here were spent
in placer mining on the Pend d'Oreille.
Subsequent to this mining,
Mr. Boyd took up hunting and trapping and he
was a typical westerner and
Nimrod until 1872. Shortly after that he
operated a saw mill at old
Colville and during that time he took his
present homestead. In
all the years since Mr. Boyd settled upon his
homestead he has continued
steadily in cultivating the soil and
improving the place.
He has shown himself to be a man of reliability
and sound principles.
He has considerable property and has always
labored to build up the country.
In 1874 Mr. Boyd married JOSEPHINE
HARRY, and to them have been
born five children: HARRY, in this county;
MARY, with her parents; MAGGIE,wife
of William CARMICHEAL; JOSEPH and
CHRISTINA, both at home.
Mr. Boyd is a democrat and in 1882 was called
by the people to act as county
commissioner, running against John
Rickey, Republican.
In 1884 he was elected his own successor. He has
also served as justice of
the peace and in his public walk as well as in
his private life he has discharged
responsibilities devolving upon him a
commendable manner.
Source: "History of North Washington"
Published 1904
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Dauphin County, PA
PETER
KELLER BOYD was born at Harrisburg, Pa., on June 25, 1826. He was
the son of JAMES
RUTHERFORD BOYD, b. Oct 13, 1790; d. Dec 29, 1865; who
was son of JOHN
BOYD, b. 1761; d. April 6, 1799; who was son of WILLIAM
BOYD,
b. 1733; d. May 17, 1808; who was the son of WILLIAM
BOYD, b. 1712;
d. prior to 1760; who was
the son of WILLIAM BOYD. His mother
was ELIZA
KELLER, b. June 12, 1803;
d. Feb 27, 1828; daughter of John Peter
Keller, b. Sept. 28, 1776;
d. Oct 1, 1859; son of Carl Andrew Keller, b.
July 14, 1750; d. Feb 21,1805;
son of Johann Peter Keller, who emigrated
to this country from
Switzerland prior to 1760. His father served as 3d
Sergeant in the Harrisburg
Artillerists (Capt. Richard M. Crain) in the
War of 1812, and, for a long
time, was a member of the Borough Council.
His paternal grandfather was
one of the first settlers of Harrisburg,
locating there in 1785, and
became quite prominent and influential. His
paternal great-grandfather
served in the French and Indian War, as well
as in the Revolution.
He was one of the celebrated "Paxtang Boys." Mr.
Boyd spend his entire life
as a resident of his native place, and was
one of its most prominent
and progressive citizens. After he had
obtained his education in
the public schools of Harrisburg he entered
his father's undertaking and
furniture establishment and made himself
thoroughly familiar with the
same, succeeding to the business upon the
decease of his parent.
He was the Harrisburg undertaker of the
Pennsylvania Railroad from
the date of the opening of the system, and
had charge of the body of
President Lincoln when it laid in state in
that city. He was a
life-long member and trustee of Zion Lutheran
Church; a member of the Board
of Directors of the Harrisburg Burial Case
Company; a Director of the
Chestnut Street Market Company; a Director of
the East Pennsboro Insurance
Company, of Mechanicsburg, and a charter
member of the Washington Hose
Company.He was well known among the poor
for his charitable acts, and,
in his home life, was exceedingly devoted
to all within the family circle.
He was a member of the Sons
of the Revolution, an active member of the
Dauphin County Historical
Society, and took a great interest in the
Pennsylvania-German Society,
of which he became a member January 18,
1898. His death, from Bright's
disease, occurred at 4:50 P.M. on
Wednesday, November 27,1901.
He is survived by his wife (born Caroline
Elizabeth BARNITZ), and an
adopted daughter, Mrs. William Rutherford.
Source: Biographies from -
"Proceedings of Pennsylvania-German Society
Volume XII, 1901
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Every Name Index, History of Lawrence County, PA 1887
Boyd, James M.
New Castle
Boyd, John
Harlansburg
Boyd, Joseph T.
New Castle
Boyd, Thomas J.
New Castle
Boyd, William
Harlansburg
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Luzerne County, Pa
WILLIAM
BOYD, postmaster at Wanamie, and manager of H.H. Ashley & Co.'s
(now William Boyd & Co.'s)
store, same place, was born in Schuylkill
county, Pa., January 30,1851,
and is a son of ARCHIBALD and AGNES
(SIMPSON)
BOYD, natives of Scotland. The subject of this sketch, who
is
the fourth in a family of
six children, was educated in the public
schools of Luzerne (in which
county the family had settled in 1861), and
at the Bloomsburg State Normal
School. After completing his education
he embarked in the grocery
business for his own account, in which he
continued four years; then
moved to Plymouth, this county, and was there
engaged in mercantile business
as clerk until 1885, when he came to
Wanamie and took charge of
the store (mentioned at opening of the
sketch), and which he now
owns. In October, 1889, he was appointed
postmaster at Wanamie.
Mr. Boyd was married January 23, 1875, to
ELIZABETH J. WEIR, daughter
of Matthew M. Weir, of Plymouth, Pa., to
which union have been born
eight children, namely: MARY M. (deceased),
GETTIE S., WILLIAM C., AGNES
L. (deceased), LILLIE M.(deceased), HOWARD
D., LULU, and RUTH.
Mr. Boyd is a Republican, is a ruling elder in the
Presbyterian Church at Nanticoke,
and belongs to the following
societies: I.O.O.F.,Jr. O.U.A.M.,
and is a member of the Masonic
Fraternity.
CHARLES C. BROWN, retired farmer,
P.O. Nescopeck, was born in
Wurtemberg, Germany, May 10,
1831, a son of Abram and Catherine (Hildt)
Braun. In 1845, when
fourteen years of age, he came to America,
locating in Hazleton,this
county. He worked for a time in the breaker,
and was afterward employed
in a brewery and later as a farm hand, in
Dorrance township. In
1852 he purchased a farm in Dorrance, a part of
which he cleared and improved,
residing there twelve years. He then
spent a short time in Iowa,
then nine years in Wilkes-Barre, seven of
which he was in the mercantile
business, the other two in a dairy. He
then spent one year at Wapwallopen,and
for six years worked the John C.
Nicely farm at Mocanaqua.
In 1886 he purchased a farm in Nescopeck, and
since 1891 has resided in
Nescopeck village. In 1854 he married
Catherine (Ehmann) Amarin,
of Wurtemberg,Germany, and has seven
children: Jackson F.,
Alvin, Alice (Mrs. Thomas Lawalt), Agnes, FRANCES
(MRS.
IRA BOYD), Hannah and Maggie. He is a member of the Lutheran
Church, and of the P. of K.;
in politics he is a Democrat.
Source: History of Luzerne
County, Pa., by H.C. Bradsby, 1893
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Schuylkill County, PA
Everyname Index to W.W. Munsell's, 1881:History of Schuylkill County,PA:
BOYD, Edward
page 233
BOYD, George L.
page 331
BOYD, James
page 113
BOYD, Richard
page 327
EVERYNAME INDEX to HISTORY
OF SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, PA
with Illustrations and Biographical
Sketches of Some of Its Prominent
Men and Pioneers. New York:
W. W. Munsell & Co., 36 Vesey Street, 1881
Press of George Macnamara,
36 Vesey Street, N.Y.
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Hensel Family History, 1798 - 1920: Philadelphia et al.
The children of Henry W. Hensel
and Mary Elizabeth Hory are:
5. Charles Albert Hensel
b. 1-27-1864
(m. REBEKAH
MATILDA BOYD)
Charles Albert Hensel married
Rebekah M. Boyd b. 6-1865, d.12-1893.
They had one daughter, MARY
Hensel, who died in Baltimore as a young girl.
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Washington Twp, Greene County
Pg. 869
CEPHAS MEEK, farmer, Ruff's
Creek, Penn., is a descendant of one of the
pioneer families of Greene
County. He was born in Washington Township,
January 24, 1832, a son of
John and ELIZABETH (BOYD) MEEK, who were
natives of Greene County,
where they were married, settled and remained
until their death. She
died December 24, 1869, and her husband February
3,1878. They were the
parents of eleven children, eight of whom are
living. Cephas Meek
was united in marriage April 2, 1868, with Phoebe
J. CONKLIN. She was
born in Washington County, Penn., December 2, 1838,
a daughter of William and
Catharine (ROSS) CONKLIN, natives of
Washington and Greene counties
respectively. They were married in
Greene and settled in Washington
County. He departed this life June 25,
1880; his widow is still living.
Mr. and Mrs. Meek are the parents of
one child, William R., born
January 11, 1869. Mr. Meek has been engaged
in farming all his life and
owns a farm of 145 acres. He was a member
of the school board of his
township for six years, and also served as
judge and inspector of elections.
Mrs. Meek is a member in the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Source: History of Greene County,
Pennsylvania, By Samuel P. Bates,
Chicago, 1888
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Index to the Biographical Sketches of McKean County, PA
NAME
AREA
BOYD, A.W.
FOSTER/KENDALL
Source: INDEX TO THE BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES OF McKEAN COUNTY FROM THE
BOOK "HISTORY OF THE
COUNTIES OF McKEAN, ELK, CAMERON AND POTTER,
PENNSYLVANIA" BY J H
BEERS & CO PUBLISHERS, 1890
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