Clan Boyd International
PENNSYLVANIA GENEALOGIES; BY WILLIAM HENRY EGLE, 1886
BOYD OF DERRY TWP, LANCASTER COUNTY, PA
I. WILLIAM
BOYD, 1 a native of county Antrim, Province of Ulster, Ireland,
emigrated
to Pennsylvania prior to 1730, settling in Derry township. He had
a large
family of children, of whom we have the following:
i. Robert, b. 1705, who took up several tracts of land in Derry
township; m. and had Elizabeth, Catharine, and Mary.
ii. Alexander, b. 1707; m. and had Alexander, Robert,
William, and Margaret.
iii. Jennett, b. 1710; d. October 17, 1757; m. John McCosh;
d. November, 1754. At his death he left considerable
of an estate, which his widow disposed of as follows: To
her brothers, William, John, Alexander, and Robert
Boyd; her niece, Margaret, daughter of John Boyd; to
Alexander, Robert, William, and Margaret, children of
Alexander Boyd; to Benjamin, Joseph, and William,
children of William Boyd; niece Catharine Boyd, who,
we presume, was a daughter of William Boyd; to her
sister-in-law, Jean Boyd; to her nieces, Elizabeth,
Catharine, and Mary, daughters, we suppose, of Robert
Boyd; to Rev. John Roan; and "the sum of twenty
shillings to Derry congregation."
2. iv. William, b. 1712; m. and left issue.
v. John, b. 1715; m. and had Margaret.
II. WILLIAM
BOYD,2 (William,1) b. 1712, in county Antrim, Ireland, d. prior
to 1760,
in Derry township, Lancaster county, Pa.; m. and had among others
the
following issue:
3. i. William, b. 1733; m. Jennett Brisben.
4. ii. Benjamin, b. 1738; m. Jennett Elliott.
5. iii. Joseph, b. 1740; m. Elizabeth Wallace.
iv. Catharine, b. 1743.
III.
WILLIAM BOYD,3 (William,2 William,1) b. about 1733 in Derry township,
then
Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. He was brought up as a farmer, became
quite
prominent in Provincial days, and was an officer during the French
and
Indian war, and the struggle for independence. He belonged to the
Paxtang
Boys, whose zeal in defense of their firesides compelled them to
destroy
the murdering savages of Conestoga. During the latter part of his
life,
he served in the commission of a justice of the peace. He was one of
the
charter members of Lodge 21, at Paxtang, and its second Master. In his
will,
he left a legacy to the lodge's charity fund. Mr. Boyd died May 17,
1808,
and is buried in Derry church graveyard. He m. JENNETT BRISBEN. They
had
issue:
i. James, b. 1759.
6. ii. John, b. 1761; m. Mary Williams.
iii. Jennett, b. 1763; m. (???) Moore.
iv. Mary, b. 1765; m. (???) Strawbridge.
v. Margaret, b. 1767; m. William Williams.
vi. William, b. 1769; d. December, 1807; m. and left issue.
IV. BENJAMIN
BOYD,3 (William,2 William,1) b. 1738; d. May 8, 1803; m.
December
31, 1761, by Reverend John Roan, JENNETT ELLIOTT, b. 1737; d.
November
21, 1820; and, with her husband, lie buried in old Derry church
graveyard.
They had among other issue:
i. William, b. 1768; d. September 19, 1803; leaving a wife,
Mary, and a daughter, Rachel, b. June, 1803.
V. JOSEPH
BOYD,3 (William,2 William,1) b. 1740; d. September 20, 1781, in
Londonderry
township, Dauphin county, Pennsylvania; m. in 1766, by Reverend
John
Elder, ELIZABETH WALLACE, daughter of Robert Wallace, b. 1746; d. April
13,
1802, in Londonderry township, Dauphin county, Pennsylvania; both buried
in old
Derry church graveyard. They had issue:
7. i. Mary, b. 1768; m. William Baird.
ii. Margaret, b. 1770; m. William McDonald, of Dickinson
township, Cumberland county, Pennsylvania.
iii. Elizabeth, b. 1772; d. October 15, 1805.
iv. Ann, b. 1774.
8. v. William, b. 1776; m. Martha Cowden.
vi. Jean, b. 1778.
vii. Isabel, b. 1780; d. December 1, 1789.
VI. JOHN
BOYD,4 (William,3 William,2 William,1) b. about 1761, in Derry
township,
Lancaster county, Pa.; d. April 6, 1799, at Harrisburg, Pa. He was one
of the
first settlers in the new town, locating there in 1785--the year it was
laid out
--and
became quite prominent and influential. He m., the year previous, MARY
WILLIAMS,
dau. of George Williams, b. 1761, in Paxtang township; d. September 25,
1844,
at Harrisburg, and there buried. They had issue:
i. Mary, b. July 21, 1785; d. s. p.
ii. William, b. November 12, 1786; d. s. p.
iii. George, b. July 17, 1788.
iv. Elizabeth, (twin,) b. July 17, 1788.
9. v. James-Rutherford, b. October 13, 1790; m., first,
Margaret
Emerson; second, Eliza Keller; third, Eliza Sloan Baird.
vii. John-Brisben, b. June 27, 1793; d. s. p.
10. viii. George-Williams, b. November 12, 1796; m. Elizabeth S. Mish.
After
the death of John Boyd, his widow m. STACY POTTS, concerning whom, as
he was
a man of mark, we have this information: Thomas Potts, the ancestor
of Stacy
Potts, was a Quaker, who emigrated from England with his wife and
children,
in company with Mahlon Stacy and his family, in the ship "Shield,"
and
landed at Burlington, N. J., in the winter of 1678, she being the first
ship
that went so far up the Delaware. Stacy was a leading man in the
Society
of Friends and in the government of West Jersey. At Trenton, 1731,
Stacy
Potts was born. He received a good education, and learned the trade of
a tanner,
a business which he successfully carried on at least up to the
time
of the Revolution. Mr. Potts seems to have been a very enterprising and
public-spirited
citizen. In 1776, besides owning a tannery, he built the
steel-works
on Front street, Trenton, and after the close of the Revolution
was
largely interested in the erection of a paper-mill in the same locality.
This
was prior to the publication of Collins' Bible. In December, 1788, it
was
advertised by its proprietors, Stacy Potts and John Reynolds, as "now
nearly
completed." About this period Stacy Potts removed to Harrisburg, Pa.
It is
difficult to divine what were his motives in leaving his native town,
where
he was very popular, and with his ample competency, to settle in the
then
new town on the Susquehanna. His second marriage may, perchance, have
had
somewhat to do with his removal from Trenton. Going to Harrisburg, he made
large
purchases of land, and whether it was due to this fact, or his
agreeable
manner, Stacy Potts became quite prominent; was chosen to the
Legislature
in 1791 and in 1792. During the mill-dam troubles of 1794-95,
Mr.
Potts was quite active, and was one of the committee of citizens who
were
willing to take upon themselves all responsibility accruing by the
destruction
of the obnoxious dam. He served as burgess of the borough, and
was
a member of the Town Council. From 1799 to 1803 he again represented
Dauphin
county in the State Legislature. About the year 1805, he returned to
Trenton;
subsequently became mayor of that city, an office he held for
several
years. He died in that city April 28, 1816, in his eighty-fifth
year.
Mr. Potts was thrice married. We have no knowledge as to his first
wife.
He married, secondly, Miss Gardiner, of Philadelphia, a Presbyterian
lady
of superior intelligence. She died at Harrisburg in 1799. His third
wife
was Mrs. Mary Boyd. Upon the death of Mr. Potts, his widow removed to
Harrisburg,
where she resided with her son, George W. Boyd, until her death
in 1844.
VII.
MARY BOYD,4 (Joseph,3 William,2 William,1) b. 1768, in Derry township,
Lancaster
county, Pa.; d. 1866, in West Hanover township, Dauphin county,
Pa.;
m. WILLIAM BAIRD. They had issue, (surname Baird:)
i. James, b. 1794.
11. ii. Joseph-Boyd, b. October, 1796; m. Mary Todd.
iii. William, b. 1798; m. (???) McNair.
iv. Elizabeth, b. 1800.
v. John, b. 1802.
vi. Wallace, b. 1804; d. September 2, 1858; m. Martha Todd,
(see Todd record.)
VIII.
WILLIAM BOYD,4 (Joseph,3 William,2 William,1) b. 1776; removed to, and
died
in, Cumberland county, Pa.; m. June 4, 1807, MARTHA COWDEN, daughter of
James
and Mary Cowden. They had issue:
i. Elizabeth, m. (???) Dallas.
ii. James, m. (???) McMurray.
iii. Joseph.
iv. Matthew.
v. William.
vi. Edward.
vii. Martha.
viii. Mary.
IX. JAMES
RUTHERFORD BOYD,5 (John,4 William,3 William,2 William,1) b.
October
13, 1790, at Harrisburg, Pa.; d. December 29, 1865. He learned the
trade
of cabinet-making, at Trenton, New Jersey, and for many years
successfully
carried on that business. He served as third sergeant in
Captain
Richard M. Crain's company, the Harrisburg Artillerists, in the war
of 1814,
and for a long time was a member of the borough council. Mr. Boyd
was
thrice married; m., first, MARGARET EMERSON; d. May 24, 1824. They had
issue:
i. Mary, d. (???); m. Dr. William S. Cresap, d. (???); had
Mary, Boyd, Nade, and William.
ii. John-R., b. December 26, 1815; d. March 26, 1862; m. Caroline
E. Truman, and had Annie, Truman, Margaret,
Albert, Peter, and Caroline, d. s. p.
iii. Sarah-Ann, b. May 29, 1818; d. October 8, 1854; m. John
B. Bratton, and had Laura and Edward.
Mr. Boyd
m., secondly, ELIZA KELLER; b. June 12, 1803; d. February 27, 1828;
daughter
of John Peter Keller and Catharine Shaeffer, (see Keller record.)
They
had issue:
iv. Peter-Keller, b. 1826; m. Caroline E. Barnitz; resides at
Harrisburg, Pa.
Mr. Boyd
m., thirdly, February 3, 1831, by Rev. William R. DeWitt, ELIZA
SLOAN
BAIRD; b. 1800; daughter of Richard Sloan and Sarah McCormick; resides
at Harrisburg,
Pa. They had issue:
v. Robert-Sloan, d. 1884.
vi. Isabella-McCormick, b. October 4, 1833; d. February 10,
1850.
vii. George-William, m. Nettie Hershey.
viii. Eliza-Potts, m. James Murphy; reside in Philadelphia.
ix. Maria; resides at Harrisburg, Pa.
x. James-Alexander, m. Dessie Spahr; b. September 28, 1847;
d. February 13, 1870.
X. GEORGE
WILLIAMS BOYD,5 (John,4 William,3 William,2 William,1) b. November
12,
1796, in Harrisburg, Pa.; d. August 31, 1863. He was a chair maker, and
carried on
the
business many years at Harri??. Was also a member of the council of that
?? and
a man
of ?? in the community. He m., October 31, 1822, by Rev. William R. DeWitt.
D.
D.,
ELIZARETH S. MISH, b. November 23, 1802; d. March 26, 1849, in Harrisburg,
Pa.,
and, with her husband, there buried. They had issue:
12. i. John-Bris??, m. Elizabeth J. Carson.
ii. Jacob-Mish. m.
iii. Elizabeth, m. William S. Rowson, civil engineer; reside
at Perth Amboy. New Jersey, and had Mary and William.
iv. Mary-Ellen, m. John B. Bratton, of Carlisle. Pa., and
had Mary, Bessir, John-Bris??n, and G??.
v. Catharine-Mish.
vi. Caroline-Virginig, m. John H. Tennent, of Alabama;
reside in New York city.
vii. George-Williams, b. December 21, 1836; d. January 6,
1867; served in the quartermaster's department during
the Rebellion.
XI. JOSEPH
BOYD BAIRD,5 (Mary,4 Joseph,3 William,2 William,1) b. October
1796:
removed to Franklin county, Pa., where he died; m., October 7, 1834.
MARY
TODD, b. November 1, 1805, in Hanover township. Dauphin county, Pa. In
1880,
was residing in Franklin, Warren county, Ohio. They had issue (surname
Baird):
i. Martha-Ann, b. February 3, 1836; m., October 12, 1854,
John Smith; reside in Taylorsville, Christian county,
Illinois.
ii. Harriet-Jemima, b. May 12, 1838.
iii. Caroline-Todd, b. May 14, 1841; m., January 11, 1866,
Manlius T. Leachman; reside in Christian county, Illinois.
iv. Francina, b. March 12, 1841.
XII.
JOHN BRISBEN BOYD,6 (George-Williams,5 John,4 William,3 William,2
William,1)
b. September 4, 1824, in Harrisburg, Pa., where he resides; m.,
in 1849,
ELIZABETH J. CARSON; b. in Harrisburg, Pa.; daughter of William M.
Carson
and Sarah Kunkel. They had issue:
i. Emma-Louise, m. William H. Henderson, and had Anna.
ii. Elizabeth-Carson.