THE EARLS OF KILMARNOCK CAPTAIN JAMES BOYD WILLIAM BOYD, 9th
(1).
Lord Boyd was served heir to his father in the Barony of
Kilmarnock,
etc., February 28, 1655; and was created 1st
Earl William died in March, 1692. He married Lady Jean Cunninghame eldest daughter of William, 9th Earl of Glencairn, High Chancellor of Scotland, and they had six children: William, 2nd Earl Kilmarnock; The honorable Captain James Boyd (from whom the York County, Maine, and Boston, Massachusetts Boyds are descended); The Honorable Captain Charles, who died in Namur, in September, 1737 (a Capt. in the Scot's Dutch Brigade in Holland) The honorable Robert Boyd (from whom the Portland, Maine, Boyds claim to be descended); Mary Boyd, who married Sir Alexander Maclean; and Catherine, who married Alexander Porterfield of Porterfield. 1. or 10th Lord Boyd, depends on what Pedigree of Boyd that you read. WILLIAM BOYD, 2nd Earl of Kilmarnock, married Letitia Boyd, and succeeded his father in March, 1692, but died on May 20 of the same year. They had three children: William, 3rd Earl of Kilmarnock; The Honorable Thomas and Mary. Lady Letitia was the daughter of Thomas Boyd, Merchant of Dublin. She married 2nd John Gardner, Esq. WILLIAM BOYD, 3rd Earl of Kilmarnock, being under age at the time of his father's death, did not succeed to the title until July 20, 1699. He died 22 November 1717. He married Eupheme, eldest daughter of the 11th Lord Ross, and there is record of one son. William 4th Earl of Kilmarnock, but there seems to be another son, as Lieutenant James Madison Boyd (b. in Washington, D.C.., Jan 13, 1816, married Maria M. Law, and died Fox River Valley, Wisconsin., February 23, 1897, 4th son of Colonel George Boyd, "who traced his descent from a younger son of the 3rd Earl of Kilmarnock". WILLIAM BOYD,
4th
Earl of Kilmarnock was born in 1704 and was
beheaded
for his involvement with Bonnie Prince Charles'
rebel forces, 16 April 1746. He married Lady Ann Livingstone, heir of
James,
5th Earl of Linlithgow and Callander. They had three children: James
Lord
Boyd and 15th Earl of Errol; the Honorable Charles Boyd,
and
the Honorable William Boyd. James took the surname of HAY when he
became
15th Earl of Errol. CAPTAIN JAMES BOYD Captain James Boyd,
(1)
son of William Boyd, the 1st Earl of Kilmarnock,
He is said to have
went to
Ireland in 1696, landing near the Giant's Causeway, in
County
Antrim, but it is not known in just what town or
locality
he resided. He probably went there as a soldier of
fortune
(see below) as his chance of 1. James
was
a captain in Sir Charles Graham's Regiment of Foot in the Scot's
Dutch Brigade in 1692-1703 according to The Scots Peerage,
Sir
James Balfour Paul. See "Papers
Illustrating
The History of The Scots Brigade in the service of the
United
Netherlands, 1572-1782, published by
the James Boyd, son of
Capt. James
Boyd was born in Ireland about 1700, as he came to America
with
his brothers William and John about 1720.
He landed in Boston and settled in the town of York,
in York County, in what is now the state of
Maine.
Maine was then part of the Colony of
Massachusetts James Boyd finally
settled
in Berwick, a short distance from York. Although
in
what year cannot be determined as the records of the
town from 1736 to 1748 are lost. The town of Berwick "alias
Newgewanac", incorporated in 1713 (from which the towns of
Berwick, North Berwick, and South Berwick are
The site of James' farm stands in what is now South Berwick, about one mile south of North Berwick railroad station, and has been known as "Boyd's Corners" as far back as anyone can remember. Mr. Elmer Boyd still occupies part of the old place but the original buildings were burned in 1869, so many valuable records must have been lost. James Boyd married Mary/Margaret Whitten or Whiton and they had five children: James, William, Joseph, Sarah, and another daughter name unknown. There may have been other children who died at an early age. (see more on this line in The Boyd Family" by Arthur S. Boyd Jr., 1924 See also:
William Boyd,
son of
Capt. James Boyd came to America with his brothers James
and
John, but is said to have left the ship at Block Island,
before
its arrival at Boston. Block Island (formerly Manisees)
is
about 10 miles from the mainland of Rhode
Island,
being part of that state, and forming the township of New
Shoreham.
See "Rhode
Island
in the Colonial Wars" by Howard M. Chapin, 1918. Book lists a
William Boyd who was "Master on Privateer Prince Frederick in
1743".
Privateers were ships that were sent out to inflict damage on the
enemy's
commerce during King George's War, 1740-1748. 1. I believe
this is the
John Boyd who married Margaret Long in Boston, Suffolk County,
Massachusetts
April 11, 1731. No documentation has yet been found but
this
is the only marriage recorded for a John
Boyd
for the time and place in question. There were very few
Boyds
in New England at Marriage Records
Boston
Marriages 1700-1809 compiled by Edward W. McGlenen.
New
England Families by William Richard
Cutter,
1912. Vanished Homes and Pioneer Families of
Shelburne,
MA., by Leila Stone (continued in Chapter 2 below) (Back to main page) |
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