July 21, 2001
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This document is to
provide
information on the Boyd family. Most of this information
comes from the works of
Francis
Orsemus Boyd, the grandson of Orsemus Bronson Boyd.
However, a lot of it is my
own work.
For more
information
on Orsemus B. Boyd, please refer to the book, "Calvary
Life in
Tent
and Field," by Mrs. Orsemus B. Boyd.
The Boyd Family
1. William Boyd was
born
in Cambridge, Massachusetts on March 15, 1750. He was a
Corporal and "patriot soldier in
the Revolution," having
enlisted
in 1776. In January of
1777 he married Margary Taylor,
of Newington,
Connecticut.
She was born on March 7,
1758. She supposedly came from a
long line of Taylor's in
Connecticut.
William and
Margary left Cambridge with three
children and settled in West
Springfield, Massachusetts,
where seven more children were
born. William died in
West Springfield on May 25, 1840
and Margary in 1834. William
and Margary had ten
children.
The first three were born in
Cambridge, the rest in West
Springfield.
Children:
2. Margary
Boyd
3. Amos
Boyd
B. 1785
4. Huldah Boyd
5. Betsey
Boyd
B. May 22, 1789
6. Reuben
Boyd
B. December 7, 1791
7. Elisha
Boyd
B. March 13, 1794
8. Eunice
Boyd
B. June 7, 1796
9. Julius
Boyd
B. April 7, 1801
10. John
Boyd
B. June 21, 1803
11. Sabra
Boyd
B. June 23, 1806
3. Amos Boyd
(William)
was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1785, the son of
William Boyd and Margary
Taylor.
He moved to West Springfield, with his parents in
1788. He was married
on November 22, 1811 to Celestia Steel. Celestia was born in
Massachusetts in 1789.
***NOTE: some sources of information state her maiden name as
Adams, mainly Henry Boyd's
Pension records and death certificate. Amos was a farmer
who in February of 1817
moved
to a farm in Croton, now Treadwell, Delaware County,
New York. He bought
125 acres of land. Amos died on July 11, 1862. His wife
Celestia
died on July 21, 1867.
Both are buried in Croton Union Cemetery in Treadwell, New York.
Children:
12. Henry
Boyd
B. April 2, 1816
13. Emily Boyd
14. Harriet Boyd
15. Sophronia
Boyd
12. Henry Boyd
(William,
Amos) was born in West Springfield, Massachusetts on April
2, 1816, the son of Amos
Boyd
and Celestia Steel. At age 18 he started teaching school in
Croton, New York. On
September 4, 1838 he married Eliza Jane Bronson, daughter of
Orsemus Bronson and Hester
Perlop. Eliza was born in 1816 in Treadwell, New York
and died on July 1, 1850 and
is buried in Croton Union Cemetery. They had two children
from this marriage.
He was married a second time to Lydia H. Baldwin on March 4, 1851
by Reverend William
Burnside.
She was born on March 14, 1832 in Wilson, New York.
She died on October 22, 1911
at Wilson, New York. Henry was in the mercantile business
at Croton from 1844 to
1849.
He served in the Anti-Rent War and the Civil War. He
enlisted in Company D, 144th
Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, on August 29,
1862. He was
discharged
at Hilton Head, South Carolina on June 8, 1865. He was an
active member of the
Methodist
Episcopal Church in Croton. He was an overseer of the
poor for 12 years.
Henry
died on June 1, 1888 and is buried in Croton Union Cemetery.
Children: First Marriage:
16. Amos A.
Boyd
B. 1842
17. Orsemus
Bronson
Boyd B. July, 1844
Children: Second Marriage
18. Lavelle
Henry
Boyd B. January 10, 1852
19. Alverda M.
Boyd B. January 26, 1853
20. Ella J.
Boyd
B. 6 July 1861 died 4 July 1939 m. 14 Dec 1881, Irving
Clayton
VanTassell
b. 12 May 1858 died
Sept 1933 from Treadwell, NY
Bill VanTassell Van4688
"at" aol.com
21. Grace L. Boyd B. April 28, 1871
13. Emily Boyd
(William,
Amos) was born probably in West Springfield, Massachusetts,
the daughter of Amos Boyd
and Celestia Steel. She was married to a Levi Miles and had
eight children.
Children:
22. Homer L.
Miles
23. Wilbur F.
Miles
24. Henry Miles
25. Celesta Miles
26. Levi Miles
27. Emily Miles
28. Annette Miles
29. Ida Miles
14. Harriet Boyd
(William,
Amos) was born probably in West Springfield, Massachusetts,
the daughter of Amos Boyd
and Celesta Steel. She was married to an Andrew Jackson and
had four
children.
Children:
30. Asbury F.
Jackson
31. Albert O.
Jackson
32. Jane E.
Jackson
33. Dwight B.
Jackson
15. Sophronia Boyd
(William,
Amos) was born probably in West Springfield,
Massachusetts, the daughter
of Amos Boyd and Celesta Steel. She was married to an
Orson Georgia and had three
children:
34. Levi
Georgia
35. Willard
Georgia
36. Almina
Georgia
16. Amos A. Boyd
(William,
Amos, Henry) was born about 1842 in Croton, Delaware
County, New York, the son
of Henry Boyd and Eliza Jane Bronson. Amos enlisted in
Company D, 144th New York
volunteer infantry. He enlisted at Franklin, New York on
August 27, 1862 and became
a Corporal. Amos died from illness at Upton's Hill, Virginia
on January 9, 1863.
17. Orsemus Bronson
Boyd
(William, Amos, Henry) was born in July of 1844 in Croton,
Delaware County, New York,
the son of Henry Boyd and Eliza Jane Bronson. He entered
the Civil war when he joined
the Eighty-ninth New York Volunteer infantry on September
1, 1861. He served
until
July 1, 1863, when he was appointed a Cadet in the United States
Military Academy. He
saw active service and was mentioned for gallantry at Roanoke
Island, North
Carolina.
He entered the West Point Military Academy and graduated in the
class of 1867. During
this time he was accused of stealing money. This was perpetrated
by John Joseph Casey.
Orsemus Boyd was found innocent of this crime, but continued to
go through West Point.
He was ridiculed by his classmates and forced to wear a sign that
called him a coward and a
thief. On his death bed, Casey finally confessed to the crime,
thus clearing Orsemus' name.
***NOTE: This scandal is explained in detail in the
beginning of "Calvary Life
in Tent and Field". On October 9, 1867 at the residence of
James H. Gibney, Orsemus was
married to Frances Anne Mullen, daughter of John Mullen
and Frances Land, by
Reverend
Hasbronck DuBois. Frances was born on February 14,
1848 in New York City.
She died on May 2, 1926 in Elizabeth, New Jersey and is buried
in Treadwell, New
York.
Both of her parent were from Ireland and she had two brothers,
one of which was named
James.
Orsemus was promoted to Second Lieutenant of the 8th
Calvary on June 17,
1867.
He served at Camp Halleck, Nevada from November 15, 1867
to January of 1869.
He was then promoted to First lieutenant. During this time he was
assigned to California and
New Mexico. On June 26, 1882 he was promoted to Captain of
the 8th Calvary.
During
this time he did frontier duty at San Antonio, Texas and at Ft.
Clark, Texas. Orsemus
died at Grafton, New Mexico on July 23, 1885. He is buried in the
National Cemetery in San
Antonio,
Texas. He had three children. More
on
Orsemus B. Boyd
37. Mabel
Boyd
B. March 16, 1869
38. James
William
Boyd B. November 17, 1871
39. Henry
Boyd
B. September 4, 1877
18. Lavelle Henry
Boyd
(William, Amos, Henry) was born on January 10, 1852 in Croton,
Delaware County, New York,
the son of Henry Boyd and Lydia H. Baldwin. He married
to Margaret Lewis a sister
of Colonel Lewis in Kansas. Margaret was born on August 6,
1849 in Hamden, New
York.
She died on Janaury 27, 1908 in Russell, Kansas. Lavelle
lived in Hays City, Kansas
and later in Russell, Kansas. He was a post master in Russell,
Kansas. He died on
August
13, 1928 in Russell, Kansas. Children:
47. Celia Jane Boyd B. January 14, 1892
19. Alverda M. Boyd
(William,
Amos, Henry) was born in Treadwell, New York, the
daughter of Henry Boyd and
Lydia H. Baldwin. She was married to John Schermerhorn.
They had one child.
I believe this line lived in Franklin, New York. Children:
48. Perle Schermerhorn
20. Ella J. Boyd
(William,
Amos, Henry) was born in Treadwell, New York, the daughter
of Henry Boyd and Lydia H.
Baldwin. She was married to Irving Van Tassle. They had
two children. I believe this
line lived in Franklin, New York.
49. Clayton
Van
Tassle
50. Ronald Van
Tassle
21. Grace L. Boyd
(William,
Amos, Henry) was born in Treadwell, New York, the
daughter of Henry Boyd and
Lydia H. Baldwin. She was married to Dr. John Moore. They
had two children. I
believe this line lived in Franklin, New York. Children:
51. Kenneth
Moore
52. Marjorie
Moore
37. Mabel Boyd
(William,
Amos, Henry, Orsemus) was born in San Francisco, California
on March 16, 1869, the
daughter
of Orsemus Bronson Boyd and Frances Anne Mullen. She
attended St. Mary's
Episcopal
School in San Antonio, and later Spence School in New
York City. She taught
typing at a business school in New York and lived in an apartment at
177 MacDougal St. She
also rented a small house. She never married, but at the time of
her death in 1933, the
church
was filled with thousands of her friends. She is buried in
Croton Union Cemetery in
Treadwell,
New York.
38. James William
Boyd
(William, Amos, Henry, Orsemus) was born on the family farm
in Treadwell, Delaware
County,
New York on November 17, 1871, the son of Orsemus
Bronson Boyd and Frances
Anne
Mullen. He was a chemist in a chemical plant in New
York City. He was
short
and very fat according to family members and a great cook.
There was a hint of
antagonism
between him and his mother, because Frances Boyd
cultivated Henry as her
favorite
child. He was married to Adelaide Teresa Wilton,
daughter of Charles Wilton
and Elizabeth Moore. Adelaide was born on May 28, 1867 in
Washington D.C. She
was a book keeper. She died on November 1, 1937 in Waynesville,
North Carolina and is buried
in Greenhill Cemetery in North Carolina. James died on June
21, 1916 in Waynesville and
is buried in Greenhill Cemetery. He had two children. Both
born in Washington
D.C.
Children:
53. Frances
Boyd
B. May 21, 1898
54. Elizabeth
Boyd B. May 18, 1899
39. Henry
Boyd
(William, Amos, Henry, Orsemus) was born in Fort Clark, Texas on
September 4, 1877, the son
of Orsemus Bronson Boyd and Frances Anne Mullen. He was
married on March 2, 1901 in
Washington D.C. to Mary Emilia Stroup, daughter of
Lawrence Kulp Stroup and
Mary
Campbell Holliday. She was born at the National
Soldiers Home in Dayton,
Ohio
in 1870. Henry enjoyed camping and picnicking. Henry
and his sons created the
Boyd
Mortgage Co. in 1928 with money inherited from his
grandmother, Frances
Boyd.
However this dream was crushed by the 1929 Great
Depression. Henry died
in Morristown, New Jersey on October 22, 1934 and is buried in
the Croton Union Cemetery
in Treadwell, New York. Children:
55.
Henry
Stroup Boyd B. March 9, 1902
56. James
Lawrence Boyd B. January 15, 1904
57.
Francis
Orsemus Boyd B. May 18, 1907
58. Mary
Lydia Boyd B. August 13, 1909
53. Frances
Boyd
(William, Amos, Henry, Orsemus, James) was born in Washington
D.C. on May 21, 1898, the
daughter of James William Boyd and Adelaide Teresa Wilton.
She was married in Dallas,
Texas on June 23, 1916 to Andrew Phelps McCormick. They
had one child. She was
later remarried in New York City on August 1, 1923 to Benjamin
Risher Sleeper, son of
William
Markham Sleeper and Laura Risher, grandson of Fabius
Hoyt Sleeper. Frances
Sleeper attended schools in Europe. She was a member of League
of Women Voters, the Women's
Club and St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Frances died on
March 24, 1984 in Waco,
Texas.
She is buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Waco. Ben
Sleeper was born on December
11, 1894 in Waco, Texas. He attended the University of
the South at Sewanee,
Tennessee,
and earned a bachelor of laws degree from the
University of Texas in
1919.
Be began practicing law at Breckenridge, moving to Waco in
1922 to join his family's
law firm. At the time of his death he was senior partner of
Sleeper, Williams, Johnston,
Helm and Estes, the successor to his grandfather's and father's
firm. He also taught
at Baylor Law School. He as a veteran of both world wars. He
served as an infantry
captain
in World War I and in the Judge Advocate General's Office in
England and France during
World War II. He was a past president of the Waco-McLennan
County Bar
Association.
His professional affiliations included the State Bar of Texas and
the American Judicature
Society,
and he was a Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation. He
was a member of the
Philosophers'
Club and a vestryman at St. Paul's Episcopal Church,
where he taught Bible
class.
Ben Sleeper died on November 5, 1972 and like his wife is
buried in Oakwood Cemetery.
Children: First Marriage
59. Adelaide McCormick B. July 26, 1918
Children: Second Marriage
60. Elizabeth Day Sleeper B. May 1, 1924
61. Martha Margaret Sleeper B. August 6, 1926
54. Elizabeth
Boyd
(William, Amos, Henry, Orsemus, James) was born in Washington
D.C. on May 18, 1899, the
daughter of James William Boyd and Adelaide Teresa Wilton.
She married her first
husband
Wolfram Charles Franklin Day (Franklin Day) son of
Charles Halberstadt Day and
Gertrude Marianna Charlotte Braune on November 17, 1920
in Waynesville, North
Carolina.
They had two children. They were divorced on April 3,
1936 by the Second Judicial
District Court of Nevada. On September 16, 1941, she
remarried to Gilbert
Alexander
Outerbridge of Bailey's Bay, Bermuda. They had no
additional children.
I believe Elizabeth was a chemist like her father. Elizabeth died
in
Portsmouth, Virginia on
November
25, 1962. She is buried in Greenhill Cemetery in
Waynesville, North Carolina.
Children: First Marriage
62.
Beatrix Gertrude Day B. September 22, 1922
63.
William Franklin Day B. July 22, 1925
55. Henry Stroup
Boyd
(William, Amos, Henry, Orsemus, Henry) was born in Summit,
New Jersey on March 9, 1902,
the son of Henry Boyd and Mary Emilia Stroup. He was
married on October 20, 1928
in Elizabeth, New Jersey to Marion Rose Bauerman, of
Elizabeth, New Jersey.
They had two children. Children:
64.
Nancy Anne Boyd B. November 25, 1938
65.
Robert Henry Boyd B. January 18, 1948
56. James Lawrence
Boyd
(William, Amos, Henry, Orsemus, Henry) was born in
Boonton, New Jersey on
January
15, 1904, the son of Henry Boyd and Mary Emilia Stroup.
He was married in Elizabeth,
New Jersey on June 30, 1932 to Lois Gertrude Perry, of
Elizabeth, New Jersey.
James died on February 4, 1989 in Boonton, New Jersey. They
had four
children.
Children:
57. Francis Orsemus
Boyd
(William, Amos, Henry, Orsemus, Henry) was born in
Boonton, New Jersey on May
18, 1907, the son of Henry Boyd and Mary Emilia Stroup.
He was married at Caldwell,
New Jersey on September 21, 1940, to Ruth Elizabeth Beech
of Caldwell, New
Jersey.
They had three children.
58. Mary Lydia Boyd
(William,
Amos, Henry, Orsemus, Henry) was born in Boonton,
New Jersey on August 13,
1909,
the daughter of Henry Boyd and Mary Emilia Stroup. She
was married at Boonton, New
Jersey on August 13, 1936 to Barhyt Bonnell of Elizabeth,
New Jersey. They had
no children.
59. Adelaide
McCormick
(William, Amos, Henry, Orsemus, James, Frances) was born on
July 26, 1918 in New York
City, the daughter of Andrew Phelps McCormick and Frances
Boyd. She was married
first to William Prather Davis and then to Andrew Lang. I know
Andrew Lang died before
1968.
Adelaide lived in New Orleans. I know she died in
October of 1985 in Albany,
New York. Her two children were born in Waco, Texas.
60. Elizabeth Day
Sleeper
(William, Amos, Henry, Orsemus, James, Frances) was born
on May 1, 1924 in Waco,
Texas,
the daughter of Benjamin Risher Sleeper and Frances
Boyd. She died on June
26, 1939 and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Waco, Texas.
61. Martha Margaret
Sleeper
(Patty) (William, Amos, Henry, Orsemus, James, Frances)
was born on August 6, 1926
in Waco, Texas, the daughter of Benjamin Risher Sleeper and
Frances Boyd. She was
married on January 29, 1947 in Raton, New Mexico to Robert
Charles Jeep. I
believe
she still lives in the Waco, Texas area.
62. Beatrix
Gertrude
Day (William, Amos, Henry, Orsemus, James, Elizabeth) was born
on September 22, 1922 in New
York City, the daughter of Wolfram Charles Franklin Day
and Elizabeth Boyd.
She worked as a horse groomer and trainer for George Diedeman
before going out on her own
in 1968. Following her retirement in 1981, she worked as a
groom at Sagamore
Farm.
Later in life she attended school at Harford Community College
and later at Towson State
University. According to one family member she was a "Jack of
all trades, but a master of
none.", meaning she knew a little bit about many things. She
often prided herself on her
intelligence. She was married on January 12, 1942 to Donald
Learmont Spedon, they were
divorced on April 9, 1945 in Elko, Nevada. She was then
married on April 20, 1945
in Baltimore, Maryland to Charles Livermore Canedy, son of
Charles Malcolm Canedy and
Marcia Janet Livermore. They had three children. Charles
was born on February 11,
1919
in New Rochelle, New York. On January 5, 1988, Beatrix
suffered the first of many
debilitating strokes. She died on April 26, 1989 and is buried in
Parkwood Cemetery in
Baltimore,
Maryland. Charles died on August 14, 1996 in Fallston,
Maryland and is also buried
in Parkwood Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland.
63. William
Franklin
Day (William, Amos, Henry, Orsemus, James, Elizabeth) was born
on July 22, 1925 in New York
City, the son of Wolfram Charles Franklin Day and
Elizabeth Boyd.
William
Day is best known for being the family black sheep. Several
letters in family possession
refer to Franklin Day hiring several Psychologist to help
William Day. William
Day served as a radio operator in the United States Marine Corp.
He was also an investigative
reporter. He was married to Ruth ______? who was a friend of
Eula Walker Day, Franklin
Day's third wife. William Day died on February 5, 1980 in
Norfolk, Virginia.
64. Nancy Anne Boyd
(William,
Amos, Henry, Orsemus, Henry, Henry) was born on
November 25, 1938 in Orange,
New Jersey, the daughter of Henry Stroup Boyd and
Marion Rose Bauerman.
She was married to Glenn E. McNitt II, of Hamilton, Michigan, in
Boonton, New Jersey on
August
6, 1960.
65. Robert Henry
Boyd
(William, Amos, Henry, Orsemus, Henry, Henry) was born on
January 18, 1948 in
Morristown,
New Jersey, the son of Henry Stroup Boyd and Marion
Rose Bauerman. He is
married to Jean Treadway. He currently lives in Boonton, New
Jersey.
66. Carol Lois Boyd
(William,
Amos, Henry, Orsemus, Henry, James) was born on July 6,
1933, in Elizabeth, New
Jersey,
the daughter of James Lawrence Boyd and Lois Gertrude
Perry. She was married
to Dale Leonard Zabel of Montclair, New Jersey at Boonton, New
Jersey on November 28,
1953.
She was married a second time to Andrew Catacchio.
68. Douglas Perry
Boyd
(William, Amos, Henry, Orsemus, Henry, James) was born on
November 25, 1941 in
Elizabeth,
New Jersey, the son of James Lawrence Boyd and Lois
Gertrude Perry. He is
married to Margory Abel.
69. William Henry
Boyd
(William, Amos, Henry, Orsemus, Henry, James) was born on
April 3, 1955 in Morristown,
New Jersey, the son of James Lawrence Boyd and Lois
Gertrude Perry. He was
married to Robyn Zeitlin of West Orange, New Jersey. They had
three children. James
was born in Orange, New Jersey. Sean was born in New
Brunswick, New Jersey.
70. Jeffrey
Howard
Boyd (William, Amos, Henry, Orsemus, Henry, Francis) was born on
November 13, 1943 in
Morristown,
New Jersey, the son of Francis Orsemus Boyd and
Ruth Elizabeth Beech.
He is married to Patricia Turner. They had one child.
Jeffrey
is a
Doctor and currently lives
in New Haven, Connecticut.
72. Wayne Edward
Boyd
(William, Amos, Henry, Orsemus, Henry, Francis) was born on
April 23, 1953 in
Morristown,
New Jersey, the son of Francis Orsemus Boyd and Ruth
Elizabeth Beech. He
was married twice. First to Vipramukhya Dasa Brahmarari.
Second
to Gloria Medina.
74. Donald Benjamin
Davis
(William, Amos, Henry, Orsemus, James, Frances, Adelaide)
was born on May 8, 1943 in
Waco, Texas, the son of William Prather Davis and Adelaide
McCormick. He was
married
to Nancy Degman. I believe he currently lives in the Waco,
Texas area.
75. Elizabeth Jeep
(William,
Amos, Henry, Orsemus, James, Frances, Martha) was born
on August 31, 1948, the
daughter
of Robert Charles Jeep and Martha Margaret Sleeper.
She is married to William
Lance Coisbie, Jr. They had one child.
76. Robert Charles
Jeep
(William, Amos, Henry, Orsemus, James, Frances, Martha) was
born on July 27, 1954 in
Omaha,
Nebraska, the son of Robert Charles Jeep and Martha
Margaret Sleeper.
Robert
was murdered while trying to break up a bar fight on July 14,
1973 in Waco, Texas.
He is buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Waco, Texas.
77. Robin Frances
Jeep
(William, Amos, Henry, Orsemus, James, Frances, Martha) was
born on July 27, 1954 in
Omaha,
Nebraska, the daughter of Robert Charles Jeep and
Martha Margaret
Sleeper.
She was a model for the Ford agency.
78. Marcia
Elizabeth
Canedy (William, Amos, Henry, Orsemus, James, Elizabeth,
Beatrix) was born on March
14, 1946 in Baltimore, Maryland, the daughter of Charles
Livermore Canedy and Beatrix
Gertrude Day. She was married on August 5, 1966 to Bill
Richard Novak, son of Frank
Novak and Margaret Mihaly. Bill was born on May 30, 1943
in Johnstown,
Pennsylvania.
Bill and Marcia currently live in Fallston, Maryland.
79. Charles Malcolm
Canedy
II (William, Amos, Henry, Orsemus, James, Elizabeth,
Beatrix) was born on April
8, 1948 in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Charles Livermore
Canedy and Beatrix Gertrude
Day. He was married twice. First to MaryJo Cipriotti,
daughter of Charles
Cipriotti.
They were married in St. Matthrews Church by Msgr. Clare
O'Dwyer on November 4,
1973.
They were divorced in 1989. He was then married to
Kathleen Marshall Fergusson
on November 17, 1990. He had no children in either
marriage. Malcolm and
Kathy currently live in Fallston, Maryland.
80. Elizabeth Day
Canedy
(William, Amos, Henry, Orsemus, James, Elizabeth, Beatrix)
was born on January 17, 1951
in Baltimore, Maryland, the daughter of Charles Livermore
Canedy and Beatrix Gertrude
Day. She was married in Orkney Islands, Scotland on August
24, 1973 to Martin John
Wishart,
son of John Edward Wishart and Margot Mourse. Martin
was born on March 11, 1954
in Orphir, Orkney Island, Scotland. Day and Martin currently
live in Orphir.
Charles R. Novak