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CHIEF: Alastair Ivor Gilbert Boyd 7th Baron Kilmarnock |
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THE MASONIC , AYRSHIRE, SCOTLAND WORLDWIDE MASONIC DIRECTORY - 1860 The oldest of our Masonic Lodges is the Kilmarnock Kilwinning St John's, No. 22. It is also one of the oldest existing lodges in Ayrshire originally holding of Mother Kilwinning. It was instituted in 1734. The unfortunate last Earl of Kilmarnock, William Boyd, was one of its originators, and was its first Right Worshipful Master. Besides the Earl of Kilmarnock, a number of influential gentlemen were connected with the lodge in its early years. Among these were Sir David Cunningham of Corsehill, Thomas Boyd of Pitcon, Alexander Montgomery of Coilsfield, Peter Cunningham of Bourtreehill, Charles Dalrymple of Langlands Robert Paterson, town clerk, William Park, surgeon, and James Muir, Master of Arts. The Earl of Errol James (Boyd) Hay was a member and Right Worshipful Master of the lodge in 1761. Among the members at a later period were William Parker, banker, Thomas Samson, the hero of the well-known Elegy, Gavin Turnbull the poet, and John Wilson, the printer of the first edition of Burn's poems. Burns was also connected with the lodge, having been enrolled an honorary member in the autumn of 1786. The present (1864) Right Worshipful Master is John Stevens, Esq., writer. The St Andrew's Lodge,
No. 126, was instituted in 1771. Its first Right Wor- In 1767 another Lodge was
formed in the town, and called the St Marnock; but it does not now exist. Its last meeting was in 1818. The first Right
Worshipful There was, we may add. another Lodge in the town, called the St James Netherton-holm Kilmarnock, but it has not existed for a number of years.
[The History of Kilmarnock, Archibald M'Kay, 1864] WORLDWIDE MASONIC DIRECTORY - 1860 Name - Occupation - Lodge - Address - City, State - Country BOYD, William - millwright - Washington Naval - Washington DC - U.S.A. BOYD, John - merchant - Astoria - Astoria, Fulton County, IL - U.S.A. BOYD, John J. - Principal
of Louisville Com. College - Abrams - BOYD, F.H.B. - carpenter - St. John's - Baltimore, MD - U.S.A. BOYD, William H. -
publisher - Corner Stone - 121 S. Fourth St.- BOYD, Charles - druggist
and stationer - Phillipstown - Cold Springs, BOYD, William H. -
carpenter and builder - Warren - Montrose, Susquehanna Source: Universal Masonic
Lodge Directory, 1860. Leon Hyneman Publisher, NOTE: Use this data as a finding tool, just as you would any other secondary source. When you find the name of an ancestor listed, confirm the facts in original sources.
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