CHIEF:  Dr Robin Boyd, MA (Oxon); MB BS; LRCP, MRCS; DCH; AFOM, 8th Baron Kilmarnock

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COLONIAL WARS   1607-1763

The LDS library has microfilmed most of The Colonial Wars records that
 are available. These are found in the Family History Library Catalog under

[STATE] - MILITARY RECORDS
[STATE], [COUNTY] - MILITARY RECORDS
[STATE], [COUNTY], [CITY] - MILITARY RECORDS

Colonial War records are also scattered within the colonial state records.
Many colonists served in local militias...because these were local units
and not part of the British Army, any surviving records are in historical societies
and state libraries and archives. When searching for an ancestor during the
colonial period comb all local records available while keeping an eye open for
mention of military service. During the Colonial Wars men that were disabled were supported by the town they lived in since the English Government didn't extend disability payments to the men in the Colonies.
 

KING PHILIP'S WAR 1675-1676 (New England)

BOYDE, John
Residence: Boston, MA
Service Unit: Hampton - Capt William Turner's Command

SOLDIERS IN KING PHILIP'S WAR     http://www.usgennet.org/usa/vt/state/philip/

KING GEORGE'S WAR  - 1744-1748 (Georgia and Virginia)

BOYD, Robert
Residence: Rhode Island
Lieut on Privateer Defiance in 1746

BOYD, William
Residence Rhode Island
Master on Privateer Prince Frederick in 1743

Rhode Island in the Colonial Wars, Howard M. Chapin, 1918, 155 pages

Two Boyds are listed:

Page 7.  Robert Boyd, Lieutenant on Privateer Defiance in 1746

Page 7.  William Boyd, Master on Privateer Prince Frederick. 1746

FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR 1755-1762 (New England and Virginia)

BOYD, James
Residence: Connecticut
Service Unit: Capt Fitch's Independent Winter Co
Winter of 1761

BOYD, John
Residence: Wrentham, Massachusetts
Service Unit: Capt Samuel Slocomb's Co
Company enlisted April 2,1759 - mustered out December,1759

BOYD, Joseph
Residence: Methuen, Massachusetts
Rank: Priv
Service Unit: MA Militia -Capt. Abiel Frye’s Co
Service  20 April- 08 Sept 1755
Killed - died at the first battle of Lake George

BOID/BOYD, Andrew
Residence: Rhode Island
Served as Quartermaster of regiment in 1760,
2nd Lieutenant of Col Whiting's Co in 1761,
and 2nd Lieutenant commanding second
detachment of Capt Fry's Co at Albany in 1762

BOYDEN, Edward
Residence: Wrentham, MA
Service Unit: Capt Days' Co - MA
Company enrolled 1757

BOYDEN, Thomas
Residence: Wrentham, MA
Service Unit: Capt Nathaniel Blake's Co - MA
Company enrolled 1756

BOYDEN, Thomas
Residence: Stoughton,MA
Service Unit: Capt Man's Co - MA
Company enrolled at Wrentham, MA 1757

BOYDEN, Thomas
Residence: Wrentham, MA
Service Unit: Capt Abijah Hall's Co

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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