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New England Families, William R. Cutter, 1912

Immigrants to New England, 1700 - 1775
 

BOYD, Adam, of New England; from Ballymoney, Ireland, in 1723; b. 1692; m. Janet Craighead; Children: Margaret, John, Janet, Agnes, Thomas, Mary,
Adam, Andrew, Hannah, Elizabeth, Samuel; removed to Delaware and Pennsylvania; d. 1768.--Sprague's  Annals of the American Pulpit, Vol. 3, p.
130; Craighead Family, p. 6.

BOYD, Rev. Alexander, of Georgetown, Me.; from Scotland, 1748; educated at Glasgow University, preached at Palmer for a time in 1748.--Sprague's Annals of  the American Pulpit, Vol. 3, p. 29; Green's Boothbay, p. 177.  (see below)

BOYD,  Rev. ALEXANDER , A.B., University of Glasgow; came to New England     before 1748; settled  Georgetown, Maine 1748-1753; Ordained Newburyport,     Mass., for the ministry at Newcastle, Maine Sept. 19, 1754; settled Newcastle,     Maine., 1753-1758; dism.  1758; Presbytery.
Book: The Colonial Clergy and the Colonial Churches of New England
Author: Frederick Lewis Weis

BOYD, Andrew, of East Greenwich, R. I.; (perhaps two Andrews); from Antrim, Ireland, before 1775. -- Murray's Irish Rhode Islanders, p. 31.

BOYD, Archibald, of Palmer, Mass.; from north of Ireland; in Palmer 1742. --Temple's Palmer, p. 126.

BOYD, George, of Boothbay, Me.; from Ireland 1750; b. County Antrim, Ireland; m. Margaret (???), 1765; Children: Thomas; George W.; a brother of
Samuel of Bristol, and Thomas of Boothbay.--Greene's Boothbay, p. 504.

BOYD, James, of Bristol, Maine, and Worcester, Mass.; m. Jean (???); Children: Samuel, John, James, Andrew, Margaret, William, Thomas, Joseph, Eliza.--Boston Evening Transcript; Worcester Vital Records,  p. 31.

BOYD, Samuel, of Bristol, Me.; from Ireland, 1750; b. County Antrim, Ireland; m. (???); Children: Thomas, called "the surveyor" to distinguish him; brother of Thomas and George of Boothbay.--Greene's Boothbay, p. 504.

BOYD, Thomas, of Boothbay, Me.; from Ireland 1750; b. parish of Dunt-- and town of Bu-foot, County Antrim, 1732; m. 1758; Child: Adam, of Back Narrows;
d. 1792; a brother of Samuel of Bristol and George of Boothbay.--Greene's Boothbay, p. 504.

BOYD, Rev. William, from Ireland in 1718; returned 1719 (?); son of (???) Boyd of Dungiven, Derry.--Leavitt's Blair Family, p. 24.

BOYD, Capt. William, of Londonderry, N. H.; from Ireland in 1719; m. Alice Hunter; Children: Joseph,  William, Isaac, John, Alice, James; d. 1789, aged
70; he brought over fourteen ship-loads of Scotch-Irish.--Cochran's  Antrim, p. 371.

Immigrants to New England, 1700 - 1775
Author: Ethel Stanwood Bolton
Listed in Harold Lancour's Bibliography of Ship Passenger Lists, this work consists of an alphabetical list of 2,250 immigrants to New England during the period 1700 to 1775. Entries contain important information such as place of origin and place of settlement, dates of departure and arrival, name of wife, date of marriage, and names of children.

Bibliographic Information: Bolton, Ethel Stanwood. Immigrants to New England, 1700 - 1775. 1931.
There is a reprint available from  Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1966.

Book:
The Colonial Clergy and the Colonial Churches of New England
Author: Frederick Lewis Weis

ALEXANDER BOYD, A.B., U. of Glasgow; came to N. E., before 1748; sett.
Georgetown, Me.,1748-1753; Ord. Newburyport, Mass., for the ministry at
Newcastle, Me., Sept. 19, 1754; sett. Newcastle, Me., 1753-1758; dism.
1758; Presb.

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