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IRELAND PROBATE and WILLS
Indexes
to Irish Wills
REGISTRY OF DEEDS, DUBLIN
ABSTRACTS OF WILLS, VOLUME I, 1708 TO 1745
Page 133
Will of: HANLON, Alexander - 24 March 1715 - 16 Nov. 1724.
"Redmd. Hanlon of Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, merchant and JOHN BOYD
of
same, merchant, and Alexr. Johnstone, Dublin, pewterer, exors."
Page 140
Will of: McDONNELL,Henry - Drumcondra Lane, suburbs of city of Dublin,
gardiner. 26 July 1725 23 Sept. 1725. "Memorial witnesses by:
Wm. Sumner and SAMUEL BOYD his clerk"
Page 157
Will of: GORE, Henry - Sligo, Co. Sligo, Esq. 13 Feb 1725 - 2 Dec 1727
"Witnesses: Thos. Osborne, Sligo, gent., Thomas Corcoran, Sligo, merchant,
DAVID BOYD, servant to testator, Henry Gore, Shannon, Co. Sligo, gent., Henry Mara, Sligo, schoolmaster. Memorial witnessed by:
DAVID BOYD, Denn. Delany, Dublin, gent."
Page 162
Will of: SMITH, Thomas - Waterford, alderman - 24 June 1727 - 9 May 1728
"Witnesses: ALEXANDER BOYD,Waterford,Esq., William Barker,
Waterford,
alderman, Thomas Burton,Waterford, gent."
Page 164
Will of: McDOWELL, Benjamin - Rathmore, parish of Dunegar, Co. Antrim,
linendraper. 22 Dec. 1725 - 26 June, 1728. "Witnesses: William
Rodger and Robert Carswell, both of Rathmore, aforesaid, linendrapers, WILLIAM
BOYD, Dunegar, farmer. Memorial witnessed by: William Rodger, WILLIAM
BOYD."
Page 167
Will of: VAUTEAU, Mary Magdalen - city of Dublin, widow - 15 Dec 1726
7 Nov. 1728. "Witnesses: SAMUEL BOYD, clerk to Wm. Sumner, public
notary, Dublin, William Drury, same, and said Wm. Sumner."
Page 187
Will of: ROBERTS, William - Cullenwood, Co. Dublin, gent - 21 Feb. 1729
20 May 1731."His niece Elizabeth Williams and her brother SAMUEL
BOYD"
Page 215
Will of: MATHEWS, Arthur - Brittas,parish of Killead, Co. Antrim, gent.
7 March 1730 - 20 Nov. 1734. "Memorial witnessed by: Joseph Wilson,
GEORGE
FREDERICK BOYD, Antrim"
page 226
BOYD, JOHN - Rathmore, gent. 25 April 1720. Narrate, 1/2 p., 11 Aug.
1721.
His wife. Son James Boyd. Daughter Jane. Son-in-law John McDowell. Last
daughter Elizabeth Boyd. James Crawford, John McDowell, Alexander Adair,
exors.
Freehold estate in the
townland of Ballymacklehoile, in B. Massereen Part lease of Ballyrobert, B.Belfast. Rathmore, Hurkleton [? Hurtletoot
in parish of Antrim], Cravery in Dunsilly [situation not mentioned]
Witnesses: Alexander
Brown, Moyedom, clke., Josias Ennis, Rathbeg,
yeoman, James Craig, Ballynoe, linendraper, all in Co. Antrim.
Memorial witnessed by: Alexr. Brown, Alexr. Hutcheson.
James Crawford (seal)
John McDowell (seal)
Alexander Adair (seal)
Page 235
Will of: WALKINSHAW, James - Dromart, Co. Armagh, gent. 23 Oct.
1736.
3 March 1736/37. "His wife Margaret Walkinshaw, exor. His only son
James
Walkinshaw, under twentyone years. His brother-in-law JOSEPH BOYD of
Armagh, apothecary, exor. Testator's said wife, James Kirkpatrick and JOSEPH
BOYD, guardians of his said son and six daughters. JOSEPH BOYD
(seal)"
Page 239
Will of: MASON, John - Waterford, Esq. 1 Oct. 1735 - 18 April 1738.
"His only son Aland Mason. His [? testator's] sisters Henrietta
Alcock als. Mason, Susanna Mason, Mary Mason. Henry Alcock, eldest son of his
sister Eliz. Alcock als. Mason, deceased. JOHN BOYD, son of his sister URITH BOYD
als. Mason, deceased, Jno. Sheppard, son of his sister Hannah Sheppard
als. Mason, deceased. His brother Henry Mason, Esq."
Page 264
Will of: JOHNSTON, Hugh - Redemon, Co. Down, gent - 20 Nov. 1737 - 15 Feb. 1739. "His wife Elizabeth, exor. His son Arthur
Johnston. His son William, His daughters [? daughters of testator]. Mr James
Trail, Marybrook. MR DAVID BOYD, Downpatrick, exors. and trustees."
Page 265
Will of: DOYLE,Henry - Kilcashen, Co. Kildare, gent. 12 Dec. 1739
- 23 Feb 1739/40. "Witnesses: Samuel Slicer, John Ford, Henry
Levingston and JOHN BOYD, gent., all of Dublin."
Page 269
Will of: HUTCHESON, Francis - Bishop of Down and Connor - 17 April 1736
19 June 1740 "Slevanagh, Drumra, and the farms in the
occupation of HUGH BOYD and Quinton O'Cahan Co. Antrim"
REGISTRY OF DEEDS -
DUBLIN ABSTRACTS OF WILLS VOL. II 1746-85
COIMISIUN LAIMHSCRIBHINNI NA H*IREANN
Page 13
Will of: CATHERWOOD, John - Ballyvester, Barony Ards, Co. Down - 14 March 1739 - 15 June 1747. "Memorial witnessed by: John
Faires, HUGH BOYD, Donaghadee."
Page 28
BOYD, ALEXANDER - Waterford,Esq 24 March 1745 Full 2 1/2 pp. 14 Dec
1749.
A charge on the Ballytruckle estates and Grange Upper and Lower, liberties of city of Waterford, by marriage articles with my late wife
Urith Boyd alias Mason, ¦1,000 of this for my daughter Jane Drake's fortune. Settlement made by me on my eldest son James Boyd, deceased, on
his marriage. My grandsons by him Alexr. and Thos. Boyd. My eldest son now living Robt. Boyd,
Glanshaw, Co. Kilkenny. My son George Boyd, exor. My son John, exor. (under 21 years), his mother Urith Boyd my late wife.
My grandchildren Alexr., Thos.,and Henrietta Boyd.Marriage articles of my daughter Mary with my son-in-law Wm. Paul, merchant. My four eldest
daughters Frances Ward, Ellen Elliot, Ann Winkworth and Elizth. Napper. My son-in-law Darcius Drake, exor.
Lands of Ballyno[o]ny in
the [Barony] of Knocktopher, Co. Kilkenny, commonly called Campbell's Lot which I purchased from Wm.
Smithwick. My estate in Dunkit[t], Co. Kilkenny which I purchased from Thos. Hillam
and Jane his wife and to which Thos. Mackey is now tenant. My house which I dwell in in city of Waterford. Town and lands of
Knockhouse, Co. of the city of Waterford. Witnesses: John Burrough, Joanna Berth,
Robt. Snow, all of Waterford. Memorial witnessed by: John Burrough,
Richd.Hinde,Waterford, gent.
Robt. Boyd (seal)
Page 73
Will of: COLLINDER,William - Waterford, merchant. 17 May 1754 - 21 June 1754. "PAUL BOYD"
Page 122
Will of: WILSON, Christian - Scar, Co. Wexford, gent - 16 May 1755 5 July 1759. "Witnesses: Rev. Francis Shudall, late of
Duncormuck,
Co. Wexford, clerk, deceased,HENRY BOYD,Charles Shudall,both of
Duncormuck,gents."
Page 142
Will of: ANGLESEY,Richard EARL OF - of Newport Pagnell, Viscount Valentia and Baron of Mountnorris and also of Altham. 7 April 1759 -
23 Jan. 1762. "Witnesses: Nicholas Viscount Loftus of Ely, ROBERT
BOYD, Glensansaw, Co. Kilkenny, Esq., Darius Drake, Camlin, Co. Wexford, Esq.,
Rev. Jno. Nixon, Mount Julia, Co. Wexford, clerk."
Page 210
Will of: STEWART,Jane - Ballylogh, Co. Antrim, spinster - 1 Aug. 1760 22
April 1769. "Witnesses: ALEXANDER BOYD, ESQ., and Jno. McAllester, merchant, both of Ballycastle, Co. Antrim, Andrew Stewart, late of the
Park in the parish of Ballintoy, Co. Antrim, gent., deceased. Memorial witnessed by: ALEXANDER BOYD, John Stewarr, Ballintoy, Co. Antrim,gent."
Page 330
Will of: CARR,Arthur - Ballaghhenry, Co. Down. 8 Apl. 1782 - 26 Nov. 1782. "Witnesses: WILLIAM BOYD, Aghlasnafinn, linen draper,
Arthur Carr, junior, and Neice Fitzpatrick, farmer,both of the Ballagh, all in Co. Down. Memorial witnessed by: WILLIAM BOYD and DAVID BOYD,
both of Aughlessnafin aforesaid."
Page 337
Will of: MOORE, James - Ballydivity, Co. Antrim 24 Dec. 1778
- 11 Nov. 1783. "The lands of North Ballydivity, Cluntice and
Islandahoo which I hold from Earl of Antrim; lands of South Ballydivity,
Carnfeog[ne] which I hold under the heirs of James Stewart, Esq.,deceased,Upper Ballynaris and Ballyness leased from Earl of Antrim,
all in Barony Dunluce, Co. Antrim.Frosses, Barony Kilconway, Co. Antrim held from Earl of Antrim, North Torcrum (ditto) in Grange of
Killegan, Co. Antrim, Lissaniske, Barony Dunluce, Duncarbit, Drumchullen and
Cullyveely (ditto)Barony Cary, all in Co. Antrim. Upper and Lower
Moyargits, held from heirs of HUGH BOYD, Ballycastle, Co. Antrim, deceased. Upper Ballinlea, Barony Carey, Co. Antrim held from Earl of
Antrim, Lisbel[la]nagroagh More, Barony Carey, Cloughhorr, Barony Dunluce both Co. Antrim (ditto). Ballymacklevennon [Co. Londonderry] in
liberties of Coleraine which I hold from MRS JENNETT BOYD, widow, deceased.
Page 351
Will of: CUMING, Andrew - Lisbredan, Co. Down - 14 Aug. codicil 15 Oct.1783 - 10 Feb. 1785. "Witnesses to Will and codicil: James
Caldwell, Ballymiscam, Dissenting minister, JOHN BOYDE, Ballybeen, farmer, Robert
Moore, Dundonald, schoolmaster, all in Co. Down. Memorial witnessed by: James Caldwell, JOHN BOYD."
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