CHIEF:  Alastair Ivor Gilbert Boyd 7th Baron Kilmarnock

Richard G. and Jerri Lynn Boyd

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Delaware Wills and Probate

Wills: Abstracts 1789-1834 -  New Castle County, DE.

The first date is when the will was written, and the second date is when it was proven.

BOYD, JOHN, Brandywine Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware. April 11, 1833 - April 26, 1833.

Wife Elizabeth, brother DAVID BOYD, children: WILLIAMBOYD, MATTHEW BOYD, MARY BOYD,  SARAH JANE BOYD, JOHN SUMMERFIELD BOYD, and JAMES BOYD. Property in Wilmington, lines of Samuel Newlin and Jane Griffin, land in U. Chichester bought of Nehemiah Broomall, lines of Peirce Crosby and Ann Harvey; land in village of Brandywine, lines of James Price, Alex. McGee and others. Names uncle James Craig as guardian of oldest three children. Exrs: Wife Elizabeth and friend James Price. Wits: John Rice, Edward Tatnall and Lea Pusey. 

Source: FHL film #427761 

NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DELAWARE - WILLS

BOYD, Sarah
Probate Date: 14 Apr 1789
Widow; Mother, Mary Janvier; niece, Mary Janvier, dau. of brother, Richard Janvier and wife, Mary; children of brother, Thomas Janvier and wife, Jane Janvier; sister's daughters, Mary Bryson, Sally Bryson. Exc. Thomas Janvier and his wife, Jane.
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SUSSEX COUNTY, DELAWARE - PROBATE RECORDS

BOYD, John
Yeoman
Will Made Date: 09 Mar 1761
Will Probate Date: 05 May 1768
Heirs Name: bros. Jacob and Robert Morgan; sister Hannah Morgan; uncle Albertus Jacobs; cousins William Moliston and Magdalene Price; aunt Elizabeth Smith and children Jonathan, Martha and Nice Exec/Trus Name: friend Nathaniel Gordon and Rice Woolf, Jr. Wit Name: Es[the]r Darby, Catherine Gordon, Jane Skidmore
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SUSSEX COUNTY, DELAWARE - ORPHAN'S DOCKET INDEX

Name	Status	Action Taken	Year
BOYD John	dec'd	Account on his estate	1749
BOYD John	Minor	Petition to choose Guardian	1757
BOYD John	Minor	Petition of his Guardian	1758
BOYD John	Minor	Petition to choose Guardian	1761
BOYD  John	dec'd	Account of his executors	1771

Delaware Probate

Source: Delaware Public Archives
http://www.state.de.us/sos/dpa/

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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