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CHIEF: Alastair Ivor Gilbert Boyd 7th Baron Kilmarnock |
Richard G. and Jerri Lynn Boyd 568 W. Friedrich Street Rogers City, Mich. 49779
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CHIEF: Alastair Ivor Gilbert Boyd 7th Baron Kilmarnock |
Richard G. and Jerri Lynn Boyd 568 W. Friedrich Street Rogers City, Mich. 49779
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Cannonsville, NY Copy of
a letter from George W. Boyd to Edward Steele Boyd Dear Edward S. Boyd A short time ago a letter
came addressed to Elisha Boyd from you. Will try to answer it; Father
Elisha Boyd died in 1877 aged 82 years. His father was William Boyd born
in Cambridge, MA, March 15, 1750. His wife was Marjary Taylor born in
Newington, Conn, March 7, 1758. We have a record of his children which I
will give you. Never heard of
Abram (Abraham) Boyd before your letter
came. William and his wife settled in West Springfield, where they died,
he in June 1835, she Oct 17, 1833. Will give you any other information
cheerfully if I can. Photo of George W. Boyd and Family George Washington Boyd - Martha Kneeland, Cannonsville, NY PS. John, brother of my father did live, a few years ago, in the center of NY state. Margary's children lived in Croton, near Treadwell, NY. Huldah in Cannonsville, Reuben and his descendants-most of them in the West, Julius' in Mass., Sabra in Franklin, NY. I think all of father's brothers and sisters are dead. (George goes on to list the children of Wm. and Margary. This list is included in the children below) 1. Marjery Boyd
b. ca. 1782-83 2. Amos Boyd
b. 1785 3. Huldah Boyd
b. 1788 4. Betsy Boyd
b. 22 May 1789 5. Rueben Boyd
b. 7 Dec 1791 6. Elisha Boyd
b. 13 Mar 1794 7. Eunice Boyd
b. 7 Jne 1796 8. Julius Boyd
b. 7 Apr 1801 9. John Boyd
b. 21 Jly 1803 10. Sebra Boyd
b. 23 Jne 1806 Copy of letter to Edward S. Boyd - February 18, 1945 Your Grandfather, Thomas Parsons Boyd, was born August 18th, 1809. He was the son of Thomas Boyd and Susannah Smith. The Boyds for two generations before Thomas were farmers and lived up on old Shelburne Hill, Massachusetts. Thomas was named for his father and Beulah Parsons. Thomas Boyd with his children including Thomas Parsons, when Thomas Parsons was 14 years old, removed from Shelburne to York, New York having married Miriam Allis after the death of Susannah. They are buried in the Griegsville Cemetery. I am of the opinion that Griegsville is but a post office and village in the township of York, but am not sure. About 10 years after going to NY State grandfather married Anna Steele who was in East Bloomfield, New York a little east of Griegsville. She was the daughter of Sergt. Elisha Steele of Bethlehem, CT. Thomas Parsons was quite lame after I began to know him. Sometimes he used a cane. He went south to Florida, bought land there and planted it with oranges. About the time they got to bearing a heavy freeze wiped the orchard out and he gave up although I think he spent several winters in Florida. There was a chapel at Griegsville or near there where grandpa was very much interested and I should say he was interested in the church. I think Grace De La Vergne could tell you more about that. Her address is: Mrs. M. De La Vergne, 46 Wyndham Rd., Rochester 12, NY. A part of his Florida experience was to bring up some Osage Orange slips or young trees which he planted on each side of the lane from the Griegsville Highway to the house and through the farm as division fences, where there were no stone walls, and believe me they made a real fence. Neither horses, nor cattle or pigs tried to go through them and Will had many scars when he tried it. No short cuts by trying to get over the fence. The hedges grew so tall that when riding on loads of hay or wheat we could just see over the tops of them. He told me I could remember the size of his farm by the number of days in the year - 365 1/4 acres, but never could explain to me where the 1/4 acre came from. He was a well read man and full of humor. I remember once when a very small fellow he had me worried. He had been digging potatoes in the garden back of the house and my job was to fill the basket, a bushel, and carry it into the kitchen. He had me pile on more potatoes and cautioned me not to let them fall off and he didn't see how I was to do it. Another time he asked our father if we were disturbed by his music during the night. He had heard some fellows rustling among the grape vines on the wide verandah back of the house and he took his melodian and carried it out on the verandah and entertained them for several hours with gospel hymns. It was a bright moonlight night and they could be seen when outside the arbor, being hidden when inside the arbor. Towards dawn he shut up his melodian and told them they could go home but he would rather if they needed grapes to have them come and ask for them and he would give them all they wanted". G.W. Boyd Children of Edward and Helen: 1. Harmon Shove Boyd
b. 24 Sep 1896
d. 14 Mar 1980 2. Anna B. Boyd
b. 30 Sep 1898
d. 1989 3. Burton Steele Boyd
b. 28 Aug 1903
d. 5 Sep 1978 Harmon Shove Boyd, son of
Edward S. Boyd and Helen Amanda Shove, was He graduated from Amherst
College, class of 1917, Phi Beta Kappa, having For more info on this Boyd line Go Here: 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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