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

Richard G. Boyd

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RichBoyd (at sign) Charter.net

 George W. Boyd - Edward Steele Boyd

Cannonsville, NY

Copy of a letter from George W. Boyd to Edward Steele Boyd
Cannonsville (NY) 23 Oct 1898

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.
Yours Truly
George W. Boyd
Cannonsville, NY.

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
    m. Thomas WOLCOTT 13 Jan 1802 b. 1782

2.  Amos Boyd       b.     1785
    m.  Celestia  STEELE        b.     1789

3.  Huldah Boyd      b. 1788
    m.  Orange POMEROY      b. 1789

4.  Betsy Boyd        b. 22 May 1789
    m.  Ellis RIPLEY  28 Dec 1833  b 1788

5.  Rueben Boyd      b.  7 Dec 1791
    m.  Rebekah BOND  28 Nov 1813 b. 1797

6.  Elisha Boyd        b. 13 Mar 1794
    m. Patty REMINGTON          b. 1800

7.  Eunice Boyd       b.  7 Jne 1796
    m.  Russell WOOD  2 Dec 1824  b. 1787

8.  Julius Boyd         b.  7 Apr 1801
    m.  Eliza CLAPP  20 Oct 1826 b. 1806

9.  John Boyd           b. 21 Jly 1803
    m. Eunice LOVELAND            b. 1806

10. Sebra Boyd        b. 23 Jne 1806
    m. Erastus JACKSON    b. 1809
 

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
 m. 1st Elizabeth Ryder HOLDEN 4 Oct 1919 daughter of Wm. HOLDEN and
 Eliza RYDER. She was born 7 November 1893 in Ashburnham, MA and died 5
 February 1939 from tuberculosis. m. 2nd Estella S. ISHAM daughter of Austin ISHAM. She died 17 Mar 1989 in Orlando, FL of a heart attach.  Harmon and both wives are buried in South Cemetery, Woodbury, CT.  [JBD]

2. Anna B. Boyd            b. 30 Sep 1898              d.    1989
Florida  m. Payl Hyde HARBACH 1 Mar 1923 Meriden, CT of Southbridge, MA

3. Burton Steele Boyd      b. 28 Aug 1903              d.  5 Sep 1978
Died in Southington, CT and buried in Rocky Hill, CT m. Gertrude Viola LEARNED 14 Feb 1925  (1 son: Edward Boyd)

Harmon Shove Boyd, son of Edward S. Boyd and Helen Amanda Shove, was
born 24 September 1896 in Woodbury, CT. He married 1st 4 Oct 1919 Elizabeth Ryder HOLDEN daughter of William HOLDEN and Eliza (RYDER). She was born 7 November 1893 and died 5 February 1939.  He married 2nd Estella S. ISHAM daughter of Austin ISHAM.  Harmon died 14 March 1980 at Fairfield, Connecticut.  Estella died 17 March 1989.

He graduated from Amherst College, class of 1917, Phi Beta Kappa, having
prepared at Cushing Academy, Ashburnham, MA. Fellow in math Rice Institute, Houston, Tx 1917-1918; ABA Graduate School of Banking, Rutgers University 1944. Lab assistant Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC 1918- 1919, ass't physicist 1919-1920; general manager Woodbury (CT) Electric Co; treasurer Woodbury Savings Bank 1923 until retirement. Treasurer Town of Woodbury 1931 to retirement. [Amherst College Biographical Record, 1951] He was member and treasurer of the 1st Congregational Church in Woodbury. [JBD]

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