Bahamas

At the end of the American Revolution, thousands of Loyalists left the country. Many from the North fled into Canada, particularly to Nova Scotia. Others returned to Britain, others, particularly Southern Loyalists, went to the Bahamas, particularly to the Abaco Islands.

The Names of Loyalist Settlers and Grants of Land Which They Received from the Bahamian Government:

1778 - 1783

Boyd Hon. John

140 acres

New Providence

Source: Abstracted from "The Early Settlers of the Bahama Islands with Account of the American Revolution" by A. Talbot Bethell (1930).

Source: http://www.rootsweb.com/~bhswgw/land.htm

Index To The Supreme Court Wills 1722 - 1917

Name	Date of Will	Date Proved	Address	Executors
York Robinson	15 Dec 1785	09 Feb 1786	New Providence	Thomas York / Hon. John Boyd
Walker John	26 Jul 1784	-	New Providence/ Virginia U.S.	John Ferguson / John Boyd / William Chisholm / John Worthy / Dugold Ratham
Williams Harriet	14 Apr 1838	-	New Providence	William Boyd

Supplement Will Index

Name	Date of Will	Date Proved/Filed	Address	Executors
Boyd Adam W.	29 October 1872	03 April 1877	New Providence	John J. Boyd

Source: National Archives of the Bahamas

http://www.bahamasnationalarchives.bs/index.html

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