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Boyds of the Parish of Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, Scotland


The families of the Boyd's of Kilsyth has been a little more difficult to compile because the mother's name isn't listed for most of the early christening/baptisms, but herewith I make the effort.

The earliest record appears in 1624.  From that date, there are sixteen (16) actual "male" marriages recorded, but only 3 significant families, who seemed to settle from about 1770.  Remember "m." can mean marriage or reading of the Banns. "C" means christening/baptism.

a Allexander Boyd and ??
  C 19 DEC 1624 ALLEXANDER

b John Boyd and ??
  C 5 SEP 1624 CRISTIAN

c Hew Boyd and ??
  C 6 JAN 1633 JAMES

d Allexander Boyd and ??
  C 6 JAN 1633 ROBERT

e ?? Boyd and ?? Norie
  C 21 SEP 1634 ROBERT

1 Robert Boyd m. Agnes Martein 8 JUN 1634 FR53

g Robert Boyd and ??
  C 2 FEB 1635 GRISSILL

h Robert Boyd and ??
  C 22 MAR 1635 JEANE

I Allexander Boyd and ??
  C 29 MAR 1635 NANES

j Robert Boyd and ??
  C 16 NOV 1645 ELIZABETH

k George Boyd and ??
  C 27 APR 1645 MARGARAT

l Robert Boyd and ??
  C 4 JUL 1647 CRISTIAN

2 Johne Boyd m. Elspeth Fleming 18 NOV 1647  FR100

3 Thomes Boyd m. Marioun Strathern 4 MAR 1647 FR91

m George Boyd and ??
  C 3 MAR 1649 JAMES

 n Georg Boyd and ??
  C 12 JUL 1650 JOHN

o Robert Boyd and ??
  C 16 MAR 1651 THOMAS

4 James Boyd m. Margrat Peitter 31 MAR 1651 FR156

5 William Boyd m. Margrat Auchinleck/Auchenleck 24 APR 1652  FR176
  C 16 JAN 1653 GEORG FR195

p Alexander Boyd and ??
  C 7 NOV 1652 ALEXANDER

q Gawane Boyd and ??
  C 21 MAR 1652 ALEXANDER

r James Boyd and ??
  C 20 JUN 1652 JAMES

s Georg Boyd and ??
  C 11 APR 1652 MARIE

t Robert Boyd and ??
  C 29 AUG 1652 ROBERT

6 John Boyd m. Marie Boyd 0 MAY 1653  FR199

v Robert Boyd and ??
  C 5 NOV 1653 JANET

7 Robert Boyd m. Marie Hamiltoun 0 NOV 1654 FR228

w Alexander Boyd and ??
  C 11 MAR 1655 JOHN

x Robert Boyd and ??
  C 21 OCT 1655 ROBERT BOYD

8 Robert Boyd m. Bessie Oswald 5 FEB 1658  FR278

9 Robert Boyd m. Issobell Muirheid 16 AUG 1659 FR295

y Robert Boyd and ??
  C 22 JUL 1660 JAMES

z Robert Boyd and ??
  C 28 JUL 1661 ROBERT

za William Boyd, Earl of Kilmarnock and Jean Cunningham
  C 14 APR 1664 WILLIAM EARL OF  FR329

10 Johne Boyd m. Elizabth Calender 6 APR 1665 FR337

zb William Boyd and ??
  C 13 AUG 1668 WILLIAM

zc William Boyd and ??
  C 16 AUG 1678 ELIZABETH

11 William Boyd m. Christin Paton 3 JUL 1696  FR513

zd William Boyd and ??
  C 27 JUN 1697 JEAN

12 Robert Boyd m. Marion Gillies 22 OCT 1720  FR710

13 Thomas Boyd m. Janet Farle 12 SEP 1760  FR1050 1051

14 John Boyd m. Isabel/Isobel Small 16 MAY 1771 FR1246
  C 17 MAY 1772 JAMES  FR1129
  C 17 JUL 1774 JEAN  FR1138
  C 23 JUN 1776 JANET  FR1147
  C 8 SEP 1782 JAMES  FR1170
  C 13 NOV 1785 ISOBEL  FR1186

ze Alexander Boyd and Jean McKinlay
  C 21 JUL 1771 JAMES  F1123

15 Robert Boyd m. Janet Sword 4 FEB 1774 FR1251
  C 6 NOV 1774 AGNES  FR1140
  C 8 DEC 1776 GEORGE  FR1148
  C 5 DEC 1779 JANET  FR1160
  C 30 JUN 1782 JEAN  FR1169
  C 22 MAY 1785 JOHN  FR1184
  C 19 FEB 1788 JEAN  FR1197
  C 25 JUL 1790 ELISABETH  FR1211

16 James Boyd m. Margaret Gilchrist 9 SEP 1774 FR1252
  C 20 JAN 1776 JOHN  FR1144
  C 12 DEC 1779 WILLIAM  FR1160
  C 29 APR 1781 JEAN  FR1165
  C 13 APR 1783 JOHN  FR1174
  C 24 APR 1785 MAY   FR1184
  C 15 JUL 1787 WILSON  FR1193
  C 20 SEP 1789 MARGERAT  FR1204
  C 4 DEC 1791 ALEXANDER  FR1217
  C 27 FEB 1794 MARY  FR1228
  C 13 JUN 1796 MARY  FR1294
  C 4 JAN 1799 JAMES  FR1299

zf Andrew Boyd and Agnes Hutchieson
  C 24 FEB 1799 ELIZABETH FR1300
 

Female Marriages:

f Jonnet Boyd m. Robert Gartschoir 5 DEC 1643 FR63
f Issobell Boyd m. John Thom 22 JUN 1647  FR95
f Marie Boyd m. John Boyd 0 MAY 1653   FR199
f Christian Boyd m. Robert Stark 19 JAN 1656 FR249
f Mary Boyd m. Peter Leckie 10 AUG 1770  FR1244
f Elizabeth Boyd m. John Hay 5 JUL 1776  FR1255
f Agnes Boyd m. David Allan 29 NOV 1790  FR1269
f Janet Boyd m. John Cooch 11 OCT 1796  FR1418
 

Diana Binks-Proulx
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
Researching:
Scotland: DRUMMOND, BOYD, KER, MacBETH/MacBeath/McBEAN, CURRY, HUGHSON, LUMSDEN, LUMAN, RODGER, BAIRD, BARCLAY, MARKLAND, RICHMOND etc.
England: HUGHSON, TURPIN, WILLARD, BINKS, BOND

Diana C. Binks-Proulx

 

Memorial Inscriptions from Kilsyth Old churchyard Stirlingshire:

 

1822 JB JE (KGB has - 1822 John BOYD, Townhead to Wilson BOYD

 

1823 John MC CLEAN & Mary BOYD

 

1854 Jas BOYD & Mary MCKINZIE

Jas SHAW 18 Dec 1884 age 65, wife Eliza BOYD 1889 age 68

 

1857 Jas BOYD, wife Janet MILLER

John WATSON 5 April 1902, age 69, wife Agnes MARSHALL 27 Dec 1901 age

67; Allena M. 27 July 1921 age 55, wife of Peter W. 27 Jan 1926 age 66,

whose 2nd wife Jeanie BOYD 17 Nov 1935 age 71. Children Annie, Lena &

Mary died young. Corporal John W. 8th Seaforth Highlanders killed at Loos 25 Sept 1915 age 22

 

1787 Robt BOYD Jane SWORD

John BOYD 1861; wife Janet LIVINGSTONE 1870, grandson David Hay ROWAT

27 January 1910, 38 yr (wife Sarah MUDIE 4 November 1905, 34 yr, daughter Eliz L. B. 30 June 1904, 10 mo


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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