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record of Robert and Rosannah Stewart Boyd
Newberry, South Carolina Boyds
I recently received from John and Donna Standerfer (of Oklahoma) a photocopy
of a hand written Bible record giving the "Ages of the Boyd Family" and the
names and birth dates for 12 Boyd children. The names of 9 of the children match
those named in the will of Robert Boyd, who died in Meriwether County, GA in
1846-47. Three are not listed in the will. Robert was the husband of Rosannah
Stewart and moved from Newberry to Meriwether County between 1830 (Newberry
census) and 1833 (land purchase in GA)
The Bible page came from the Christenberry-Boyd-Blackburn family Bible, owned
(in 1959) by Mrs. Sue Thomas of Greensboro, AL. The Bible was printed in 1850
and published by Merriam, Moore & Co., Troy, New York. Names and information
from the record were used in the book, "Royal Ancestors of the Magna Carta
Barons," written by Carr P. Collins, Jr., 1959. This book is online at http://royalancestorscollins.com/index.htm
At the time the book was written, the parents of these children were not known. Now we know their parents were
Robert Boyd (from his will) and Rosannah Stewart (from her father's will in which
Robert Boyd received Rosannah's share of the inheritance).
I don't know who has the Bible today.
For those of you who don't have the Bible record and who are descended from
this family, I thought I would share. I have never seen a reference online to
this record nor have I seen it published online anywhere. Here is proof and
the source of your ancestors' birth dates. All children were probably born in
Newberry as Robert and Rosannah appear there from 1790 through 1830.
At the left hand top of the photocopy it says, "Collins Family Records." On
the right hand top is "145." John said the original page has "certified copy"
stamped at the bottom but it faded out when he copied it. All I see is a little
semi-circular "county" at the bottom which appears to be a part of a seal of
some kind. Information from the Bible page says:
"Ages of the Boyd family"
William Boyd was born June the 27 1789
Joseph Boyd was born June the 25 1791
Mary Boyd was born August the 24 1793
John Boyd was born Oct 11 AD 1795
Jennet Boyd was born Jany the 9 1799
Hugh Boyd was born Dec 16 AD 1797
James Boyd was born July the 4 1802
Robert Boyd was born Jany the 29 1805
Rosanah Boyd was born August the 14 1807
David Boyd was born August the 14 1810
Frances Boyd was born October 11 1812
Jefferson Boyd was born March 26 1814
My thanks to John and Donna for generously sharing this record. I had the
birth dates (given to me by another researcher) but no one seemed to know the
source. This finally nailed it down for me. My ancestor is Hugh Boyd, b. 1797,
who married Nancy Hopper. Hope this helps others.
Judy Kilgore JodieK444"at"aol.com
Newnan, GA
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