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ANDREW BOYD ~ MARY MACKAY

FREDERICK, MD
[ and misc. notes on Maryland Boyds ]

The background of the Andrew Boyd who married Mary MacKay in Frederick, Maryland, on 25 June 1783 has yet to be determined. Attempts to connect Andrew to the several Andrew and Mary Boyds in Cumberland, York, and Adams counties in Pennsylvania, Baltimore city, and other Boyds in Maryland have not been successful. The Maryland Historical Society's accession #48732 given by Mrs. Margaret Bridges Blakeslee in 1941 includes the "Boyd-McKay Family Bible" and two versions of a typed and unsigned article on "The Boyds of Frederick."  One version states "Andrew Boyd, the first member of the family to settle in Frederick, was born on September 25, 1749. The date of his arrival in this country is not known." The other states "Andrew Boyd was the first member of the family to settle in Frederick, but the date of his arrival there is not known." That is the same birth date hand-written in the bible for that of Mary McKay Boyd, which would have made her thirty-four years old when she was married. The bible has no written mention of Andrew, and the birth and death dates of others appear to have been written by someone in the following generation, the last entry being 1842.  Dr. Albert Francis Blakeslee, whose wife was the donor of the above documents, stated on a paper obtained from another descendant that Andrew Boyd came from Scotland with his brother, William, who went to Kentucky. No source is given. An unsigned biography of Andrew's grandson, Dr. Charles Mifflin Boyd, 1826-1887, states that "he came from a very affluent family...."

What we do know is that in 1779 Andrew Boyd bought Lot 91 (East Church to East Second St. beside Middle Alley) and was listed as "weaver," married Mary MacKay in 1783, had four children baptized in the Evangelical Reformed Church, and had two living children and four slaves listed in the 1790 census. The two children were Mary Ann, born 1787, and David, born 1790. He was listed as" merchant" in the will of his father-in-law, William MacKay, in 1797, and he died in 1807/8. William was an immigrant from Sutherland, Scotland, and his wife's father, James Pearre, had come from Aberdeenshire. MacKay and Pearre were termed "tailor," and Andrew was a "weaver," yet all three had the means to buy property in Maryland.

His son, David, was deeded the house on Lot 91 on East Church St. (later 101 East Church St.) and had fourteen children, one of which, Andrew, had eight children. David advertised his weaving and blue dying business on Church and Second Street between 1811 and 1815, and in later years the family had a store beside the City Market on Market St. Family members bought and sold property in both the town and county. Although Andrew's children were baptized in the Reformed church, David and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Meissell, joined the Methodist church about 1807, and David "became one of the principal pillars in the church," according to the "Sketches of the early History of the Methodist Church of Frederick." Upon David's death in 1862, the official body of the Methodist church wrote lengthy laudatory resolutions on "Brother Boyd," and the writer of the "Sketches," who had known David since 1820, added another paragraph to state that "Bro. Boyd was one of the principal men who saved our church in Frederick from a similar fate" to those others in a "radical controversy when many of the most prominent appointments ...were torn to pieces and became mere wrecks from which they have not recovered fully to the present day."

Mary Anne Boyd was married to Job Hunt III by the Rev. David Martin 5 July 1808, which was shortly after her father's death. The Williams History of Frederick states that "Job Hunt, a class leader and trustee, married Mary Boyd, a lady of the purest Christian character, and together they consecrated their talents, time and means to the service of the Lord as Methodists." In 1814, following the sale of their house on Lot 38 on the south side of East Patrick Street, the family moved to Hagerstown, where they lived on Potomac and Franklin streets, and continued its close association with the Methodist church. She was the mother of seven children: Sarah Ann, who died as an infant in 1810; Asbury Hemphill, 1811-1900, who remained in Frederick; Elizabeth Hopkins 1814-1877, a spinster; Samuel 1817-1896, who moved to Baltimore; and the twins, Jesse Johns and David Boyd, born in April 1823, a few months before their father's sudden death. More details are in the Hunt section.

Job's estate was administered by his brother-in-law, David Boyd, and Mary Ann; after the sale of the property in Hagerstown, Mary Ann removed to Frederick with her children. She and her husband were obviously close to David Boyd, and both men named sons after the other: Job Hunt Boyd, and David Boyd Hunt. Mary Ann Boyd Hunt died 1 February 1848 in Frederick.  The author of the Methodist "Sketches" wrote in the 1849 entry "Mary A. Hunt the widow of the man of God, Job Hunt (long since deceased) died this year in great peace....Sister Hunt was remarkable for plainness & modesty, & a strict attention to her religious duties. She was blessed with a happy death."

In the 1770s there was also in Frederick Archibald Boyd from England and Abraham Boyd of the John Boyd family from Southern Maryland. Both of these are well documented, and there is no obvious connection to Andrew. Andrew's wife, Mary MacKay, had a Scottish father and mother. The Thomas and Andrew Boyd family from Pennsylvania was Irish, but regardless of the coincidences of the names, research shows that none of the Andrews there could possibly have been our Andrew. None of the other Baltimore Boyds nor those listed by Mrs. Markell fit our Andrew. We are now assuming that the statement of Dr. Blakeslee is correct, and that our Andrew was actually a Scottish immigrant.    

(Carroll H. Hendrickson)
 

    NOTES ON THE SEARCH FOR THE ANCESTRY
    OF ANDREW BOYD, d. 1808, FREDERICK, MD

FREDERICK:
Frederick Co marriage license to Mary MacKay 25 Jun 1783

1790 census: Free white males over 21 - 1; under 16 - 1; free white females - 2; slaves - 4

Children of Andrew and Mary Mackay Boyd baptized in Evangelical Reformed Church, Frederick: Anna, bap. 19 Feb 1785 (died young?); John b. 13 Sep 1786, bap. 18 Sep 1786 (Hoffman sponsors, died young?); (Mary) Anna, b 3 Dec 1787, bap. 16 May 1788 (married Job Hunt); David, b. 20 Aug 1790, bap. 22 Nov 1790 (married Mary Meisell, d. 1862) For more data on David and Mary Meisell Boyd.   

Will of William McKay, Montgomery Co. Book C pp.314-315, proved 24 Jan 1797: "my daughter Mary Boyd" and "Andrew Boyd of Frederick County, merchant"

Will of Andrew Boyd Liber G.M.R.B.1 Folio 364 of 2 Dec 1807, proved 8 Mar 1808

Frederick Co. marriage license 5 Jul 1808: Job Hunt and Mary Anne Boyd Frederick Herald: 5 Jul 1808 Job Hunt and Mary Ann Boyd married by the Rev. David Martin

15 May 1811 David Boyd in blue dying business - 2nd St.

8 Jun 1811 David Boyd and Mary Meixsel (Mixell) married Thursday 30th by the Rev. David Martin

4 Mar 1815 obit of Mary MacKay Boyd (died Friday at an advanced age)

Bartgis Republican Gazette: 17 Jun 1815 David Boyd in "weaving business" Church St., reward for apprentice

"Sketches of the early History of the Methodist E. Church of Frederick," hand- written and given to Calvary Methodist Church of Frederick after 1981, reminiscences of members of the Boyd family

Those Incredible Methodists, G.P. Baker, Balt. 1972

p 342 Andrew Boyd vice president of the first group of laymen in the first Methodist Electoral Conference (the grandson of our ancestor, Andrew Boyd, and one more indication of the Boyd and Hunt Methodist influence on Nanna)

History of Frederick County MD, T.J.C.Williams, Vol. I, pp. 456-459, participation of Boyd family in the Frederick Methodist church

Deeds in Frederick County:

L/139 Jul 1767 Andrew Boyd of Cumberland Co PA from Peter Ford of Frederick for L69.8s.1d  "Part of Skythorn" and "Part of the Resurvey of Skythorn." 58 1/2 acres O/82-4 of 10 Oct 1770 Andrew Boyd (of Cumberland Co. PA) and wife Mary to Lancelot Jacques & Thos Johnson Jr for L25 PA the above 58 1/2 acres near Fort Frederick as above for L75. Geo Murdoch & Chas Beatty of Fred his atty's. (the above two deeds were recorded in Frederick Co., but are of a Pennsylvania Andrew and Mary Boyd)

WR2/70 Jun 25 1779 to "Andrew Boyd of same town and County aforesaid [Frederick] weaver" from Lettice Ferguson Lot 91 (east side Middle Alley between East Church and East Second) 60 x 393 ft. L1,000

WR4/329 Jn 5 1784 Andrew Boyd from Clement Holliday & Nathaniel Ramsey (Commissioners for Preservation of Confiscated British Property) property of Daniel Dulany purchased ground rents - sold at auction Lots 91 though 96 L5.12

WR8/688 Nov 17 1789 Andrew Boyd "of Baltimore" (?) from Samuel Perry. Two tracts of Resurvey of Brothers Agreement 150 acres and 100 acres L750

N. B. (cf. Cumberland Co. deeds E287 and E287-89 of 3 Oct 1778)

WR13/156 Mar 26 1795 Andrew Boyd "of Baltimore" to Joseph McCaleb of Taney Town 5 acres of Resurvey of Brothers Agreement for L21.9.6

(the above three deeds are Andrew, son of Thomas and Rebecca, and Mary Boyd who moved from Adams Co. to Baltimore and died in 1802)

WR23/550 Nov 17 1802 Andrew Boyd to Geo Kolb East half of lot 91 facing East Second St. for depth of 139 ft. L67.10 Bought WR2/70 Signed by Mary Boyd

WR25/273 31 Dec 1803 Andrew Boyd to Adam Hart 5 shillings in re ground rent for 1/2 lot 92

WR31/252 Jun 20 1807 Andrew Boyd to Geo Kolb remainder of lot 91 facing Second St. L75 Signed by Mary Boyd

WR47/287 13 Jul 1814 to David Boyd from Mary Boyd Lot 91 60x193 (no street mentioned, 2nd St. side lots sold, this was the north side of Church St., the present 101 East Church, later bought by the Tyson family. The picture of the corner house in the 1854 Frederick scenes shows the Boyd house.)

Williams p.458 in re Frederick Methodist Church "Job Hunt, a class leader and trustee, married Mary Boyd, a lady of the purest Christian character, and together they consecrated their talents, time and means to the service of the Lord as Methodists. They were the parents of the late Asbury H. Hunt, a most intelligent, loyal and devoted Methodist. David Boyd was the father of the late Andrew Boyd, leader, steward and trustee, and one of the most active and devoted members the church has ever had."

Letter of Mrs. Margaret H. Pearre of Houston TX 13 Dec 1995 enclosing page of Virkus, Frederick, Abridged Compendium  BALL, David Charles ancestry, showing Andrew Boyd "from Scotland to Montomgery Co. Md." (no source and Montomgery Co. is incorrect, but another hint as to his being an immigrant)
 

Maryland Historical Society:

Accession 48732 given by Mrs. W.A. Blakeslee Dec 1941 in Filing Case A: "Boyd-McKay Bible" -  Typed copy of data from the bible appear to be accurately transcribed, although there are torn and illegible sections. The bible was searched personally 7 April 1994.  It was wrapped as the "Andrew Boyd Bible", However, the lists of births and deaths extended to 1842 in what appeared to be the same hand, and there were no entries at all for the first Andrew Boyd. The wording "Mary Boyd that was Mary McKay, was born September 25th, 1749." might indicate that this, along with entries of earlier events, was added after there was another "Mary Boyd."

Two versions of a typed paper entitled "THE BOYDS OF FREDERICK". One states: "Andrew Boyd, the first member of the family to settle in Frederick, was born on September 25th, 1749. The date of his arrival in this country is not known." It is in doubt about the marriage of Mary Ann Boyd to Job Hunt. Theother version states "Andrew Boyd was the first member of the family to settle in Frederick, but the date of his arrival there is not known."  It makes no reference to Mary Ann's marriage.

Neither version includes the children of Andrew and Ann MacKay Boyd who did not live. The birth date given for Andrew Boyd is exactly that for the birth date of Mary MacKay Boyd which is hand-written in the "Boyd-McKay Bible" in the Maryland Historical Society, which makes that open to doubt.

correspondents:
Phebe R. Jacobsen  735 Glenwood St., Ann 21401 410-268-1023 R on Taylor - 3rd street on left, 1st house on right

Mrs. Evelyn Looney, 1703 South Roanoke, Springfield MO 65087 had incorrect connection of Andrew Boyd of Frederick to Thomas Boyd of PA, but later furnished miscellaneous material:

undocumented research by Dr. Albert Francis Blakeslee, husband of Margaret Bridges (donor of Boyd bible and papers to MHS and descended from Mary Boyd Jones): "William Boyd and Andrew Boyd came to American together (brothers). William went to Kentucky. Andrew born 1749."

bios of Dr. Charles Mifflin Boyd (name given as "William Charles Boyd" in the bible): "Not much is known of his childhood, other than that he came from a very affluent family, and had brothers and sisters." A.B. Dickinson College 1846, U PA Medical School 1850, 1850 Cincinnati census. m. Charlotte Miller Reeder 1852, 8 children, divorced 1869. Contract surgeon US Army 1861-1863. m. Virginia Boulware 1872, hotel proprietor Huntsville and Renick MO, killed by train 1887.

typed copies of letters from Charlotte M. Boyd to her parents-in-law, David and Mary Boyd: Jul-Dec 1852 several mentions of Hunt cousins, "give my love to David Hunt tell him married or not married he must come out here and set up a store for himself."

TIME LINE FOR ANDREW BOYD OF FREDERICK

1779, 25 Jun Andrew "weaver" buys lot 91 from Lettice Ferguson
1783, 25 Jun Andrew m. Mary MacKay
1785, 19 Feb daughter Anna baptised
1786, 13 Sep son John born
1787,  3 Dec daughter Mary Anna born
1784,  5 Jun Andrew buys lots 91-96 from Commissioners
1790, 20 Aug son David born
1790 census: Free white males over 21 - 1; under 16 - 1; free white females -      2; slaves - 4
1796,  3 --- will of Wm. McKay lists "Andrew Boyd of Frederick County, merchant"
1802, 17 Nov Andrew sells part of lot 91 to Geo Kolb
1803, 31 Dec Andrew to Adam Hart 1/2 lot 92 - ground rent
1807, 20 Jun Andrew sells addition part of lot 91 on 2nd St. to Ge. Kolb
1807,  2 Dec Andrew makes will
1808,  8 Mar Andrew's will proved

The Passenger and Immigration Index 1994 Supplement: Boyd, Andrew 14, Charleston SC 1767 3627.37 p 195

Boyd, William, Charleston SC 1767 3627.37 p191, 192, 236 from South Carolina Immigrants 1760 to 1770 Danielsville GA, Heritage Papers 1988 - SC Archives, 1430 Senate St., Columbia SC 29200
This is the only Andrew-William combination in our time frame.

The IGI for Scotland shows no Andrew or William Boyd in our time frame from Aberdeen, and very few Boyds at all from Sutherland.

The following other Boyds researched have not resulted in any connections to Andrew of Frederick:

OTHER FREDERICK BOYDS

Archibald:

Archibald  (from "Archibald Boyd and His Descendants" - xerox copy on file) born England or Scotland about 1747, wife Margaret Dundas buried All Sts 1774; he married Ann Scott 1777, daughter of another Scottish family. Ann's sister, Elizabeth, married Robert Peter of Georgetown. Archibald and Ann's son, George, married Harriet Johnson, daughter of Joshua Johnson and sister of Louisa Catherine Johnson, wife of John Quincy Adams. Archibald on Comm of Correspondence and Militia in Frederick. No obvious relationship to Andrew or other Boyds.

All Saints' Grave Yard (widow of Archibald):
BOYD: "In memoriam/ Margaret Boyd que/ obyt quinto die/Januarii 1774/Aetatis qu ano/25 Corpus cujus in/spem resurrectionis/benedicto his post-/tumest Archibaldus/Boyd Conjux ejus/dolore afectus hoc/monumentum confectavit." see article on Archibald Boyd by Herbert Tanner

Abraham:

Frederick 1790 census (a son of John Boyd III)

"Boyds of Maryland and Virginia" - article Xeroxed in file

1. John emigrant "Boyd's Chance" see below d.1704  - wife Mary d. 1722 -
     ch: Charles, John, Abraham, Isaac, Mary, Martha wills in Annapolis

2. John Jr. d. c. 1756 m. Eleanor Fitzredmunds 1706
     ch: Benjamin, John III, Abraham, William, Eleanor, Mary, Margaret,
     Marcella, Ann, Sarah
     2nd wife no name
3. John III b. 25 Sep 1709 - d. ca 1771 - Susannah Baldwin
          will probated in Frederick County
John Boyd III - documents in Hall of Records:
Box 7/Folder 65 - will inventory 26 May 1772 Frederick Co. L105.14.9 1/2
 Abraham Boyd signed  19 Aug 1772

Liber 38/Folio 639 - will 17 Apr 1760, executed 18 May 1772 Frederick Co.
- (2nd) wife Susannah, 4 sons: Benjamin, John, Abraham, William; 6 daughters: Mary, Margaret, Marcella, Elionar, Ann, Sarah (children by Eleanor Fitzredmunds)

Ad. Account Book B No2 page 378 Frederick Co. Final acct. of John Boyd, Susannah Boyd executrix 25 Oct 1775. Abraham paid L6.10.0

Liber 7/Folio 46 - widow Susannah paid balance - L22.15.10

Abraham Boyd and wife Sarah of Frederick Ci. administrators for estate of James Knott of PG Co. 18 Nov 1776. (Accounts Liber 72 Folio 333)

Boyd marriages in Evangelical Reformed church:
1800 - Edward Boyd m. Maria Hoffman (Hoffman baptism sponsors)
1799 - John Boyd m. Hannah Smith

MARKELL PAPERS, Frederick Historical Society:

Charity Boyd, wife of Thomas Boyd Prince George Co. Bk K page 1405 (?) 1767 Proof of marriage.

Mil Rec. - Thomas Beall, George Brooke Beall p. 189 ....Archibald Boyd page 188...William J. Beall, Samuel Beall Jr.

Abraham Boyd m. Deborah Walling  Nov 8 1728

Margaret Boyd - daughter of Abraham & Deborah Boyd b. 25 Nov 1730

Benjamin Boyd m. Elinor Williams 27 Feb 1758

Thomas Boyd - Charity Duckett m. 24 Mar 1757

Benjamin Boyd son of John and Elinor Boyd b. 15 Jan 1706

John Boyd son of John and Elinor b. 25 Nov 1709

Abraham son of John and Elinor 5 June 1713  - Queen Anne - PG Co.

William Boyd son of John and Elinor  19 Apr 1716

Elinor dau of John and  Elinor 7 Jun 1720

John Boyd m. Susan Baldwin 8 May 1785 - Queen Anne Parish, PG Co.

Archibald Boyd m. Ann Scott 9 Nov 1777 PG Co.

Reuben Tyler Boyd son of Benjamin and Eleanor Boyd 3 Jul 1794

John Nugent ? m. Carry? Boyd 21 May 1797

Elizabeth Boyd dau of John and Ann Boyd b. 14 Mar 1793
Abraham Boyd m. Deborah Walling 8 Sep 1728 QA Parish

Margaret Boyd dau of Abraham and Deborah b. 23 Nov 1730

Abraham Boyd son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Boyd circa May 1735

Benjamin Boyd m. Elizabeth Harwood 30 Oct 1733
Thomas Boyd son of Benjamin and Eliabeth 14 Sep 1734

will - Mary Boyd PG Co. 16 Sep 1721, prob 4 Dec 1722 - sons: Charles, John, Abraham; dau:Martha wife of Thomas Wills or Wells. John, a son & daughter - Mary Batterman. Son Issac Executor and daughter Mary Batterman residue of estate.....

Charles Carroll of Anne Arundel Co will leaves money &...kinswoman
Eleanor Boyd

(see Xeroxes of Markell papers for more listings)

HAGERSTOWN BOYDS
Joseph and Susanna Boyd -
Zion Reformed Church, Hagerstown: Joseph Boyd b. 12 Apr 1774 d. 26 Nov
1859 (85 yrs, 7 mos, 14 dys), Susana wife; children: Susana 1799,
Elizabeth 1801, Samuel 1804, William, 1806

                          BALTIMORE BOYDS

Will abstracts Baltimore County:
Andrew Boyd 3/10/1790 Book 6 page 102- Mary wife, sons Andrew, Alexander, James, daughters Elizabeth and Mary (see the Cumberland Co. data on the Andrew and wife Mary who moved to Baltimore.) Farm in Adams (formerly York) Co PA given to Alexander. (see Cumberland Co. data) Farm in Berkeley Co. VA. given to James. Andrew "the younger" given property in Baltimore, but no mention of Frederick. Our Andrew would have been much too old to have been "Andrew the younger", son of Andrew of PA/Baltimore. (Searched Berkeley Co. Historical Society records 11 May 1994 for the Andrew - James Boyd property for any possible connection to Andrew of Frederick, and there was no evidence. The Belle Boyd family of Martinsburg apparently came from the William Boyd family of Cumberland Co. PA also, as did several other local families.)

     Adams Co. deed D 179 of 31 Mar 1808 from Mary Boyd to son Alexander Hamilton Boyd (above)  releases dower rights to Alexander for $500.

     Adams Co. deed D 192 Alexander H. Boyd to Alex Cobean 288A & 112 perches for L1,933 6s 8p

Dr. John Boyd 8/12/1788 Book 4 page 402 -  Apparently no children.

Maryland Historical Society Magazines:

members of First Presbyterian Church: Andrew 1773, 1783; James 1766; John
1766, 1770, 73, 83

Abraham - muster roll PG Co. French & Indian wars 1757-8 (9:36l)

Adam - 1678 - 1723 planter St. Marys Co (23:112)

Andrew -Associator 1775 Frederick Co. (11:163)
Archibald - Associator 1775 Fred Co (11:163)
            clerk for Comm. of Observation 1775 (10:303)
            replaced by Benjamin Ford Nov. 1775 (10:321)
            also on Comm. of Obser. - Andrew Boyd and John Hendrickson
            (11:163)
            inventory of arms & ammo 1775   (11:61)
            paid 10/2/8 for lead 1775   (11:64)
Francis - Cecil Co 1779 Susquehanna Manor (5:59)

George - ship owner sloop "William" Potomac 1735 (26:146)

John Jacob Boyd (1820-1876) and wife, Frances Adelaide Sifford (1826-1902), lived in Frederick and Baltimore (50:313) [he was son of David and Mary Meissell, grandson of Andrew and Mary Mackay]

John - "Boyd's Chance" Severn & South rivers 1684 (25:216)
        original land grant 10 May 1685 (53:297)
       Chancery PG Co 1702 died 1742 aet 63 (b 1679) (23:112)
       part owner ship "Prince of Orange" 1740 (26:158

John, Dr. - 1738-1790 druggist in Balt (42:45)
          Chancery 1787-9 Balt Co (23:112)
          Comm of Safety 1774, Comm of Correspondence 1776 (41:94,106)
          Comm of Observation Balt (60:273)
          doctor in Revolution (24:4)
          established drug store in Balt May 1767 (37:195)
          surgical instruments stolen Balt 1773 (27:36)
          First Presb Church 1766-83 (35:257)
          Presb Soc of Balt 1744 (4:230)

Other books researched in the Maryland Historical Society:

Scott Lee Boyd, compiler, "The Boyd Family" in The Parrish Family: The family of William Boyd, the immigrant from the northern part of Ireland to Cumberland Twp. PA c. 1710-1767. This is possibly the same William mentioned on page 21 in his The Boyd Family, and no Andrew is listed in the index for this William Boyd branch.

The Boyd Journals, Heckert - an academic work on James McHenry Boyd 1845-46. The genealogical chart shows no connection to Frederick, although he had a brother Andrew died 1815 and sister Mary died 1811.

Boyd Military Records, Annie Walker Burns - no listing for our Andrew

The Barron Family Boyds were in Virginia in 1790 and Kentucky in 1837

The Boyd Family Journal 1925-28, Adairsville, GA are all Southern.

Broyle's "Montague Lafitte Boyd" of Savannah, 1959 mentions John Boyd of MD 1738 who married Charity Talbot, and Walter Boyd, a LT who "commanded Fort Frederick", but no mention of Andrew

James Alexander Boyd of Boyd's, MD was born in Ayrshire 1823: There are many mentions of the fact that Boyds settled in almost all the Eastern states. Many pages have been written on the Boyds of Kilmarnock, but no specific connection of an immigrant to the titled family has been given. Many of the Boyd immigrants were actually Irish. 

Note: They may have lived in Ireland and considered Irish when they came to America, but they were transplanted Scots and known in America as Scotch- Irish. In Ireland they were known as Ulster-Scots.  See: http://www.clanboyd.info/outsideusa/ireland/history/petition/  (RG Boyd)

The Boyd Family Charts:  John Boyd 1730-1799 and Samuel Boyd (from Ireland) 1682-1770 show no connection to Andrew of Frederick.

(Phebe Jacobson suggests Green Plains on Mojack Bay, Matthews Co. VA)
 

CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA

Cumberland County Historical Society,
Box 626, Carlisle PA 17013
Chris Amadure-Bard, Library Assistant:

1790 census:
Andrew Boyds in Bucks, Chester, Huntingdon, Philadelphia City & Co. In York (included Cumberland and Franklin Cos.):
2 different Andrews
free white male 16+  1   1
"    "  " under 16   -   1
white females        2   1

Cumberland Co. tax roll for Andrew:

Hopewell 1768: 2 lots  1 tanyard  2 horses 2 cows
Hopewell 1769: 2 horses 2 cows 4 sheep 2 Lt
Lurgan 1768  : 100 Warranted  20 Clear
Lurgan 1769  : 500 Warranted  20 Clear

"The Boyd Family", Scott Lee Boyd, compiler, pp.22-23
History of Cumberland County, Beers, 1886, pp. 260-262
The Carlisle Gazette 27 May 1789
PA Herald & York Advertiser 7 Jan 1789, 13 Jan 1790, 15 Feb 1792, 18 Feb 1795, 27 May 1795, 25 Nov 1795
Abstracts of Cumberland Co Indictments, 1768, #294
History of Cumberland County, Wing 1879, pp.251-255
Cumberland County deed abstracts 23 Sep 1757 - 8 Feb 1781

CUMBERLAND COUNTY PA TIME LINE

* signifies deeds of A.B., son of Thomas and Rebecca (Baltimore)
# signifies an earlier A.B. (Shippensburg)- could be one or two individuals
(the Cumberland Co. deeds distinguish between AB tanner of Baltimore and AB tanner of Shippensburg - both Andrews had wife Mary - as did A.B. of Frederick)

Thomas and Rebecca Boyd - Manchester To York Co  [Thomas died when last four children were minors (1757?); Rebecca died before 1776. Robert McPherson and Samuel Edie guardians.]
     1. William m. c. 1774 Elizabeth
     2. Elizabeth
     3. Jean
     4. Rebecca m. Richard Parker
     5. Andrew b. 1755? m. Mary

#1757, 23 Sep (2A Cumber Co archives) AB witness to deed to Thomas Boyd of Cumberland Tp York Co from Alexander Mitchell of Lurgan Tp #1763, 28 Feb AB received lot 88 Shippensburg from Shippen (from Cum. Co. F15-16)

1764, 19 March house of John Boyd nr. Shippensburg burned by Indians.

See:  http://www.clanboyd.info/state/Pennsylvania/famhist/john3/

#1767, 25 Mar AB bought "Spanish Oak" lot in Shippensburg from Shippen dwelling house/ leather manufacturing (this lot sold with lot 88 in F16-18 of 5 Feb 1781)

#1767, Jul (Fred Co deed L/139) AB of Cumberland Co. from Peter Ford  58 1/2 acres near Fort Frederick

#1767, 4 Oct AB  (B182) witness to sale of wheat & hay Lorrison of Lurgan to Craig of Cumberland Co

#1768  Hopewell tax roll - AB - lots, tanyard, horses, cows
#1768  Lurgan tax roll - 100 W 20 C

#1769  Hopewell tax roll - lots, horses, cows, sheep
#1769  Lurgan tax roll - 500 W 20 C

#1770, 10 Oct (Fred Co deed O/82-4) AB and wife Mary to Lancelot Jacques & Thos Johnson Jr. 58 1/2 acres near Fort Frederick

?1771, 5 Nov (Cum Co deed --) AB from Samuel Davidson Shipp lots 89 and 90

#1771, 23 Jan (Cum Co deed F16-18 wife's assent 1775) AB tanner of Shipp. & Mary lot #88 and "Spanish Oak" lot to Samuel Rippey Sr. farmer of Shipp.

*1776, 10 Feb (York Co Book G p. 192) William Boyd, tanner, and Elizabeth to AB, tanner, transfer of land from father's estate. - AB now of age (b. 1755?)  see "The Boyd Family" p. 22

*1778, 8 Apr (Cumb Co deed E205-06) AB tanner of Shipp from James Pollock of Carlisle  lot 109 John Forbes witness

*1778, 3 Oct (Cum Co deed E287) AB farmer of Shipp from Samuel Perry 64 A. Hopewell Tp; Shipp lots 36, 35, and 135

*1779, 8 Jun (Cum Co deed E363) AB of Balt & Mary to Samuel Alexander of Carlisle lot 109 Carlisle

*1779, 23 Nov (Cum Co deed F19-21) AB tanner of Balt & Mary to Samuel Weakly & Stephen Groves of Cumberland Co Shipp lots 89 and 90

1789, 7 Jan AB has mail at Marshcreek, Robert McPherson has lot at Marshcreek

*1789, 27 May AB of Baltimore offers reward for stolen mare - deliver to Andrew Parker (Cumberland Co) or Samuel Porter

*1789, 17 Nov (Fred Co deed WR8/688) AB "of Baltimore" from Samuel Perry
- Resurvey of Brothers Agreement

1790 York Co census - 2 Andrew Boyds

*1794, 27 Mar (Deed Book 2-1 p. 577) AB of Baltimore sells to Wm. Moore of Cumberland Tp York Co the land conveyed by William and Elizabeth Boyd in 1776

*1795, 26 Mar (Fred Co deed WR13/156) AB "of Baltimore" to Joseph Caleb of Taney Town 5 A. of Resurvey of Brs. Agree.

*1808  wife Mary clears title to AB deed of 27 Mar 1794 - land of AB/William Boyd and wife Elizabeth - showing relationship of Andrew & William as sons of Thomas and Rebecca

Adams Co. deed D 179 of 31 Mar 1808 from Mary Boyd to son Alexander Hamilton Boyd (above)  releases dower rights to Alexander for $500.

Adams Co. deed D 192 Alexander H. Boyd to Alex Cobean 288A & 112 perches for L1,933 6s 8p

Adams Co deed A 245 to Andrew Boyd from John and Richard Penn of Great Britain 15 Aug 1800

25 Apr 1994 - researched Adams Co. Record Room with Nancy Lesure - other than finding that Alexander, the son of the Andrew and Mary Boyd who moved from PA to Baltimore, sold his PA property, there was nothing to connect this family to Andrew and Mary MacKay Boyd of Frederick. We still have the Andrew and Mary Boyd of Cumberland Co. who bought and sold property near Fort Frederick in 1770, the one or more Andrews of Cumberland Co. in the 1790 censuses, one of which was the son of Thomas and Rebecca and had wife Mary who moved to Baltimore. Our Andrew Boyd was of age in 1779 (bought Lot 91 in Frederick) and too old to be the son of the Andrew from PA who died 1802 in Baltimore.

Scott Lee Boyd's The Boyd Family, Santa Barbara, CA 1935 and "Peerage of Scotland", BOYD, Lord Boyd and Earl of Kilmarnock (accession #48732 in MHS), both go into much detail of the Boyd family in Scotland, with no actual immigrant connecting an appropriate immigrant Boyd with this family.

CHILDREN OF DAVID (1790-1862) and MARY MEISSELL BOYD (1794-1871) based on lists given to the Maryland Historical Society by Mrs. Margaret Blakeslee 3 Dec 1941 (Accession #48732) and papers of Dr. Albert F. Blakeslee through Mrs. Evelyn Looney)      

William Boyd                 7 Mar 1812 - 4 Jun 1812
David Martin Boyd          6 Apr 1813 - died young
Andrew Boyd                 22 Jul 1815 - 1877 m. Caroline Mantz
Frances Elizabeth Boyd  12 Jul 1817 - m. Owen Ball
Mary Ann Boyd              22 Jun 1819 - m. Aubrey Jones (Blakeslee)
John Jacob Boyd              1 Jul 1820-1876 m. Frances Sifford
Eleanor Boyd                  12 Aug 1822 - 15 Jul 1823
Job Hunt Boyd                24 Jun 1824 - 1 Jan 1842
William Charles Boyd      6 May 1826 - 26 Sep 1887 (Dr. Charles Mifflin Boyd) 
m. (1) Charlotte Reeder  (2) Virginia Boulware (Looney)
Wilson Rowen Boyd       18 Apr 1828 - m.Lizzie Roche
Asbury McKendree Boyd 15 May 1831 - m. Julia Baker
Hamilton Boyd                11 Jul 1833-1863
Caroline Virginia Boyd  27 Jan 1835-1904 m. Albert Medders (Phebe Jacobsen)
David Boyd                     10 May 1838 - m. Mamie Par...
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David Boyd was very close to his sister, Mary Ann, who married Job Hunt 5 July 1808, in Frederick. Job and Mary Ann Boyd Hunt named one of their twins, born in 1823, "David Boyd Hunt."  Job Hunt died suddenly in 1823, and David Boyd named his next son, born in 1824, "Job Hunt Boyd." During part of the 1850s, three Hunt brothers, David Boyd Hunt, Jesse Johns Hunt, and Asbury Hemphill Hunt, and their cousin, Andrew Boyd, above, were all merchants in the second block of North Market St.

Carroll H. Hendrickson, Jr.
Frederick, MD  

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