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THE BOYDS OF ALBANY, NY.

John Boyd, the emigrant ancestor and founder of one of the Albany, New York, families of that name, was born in the North of Ireland in 1725 of Scotch parentage.  There is a well founded belief that he was one of the Kilmarnock family of Boyd, descended from a branch that settled in Antrim County, Ireland.  Many family characteristics and traditions testify to this, also the fact that he used as his seal the coat of arms of the Kilmarnock Boyds, his descendants continuing the use of the same to the present time.  Shortly after John Boyd emigrated from Ireland, another family of Boyds came directly from Scotland to Albany, and they found themselves to be own cousins.  However, the distinction remained of Scotch Boyds and Irish Boyds.

The data in the following sketch was taken from family Bible records, old letters, newspaper clippings and Munsell's Annals of Albany, and is authentic:

In the spring of 1762, John Boyd, with his wife Ann Logan and three children, came to Albany, New York, where he became a prosperous merchant.  He resided in Albany until 1793, when, as it appears on the Session Records of the First Presbyterian church, of which he was an elder, he removed to the country, meaning Johnstown, New York. There he established a sawmill in partnership with John Rogers, his brother-in-law, and there he died, July 6, 1799, age seventy-four years.  Ann Logan his wife was born 1739, married 1757, was also of Scotch descent. She had a brother James Logan who settled in the Champlain country of New York State, who died 1784, and a sister Agnes Logan, who accompanied the emigration to America, having married John Rogers the day of their sailing in the spring of 1762. Ann Logan Boyd, after the death of her husband, returned to Albany, resided with her daughter Nancy Boyd McHench until her death, February 9, 1815.  She was buried at Johnstown by the side of her husband.  Nine (9) children were born to John and Ann Boyd; a daughter and eight sons.  The only daughter Nancy or Agnes, was born February 26, 176o, married at Albany, May 11, 1786, Peter McHench, and died February, 1851.  They had five children - we have the record of only one - William McHench, who married his cousin Margaret Boyd, daughter of David and Margaret (Maxwell) Boyd, and had seven children, of these only one married - David Boyd McHench, whose wife was Elizabeth Dillon.  They had one daughter Laura, who married Franklin Janes and had one son, David McHench Janes who died September 17, 1899, aged seventeen years.

John Logan Boyd, or John, Jr., as he was usually called, the eldest son was born October 8, 1758 in Ireland.  He grew to manhood in Albany, then settled in Ballston now Charlton, Saratoga County, New York, where he was a millwright and farmer.  He was the first supervisor of Charlton in 1791; later a justice of the peace; and was therefore of good standing and repute.  In politics, he was undoubtedly a moderate Royalist or "Tory," was once arrested on suspicion by the Commissioner of Conspiracies of Albany County and his father was one of his bondsmen in the sum of L200.  He was driven from home however, by Burgoyne's approach and with his neighbors petitioned the authorities for better military protection.  He married Anna Northrop, March 25, 1779.  They had twelve children, ten of whom were born in Charlton, one Mary or Polly in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, in 1782, and the youngest child born in Newark, near Niagara, Ontario, Canada, to which place the family removed about 1799, where they probably died and were buried.  Polly Boyd, born 1782, married John Laird, a farmer and carpenter of Charlton, New York, prior to 1798, when they removed to Onondaga County. New York.  Their first child was born 1804. Hon. John L. Boyd, son of John and Anna Northrop, moved to Cininnatus, Cortland County, New York, in 1811.  He represented his county in the State Legislature in 1828.  Another son of John and Anna was well known in Albany, as Thomas Boyd, the hatter.  James Boyd the second son of John and Ann, was born February 2, 1762, in Antrim, Ireland, and was an infant in arms when his parents arrived in Albany.  When seventeen years old, he became a soldier in the Revolutionary War, serving as private under Colonel P. P. Schuyler, in the 3rd Albany Co. Militia, from October 28, 1779 to November 4, 1781.  After the Revolution, he settled in Schenectady and became a well-known public man and prosperous farmer.  He was for fourteen years in succession, supervisor of the town of Schenectady, held various other offices of trust, was twice elected, 1811, 1812, a member of the state Legislature, in which he voted for the building of the Erie Canal, which was at that time considered a wild project, never to be realized.  When quite advanced in years, he was obliged to part with his fine farm at Glenville on the Mohawk, because he had endorsed notes for a friend, which he eventually had to pay, and with his family moved to Warren County, N. Y., where in the Fourteenth Township, he established a saw mill.  He afterwards removed to Albany, and held the position of weigh master of the Erie Canal.  He died February 2, 1839, aged seventy-seven years.  He married January 16, 1783, Alida Conde^’, born June 16,1763, and died August 4,1838, daughter of Jesse and Parthenia Ogden Conde’, of Chariton, Saratoga County.  Her grandfather Adam Conde was High constable of Albany in 1725 and was killed in the Buel-Kendall Indian Massacre in 1748, at Schenectady.  His wife Catherine De Graaf, born November 30, 1736, was daughter of Jesse and Altie (Hennion)_ Ackerman of New York, and granddaughter of Claas Andries De Graaf, who was born 1628, in Holland, and one of the early settlers of Schenectady, New York.  James and Alida Boyd had two sons and seven daughters and many hundred descendants.

John Boyd, the eldest son of James and Alida, was born at Schenectady, February 12, 1786, and died at Milroy, Indiana, January 21, 1887, nearly one hundred and one years old.  When twenty-one, he was chosen Captain of militia in the war of 1812.  His company with the Regiment was called to Sacketts Harbor; while enroute he was chosen Adjutant General, and served in that capacity during the war.  At the close, he returned to work on the farm, at the earnest desire of his father, giving up his own ambition to serve in the regular army, for which service he had special ability and fitness.  He went with his family to Warren County, where he held the agency of several townships, also the agency of the Thurman and Gilcrist estates and again exhibited all the qualities of a leader.  In 1820, he moved to Indiana and settled in Rush County; cleared a large farm, a part of which is now included in the city of Rushville.  After Rushville had encroached upon his homestead, he moved to Milroy, a small town seven miles south, to be near his children.  To the very end of his one hundred and one years, he retained his faculties in a wonderful way and died peacefully sitting in his chair talking with friends.  It is said of him, that he never was sick a day in his life, and when quite advanced in life rode all the way from Rushville to Schenectady on horseback, returning the same way.  On February 12, 1886, the people of Rush County, Indiana, celebrated the centennial birthday of Captain John Boyd, with a grand procession, headed by a band of music, assembling at the largest church, where appropriate addresses were made and ending with a banquet.  The people flocked in numbers to see a man who had lived one hundred years.  Captain John Boyd, married at Schenectady, Maria Vedder and had eight children: first, Eveliza, April, 1816, married Mr. Springer; had Jackson and George Springer and Maria, who married Mr. McCartey and had daughters Nettie and Jennie McCartey.  Second, James, February 11, 1818.  Third, Anna Maria, 1821.  Fourth, John, 1823, died 1843.  Fifth, Alida, February 14, 1826, who married Mr. Parsons and had John and Daniel Parsons and Catherine, who married Mr. Markwell.  Sixth, Charles, 1828, died 1832.  Eighth, Wilmot, 1833, died 1855.  Seventh, Jesse Conde’, January 22, 1830, married Lucinda Innis, March 4, 1852 and had nine children as follows: First, William Marshall Boyd, November 11, 1854, who by wife Amanda, had Chase and Horatio, twin, Ernest, Jessie May, and Clare Paul Boyd.  Second, Alexander Henry Boyd, August 15, 1855, married Sidney C. Stewart and had Harry A. 1884 and Nellie Maud Boyd, 1894. Third, Laura Ellen, 1858, died 1882.  Fourth, Emma Irene Boyd, 1862, died 1890, married William Gruell and had Orien and Sarah Gruell.  Fifth, James Sidney Boyd, 1864. Sixth, John Franklin Boyd, February 24, 1860, who by wife Laura, had Mazie Agnes, and Mary Dean Boyd. Seventh, Charles Elbert Boyd, 1866 - 1877.  Eighth, Frederick B. Boyd, December 21, who married Jessie Anna Robinson and had Charles Frederick Boyd, born May 27, 1896.  Ninth, Christina Boyd, September 8, 1869.

Jesse Conde Boyd, the second son of James and Alida was born at Schenectady, June 5, 1803, and there spent his youth.  When a young man he went to Johnsburgh, Warren County, and engaged in making lumber with his father.  In 1831, he moved to Albany, where he was Weigh Master on the Erie Canal and for nine years a lumber dealer.  About 1850, he removed to Chicago, Illinois, one of the pioneers of the place.  He subsequently resided on a farm at Dixon and later at Aurora, Illinois.  Shortly after the death of his wife at Aurora, July 7, 1872, he returned to Chicago, to live with his sons, Robert and Charles L. Boyd.  In 1889, he exchanged some property in Chicago for a place at Montague, Michigan, and at the age of eighty-four years, became once more a farmer, to him the "ideal life."  He died June 6, 1891, aged eighty-eight years, was buried in Graceland Cemetery, at Chicago, Illinois.  He married at Johnsburgh, New York, January 15, 1824, Elcy Noble, daughter of Edward and Mary (Leach) Noble.  To them were born twelve children, of these six lived to many and have descendants, namely: First, Alida Boyd, born January 25, 1826, married Hiram Burton of Albany, and had Elcy Noble Burton, who married Herman H. Mund, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Florence and Herbert Burton unmarried. Hiram and Alida Burton were among the pioneer settlers of Denver, Colorado in 186o.  Alida Boyd Burton, is now living (1911) in Denver, in her eighty-sixth year, in perfect health, with a blight active mind; she was able to witness the unveiling of a monument dedicated to the Pioneers of Colorado, on June 24, 1911.  Second, Mary J. Boyd, second child of Jesse and Elcy, born August 9, 1827, married Charles Patterson Easton of Albany, January 26, 1847.  For thirty-eight years Mr. Easton was one of the leading lumber merchants of the city, and actively engaged in promoting the public school system.  Mary Boyd Easton died October 30, 1903, in her seventy-seventh year.  Of the nine children born of this marriage, five are living.  First, William Easton, married Caroline A. Newton, and had Helen N. and Mary Boyd Easton.  Second, Edward Easton, who married Sarah F. Jones and had Charles P.; Edith; Edward, Jr.; Mary Boyd; Roland J.; Elcy Noble; Arthur Boyd; Robert P.; William 2nd; Lillian Alice; Conde Philip, and Adrian Noble Easton.  Third, Alice Easton, who married Arthur W. Pray of Boston, Massachusetts, no children.  Fourth, Frederick Easton, who married Mary Young, had one daughter Alice.  Fifth. I.B. Easton, lumber dealer, N.Y. City, married Marion B. Ramsdell.  Third, Margaret A. Boyd, third, child of Jesse and Elcy, born December 22, 1828, married Thomas R. Ferris of Albany, a manufacturer of furniture, picture frames and mirrors; they had David Ferris, now residing at Syracuse, New York, who married Elizabeth Ramsey, no children.  Jesse B.; Thomas R., Jr.; and Charles Ferris, died unmarried. Edward M., married Julia Pratt, no children.  Mary Ferris married Edward Tice of Albany, and had Fred; Grace; Alice; Caroline and Elsie Tice. Grace Ferris married W. B. Moore, of Syracuse, New York, had Elcy and Harriet Moore.  Howard Ferris married Augusta Bane, has Mary and Edward Ferris residing in Albany. Margaret Boyd Ferris in her eighty-third year, now residing with her daughter at Syracuse, New York.

Fourth, James Boyd the eldest son of Jesse and Elcy, was born at Albany, June 22, 1831, died at Springfield, Massachusetts, 1905.  He was one of the early bankers and brokers of Chicago.  Shortly after the war, he went to New York city where he was for forty years a member of the Stock Exchange.  It has been the lot of few to have passed through more exciting and history making epochs than James Boyd.  That he did so with unblemished character and a high record for upright dealings, all know who are familiar with the history of the New York Stock Exchange.  He was an enthusiastic Sunday School worker and every Sunday found him in his place as leader of a Mission School attended by several hundred pupils.  He married at Chicago, Sarah Lock, and had six children: William L., who married Kittie Mills, had one son Kenneth Mills Boyd.  Mary Elcy, Mell Lois, and James who died young. Jesse, the twin of James, married and has a son James. James Van Wagner, M. D., married Mabel Smith, has Muriel and Bruce Boyd, now living at Springfield, Massachusetts.  Fifth, Robert Boyd, son of Jesse and Elcy, born at Albany, July 13, 1841, since his early youth has been a resident of Chicago, and in the banking business.  He is now connected with the Illinois Savings and Trust Company Bank, in the safety deposit department.  He married first, Celia Stow at Chicago and had Robert, Jr., who died while a student at Cornell, and William Stow Boyd. He married second, Helen Pitcher and had Alexander Boyd, who married Louise Barber.  All reside at Hinsdale Illinois.

Sixth, Charles Lansing Boyd, son of Jesse and Elcy, born at Albany, May 11, 1843, spent his life in Chicago, and has been actively connected with the business enterprise of the city.  He married Mulvina Lock, had one son and four daughters: James Boy d, married and now living at New Orleans, Louisiana; Emma Lock Boyd, married John Mairs Gilcrist, has two children; Elcy Noble Boyd married James Edward Moore, has a son James E. Moore.  Hannah Lock Boyd died 1884 and Marjory Boyd.

Catherine Boyd, the eldest of the seven daughters of James and Alida Conde Boyd was born at Schenectady, November 17, 1784, married Jacob Viele of same place, who was born October 18, 1775 and died at Elmira, March 4, 1850.  She died at Troy, Pennsylvania, December 8, 1867.  After her marriage she resided in Schenectady, New York, until the year of 1833, when they moved to Bath, New York, and from their to Elmira in 1840, and after her husband's death in 1851, took up her residence at Troy, Pennsylvania. Their family consisted of fourteen children all born in Schenectady, New York, as follows: First, Philip Viele, who was born September 2, 1804, and died at Salamanca, New York, December 5, 1884; second, James Boyd Viele, who was born May 30, 1810, died in Boulder, Colorado in 1904; third, Rachel Viele, who died at the age of 20 years; fourth, John Veile, fifth, Clarissa Ann Viele, born.  January 5, 1812, died at Bath, New York, November 10, 188o; sixth, Cornelis Viele, born in 1816, and died at Elmira, New York, January, 1850; seventh, Catherine Viele, born November 16, 1818, died at Bath, New York, January 20, 1903 (she was Mrs. Jas. Hunter); eighth, Maria Viele; ninth, Alexander Viele, born in July, _____ and died at Hannible, Mo.;  tenth, Jacob J. Viele, born April 22, 1825, died at Troy, Pennsylvania, December 8, 1870; eleventh, Deborah Viele (Mrs. Chas. N. Grohs) was born October 11, 1827, died at Troy, Pennsylvania, June 23, 1898. She has a daughter Mrs. Frederic H. Hoffman of Troy, Pennsylvania; twelfth, Giles Fonda Viele, born March 1, 1829, died at Troy, Pennsylvania; thirteenth, Rachel Viele (Mrs. Jacob Anque) born May 20, 1830, died at Troy, Pennsylvania, October 26, 1883; fourteenth, Jessie Viele died at the age of three years.  Ann Boyd, the second daughter born in Schenectady, 1792, married Charles Vedder also of Schenectady and died at New Orleans, La., March 1830, leaving a son James and a daughter Catherine Vedder.

Parthenia Boyd, the third daughter born November 29, 1794, at Schenectady, married February 18, 1813, Christopher Whitaker, born in Dutchess county, New York, November 29, 1793.  Their entire married life was spent in Johnsburg, Warren County where all their nine children were born, namely: First, Abram, July 5, 1814, married Matilda Hays, 1847, and had Parthenia E.; second, James born February 9, 1816, married Anna Shefield 1842, had John Boyd 1850, Albert Conde, 1852 and Harriet A., 1859; third, John born 1820, died 1825; fourth, Charles Brown, December 11, 1821, married Abigail Richards Graves 1835, he died at Elgin, Illinois, June 6, 1877, their children: Leslie C., Herbert L., Clam; Adele married Garrett Dillenback, now in the drug business at Albany.  Edith M. and Annie B. Whitaker; fifth, David, September 7, 1823, married Samantha Ferris, had Philip A. and Fred Whitaker; Sixth, Catherine, 1826 ; seventh, Robert, 1828 ; eighth, Alida, 1831 ; all died unmarried; ninth, Nancy McHench Whitaker, 1832, who married Rev. I. J. Hoag, and died November, 1902.

Wilmot Boyd, the fourth daughter born at Schenectady, December 29, 1796, died at Detroit, Michigan, March 20, 1877 in her eighty-first year, married Charles Taylor Brown of Chariton, Saratoga County.  They had five children: First, Nathan Hollister, born May 10, 1818, married Amanda Hall, March, 1840 and died February 20, 1884. Their children were four: Catherine Taylor, 1841; Esther, 1843, living at Detroit, 1910; Lydia Barclay, 1845 and Charles Hall Brown, July 5, 1849, who married Georgiana Newcomb, December 4, 1867, they had three sons: First, Charles F., 1868, who married Caroline King, had daughter Georgiana Brown; second, George Hollister, 1870, married Mabel L. Pollock, have daughter Madeline Brown; third, Herbert Stanley Brown, 1872.

Second, James Alexander born October 13, 1817, died May 21, 1882, married Naomi Loomis Bancroft in 1848, had Frank Wilmot, 1855, died 1893, married Frances Marjory Bagley, had Marjory Wilmot and Dorothy Frank Brown. Van Vechten Brown, son of James and Naomi, born 1869, died 1871.  Other children of Wilmot Boyd and Charles Taylor Brown, were Anson, 1816; Esther, 1821; and Alida Ann, 1824, all died unmarried.  A few years after the death of their father in 1830, the family removed from Charlton, New York to Detroit, Michigan, where the sons, Nathan Hollister Brown and James Alexander Brown became prominent physicians.

Margaret Boyd, the fifth daughter of James and Alida, born October 25, 1800, at Schenectady, married, 1818, Fredrick Nicholas Clute, son of Susan Switz and Nicholas Clute, born I8oo, died 1879.  Margaret his wife died June 4, 1878 in her seventy-eighth year.  Their children: First, Susan, 1820 married Jeremiah Spohn; second, Alida, 1822, married John F. Spohn and had Charles Clute Spohn, born 1857, who by wife Amelia had Frederick N. and Howard E. Spohn; third, Abraham S. 1824-1829; fourth, Wilmot Boyd Clute, married Levi Fralick, had Margaret M. Fralick, 1853; fifth, Anna C. Clute, 1830, married James Rikers; sixth, Nancy L., 1832-1859; seventh, Harriet Amelia, 1835, married George H. Conde’ and removed to Milwaukee, Wis., and eighth, James Boyd Clute, 1840, died 1862.

Susan Boyd, the sixth daughter, born at Schenectady, December 18, 1801, married, July 20, 1823, Nathaniel Griffing of Thurman, Warren County, New York.  She went as a bride to the Griffing homestead, lived there for seventy-two years and there died August 11, 1895 in the ninety-fourth year of her age.  Their children were: first, Stephen Boyd, born June 12, 1830, died November 24, 1907, married Fannie Brown of Chicago, June, 1859, had Helen E., who married Louis K. Hildebrand and had Helen May, Clement Alvin; M'liss Louise, and Edwin Francis Hildebrand. Residing at Hinsdale, Illinois, Clement Alvin married Helen R. Childs, they have one son, Frank Childs Hildebrand and reside at Riverton, Nebraska.  George Cameron, eldest son of Stephen B. Griffing, born 1861; married Adeline G. McSpadden, had Emma H. and Helen Griffing.  He married second Nina brown, lives at Clark, South Dakota; Edward Vincent, second son of Stephen B. Griffing, 1864, died 1889 at Clark, South Dakota.  Second, James Griffing born 1832, died 1834; third, Helen Griffing, born April 12, 1836, died June. 25, 1891; married April 26, 1856, Frederick R. Osborne, had five children: Frederick Stodard, 1865; Henry Griffing, 1867, and Charles Boyd, 1869, died young.  Isabella the eldest daughter, married Orley Hazleton, had Alice Hazleton who married Rev. Augustus Hal-ward Lane of Saratoga Springs.  Susan Boyd Osborne, the second daughter married Rae Sims of Glen Falls, New York, no children. Fourth. Elizabeth Grifing, born July 28, 1839, married Andrew J. Taylor of Glen Falls, New York.  Fifth, Henry Griffing, born July 28, 1839, twin of Elizabeth.  He is unmarried, living at Warrensburgh, New York, very highly regarded.  He is a leading man of Warren County in business and politics, very active and prominent in the Episcopal church.

Nancy McHench Boyd, the seventh daughter of James and Alida, born at Schenectady, November 5, 1807, died at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, May 18, 1883, age seventy-six years, married Jessie Martin Van Slyke of Schenectady, had two children: James Boyd, who died young and Harriet M. Van Slyke, December 17, 1842, married at Milwaukee, September 6, 1864, Alfred Levi Cary, (lawyer), their children: Robert John, 1868; Walter, 1871; Harriet Sophia, 1873, who married in 1901, Charles L. Jones; and Irving Boyd Cary 1875.

Alexander Boyd, third son of John and Ann Logan Boyd, was born at, Albany, September 14, 1764, and died at Middleburgh, Schoharie County, New York, in 1854, age ninety years.  In Middleburgh, where he spent his life, he was an extensive farmer, much esteemed and respected by all classes.  He was noted for charitable deeds, especially kind to his slaves of whom he owned a large number.  In 1813, he received the nomination for Congress from the Whig party in Schoharie County, and although the county was strongly Democratic, he was elected by an overwhelming majority.  He was a deacon in the Dutch Reformed church for many years and Sunday always found him in church no matter what the weather.  It is said of him that he walked the whole distance from Middleburgh to Albany when he was eighty-four years old.  He married Elizabeth Becker, the daughter of Peter, and had thirteen children.

First, John, born July 20, 1784, married Kate Van Epps, settled at Laurens, Otsego County, New York, no children. Second, Helen, born December 10, 1785, on October 1, 1809 married James Van Gaasbeek, M. D., had seven children as follows: Eliza C. Van Gaasbeek, August 4,1811, married in 1836, Elijah Parson; Deborah Van Gaasbeek, September 14, 1812, died unmarried.  Margaret Van Gaasbeek, August 4, 1814, married in 1840, Israel Larkin.  Alexander Boyd Van Gaasbeek, born April 11, 1816, died January 15, 1911 in his ninety-fifth year, married February 20, 1851, Antoinette H. Keller and had Amos C. Van Gaasbeek, now living in Orange, New Jersey, who married Helen W. Comstock, no children; and Antoinette Hoyt Van Gaasbeek who married John Francis Nash, has three children, Helen; Alexander V. G., and Antoinette Nash, residing in Syracuse, New York. Mr. A. B. Van Gaasbeek, until eighty-five years of age was actively engaged in the carpet business in Albany and was a remarkable example of the longevity and activity of the Boyds. William Van Gaasbeek, March 27, 1818, died December 19, 1903, age eighty-five years, married September 22, 1840, Phoebe Ford and had: Helen P. Van Gaasbeek, who married John Jay; of London, England, their children, Phoebe; Caroline and William .P. Jay.  Eliza J. Van Gaasbeek who married Mr. Baldwin of Castleton, Vermont, and had Minnetta, William and Edwin Baldwin. John Van Gaasbeek married - had John F. Van Gaasbeek and William Van Gaasbeek, residing at Albany, New York.  John Van Gaasbeek, born October 26, 1820, married June 1843, Mary Groat, no children.  Edwin Van Gaasbeek, born March 7, 1823, died 1872.

Third, David Boyd, third child of Alexander, born November 3, 1788, married, 1819, Nancy Vanderzee of Bethleham, Albany County.  Lived at Middleburgh, had seven children: 1819, (Elizabeth); 1823, Alexander; Susan; Ann; Margaret; 1823, Vanderzee; 1826, Amah.  Ann Boyd, fourth child born March 7, 1791, married George Dial of DeKalb, St. Lawrence County, New York, had seven or eight children. Albert Boyd, fifth child, born March 1, 1793, married Ann Heron of Middleburgh, lived in St. Lawrence County, had seven children.  Peter Boyd, sixth child, August 25, 1795, married Helen De Voe of Oneida County, lived there and had four children.  James Boyd, seventh child, December 6, 1797 married Emily Stimpson of Schoharie County, lived at Livingstonville, Schoharie County, had two children. Margaret Boyd, eighth child, born February 10, 1800. married Jan. 26, 1826 John C. Van Vechten, lived at Sloansville, Schoharie County died August 20, 1886, had ten children: First, Cornelia B. born Nov. 24, 1827, died Feb. 23: 1885, married Peter Enders.  Feb. 15 1848.  Second, Maria, 1829 -1831; James, 1831-1900, married Sophia Deitz, I853; Eliza, 1833, married Peter Warner; Ann; 1835, married Charles Baumes; Helen, 1837, married William Avery; Jane, 1839 -1857; Delia, 1842, married B. F. Gage; Caroline, 1846-1848; Margaret, born February 24, 1844, married John Wynkoop Veeder, had Van Vechten, James Wynkoop, and Florence R. Veeder. Van Vechten Veeder in 1911 was a judge in the United States District Court, New York.  William A. Boyd, ninth child of Alexander, born, December 13, 1802, died September 17, 1880, age seventy-eight years.  After several years spent successfully in farming in Schoharie County, he moved to Albany in 1850, entered into partnership with his son Rodger D. Boyd in the dry goods business.  In 1874, the firm was dissolved and Mr. Boyd retired from active business life. He married first Margaret Dougerty who died in 1830, second, Sarah M. Sternberg of Livingstonville, had seven children as follows: First, Rodger D. born June 22, 1828, married Delia Godfrey and had six children: Wm. A., Ida, Henry, Cora, Alice, Harlow Boyd.  Second, WilliamA., Jr., June 10, 1830, married Laney Williams and had six children.  Third, Elizabeth, born July 11, 1839, married Seth Wheeler, April 3, 1861, died Jan. 2, 1911.  Children. Edgar Wheeler, who married Alice Birch and had Archibald Birch; Thomas Boyd, and Edgar Thorn Wheeler.  Harriet E., who married Howard Martin and had Elizabeth Martin.  William A. Wheeler, who married Rubie Holt Hyam; Sarah Boyd Wheeler, who married Joseph House, and Seth Wheeler, Jr., who married Alice E. Fifth. Fourth.  Henry H. Boyd, boom 1841, died 1844.  Fifth, Edwin Boyd, born 1843, died 1843. Sixth, Mary and Seventh Martha, born July 22, 1844.  Martha Boyd married Rev. Charles F. Hull and had Myra, Harriet, and Firman Hull.

Nancy Boyd, tenth child of Alexander, born February 2, 1805, married Daniel Larkin at Williamsbridge, Schoharie County, and had four children.  Alexander Boyd, born February 26, 1807, eleventh child of Alexander, located in the West, it is not known where nor who he married.  Hugh Boyd, the twelfth child born July 10, 1809, died young.  Delia Boyd, thirteenth child, born July 15, 1812, married Jehial Larkin.  They lived together forty-seven years, had no children and died within twenty-four hours of each other September, 1883.

Captain Hugh Boyd, the fourth son of John and Ann Logan, born at Albany, January 25, 1767, died there December 29, 1816, age forty-nine years, married Catherine Staats of Albany, January 14, 1796.  Children, Ann, born January 6, 1797, (it is not known who she married,) and probably Hugh Boyd, born 1817, died. June 27, 1842, age twenty-five, his wife was Mary A. D. Boyd they had two children, Hugh and Mary Catherine, both died in infancy.  Captain Hugh Boyd was associated with his brother Hamilton Boyd in operating a line of passenger and freight sloops on the Hudson River.  It is a tradition in the family, that Hugh and Hamilton Boyd were the pilots on the steamboat "Fulton" on its first trip from New York to Albany.

David Boyd, the fifth son of John and Ann Logan was born at Albany, December 4, 1770, died at Schenectady, November 3, 1834.  He became a prominent citizen of Schenectady, was one of the organizers of the Mohawk Bank, one of the first banking institutions in the State, and was for nearly fifty years its cashier February 5, 1823, he was elected county judge, serving until January 31,1825.  In 1826, he was elected Mayor of Schenectady.  In 1812, he was presidential elector.  His wife Margaret Maxwell, born December 29, 1772, married March 7, 1793, died October 14, 1856.  Their children were: First, Euphemia, born 1794, died unmarried, 1851; second, Hugh M., December 8, 1793, died May 7, 1847, married Mary Dow, June 4, 1822, and had Mary Boyd, who married Newton Thacher, and Mattie Boyd, who married Mr. Gray and had three daughters.  Third, Margaret, born December 16 1797 died October 18, 1852, married William McHench, her cousin and had, Margaret, Euphemia, Sarah, all unmarried.  David Boyd McHench, who married Elizabeth Dillon; Mary and Caroline McHench unmarried.  Fourth, David Maxwell, January 23, 1800, died 1801.  Fifth, Ann August 30, 1802, died unmarried.  Sixth, John Hamilton, born August 9, 1805, died August 13, 1869, unmarried. Seventh, Ursula, Jane, 1808, died, 1811.  Eighth, Ursula Jane, born September 24, 1811, died, 1877, married George H. Thacher, June 15, 1843, and had Margaret Thacher, born 1845, died, 1858. John Boyd Thacher, born September 11, 1847, married Emma Treadwell, 1872, died February 25, 1909, at Albany, New York, no children.  He was graduated from William College, 1869, became actively interested with his father in the Thacher Car Wheel Forks, one of the leading industries of Albany.  He was widely known as a public man, traveler and author; State Senator in 1883 and twice Mayor of Albany.  Among his more prominent literary works may be mentioned: "Christopher Columbus, His Life, His Works, His Remains;" "The Continent of America., its Discovery, and its Baptism," "Charlecote," "Cabotian Discoveries" and "Little Speeches." George H. Thacher, Jr., his brother, born November 20, 1851, married Emma L. Bennett, January 1, 1880, and had George H., Jr.; John Boyd, 2nd; Thomas O.; Emma L.; Roland T.; Kenelm R.; and Edwin T. Thacher.

Ninth. Dr. David Boyd youngest son of David and Margaret Maxwell, born December 4, 1813, died unmarried, December 12, 1865.  He was a graduate of Union College. Lived at Charlton, Saratoga County, New York.

Thomas Boyd, the sixth son of John and Ann Logan Boyd, was born at Albany, April 19, 1772, and died in New York city, March 18, 1856, in the eighty-fourth year of his age.  He practiced medicine for over sixty years; fifty of them in New York city and at the time of his death, was the oldest physician in the city.  He lived a remarkable life of unceasing activity and usefulness, enjoying the affectionate respect of all who came within the sphere of his influence and was greatly beloved.  He was distinguished through life for his kindness and generosity, especially toward the poor and unfortunate, upon whom he lavished his care without the hope or thought of reward.  He married October 22, 1793, Sarah Graham daughter of Rev. Chauncy and Elizabeth Tan Wyck Graham, born January 11, 1770, died August 16, 1855. To them were born seven children: First, Elizabeth married John H. McCall, died, February 12, 1881; second, John Thomas, July 4, 1797, died June 8, 1859.  He was for many years the leading auctioneer in the city of New York, and in 1841, founded "Boyd's City Express."  He married, April 16, 1838, Hannah Agnes Shea and had: John Thomas Boyd born March 22, 1840, married Annette and had William Augustus second, a physician in the Griscom Borough of Bronx, New York; Florence Annette; John Thomas, Jr.; Erastus Graham; Carlisle T., and Gertrude Boyd.

William Augustus, second son of John Thomas and Hannah Boyd, born November 25, 1841, married Adeline Todd Speaight, April 16, 1873, she died February 25, 1899. He was graduated from Columbia College, New York, class 1861, admitted to the Bar, November 25, 1862. and Corporation Counsel of the city of New York from 1875 to 1889.  In the Civil War he served as First Lieutenant in the 62nd Regiment, New York Volunteers.  His children: Adeline V.; Beatrice S.; Beverly; Lucille; Addie Storm; Natalie G.; Leontine A.; Constance C. and Gansevoort M. Boyd.  Sarah Matilda, born July 9, 1844, eldest daughter of John Thomas Boyd and wife Hannah, married Thomas Storm, who died May 1, 1890, she subsequently married Charles E. Orvis.  Her children: Clarence; Edna G.; and Mabel Louise Storm. Theodore Chauncy and Hamilton, two sons of John Thomas and Hannah Boyd died young.

Melville Boyd, youngest son of John T. and Hannah, born October 6, 1850, died March 3, 1894.  Married Mary H. Davidson, (nee Walden), who died October 7, 1896.  He graduated from the Theological Seminary, Alexandria, Virginia, in 1873, was ordained a clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal Church in 1874.  He was Rector of the Episcopal church in King George County, Virginia and subsequently at Ashland, Virginia.  In 1877, he became Rector of All Saints Church, Brooklyn, New York.  During a pastorate of seventeen years, he built one of the finest churches in Brooklyn; died March 3, 1894 in his forty-third year.  He was possessed of rare intellectual gifts and an attractive personality, he spared not himself in the cause in which he enlisted and the fruit of his efforts was conspicuously abundant. His children: Alary Melville; Melville, Jr.; Reginald Price, and Ruth Boyd.

Theodore Chauncy, born September, 1799, third child of Dr. Thomas and Sarah Graham Boyd, married Sarah P. Cummings and died August 7, 1843.

Fourth, Margaret A. Boyd, sister of the above, married Alexander Chalmers and died February 27, 1841.

Fifth, William Hugh Boyd, son of Dr. Thomas, was also a physician and died of yellow fever at New Orleans, LA., September 6, 1837.  Sixth, Maria, and seventh, Sarah Matilda Boyd; both daughters of Dr. Thomas, died unmarried, 1879 and 1881 respectively.

William Boyd, the seventh son of John and Ann Logan, was born September 14, 1775, at Albany, and died there April 24, 1840.  He was the Captain of a passenger sloop plying between Albany and New York for a number of years; he afterwards engaged in the silversmith and jewelry business at Albany, continuing until his death.  He was a director of the Mechanics and Farmers Bank in 1817 and a member of St. Andrew's Society.  He married Hannah Hook, May 29, 1809, who was born 1783, died, February, 1856.  They had eight children: Catherine Hook, 1810; John, 1811; Thomas Hook, 1813; Thomas Hook (2), 1815; William, 1817; Howard, 1819; Catherine, 1821; Anna Mary Boyd, 1823.  The only son to marry, was Howard Boyd, May, 1818, died, July 27, 1889, married in 1849, Mary A. Morrow, and had Caroline Henry Boyd, who married Henry Sage Dermott, had Caroline Henry Dermott, married W. T. Corning, 1902, now living in Hartford, Connecticut; have one daughter; Stephen Cannon Dermott, and Katherine Schuyler Dermott.

William Wendell Boyd, son of Howard and Mary, married Mary E. Shafer, no children. Catherine Boyd, September 7, 1821, daughter of William and Hannah, married Stephen Reuben Schuyler, who was born December 5, 1850, died November, I877, had no children.

Hamilton Boyd, the eighth son of John and Ann Logan, was born at Albany, February, 17, 1778, died September 20, 1822, married first, Ann Bradshaw, second, Eliza Kirby, who died January 15, 1824.  Hamilton and his brother Hugh, together operated a line of sloops in the Hudson River, Troy being their headquarters.  The children of Hamilton and Ann Bradshaw were: James Hamilton, died young; Mary Ann Boyd, born 1804, died March 3, 1878, married her kinsman James Peter Boyd, son of Peter and Margaret McMurray Boyd, grandson of James and Jane Boyd, natives of Scotland, who arrived in New York, 1774.  James and Jane Boyd had ten sons born and educated in the city of Albany. Several of them became identified with the mercantile interests of the city and were extensively known for their probity and honorable dealing.  Mary A. and James Peter Boyd had: Charles, born July 25, 1834, died April 13, 1856 at Princeton College on the eve of graduation.  Rev. John Campbell, born ________, died 1902, was a prominent Presbyterian clergyman of Fonda, New York; married, first, Clarissa G. Schuyler, second, Clam Davis; had Grace Rutherford Boyd, who married William H. Metcalf and had John Trumbull, Arthur and Anna Metcalf; also had Donald; Hamilton; Rachel, and Margaret Boyd. Mary G., daughter of James P. and Mary A. Boyd, married September 5, 1865, Charles H. Van Benthuysen and had, Charles Fredrick Boyd, and Marion Van Benthuysen.  Another daughter, Margaret Boyd, died unmarried; James Peter Boyd, Jr., married Alice Maud Glassford, no children.  He is now one of the prominent physicians of Albany.

Edward Hugh Boyd, son of Hamilton and Eliza Kirby, born May, 1815, died, 1884, married May 29, 1850, Jane Frances Bradford, who was born at Auburn, New York, December 1, 1826, died 1887. Their children were Edward, who died in infancy; George Hamilton, born, 1857, at Elyria, Ohio, married in 1889, Ida Hope Wood of Montreal, Canada, and had Edward Hamilton Boyd.  Geo. Hamilton Boyd is president and treasurer of the Thomas D. West Foundry Co., Sharpsville, Pa. Anna. Bradford, daughter of Edward Hugh and Jane F. Boyd, married, 1882, Dwight P. Briggs. Boyd Family and Descendants, William P. Boyd, 1912

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