Andrew Boyd ~ Sarah Wilson

Allegheny Co., PA

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Andrew Boyd was a son of Nathaniel Boyd, of Scotch-Irish descent, who came to America in young manhood and became the owner of land now occupied by the City of Philadelphia. He and two sisters later moved westward to Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, purchasing a large farm in Elizabeth township, where he lived until his death. He married, in Elizabeth township, Allegheny county, in 1776, Dinah, daughter of Isaiah Brown, and had three sons: Andrew, Samuel and John.

Andrew Boyd, son of Nathaniel and Dinah (Brown) Boyd, was born in Elizabeth township, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, and grew to manhood on the homestead. He fell heir to a portion of the home farm, and after his marriage cultivated this until his death. By his marriage with Sarah Wilson he had children: Dinah, married Robert McConnell and died in Forward township, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania; Wilson, a farmer, died in Jefferson county, Indiana; Morrow, a soldier in the Second Regiment, West Virginia Cavalry, in the Union army during the Civil War, was killed in the fighting near Winchester, Virginia; John, died in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, in young manhood; Andrew, died on the homestead in 1876, a farmer; Elizabeth, married John P. Wilson; Isabel, married James Withrow, and died in Lincoln township, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania.

Source: Genealogical and personal history of western Pennsylvania Vol. 3, by John W. Jordan; New York : Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915 

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