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Adam Boyd 1483–1577 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1483

Birth Location: Pinkill, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 21 Nov 1577

Death Location: Penkill, Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Lord GGF

Mother: Lady GGM

Spouse(s): Dame Kennedy

Children(s): Sir Penkill, Robert Boyd, James Trochrig, Dochter Boyd, Robert II, Margaret Boyd, Euphemia Boyd

In 1483, Adam Boyd entered the world in Pinkill, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to Lord Alexander Boyd 3Rd Lord Of Boyd Chamberlain Of Kilmarnock 14Th Ggf And Lady Janet Colville Of Ochiltree Countess Of Kilmarnock 14Th Ggm. Adam Boyd married Dame Helen Kennedy, and had children including Dochter Boyd, Euphemia Boyd, James Boyd Archbishop Of Glascow 1St Laird Of Trochrig, Margaret Boyd, Robert Boyd Ii, Robert Boyd, Sir Adam Boyd 2Nd Lord Of Penkill. Adam Boyd passed away in 1577 in Penkill, Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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  • In 1483, Adam Boyd entered the world in Pinkill, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to Lord Alexander Boyd 3Rd Lord Of Boyd Chamberlain Of Kilmarnock 14Th Ggf And Lady Janet Colville Of Ochiltree Countess Of Kilmarnock 14Th Ggm.
  • Adam Boyd married Dame Helen Kennedy, and had children including Dochter Boyd, Euphemia Boyd, James Boyd Archbishop Of Glascow 1St Laird Of Trochrig, Margaret Boyd, Robert Boyd Ii, Robert Boyd, Sir Adam Boyd 2Nd Lord Of Penkill.
  • Adam Boyd passed away in 1577 in Penkill, Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Adam Boyd's Ancestors

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Adam Boyd
1483–1577
Birth Place: Pinkill, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Lord Alexander Boyd, 3rd Lord of Boyd, Chamberlain of Kilmarnock 14th GGF
1465–1508
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Janet Colville of Ochiltree, Countess of Kilmarnock 14th) GGM
1457–1517
Ochiltree Castle, Lugar Water, East Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Robert Boyd
–1480
Kilmarnock (Renfrew) Scotland
Mariota Maxwell
–1472
Calderwood (Lanarkshire) Scotland
Robert (Colville Liard van Ochiltree) I
1415–1456
Ayrshire, Scotland, Ardrossan
Lady (ELIZABETH) ARNOT
1430–1527
Sanquhar Castle, Dumfrieshire, Scotland
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Adam Boyd's Descendants

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Adam Boyd (1483–21 Nov 1577) m. Dame (Helen) Kennedy (1482–1582)
  1. 1. Sir (Adam Boyd, 2nd Lord of) Penkill 1557–1596
  2. 2. Robert Boyd 1505–1531
  3. 3. James (Boyd, Archbishop of Glascow, 1st Laird of) Trochrig 1530–1581
  4. 4. Dochter Boyd 1505–
  5. 5. Robert (Boyd,) II 1532–1590
  6. 6. Margaret Boyd 1511–
  7. 7. Euphemia Boyd 1509–

Adam Boyd's Timeline

2 Records

1483
1483
Birth of Adam Boyd in Pinkill, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Pinkill, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1577
21 Nov 1577
Age 94
Death of Adam Boyd in Penkill, Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Penkill, Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1483
    Event Place: Pinkill, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 Nov 1577
    Event Place: Penkill, Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

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