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Alexander Boyd 1452 – 1508 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1452

Birth Location: Kilmarnock,,Ayrshire,Scotland

Death Date: 1508

Death Location: Kilmarnock,,Renfrewshire,Scotland

Father: Robert Boyd

Mother: Mariota Maxwell

Spouse(s): Janet Colville

Children(s): Margaret Boyd

According to available records, Alexander Boyd was born in 1452 in Kilmarnock,,Ayrshire,Scotland, the child of Robert Boyd and Mariota Maxwell. Following those early years, Alexander Boyd married Janet Colville, and their family grew to include Margaret Boyd. In the later years of life, Alexander Boyd died in 1508 in Kilmarnock,,Renfrewshire,Scotland.

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Parents

Robert Boyd
1425 – 1481
Birth Location: Kilmarnock,,Renfrewshire,Scotland
RB
Mariota Maxwell
1430 – 1472
Birth Location: Calderwood,,Lanarkshire,Scotland
MM

Spouses(s)

Janet Colville
1467 –
Birth Location: Ochiltree,Ayreshire,,Scotland
JC

Children(s)

Margaret Boyd
1500 – 1525
Birth Location: Kilmarnock,,Ayrshire,Scotland
MB

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1452
    Event Place: Kilmarnock,,Ayrshire,Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1508
    Event Place: Kilmarnock,,Renfrewshire,Scotland

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