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Alexander BOYD 1465–1507 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1465

Birth Location: Rowallen, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland.

Death Date: Aft 4 May 1507.

Death Location: Dailly, South Ayrshire, Scotland

Father: Robert BOYD

Mother: Mariotta MAXWELL

Spouse(s): Janet COLVILLE

Children(s): Euphemia BOYD, Margaret Kilmarnock^, Robert Kilmarnock, Adam Boyd, Thomas Boyd

Alexander BOYD was born in 1465 in Rowallen, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland., the child of Robert Boyd And Mariotta Maxwell. Alexander BOYD married Janet Colville, and had children including Adam Boyd, Euphemia Boyd, Margaret Boyd Of Kilmarnock, Robert Boyd 4Th Lord Boyd Of Kilmarnock, Thomas Boyd. Alexander BOYD passed away in 1507 in Dailly, South Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Alexander BOYD was born in 1465 in Rowallen, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland., the child of Robert Boyd And Mariotta Maxwell.
  • Alexander BOYD married Janet Colville, and had children including Adam Boyd, Euphemia Boyd, Margaret Boyd Of Kilmarnock, Robert Boyd 4Th Lord Boyd Of Kilmarnock, Thomas Boyd.
  • Alexander BOYD passed away in 1507 in Dailly, South Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Alexander BOYD's Ancestors

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Alexander BOYD
1465–1507
Birth Place: Rowallen, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland.
Parents
Robert BOYD
1425–1482
Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Mariotta MAXWELL
1430–1472
Lanarkshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Alexander BOYD's Descendants

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Alexander BOYD (1465–Aft 4 May 1507.) m. Janet COLVILLE (1465–ABT 1509 TO ABT 1575)
  1. 1. Euphemia BOYD 1502– m. Lyon (John LOGIE) Sir 1498–
    1. 1. Lady (Margaret) LOGIE 1475–1529 m. Thomas (HAY, Earl of) Erroll 1475–1513
      1. 1. Rt (Hon. Sir Lord George HAY, Knight of) Erroll, 1508–1574 m. Margaret Robertson 1508–1561
        1. 1. Andrew (HAY, 8th Earl of) Erroll 1530–1585 m. Lady (Jeanette HAY 8th Countess of) Erroll 1540–1570 m. Jeanette Hay 1540–1570 m. Lady (Jean) SINCLAIR 1540–1619 m. Lady (Agnes) Hay-Sinclair 1539–1619 m. Jean (Gordon Lady of Erroll) Castle 1540–1570 m. Lady (Jeanette Hay 8th Countess of) Erroll 1540–1570 m. Lady (Agnes) Hay-Sinclair 1539–1619 m. Lady (Jeanette Hay 8th Countess of) Erroll 1540–1570 m. Lady (Jeanette Hay 8th Countess of) Erroll 1537–1570 m. Lady (Katherine) MEREDITH 1520–1590
        2. 2. Sir (Andrew Hay 8th Earl of) Erroll 1530–1585
        3. 3. Lady (Margaret Elizabeth) Earl 1531–1594
        4. 4. Margaret (de) Hay 1520–1559
        5. 5. John Hay 1532–1579
        6. 6. Marjorie Hay 1533–1593
        7. 7. Maria Hay 1538–1580
        8. 8. Laurence Hay 1536–1571
        9. 9. George (Hay of) Ardlethen 1537–1579
        10. 10. Sir (Andrew, 8th Earl of Erroll) Hay 1545–1585
        11. 11. Alexander Hay 1540–1601
        12. 12. Lady (Beatrix) Hay 1542–1594
    2. 2. John Logie 1528–
  2. 2. Margaret (Boyd of) Kilmarnock^ 1495–1595
  3. 3. Robert (Boyd , 4th Lord Boyd of) Kilmarnock 1485–1558
  4. 4. Adam Boyd 1499–1577
  5. 5. Thomas Boyd –1548

Alexander BOYD's Timeline

3 Records

1452
Abt 1452
Birth of Alexander BOYD in Rowallen, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland.
Rowallen, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland.
1465
1465
Birth of Alexander BOYD in Rowallen, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland.
Rowallen, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland.
1507
Aft 4 May 1507.
Age 42
Death of Alexander BOYD in Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt 1452
    Event Place: Rowallen, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland.
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1465
    Event Place: Rowallen, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland.
    Record Source: Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Aft 4 May 1507.
    Event Place: Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Dailly, South Ayrshire, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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