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Andrew Boyd 1778 – 1844 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 18 Oct 1778

Birth Location: Ruthwell, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

Death Date: 05 Dec 1844

Death Location: Ruthwell, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

Father: Thomas Boyd

Mother: Janet Blake

Spouse(s): Janet Dickie, Agness Grierson

Children(s): Thomas Boyd, Mary Boyd, Janet Boyd, Jean Boyd, Hellen Boyd, Elizabeth Boyd, Jean Boyd, Andrew Boyd, Margaret Boyd, William Boyd, John Boyd, James Boyd, Robert Boyd, Lucy Boyd, Agness Boyd, Mary Boyd, Marion Boyd, Grace BOYD, James Boyd, Isabella Boyd, Andrew Boyd, Grace Boyd

Andrew Boyd was born in 1778 in Ruthwell, Dumfries-shire, Scotland, the child of Thomas Boyd and Janet Blake. In 1778, Andrew Boyd resided in Ruthwell, Dumfries, Scotland. Andrew Boyd married Janet Dickie, Agness Grierson, and had children including Thomas Boyd, Mary Boyd, Janet Boyd, Jean Boyd, Hellen Boyd, Elizabeth Boyd, Jean Boyd, Andrew Boyd, Margaret Boyd, William Boyd, John Boyd, James W Boyd, Robert L C Boyd, Lucy Boyd, Agness Boyd, Mary Boyd, Marion Boyd, Grace BOYD, James Boyd, Isabella Boyd, Andrew Boyd, Grace Boyd. Andrew Boyd passed away in 1844 in Ruthwell, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Andrew Boyd was born in 1778 in Ruthwell, Dumfries-shire, Scotland, the child of Thomas Boyd and Janet Blake.
  • In 1778, Andrew Boyd resided in Ruthwell, Dumfries, Scotland.
  • Andrew Boyd married Janet Dickie, Agness Grierson, and had children including Thomas Boyd, Mary Boyd, Janet Boyd, Jean Boyd, Hellen Boyd, Elizabeth Boyd, Jean Boyd, Andrew Boyd, Margaret Boyd, William Boyd, John Boyd, James W Boyd, Robert L C Boyd, Lucy Boyd, Agness Boyd, Mary Boyd, Marion Boyd, Grace BOYD, James Boyd, Isabella Boyd, Andrew Boyd, Grace Boyd.
  • Andrew Boyd passed away in 1844 in Ruthwell, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Boyd
1741 – 1822
Birth Location: Langholm or Staplegorton, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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Janet Blake
1744 – 1805
Birth Location: Alvah, Banffshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Janet Dickie
1785 – 1825
Birth Location: Ruthwell, Dumfriesshire
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Agness Grierson
1797 – 1871
Birth Location: Knockhardy Ruthwell, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Thomas Boyd
1802 – 1863
Birth Location: Ruthwell, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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Mary Boyd
1804 –
Birth Location: Ruthwell, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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Janet Boyd
1806 – 1884
Birth Location: Ruthwell, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
JB
Jean Boyd
1808 – 1894
Birth Location: Ruthwell, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
JB
Hellen Boyd
1808 – 1889
Birth Location: Ruthwell, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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Elizabeth Boyd
1810 – 1893
Birth Location: Ruthwell, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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Jean Boyd
1812 – 1894
Birth Location: Ruthwell, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
JB
Andrew Boyd
1818 – 1835
Birth Location: Ruthwell, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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Margaret Boyd
1820 – 1855
Birth Location: Ruthwell, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
MB
William Boyd
1822 – 1886
Birth Location: Ruthwell, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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John Boyd
1824 – 1889
Birth Location: Ruthwell, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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James Boyd
Birth Location: –
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Robert Boyd
Birth Location: –
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Lucy Boyd
Birth Location: –
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Agness Boyd
1829 –
Birth Location: Knockhardy Ruthwell, Dumfriesshire
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Mary Boyd
1831 –
Birth Location: Ruthwell, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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Marion Boyd
1831 – 1863
Birth Location: Knockhardy Ruthwell, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
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Grace BOYD
1832 – 1841
Birth Location: Ruthwell, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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James Boyd
1833 –
Birth Location: Ruthwell, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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Isabella Boyd
1834 – 1911
Birth Location: Knockhardy Ruthwell, Dumfriesshire
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Andrew Boyd
1837 – 1913
Birth Location: Knockhardy Ruthwell, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
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Grace Boyd
1842 – 1893
Birth Location: Knockhardy Ruthwell, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
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Andrew Boyd's Ancestors

Self
Andrew Boyd
1778 – 1844
Birth Place: Ruthwell, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Parents
Thomas Boyd
1741 – 1822
Langholm or Staplegorton, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Janet Blake
1744 – 1805
Alvah, Banffshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Andrew Boyd's Descendants

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Andrew Boyd (18 Oct 1778 – 05 Dec 1844) m. Janet Dickie (15 Aug 1785 – 04 Dec 1825) m. Agness Grierson (16 Jan 1797 – 29 Jun 1871)
  1. 1. Thomas Boyd (8 Sep 1802 – 9 Jan 1863)
  2. 2. Mary Boyd (22 Jan 1804 – )
  3. 3. Janet Boyd (13 Feb 1806 – 19 Jan 1884) m. James Little (2 Feb 1799 – 8 May 1867)
    1. 1. Janet Little (12 Feb 1827 – 1 Jun 1906)
    2. 2. James Little (5 Dec 1828 – 23 Dec 1872)
    3. 3. Jane Little (6 Apr 1830 – 1 Jun 1906)
      1. 1. James Little (22 Jan 1866 – 5 MAY 1936) m. Agnes Thomson (Abt. 1859 – Bef. 1890) m. Elizabeth Finlay (Abt. 1868 – 26 Dec 1946)
        1. 1. Jane Little (1 Dec 1885 – )
        2. 2. Mary (Mair) Little (14 May 1888 – ) m. John Gracie
        3. 3. Agnas Little (12 APR 1891 – 21 AUG 1969) m. Robert (Gibson) Blount (4 JUL 1889 – 23 DEC 1949)
        4. 4. Janet (Caldrow) Little (1892 – 20 DEC 1968) m. William Wright (abt 1892 – 20 Nov 1918)
        5. 5. Elizabeth Little (4 OCT 1895 – 30 NOV 1943)
        6. 6. William (James) Little (22 SEP 1898 – 20 NOV 1976) m. Janet (Boustead) Russell (17 Aug 1898 – 22 Mar 1973)
        7. 7. Margaret ((Meg) Forsyth) Little (1901 – 1979) m. Gavin (Milligan) Dalrymple (25 Jan 1898 – Dec 1990)
        8. 8. Grace (Bell) Little (4 MAR 1902 – Oct 1978) m. Joseph Smith (16 MAR 1903 – 2 SEP 1991)
        9. 9. Andrew Little (4 APR 1905 – 1 OCT 1997) m. Beatrix Preece (10 Mar 1904 – 17 Jul 1990)
        10. 10. Arthur (Chambers) Little (19 Feb 1910 – 24 JUL 1976)
    4. 4. Margaret Little (Abt. 1832 – )
    5. 5. Andrew Little (22 Jul 1832 – 15 Nov 1834)
    6. 6. Mary Little (Jun 1834 – 19 Jan 1838)
    7. 7. Andrew Little (29 Aug 1837 – Abt 1852)
    8. 8. Mary Little (11 Jun 1839 – 14 Jul 1915) m. William Shannon (abt 1834 – 9 Feb 1900)
      1. 1. Robert Shannon (abt 1865 – )
      2. 2. Janet (Little Boyd) Shannon (6 May 1867 – )
      3. 3. SARAH (BOYD) SHANNON (17 May 1872 – 7 Jun 1909) m. JAMES SCOTT (23 Apr 1873 – 1 Nov 1934)
        1. 1. WILLIAM SCOTT (8 Jun 1894 – 9 Dec 1964)
        2. 2. Jessie Scott (abt 1900 – )
        3. 3. George (Graham) Scott (1902 – 21 November 1904)
      4. 4. William Shannon (abt 1875 – )
      5. 5. Mary (Jane) Shannan (abt 1878 – )
    9. 9. William (Boyd) Little (6 May 1844 – 20 Aug 1892) m. Maria Wilson (Oct 1841 – )
      1. 1. Janet Little (18 Oct 1866 – 9 Apr 1941)
      2. 2. James Little (2 Nov 1868 – )
      3. 3. Henrietta Little (26 Feb 1870 – 21 Sep 1873)
      4. 4. Robert Little (24 Mar 1872 – )
      5. 5. David (Boyd) Little (21 Jun 1874 – 27 Jun 1952) m. Ellen (Elizabeth) Lewis (05 Aug 1873 – ABT JUL 1947)
        1. 1. William Little (1901 – 1972)
        2. 2. David (Lewis) Little (1902 – 8 JUN 1952)
        3. 3. Thomas (Stantial) Little (1904 – MAR 1922)
        4. 4. Alec (Compton) Little (1906 – 2004)
        5. 5. Francis Little (1908 – 28 FEB 1979)
        6. 6. William Little (1908 – )
        7. 7. Rupert (James) Little (1909 – 1944)
        8. 8. Ronald (Edward) Little (7 May 1911 – 23 Jan 1976) m. Annie Cowen (20 Jan 1913 – Oct 1979)
        9. 9. Kathleen (Ellen) Little (30 Mar 1916 – 2 May 1997)
      6. 6. Henrietta Little (abt 1876 – )
      7. 7. Thomas (Wilson) Little (abt 1879 – 5 Apr 1944)
      8. 8. Mary (Jane) Little (14 May 1881 – )
      9. 9. Ebenezer (Wilson) Little (6 Apr 1882 – 16 Apr 1952)
    10. 10. Elizabeth Little (6 May 1844 – )
  4. 4. Jean Boyd (21 Apr 1808 – 02 Jan 1894)
  5. 5. Hellen Boyd (21 April 1808 – 1 Aug 1889)
  6. 6. Elizabeth Boyd (21 Apr 1810 – 18 Jan 1893)
  7. 7. Jean Boyd (29 Apr 1812 – 2 Jan 1894)
  8. 8. Andrew Boyd (1818 – 19 April 1835)
  9. 9. Margaret Boyd (1820 – 3 Oct 1855)
  10. 10. William Boyd (4 Apr 1822 – 23 Apr 1886)
  11. 11. John Boyd (24 July 1824 – 22 Jul 1889)
  12. 12. James (W) Boyd
  13. 13. Robert (L C) Boyd
  14. 14. Lucy Boyd
  15. 15. Agness Boyd (25 Jul 1829 – )
  16. 16. Mary Boyd (1831 – )
  17. 17. Marion Boyd (16 Jan 1831 – abt 1863)
  18. 18. Grace BOYD (24 Sep 1832 – bef 1841)
  19. 19. James Boyd (1833 – )
  20. 20. Isabella Boyd (26 Apr 1834 – 1911)
  21. 21. Andrew Boyd (08 Feb 1837 – 17 Nov 1913)
  22. 22. Grace Boyd (24 Sep 1842 – 25 Oct 1893) m. William Gunyon (21 Jul 1842 – 26 Oct 1899)
    1. 1. Jemima (Carlisle) Gunyon (25 Sep 1870 – 23 March 1921)
    2. 2. Agnes (Grierson) Gunyon (1873 – 31 Jan 1960)
    3. 3. Hannah Gunyon (13 May 1877 – )
    4. 4. James Gunyon (26 Dec 1879 – )
    5. 5. Grace Gunyon (15 May 1882 – 9 March 1944)
    6. 6. Williamina Gunyon (10 Jan 1884 – 15 Sep 1969) m. John Douglas (27 Jun 1885 – 16 Mar 1953)
      1. 1. John (Haig) Douglas (1916 – 28 Dec 1966) m. Margaret (Smith) Graham (31 Jul 1920 – 15 May 1993)
        1. 1. John (Graham) Douglas (13 Mar 1939 – 16 Jan 1994)
        2. 2. Jacqueline Douglas (Dec 1941 – 19 Feb 1942)
        3. 3. William (Gunyon) Douglas (1944 – 18 Dec 2012)
      2. 2. Grace (Boyd) Douglas (30 Dec 1917 – 28 Sep 2014) m. Roland (J) Corbett

Andrew Boyd's Timeline

4 Records

1778
18 Oct 1778
Birth of Andrew Boyd in Ruthwell, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Ruthwell, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
1778
18 Oct 1778
Andrew Boyd was baptized in , Ruthwell, Dumfries, Scotland
, Ruthwell, Dumfries, Scotland
1778
1778
Andrew Boyd resided here in Ruthwell, Dumfries, Scotland
Ruthwell, Dumfries, Scotland
1844
05 Dec 1844
Age 66
Death of Andrew Boyd in Ruthwell, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Ruthwell, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 18 Oct 1778
    Event Place: Ruthwell, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
    Record Source: Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 18 Oct 1778
    Event Place: , Ruthwell, Dumfries, Scotland
    Record Source: Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1778
    Event Place: Ruthwell, Dumfries, Scotland
    Record Source: Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 05 Dec 1844
    Event Place: Ruthwell, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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