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Colonel David Boyd 1566–1623 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1566

Birth Location: Tourgill, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1623

Death Location: Scotland

Father: Sir Session

Mother: Countess Boyd)

Spouse(s): Margaret Wallace, Margareth Wallace

Children(s): Thomas Boyd, Cristian Boyd, Robert Boyd, David BOYD

Colonel David Boyd was born in 1566 in Tourgill, Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of Sir Robert G Boyd 5Th Lord Kilmarnock Extraordinary Lord Of Session And Countess Margaret Mariot Colquhoun Countess Of Glens M Boyd. Colonel David Boyd married Margaret Wallace, Margareth Wallace, and had children including Cristian Boyd, David Boyd, Robert Boyd, Thomas Boyd. Colonel David Boyd passed away in 1623 in Scotland.

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Biography

  • Colonel David Boyd was born in 1566 in Tourgill, Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of Sir Robert G Boyd 5Th Lord Kilmarnock Extraordinary Lord Of Session And Countess Margaret Mariot Colquhoun Countess Of Glens M Boyd.
  • Colonel David Boyd married Margaret Wallace, Margareth Wallace, and had children including Cristian Boyd, David Boyd, Robert Boyd, Thomas Boyd.
  • Colonel David Boyd passed away in 1623 in Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Session
1517–1590
Birth Location: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland
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Countess Boyd)
1525–1601
Birth Location: Glengarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Margaret Wallace
1585–
Birth Location: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Margareth Wallace
1585–
Birth Location: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Thomas Boyd
1608–1660
Birth Location: Cranstown, Cramlington, Northumberland, England
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Cristian Boyd
1610–
Birth Location: Ireland
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Robert Boyd
1605–
Birth Location: Tourgill, Torgyle, Inverness, Scotland
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David BOYD
1607–
Birth Location: Glassroach, Glasnacardoch, Inverness, Scotland
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Colonel Boyd's Ancestors

Self
Colonel Boyd
1566–1623
Birth Place: Tourgill, Ayrshire, Scotland
Parents
Sir Robert G Boyd ^' , 5th Lord Kilmarnock, Extraordinary Lord of Session
1517–1590
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland
Countess (Margaret Mariot Colquhoun, Countess of Glens (m.) Boyd)
1525–1601
Glengarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Robert Boyd
1485–1548
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Lady (Helena Kelly (Boyd)) Somerville
1489–1536
Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Sir (George Humphrey COLQUHOUN - Laird of Luss (13th) gg)
1495–1537
Luss, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Lady (Margaretha Boyd) (15thgg)
1500–1595
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Alexander Boyd
1452–1508
Janet Colville
1467–1517
Sir Cambusnethan
1463–1513
Elisabeth Carmichael
1473–1559
Sir Colquhoun
1475–1536
LADY COLQUHOUN)
1475–1571
Janet Colville
1467–1504
Alexander Boyd
1452–1508
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Cowthally
1425–1491
Marion Bailleul
1435–
Humphrey Colquhoun
1440–1493
Helen Erskine
1450–1510

Colonel Boyd's Descendants

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Colonel (David) Boyd (1566–1623) m. Margaret Wallace (14 Jan 1585–) m. Margareth Wallace (14 Jan 1585–)
  1. 1. Thomas Boyd 1608–1660
  2. 2. Cristian Boyd 1610–
  3. 3. Robert Boyd 1605–
  4. 4. David BOYD 1607–

Colonel Boyd's Timeline

2 Records

1566
1566
Birth of Colonel David Boyd in Tourgill, Ayrshire, Scotland
Tourgill, Ayrshire, Scotland
1623
1623
Age 57
Death of Colonel David Boyd in Scotland
Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1566
    Event Place: Tourgill, Ayrshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1623
    Event Place: Scotland
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