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James Baron Boyd Boyd 1597–1655 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1597

Birth Location: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death Date: 23 Oct 1655

Death Location: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Father: Robert Kilmarnock

Mother: Jean Crawford

Spouse(s): Catherine Crayke, Christine Crayke

Children(s): Mary Beverley

James Baron Boyd Boyd was born in 1597 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of Robert Vi Martin Boyd Master Of Kilmarnock And Jean Kerr Countess Of Crawford. James Baron Boyd Boyd married Catherine Crayke, Christine Campbell Catherine Crayke, and had children including Cathrine Boyd, Mary Boyd Beverley. James Baron Boyd Boyd passed away in 1655 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • James Baron Boyd Boyd was born in 1597 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of Robert Vi Martin Boyd Master Of Kilmarnock And Jean Kerr Countess Of Crawford.
  • James Baron Boyd Boyd married Catherine Crayke, Christine Campbell Catherine Crayke, and had children including Cathrine Boyd, Mary Boyd Beverley.
  • James Baron Boyd Boyd passed away in 1655 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

James Boyd's Ancestors

Self
James Boyd
1597–1655
Birth Place: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Parents
Robert VI Martin Boyd, Master of Kilmarnock
1567–1597
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Jean (Kerr, Countess of) Crawford
1577–1632
Newbattle, Midlothian, Scotland
Grandparents
Thomas, (6th Lord Boyd van) Kilmarnock
1544–1611
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Lady (Margaret Ann) Campbell
1550–1597
Loudon, Ayrshire, , Scotland
Mark (Kerr, Lord) Newbattle,
1558–1609
Prestongrange, Edinburgh, Scotland
Margaretha Maxwell
1557–1617
Terregales, Dumfrieshire, Schotland
Great-Grandparents
Robert Kilmarnock
1517–1590
Margaret Colquhoun
1525–1601
Sir Campbell
1531–1593
Isabell Drummond
1531–1568
Mark Kerr
1516–1584
Dame Leslie
1545–1594
Sir Herries
1515–1582
Lady Herries
1534–1594
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Kilmarnock
1485–1558
Helen Somerville
1489–1510
Margaret Stewart
1493–1537
Sir Drummond
1489–1531
Sir Drummond
1489–1531
Margaret Stewart
1493–1537
Robert Maxwell
1493–1546
Lady Douglas
1490–1537
Sir Terregales
1501–1543
Catherine Herries
1510–1593

James Boyd's Descendants

1.
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James (Baron Boyd) Boyd (1597–23 Oct 1655) m. Catherine Crayke (3 Jan 1618–1650) m. Christine (Campbell Catherine) Crayke (1595–1650)
  1. 1. Mary (Boyd) Beverley 1631–1678 m. Robert Beverley 1641–1686
    1. 1. Peter Beverley 1667–1727 m. Elizabeth Peyton 1668–1723
      1. 1. Elizabeth Beverley 1691–1723 m. Colonel (Will) Randolph 1681–1741 m. William Randolph 1651–
        1. 1. Owens Rentfro 1703–1777 m. Joseph Rentfro 1700–1776

James Boyd's Timeline

3 Records

1597
1597
Birth of James Baron Boyd Boyd in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
1654
1654
Age 57
Death of James Baron Boyd Boyd in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
1655
23 Oct 1655
Age 58
Death of James Baron Boyd Boyd in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1654
    Event Place: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Kilmarnock, Midlothia, Scotland
    Record Source: UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1597
    Event Place: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 Oct 1655
    Event Place: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
    Record Source: UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975

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