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James Boyd 1703 – 1781 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 29 Aug 1703

Birth Location: Antrim, , Ulster, Ireland

Death Date: 21 August 1781

Death Location: Granville, North Carolina, USA

Father: Colonel BOYD

Mother: Isabella Irvine

Spouse(s): Mary Cochran

Children(s): Margaret Boyd

Born in 1703 in Antrim, , Ulster, Ireland, James Boyd was the child of Colonel George BOYD and Isabella Jane Irvine. In time, James Boyd married Mary Eleanor Cochran, and they raised a family that included Margaret Jenny Boyd. James Boyd died in Granville, North Carolina, USA in 1781.

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Parents

Colonel BOYD
1690 – 1748
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
CB
Isabella Irvine
1690 – 1749
Birth Location: Antrim, Ulster, Ireland
II

Spouses(s)

Mary Cochran
1713 – 1786
Birth Location: Ireland
MC

Children(s)

Margaret Boyd
1730 – 1800
Birth Location: Rockingham County, Virginia, USA
MB

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 29 Aug 1703
    Event Place: Antrim, , Ulster, Ireland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 21 August 1781
    Event Place: Granville, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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