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John Boyd 1713–1781 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1713

Birth Location: County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 21 Aug 1781

Death Location: Granville, North Carolina, United States

Father: George GGF)

Mother: Isabella Burns-Boyd

Spouse(s): Mary COCHRAN

Children(s): JAMES BOYD, Constance Boyd, Margaret Boyd, Samuel Boyd, Joseph Boyd, Isabella Boyd, Margaret Boyd, Samuel Boyd

John Boyd was born in 1713 in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, the child of George Boyd Sr 7Th Ggf And Isabella Jane Burns Boyd. John Boyd married Mary Eleanor Cochran, and had children including Constance Isabel Boyd, Isabella Boyd, James Alexander Boyd, Joseph Boyd, Margaret Alison Boyd, Margaret Jenny Boyd, Samuel Boyd. John Boyd passed away in 1781 in Granville, North Carolina, United States.

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Biography

  • John Boyd was born in 1713 in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, the child of George Boyd Sr 7Th Ggf And Isabella Jane Burns Boyd.
  • John Boyd married Mary Eleanor Cochran, and had children including Constance Isabel Boyd, Isabella Boyd, James Alexander Boyd, Joseph Boyd, Margaret Alison Boyd, Margaret Jenny Boyd, Samuel Boyd.
  • John Boyd passed away in 1781 in Granville, North Carolina, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

George GGF)
1691–1731
Birth Location: Antrim, Ulster, Ireland
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Isabella Burns-Boyd
1690–1749
Birth Location: Craigie Par, Wigtown, Ayre, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Mary COCHRAN
1713–1782
Birth Location: Aughnacloy, Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland
MC

Children(s)

JAMES BOYD
1739–1843
Birth Location: Ireland
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Constance Boyd
1742–1800
Birth Location: Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
CB
Margaret Boyd
1730–1800
Birth Location: Rockingham County, Virginia, USA
MB
Samuel Boyd
1740–1825
Birth Location: Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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Joseph Boyd
1739–1799
Birth Location: Maryland Colony
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Isabella Boyd
1735–1775
Birth Location: Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
IB
Margaret Boyd
1744–1824
Birth Location: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Colony
MB
Samuel Boyd
1740–1825
Birth Location: , Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
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John Boyd's Ancestors

Self
John Boyd
1713–1781
Birth Place: County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Parents
George Boyd Sr. (7th GGF)
1691–1731
Antrim, Ulster, Ireland
Isabella (Jane) Burns-Boyd
1690–1749
Craigie Par, Wigtown, Ayre, Scotland
Grandparents
Capt (Hon James Boyd) Boyd
1669–1705
Kirkintilloch, Dunbarton, Scotland
Louise (Johanna Graham, van) Killearn
1670–1705
Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Andrew Burns
1654–1695
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Marion Beig\Beg
1662–1695
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Lord GGF
1638–1692
James Burne
1611–
Elspeth Harper
1624–
THOMAS Beig
1633–
Agnes Thomsone
1638–1665
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Lord GGF
1596–1655
Lady Boyde
1618–1650
James Harper
1582–
Margaret Smaill
1590–

John Boyd's Descendants

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John Boyd (1713–21 Aug 1781) m. Mary (Eleanor) COCHRAN (Oct 1713–6 Feb 1782)
  1. 1. JAMES (ALEXANDER) BOYD 1739–1843 m. Elizabeth Aitken 1749–1840
    1. 1. Tamazine (Frances) Boyd 1799–1891 m. Isaac Waugh 1780–1870
      1. 1. CHARLES (ERASTUS) WAUGH 1837–1934
      2. 2. William (Robert) Waugh 1821–1908
      3. 3. Mary (Ann) Waugh 1828–1918
      4. 4. Edward (Fletcher) Waugh 1833–1925
      5. 5. John (Richard E) Waugh 1835–1863
      6. 6. James (Henry) Waugh 1831–1917
      7. 7. Jane (Rebecca) Waugh 1841–1925 m. George (Beamer) Kiser 1839–1922
        1. 1. Willard (Edwin) Kiser 1866–1932
        2. 2. Charles (Waugh) Kiser 1867–1946
        3. 3. Eva (Pearle) Kiser 1869–1961
        4. 4. Zoe (May) Kiser 1878–1971 m. Oscar (S.) Anderson 1880–1964
        5. 5. Della (Mary) Kiser 1884–1980
      8. 8. Dora (Ann Waugh) Stewart 1826–1869
      9. 9. Catharine (Ann) Waugh 1822–
      10. 10. Elizabeth Waugh 1824–1917 m. Nathanial Wilson 1822–1893
        1. 1. Frank (H.) Wilson 1865–1927
        2. 2. Anna (Mary) Wilson 1853–
        3. 3. James Wilson 1857–
      11. 11. Isaac (Watts) Waugh 1835–1841
    2. 2. Joseph Boyd 1790–1839
    3. 3. Thomas (H) Boyd 1799–1880
  2. 2. Constance (Isabel) Boyd 1742–1800 m. Solomon West 1726–1830
    1. 1. Isaac West 1768–1840
    2. 2. Sally WEST 1764–1840 m. McClellan Winton 1763–1818
      1. 1. Tilitha ((Talitha or Telitha)) Winton 1800–1869
      2. 2. William (West) Winton 1802–1859
      3. 3. Sylvia Winton 1795–
      4. 4. Sarah (Susan) Winton 1797–1842
      5. 5. Elizabeth (Ann) Winton 1798–1861 m. Walter (J) Draper 1792–1868
        1. 1. Virginia (A M) Draper 1826–1870 m. John (McClellan) WINTON 1817–1870
        2. 2. Martha (A E) Draper 1823–1855
      6. 6. Mary (Ann "Polly") Winton 1808–1831
      7. 7. Samuel (West) Winton 1803–1843
      8. 8. John (McClellan) Winton 1817–1870
      9. 9. Minerva (G) Winton 1815–1868
      10. 10. Rhoda Winton 1784–1846
    3. 3. Catharine (Mary Polly) West 1764–1830
    4. 4. Alexander West 1765–1860
  3. 3. Margaret (Jenny) Boyd 1730–1800
  4. 4. Samuel Boyd 1740–1825
  5. 5. Joseph Boyd 1739–1799
  6. 6. Isabella Boyd 1735–1775
  7. 7. Margaret (Alison) Boyd 1744–1824
  8. 8. Samuel Boyd 1740–1825

John Boyd's Timeline

3 Records

1713
1713
Birth of John Boyd in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
1733
1733
Age 20
John Boyd was married
None
1781
21 Aug 1781
Age 68
Death of John Boyd in Granville, North Carolina, United States
Granville, North Carolina, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1713
    Event Place: County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1733

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 Aug 1781
    Event Place: Granville, North Carolina, United States
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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