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Sir Archibald Boyd 1454 – 1507 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1454

Birth Location: Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Death Date: 14 May 1507

Death Location: Renfrewshire, Scotland

Father: Lord Boyd

Mother: Lady Maxwell

Spouse(s): Lady Mure

Children(s): Lady Boyd

Sir Archibald Boyd , of Nariston & Bonshaw was born in 1454 in Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, the child of Lord Robert Boyd and Lady Mariota Maxwell. Sir Archibald Boyd , of Nariston & Bonshaw married Lady Christian Mure, and had children including Lady Marion Boyd. Sir Archibald Boyd , of Nariston & Bonshaw passed away in 1507 in Renfrewshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Sir Archibald Boyd , of Nariston & Bonshaw was born in 1454 in Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, the child of Lord Robert Boyd and Lady Mariota Maxwell.
  • Sir Archibald Boyd , of Nariston & Bonshaw married Lady Christian Mure, and had children including Lady Marion Boyd.
  • Sir Archibald Boyd , of Nariston & Bonshaw passed away in 1507 in Renfrewshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lord Boyd
1425 – 1480
Birth Location: Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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Lady Maxwell
1425 – 1472
Birth Location: Calderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Lady Mure
1456 – 1523
Birth Location: Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Lady Boyd
1476 – 1559
Birth Location: Bonshaw, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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Sir Boyd's Ancestors

Self
Sir Boyd
1454 – 1507
Birth Place: Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Parents
Lord Robert Boyd
1425 – 1480
Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Lady (Mariota) Maxwell
1425 – 1472
Calderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Lord (Thomas) Boyd
1405 – 1439
Kilmarmock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Lady Isabell
1395 – 1439
Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Lord Boyd
1384 – 1432
Lady Montgomerie
1380 – 1469
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Lord Boyd
1355 – 1409
Lady Gifford
1346 – 1384

Sir Boyd's Descendants

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Sir (Archibald) Boyd (1454 – 14 May 1507) m. Lady (Christian) Mure (1456 – 28 Jan 1523)
  1. 1. Lady (Marion) Boyd (1476 – 31 Aug 1559) m. Lord (James) Hamilton (12 August 1575 – 2 Mar 1625) m. King (James IV 'Iron Belt') Stewart (17 Mar 1472 – 09 Sep 1513) m. Lord (Sir James) Hamilton (19 Jun 1589 – 2 Mar 1625)
    1. 1. Lord (James) Hamilton (1498 – 16 Aug 1540) m. Lady (Christian) Montgomery (1515 – 9 Aug 1575)
      1. 1. Lady (Margaret) Hamilton (1525 – 24 May 1579) m. Sir (Lord Baron Mungo Quintigern) Lockhart (1521 – 1582)
        1. 1. Lord (Sir Knight Allan) Lockhart (1552 – 5 Nov 1624) m. Lady (Elizabeth) Ross (1522 – 10 July 1594)
    2. 2. Lady (Catherine) Stewart (28 November 1489 – 5 Jul 1554) m. Lord (Archibald) Douglas (29 Nov 1489 – 22 January 1557) m. King (James IV 'Iron Belt') Stewart (17 Mar 1472 – 09 Sep 1513) m. Lord (James) Douglas (Jan 1487 – December 1548) m. Lord (Henry) Stewart (1500 – 1552)
      1. 1. Lady (Margaret) Douglas (1523 – 24 May 1579) m. Lord (James) Hamilton (1517 – 22 Jan 1575)
        1. 1. Lord (Claud) Hamilton (1546 – 15 Jan 1622) m. Lady (Margaret Montgomerie) Seton (1555 – March 1616)
      2. 2. King (James V) Stewart (10 April 1512 – 14 March 1544) m. Lady (Elizabeth Isabel Marion) Campbell (1502 – 1550) m. Lady (Margaret) Erskine (8 Oct 1515 – 5 May 1572) m. Marie\Mary (of) Guise (22 Nov 1515 – 10 Jun 1560) m. Madeleine (van Valois-Angoulême Prinses van) Frankrijk (18 Aug 1520 – 2 Jul 1537) m. Euphemia (Elphinstone) Bruce (11 May 1509 – 1547) m. Lady (Margaret Margaretha) Tudor (13 August 1513 – 5 May 1572)
        1. 1. Lord (Sir John) Stewart (1526 – 5 Aug 1574) m. Margaret Wallace (20 May 1839 – 1586)
        2. 2. King (Regent James) Stewart (22 May 1531 – April 1541) m. Lady (Agnes Anna) Keith (14 Jul 1530 – 16 Jul 1588)
        3. 3. Lady (Jean) Stewart (1547 – 7 Jan 1586) m. Francis (de) Laugharne (1539 – 18 May 1583)
      3. 3. Lady (Margaret Douglas, Baroness of Hamilton, 2nd Countess of Arran, Duchess of Hamilton & 1st Duchess of) Chatel (1 Jan 1511 – 24 May 1579 - 1580)
    3. 3. Sir (Alexander) Stewart (17 March 1473 – 9 Sep 1513) m. Lady (Elizabeth) Rattray (Abt. 1489 – 1573)
    4. 4. Sarah Hamilton (Jan 1616 – 5 Feb 1690) m. Richard Ferris (January 1596 – 1640)
      1. 1. Sarah (Elizabeth) Ferris (08 May 1634 – 1689) m. Colonel (Robert "Tater Hole") Woodson (1634 – 1 Oct 1707)
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Ferris) Woodson (1670 – 02 Feb 1761) m. Col. (William) Lewis (1660 – 25 Dec 1706)
    5. 5. Lady (Janet) Hamilton (about 1505 – 13 April 1579) m. Sir (William Alexander "The Good Earl") Cunningham (24 Mar 1493 – 23 Nov 1574) m. William Baillie (1500 – Abt 1999)
      1. 1. Dame (Margaret) Cunningham (11 Jan 1533 – 20 Jul 1573) m. John Wallace (1530 – 10 Aug 1570)
        1. 1. Annabella Wallace (1557 – 1639) m. Lord (Sir Bryce) Blair (1573 – 4 Apr 1639)
      2. 2. Sir (William) Baillie (1550 – 5 Feb 1593) m. Margarett Knighte (1525 – 31 Jan 1593)
        1. 1. Alice (Margaret) Baillie (ABT 1560 – ABT 1607) m. Edward Maxwell (abt 1561 – 29 Sep 1598)

Sir Boyd's Timeline

4 Records

1454
1 Jan 1454
Birth of Sir Archibald Boyd , of Nariston & Bonshaw in Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
1454
1454
Birth of Sir Archibald Boyd , of Nariston & Bonshaw in Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
1507
4 May 1507
Age 53
Death of Sir Archibald Boyd , of Nariston & Bonshaw in Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
1507
14 May 1507
Age 53
Death of Sir Archibald Boyd , of Nariston & Bonshaw in Renfrewshire, Scotland
Renfrewshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 Jan 1454
    Event Place: Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1454
    Event Place: Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 May 1507
    Event Place: Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 May 1507
    Event Place: Renfrewshire, Scotland
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