James Boyd Esq. (1732 - 1798)

Born 3 May 1732 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

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Died 30 Sep 1798 at age 66 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

James Boyd,^[1] born in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, on 03 May 1732, was the 10th child of Robert Boyd of Kilmarnock, a glover, and his wife Margaret Thomson, the daughter of a bonnet maker.^[2]

James went to America with a patent from George II for 60,000 acres in New Brunswick. During the Revolution he sided with the colonists and so forfeited his grant.^[1] He married Susannah Coffin on 11 August 1757 in Newbury, Massachusetts.^[3] She was the daughter of Colonel Joseph Coffin of Newburyport.

James died on 30 September 1798 aged 64 years, and was buried in the First Parish Burying ground, also known as the Old Town Cemetery, in Newbury.^[4][5]

Children of James and Susanna (Coffin) Boyd recorded in Newbury:^[6][7]

1. Robert Boyd, b. 13 Nov 1758, Newbury.
2. Joseph Coffin Boyd, b. 23 Jul 1760, Newbury.
3. Margaret Boyd, b. 25 Jan 1762, Newbury.
4. John Parker Boyd, b. 21 Dec 1764, Newburyport.
5. Frances Boyd, b. 14 Aug 1766, Newburyport.
6. Ebenezer Little Boyd, b. 06 Jul 1768, Newburyport.
7. Charles Coffin Boyd, b. 03 Feb 1770, bp. 11 Feb 1770, Newburyport.
8. William, b. 20 Mar 1776, St. Andrews, Nova Scotia.
9. Mary Lee Boyd, b. 22 Jan 1778, Newburyport.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Boyd, William P. (William Philip). History of the Boyd Family and Descendants with Historical Sketches.. Rochester, N.Y. : John P. Smith printing company, 1912. Page 120. NOTE: This book has an error in giving James' grandfather as the Earl of Kilmarnock. This connection is fanciful and disproved.
2. ↑ "Church of Scotland: Old Parish Registers - Births and baptisms" database, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/: accessed 11 Jun 2022), James Boyd, 10th child, parents: Robert Boyd & Margaret Thomson, 04 May 1732, Kilmarnock; citing Parish Number 597, Reference Number: 10 526, Frame:280.
3. ↑ Newbury (Mass.). Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. Salem, Mass., Essex Institute, 1911. Volume 2, page 53.

   "Boyd, James, and Susanna Coffin, Aug. 11, 1757."

4. ↑ VRs of Newbury,. Volume 2, page 550.

   "Boyd, James, Sept. 30, 1798, a. 64 y. [Gravestone record, Oldtown Cemetery]."

5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67430183/james-boyd : accessed 11 June 2022), memorial page for James Boyd (unknown–30 Sep 1798), Find A Grave: Memorial #67430183, citing First Parish Burying Ground, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by John Glassford (contributor 47271570). (No gravestone photo.)
6. ↑ VRs of Newbury,. Volume 1, page 58.
7. ↑ Essex Institute. Vital Records of Newburyport, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. Salem, Mass. : Essex Institute, 1911. Vol. 1, page 42.

See also:

• Appleton, William S. (William Sumner). Gatherings toward a Genealogy of the Coffin Family. Boston, D. Clapp, 1896. p 9. [An outgrowth of the anniversary meeting of the Coffin family at Nantucket in 1881.]

• "United States Census, 1790," (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHK2-NYL), James Boyd, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 43, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 4; FHL microfilm 568,14

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC2W-GTR), James Boyd in entry for William Boyd, 1776.

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHLK-K4W), James Boyd and Susanna Coffin, 11 Aug 1757; citing Marriage, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009725.

• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQ1-7ZD), James Boyd and Abigail Bulfinch, 23 Jul 1791; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 0896885 IT 2.
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 04 April 2018, 02:49), entry for James Boyd