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Down / Re: James Purse of Cottown, Bangor
« on: Monday 04 March 19 14:43 GMT (UK) »
BallyaltikilliganG,
Thank you for all that information. I stand corrected by the distance between Bangor and Ballyhalbert, I was going by memory, and that is not ofter good for me any more. But I was only trying to point out that Purse family did live in the Ballyhalbert parish area, and may have migrated to or from Bangor area. Being County down is not that large, families did branch out in that area. I did attach a link to a photo of Susanna Purse headstone. She died in 1754 at age of 39 giving her a birth year of about 1715. David Boyd was born about 1712. Her headstone is in the same plot of Boyd graves in the old Ballyhalbert cemetery. These Boyds were of Rowreagh, which is next to Glastry.
- David Boyd, b 1712, d 24 May 1798
- Susanna Purse, wife of David Boyd, b 1715, d 26 June 1754
- Nathaniel Boyd
- Jane Boyd
- Susanna Boyd]
I will be visiting Ireland for my first time this July and will be in that cemetery mapping and listing all Boyd and family headstones. If I can help in your Glastry search for Boyd families, just ask. I see that one of your above sources to David Boyd of Ballyhalbert & Newtownlands was Lena McVea. She has been part of our research team for the last several years. We do have some family structure of the family of Col. David Boyd of Glastry. Folowing family silver plate handed down to a couple of generation has helped us to identify and organize some of that family. Our Rowreagh Boyds may be related to these Boyds as well, we are very very close, that is why I will be searching that cemetery for more clues. Again, thank you for all the information you posted, I will relay that info to our research team.
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Thank you for all that information. I stand corrected by the distance between Bangor and Ballyhalbert, I was going by memory, and that is not ofter good for me any more. But I was only trying to point out that Purse family did live in the Ballyhalbert parish area, and may have migrated to or from Bangor area. Being County down is not that large, families did branch out in that area. I did attach a link to a photo of Susanna Purse headstone. She died in 1754 at age of 39 giving her a birth year of about 1715. David Boyd was born about 1712. Her headstone is in the same plot of Boyd graves in the old Ballyhalbert cemetery. These Boyds were of Rowreagh, which is next to Glastry.
- David Boyd, b 1712, d 24 May 1798
- Susanna Purse, wife of David Boyd, b 1715, d 26 June 1754
- Nathaniel Boyd
- Jane Boyd
- Susanna Boyd]
I will be visiting Ireland for my first time this July and will be in that cemetery mapping and listing all Boyd and family headstones. If I can help in your Glastry search for Boyd families, just ask. I see that one of your above sources to David Boyd of Ballyhalbert & Newtownlands was Lena McVea. She has been part of our research team for the last several years. We do have some family structure of the family of Col. David Boyd of Glastry. Folowing family silver plate handed down to a couple of generation has helped us to identify and organize some of that family. Our Rowreagh Boyds may be related to these Boyds as well, we are very very close, that is why I will be searching that cemetery for more clues. Again, thank you for all the information you posted, I will relay that info to our research team.
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=rm#label/Receipts?projector=1