I made an error in my typing. I meant to state that the father may be a Thomas, not William.
Sorry it has taken me so long to get back, trouble with internet, keeps going down. Is -20 F here today in Michigan, USA.
Maggsie,
Not our Samuel. Our 4 siblings who crossed to America, were Samuel, b: abt 1695 - 1700, Robert b: 1703, James Boyd, b: abt 1705, Nathaniel, b: abt 1707, and Mary, b: abt 1710-15.
Another brother, David, was left behind in Ireland, probably in County Down, Ballyhalbert area. Unk birth year. Just that he existed and he and the father of these siblings were still alive as of 1757, as so stated in will of eldest sibling, Samuel, who died in 1757.
It is believed this family migrated from Scotland, to County Antrim, then to Down. We know, by baptismal records of some of their children, to exist in Ballyhabert in 1730s - 1750s.
No records of any of their births have been found, or their marriages in Ireland. So we believe County Antrim may hold some information somewhere.
We are now trying to find their families through other kin, via DNA, we hope. But my DNA does not match any Boyds at the 67 marker level. Only one confirmed match, and that is of a Hamill family, which the two clans ran together in the 15th and 16th centuries, and earlier.
Thanks for trying anyways, we will find them, one way or the other. It is time for the other.
My DNA match, is for Daniel A. Boyd, b: 1799, County Antrim. But it is a weak connection. We do not expect to connect Daniel directly to our family, but we think by following his family, we may start to see them come together with some of the Boyds we feel we are connected to.
The Boyds of Glastry are descendants of Col. David Boyd, direct descentant of Robert Boyd, the 5th Lord Boyd of Kilmarnock.
By unscrambling and putting together some of these families, we can discover further brothers and sisters to other Boyd families, which help in connection other branches of Boyds. We have done this already with County Down Boyds, and will start with some County Antrim Boyds, and some of their in-laws. But it does help with knowledge from others who have already did some research in that area. Maybe someone has some knowledge of a Thomas Boyd, in County Antrim area, that may have had at least two sons, Daniel b: 1799, and David, b: about 1790.
This is just a start. We have a hard working group, we can do this.
William Boyd