John Boyd (bef. 1660 - 1705)

Born before 1660 in Ayrshire, Scotland

Husband of Mary (UNKNOWN) Boyd — married 1686 in Anne Arundel, Maryland

Descendants

Died 9 Jul 1705 after age 45 in Prince George's, Province of Maryland

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Biography

John Boyd was born in Scotland.

This profile is part of the Boyd Name Study.

John Boyd was born before 1660 in Ayrshire, Scotland. [citation needed] His parentage is currently unknown.^[1]

On February 26, 1683, in Anne Arundel County, he received the first warrant for land. He soon moved to Prince George's County, and settled on his estate 'Amptill Grange', a tract of nearly a thousand acres granted to him by Charles, third Lord Baltimore, September 16, 1703. John Boyd was a prominent man in his day, and while not having held public office, was called upon to discharge duties involving grave responsibility. He was part of Grand Jury of 24 prominent gentlemen of Prince George's County that reported on matters to the British Crown.^[2]

John (25) married Mary Unknown (21) (born before 1664 in Ayrshire) in 1686 [citation needed] in Anne Arundel, Maryland.

Leroy Stafford Boyd, the eldest son of descendant David French Boyd, wrote biographical sketches of the early Boyds. Of the John Boyd of this profile, he wrote:^[3][1]

John Boyd, emigrant, planter, innholder, Episcopalian, settled on the Severn River, above Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, in 1684 on 60 acores which he patented from the Proprietary Government. The settlement was known as "Boyd's Chance". In 1694 he bought a tract of 1000 acres on the Patuxent River, in the new county of Prince Georges, nine miles north of Upper Marlboro, the county seat. His wife Mary ____ (maiden name unknown). He died in 1704, she in 1722. Both left wills which were probated at Upper Marlboro. Copies of these wills are at the Land Office in Annapolis. Children:

1. Charles, married Elizabeth Ray
2. John, married Eleanor Fitzredmunds [sic]
3. Abraham, married Mary Grey, October 16, 1705
4. Isaac, married Susannah Noble, March 18, 1727
5. Mary, married Ishmael Bateman
6. Martha, married Thomas Wells

[All of the above children, as well as Ishmael Bateman, are mentioned in the will of John Boyd shown below.]

1697 Land Transactions

1) 1696-1702 Prince George’s County, Maryland Land Records Liber A, [Elise Greenup Jourdan]; Indenture, 5 September 1697:^[1]
From: JOHN BOYDE of P. G. Co.
To: JOHN MOBBERLY of Anne Arundel Co.
Price: 7800 lbs. tobacco
Property: All the 127 acre tract called "Amptill Grainge" on Patuxent River in P. G. County, bounding on a branch of the Patuxent and a tract called "Essington."
Signature: JOHN BOYDE (mark)
Wit.: THO'S EDMUNDSON, WILLIAM BARTON, ROBERT WADE Ackn'd: JOHN BOYDE and wife MARY, 29 September 1697 Recorded: 29 September 1697, Vol. A, Page 62A

2) 1696-1702 Prince George’s County, Maryland Land Records Liber A, [Elise Greenup Jourdan]; Indenture, 24 November 1697:^[1]
From: JOHN BOYD of P. G. County, planter, and MARY his wife.
To: ROGER BROOKE, JR., of Calvert County, planter
Price: Valuable considerations
Property: Two tracts:
1) a 125 acre tract called "Concord" in P. G. Co. . . .
2) a 204 acre tract being part of "Ryleys Lott" . . .
Signatures: JOHN BOYDE (mark) and MARY BOYDE (mark)
Wit.: CLEBURNE LOMAX, ROBERT WADE
Ackn'd: JOHN BOYDE and MARY his wife, 24 November 1697.

John died on 9 Jul 1705 in Prince George, Colony of Virginia, aged about 44.

Will of John Boyd

Boyd, John (Innholder), Prince George's County, 5th Oct., 1704; 9th July, 1705. ^[4]
To wife Mary, absolutely, dwelling plantation and interest in land "Amphill Grange."
To eld. son Charles and hrs., 150 A, part of land afsd,
To 2nd son John and hrs., 3rd son Abraham and hrs., 4th son Isaac and hrs., dau. Mary, wife of Ishmaell Bateman and hrs., and dau. Martha and hrs., :100 A. each., out of afsd. tract; at death of any of afsd, legatees,, deceased's portion to pass to next hr. at law.
Wife Mary, extx, and residuary legatee. In event of death of wife., sons John and Abraham to assume executorship.
Test: Richard Duckett, Thos. Marlo, Elinor Bourke. 3. 685.

Research Notes

From Side-Lights on Maryland History, v.2, pp. 269-70:^[5]

In the will of Mary, wife of John Boyd, proved in the year 1722, it is shown that their daughter Martha married Thomas Wells. The high social status of the family is proven by the intermarriages of the sons and daughters of John Boyd. Of these John Boyd married Elinor Fitz- Redmond, niece of Charles Carroll, first of the Carrolls of Carrollton in Maryland, the marriage being recorded in All Hallows Parish Register, Anne Arundel County, page 72, dated March 28, 1706. The proof of the relationship to Charles Carroll is to be found in his will, dated December 1, 1718, proved July 28, 1720 (Annapolis Wills, Liber 16, folio 176) as follows:

I devise unto my four kinswomen Elinor Boyd, Margaret Macknamarra, Joyce Bradford and Maccoy, my tract of land in Baltimore County called 'Uncle's Good Will' to be equally divided betwixt them and their heirs forever, and to my kinswomen Johanna Crokesdell, five pounds current money, and to my cousin Major John Bradford sixteen pounds to buy him a mourning shute. "I give to my loving kinsmen Thomas Macnemarra, James Carroll, William Fitzredmond, Charles Carroll, Dominick Carroll, Michael Taylor and Daniel Carroll six pounds each for mourning rings.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Colonial Settlers: Profile of John Boyd
2. ↑ Maryland Genealogy Trails: Boyd
3. ↑ Boyd Family Journal, No. 1, March 1925, Willis M. Boyd Editor, "Boyds of Maryland and Virginia", article by Leroy Stafford Boyd.
4. ↑ "Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999," images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9TYR-42Z?cc=1803986&wc=SNY4-FMS%3A146535401%2C147178401 : 20 May 2014), Prince George's > Wills 1698 > image 17 of 335; Hall of Records, Annapolis. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9TYR-42Z
5. ↑ Side-lights on Maryland history, with sketches of early Maryland families, by Hester Dorsey Richardson, Published 1913. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins Company. Volume 2, pp. 267-270. BOYD, John Boyd[e] history, will and probate.At Archive.org

• John Boyde, arrival 1684 in Maryland, in the U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, COLDHAM, PETER WILSON. Settlers Of Maryland 1679 - 1783. Consolidated Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2002. Ancestry ($$)
• Source: S3 Title: Ancestry.com public records on the web. Note: This is the only reference I have seen to a father for Martha Boyd. I don't consider it highly reliable. One source suggests this may be her first husband (prior to Thomas Wells).
• John Boyde, arrival 1684 in Maryland, in the U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, COLDHAM, PETER WILSON. Settlers Of Maryland 1679 - 1783. Consolidated Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2002. Ancestry ($$)

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• FamilySearch Person: LYVD-4Z6