Boyd Porterfield (abt. 1714 - 1794)

Born about 1714 in Scotland

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Descendants

Died 4 May 1794 at about age 80 in Southbar, Renfrewshire, Scotland

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Biography

Boyd was the son of Jollie and Alexander Porterfield. Upon the death of his uncle William Porterfield, he succeeded to the Duchal estate in 1752. He passed away in 1794.^[1][2][3]

Education

Boyd (Bodius) Porterfield matriculated from the University of Glasgow on 14 November 1734.^[1]

Duchal Estate

Boyd succeeded to the Duchal Estate upon the death of his uncle William Porterfield in 1752.^[4]

In a Deed of Entail dated in October 1721 Alexander conveyed the lands of Duchal and others to his eldest son, William, and heirs between him and his wife Julian Steele. The deed was the subject of a court case in 1835 against the eventual successor to Duchall, James Corbett Porterfield. Boyd followed this grant in 1791 that include provisions for his daughter. In 1832 the rights to the daughters was transferred to others cited as Mrs. Jean Patterson and Howden's Trustees. It would appear these would be descendents of Boyd's daughters.^[5]

Boyd, and his son Alexander, were among seventeen Gentlemen of Renfrewshire, who met on 22 November 1786 to discuss proposed amendments to the Corn Laws. They were broadly opposed to new import and export regulations that they saw as prejudicial to their interests. They resolved to former a committee to meet with committees on other counties and present their concerns in Edinburgh. The elder Porterfield, Boyd, was named to that committee. ^[6]

Family

Boyd married Christian Cunningham of Craigends.^[7] They had the following children:^[3][8]

• Alexander, who succeeded his father but died unmarried in 1815^[2][7][3]
• Boyd, died in service of the British Army in the American Revolution^[2][7][3]
• William, died in infancy^[2][7][3]
• Margaret (Peggy), married first Houston Nicolson of Carnock^[2][7][3], married secondly Buchanon.^[7]
• Catherine,^[2][3] died 1831 in Edinburgh^[9] She was remained unmarried.^[7]
• Christian, married writer Frederick Fotheringham of Edinburgh^[2][3][7]
• Campbell,^{[2] [3]} (also known as Camilla) married Boyd Alexander.^[7][10]
• Anne^[3][2], married twice, second husband was Colonel Paterson. They married in India and have family alive as of 1837.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} W. Innis Addison, The matriculation albums of the University of Glasgow from 1728-1858 (Glasgow: James Maclehose and Sons, 1835), p. 13, digital images, https://archive.org/stream/matriculationalb00univuoft#page/13/mode/1up. The Internet Archive (https://archive.org: accessed 16 November 2016).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8} The Scottish Register Or General View of History, Politics & Literature for April, May, June 1794, Vol II (Edinburgh: Bell and Bradfute, 1794), p. 346, digital images, https://books.google.com/books?id=ZbZSAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA346. Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed 20 November 2016).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9} Frank Burke Porterfield, The Porterfields (Roanoke, Virginia: Multiprint Inc, 1947), p. 12, digital images, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89066246737;view=1up;seq=20. Hathi Trust Digital Library (https://babel.hathitrust.org: accessed 19 November 2016).
4. ↑ "Edinburgh, Nov. 14", The Caledonian Mercury (Edinburgh, Scotland), 14 Nov 1752, p. 2., https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115268442/william-porterfield-passed-away-bod/
5. ↑ M. Anderson, The Scottish Jurist: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the House of Lords, Courts of Session, Teinds, and Exchequer, and the Jury and Justiciary Courts, Volume 7 (Edinburgh: M Anderson, 1835), pp. 529-530, digital images, https://books.google.com/books?id=kvJQAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA529. Google Books (https://books.google.com: accessed 12 November 2016).
6. ↑ "Renfrew, 22nd November, 1786", Nov 24, 1786, Edinburgh Advertiser"', https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7198/images/news-uk-midl-ed_ad.1786_11_21_0003?albums=pg&isPersonGallery=true&showGalleryAlbums=true&tab=1&pId=412472323
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8} Cunningham Corbett, The Families of Boyds of Kilmarnock, Porterfields of Porterfield and Corbetts of Tolcross. (Privately printed for family members, 1837), p. 11. Copy available in National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh.
8. ↑ Notes and Queries, A Medium of Intercommunication for Literary Men, General Readers, Etc., Fourth Series, Volume 6, July - December 1870 (London: unknown, 1870), p. 534, digital images, https://books.google.com/books?id=ltkEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA534. Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed 20 March 2016).
9. ↑ William Blackwood, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 22 (Strand, London: T. Cadell, 1827), p. 266, digital images, https://books.google.com/books?id=jmhHAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA266. Google Books (https://books.google.com: accessed 15 November 2016).
10. ↑ Charles Rogers, Memorials of the Earl of Sterling and of the house of Alexander (Edinburgh: William Patterson, 1877), p. 28, digital images, https://archive.org/stream/memorialsofearlo02rogeuoft#page/27/mode/1up. The Internet Archive (http://archive.org : accessed 20 November 2016).

See also:

• Sir Bernard Burke, Royal descents and pedigrees of founders' kin, Pedigree IV, Countess of Mornington (unpaginated), https://archive.org/details/royaldescentsped00burk/page/n123/mode/2up?q=Porterfield