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MacNiadh [Male]

King of Munster

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John Coker [Male] b. 10 APR 1843 McLeansboro, IL - d. 3 OCT 1906 Washington, D.C.

Judge

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Darrell Gene Stinson [Male] b. 4 FEB 1929 Cresent City, CA - d. 24 JUN 1950 San Bernadino, CA

From Family Ancestry Service, Jam*son Newsletter, December 1992
&
Marjorie Stinson

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John C. Jamison [Male] b. 29 AUG 1799 KY - d. 14 JUL 1846 IN

From Family Ancestry Service, Jam*son Newsletter, June 1991

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Benjamin Jamison [Male] b. ABT. 1740 - d. VA

The decendants of Benjamin were from The Jam*son Family Network Archives Newsletter Sept 1989

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Love Humphreys Jameson [Male] b. 17 MAY 1811 Jefferson Co., IN - d. 6 APR 1892 Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN

Hymn writer and preacher. He wrote "Night with Ebon Pinion" and "There is a Habitation." and at least 25 other hymns.

Chaplain 79th Ind. Vols.

A FAMOUS MINISTER DEAD
Rev. Love H. Jameson Passes Away at the Advanced Age of Eighty Years. One of the Best-Known Preachers of the Christian Church in the United States

Story of His Long Life of Usefulness.
Rev. Love H. Jameson, the best known member of the Christian church in Indiana or, for that matter, perhaps in the United States, died at his residence No. 307 Ash street, this city, last evening at 8:30 o'clock. Elder Jameson, as he was called, was born in Indiana while it was yet a Territory, on May 17, 1811 in Jefferson county. His parents were natives of Virginia, first removing to Kentucky and thence in 1810 settling for life on the creek called Indian Kentucky, in Jefferson county, this State. His father was of Scotch parentage and trained as a strict Calvinist. In the year 1816 both his parents became members of the old Christian Church. From 1818 to until 1828 Love attended school each winter and made rapid progress, being quick to learn, and possessing a retentive and accurate memory. In the fall of 1829 a protracted meeting was held near the Jameson farm, and a number were converted. Among these was young Jameson. He at once took great interest in the meetings, and it was soon insinuated that he had a talent for preaching. Yielding to importunities, he consented, and on Dec. 25, 1829, preached his first sermon. From that time up to a few months ago he has been a preacher of the word, a period of nearly fifty-three years.

WAS SELF-EDUCATED.
During the year 1830 he was engaged in teaching, while thus employed he diligently prosecuted the work of self-education. Having acquired a good knowledge of English, he began the study of Greek. In this, his first text-book was Ironsides's Grammar, which he often remarked, was very appropriately named, as it was written in Latin, and to acquire either language he had to first understand the other. By the aid of lexicons he penetrated Ironsides and was able to read the New Testament in the original Greek. Later in life, and to the close of his life he was recognized as one of the best Greek scholars in the country. In 1833 he went to Rising Sun, where he studied in the seminary, defraying his expenses by teaching preparatory classes. He also preached regularly for a congregation some distance in the country. This was the last school he attended, but through life he was a diligent self-instructor and worked his way up to the front rank among the educated men of the church. In the natural sciences he was especially proficient. His literary character was such that in 1839 the Northwestern Christian University (the predecessor of Butler University) conferred upon him the honorary degree of A. M. In 1834 he preached in Ohio for churches at Carthage, Cumminsville and White Oak. In the early part of 1835 he preached at various places in Kentucky. In June, 1835, he assumed pastoral charge of a church at Dayton, O. It was in that year that he paid his first visit to Indianapolis, then an insignificant town of a few hundred inhabitants and without a railroad. Bespattered with mud and wet as a drenching rain could make him, he entered the court-house and preached to a few persons who had assembled there. While at Dayton much of his time was spent in traveling and preaching at meetings in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. In the winter of 1837 he attended the Alex Campbell and Bishop Purcell debate at Cincinnati, and took part in the long series of meetings that followed that discussion. At no period in his ministry did elder Jameson ever take money into account, and during his sojourn in Ohio he never received more than $400 a year. In May, 1841, he located in Madison as pastor of the congregation of his church in that city. He continued his relation until in the fall of 1842, also preaching at Terre Haute, Crawfordsville, Lafayette and Indianapolis. On the 5th of October, 1842, Elder Jameson became pastor of the church at Indianapolis, and from that time until 1854 he preached here and elsewhere in the vicinity. Since that date he has not held a regular pastorate, but for a long time kept regular monthly appointments at four or five different churches. His work has extended not only over Indiana, but also over Ohio, Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois, New York and portions of New England.

STRONG IN HIS LOYALTY.
At the breaking out of the war his voice was heard on the side of the Union, and, though even then advance in years, he went as chaplain of the Seventy-ninth Indiana Regiment, to be looked upon by the members of the regiment as a father. From his earliest childhood he exhibited great musical ability, and during his ministry he composed no fewer than 150 hymns, many of which are among the favorites in the hymn-books of the denomination to which he belonged. His voice, even in extreme old age, was wonderfully pure and sweet, and he sang with great power and feeling. During the past eight or ten years he has on many occasion been called upon to sing "Gathering Home,"ť one of his own compositions, and the pathos of the words has caused many eyes to fill with tears. On March 20 of this year he composed his last hymn, to which he gave the title, "An Earnest Prayer," taking the theme from Mark ix, 24. It is remarkable as the production of a man over four score years old, but his intellect was clear almost to the last, the shadow coming over his mind only a few hours before death. The last stanza of the hymn gives expression to his supreme faith:

While I am pasing[sic] through this vale of tears
And bowing down beneath the weigh of years,
Of all my prayers, this one will be still be chief-
Lord, I believe, help them mine unbelief.

He has been failing greatly in health since last August, though his chief infirmity could be called nothing else than old age. His eyesight has been seriously defective for a long time. For two or three years one eye has been without sight, and the other became so dim that for several months he has been unable to read or write. During this time, up to within a few days ago, he has dictated correspondence, addresses and contributions to religious papers. He took great interest in all that was going on in the world, and kept that interest to the last. In 1883-4 he was abroad, and for several months occupied a pulpit at Southport, England. He well liked and inducements tendered him to remain, but he could not bear longer separation from his native land. Elder Jameson was twice married, his first wife, to whom he was married Dec. 11, 1837, being Elizabeth Clarke. Of this marriage a son, the only child, is Alex C. Jameson, of this city. On Sept. 6, 1841, he was united in marriage with Elizabeth Robinson, who survives him. The surviving children of this second marriage are Mrs. Sarah Wallace, widow of Postmaster William Wallace, Miss Bettie Jameson and Statham Jameson, of this city, and Edward Jameson, who is now in Oregon. Elder Jameson was a member of George H. Thomas Post and of the Tippecanoe Club. He was a brother of Dr. P. H. Jameson, James Jameson, Miss Lucy Jameson and Mrs. Berry R. Suigrove, of this city. No arrangements have as yet been made for the funeral. ---The Indianapolis Journal on April 7, 1892 on page 5 columns 4 and 5.

Love H. Jameson is buried in the Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana. Traveling On I-65 North Out Of Downtown Indianapolis, Indiana Take The Dr. Martin Luther King Street Exit - Exit 117. (Note: If you cross White River, You Have Gone Too Far) Go North On Dr. Martin Luther King Street. Turn Right On West 32nd Street. Cemetery Will Be On Your Left. Go Until The Road Dead Ends Into Boulevard And Turn Left. There Will Be An Entrance To The Cemetery As You Cross The 34th Street Intersection. Turn Left Into The Cemetery. Go To The First Right. Go To The Fourth Section (Section 33) And Turn Left On The North End. Go To The Sixth Section On The Left (Section 37) Be Sure To Click On The Map.

GPS Coordinates
N39° 49.313' x W86° 10.571'
Grave Facing South
Accuracy to 23ft.
Section 37, Lot 212

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Elizabeth K. Robinson [Female] b. 2 NOV 1820 Wooster, Wayne Co., OH - d. 21 JUN 1909 Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN

Daughter of George Robinson and Rebecca GAZZAM Robinson. Second wife of Rev. Love Humphreys Jameson, they married Sep.6,1842 in Madison, Jefferson Indiana. Mother of Sarah Maria JAMESON, Rebecca Robinson JAMESON, George Lewellyn Jameson, Edward Love Jameson, Charles Thomas Jameson, Henry Statham Jameson.

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Robert Napolean 'Pole' Boyd [Male] b. 14 MAR 1857 Of, White Plains, Benton, Al - d. 22 APR 1937 Hillsboro, Hill, Texas
Change: 17 JAN 2013

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George Hubbard Boyd [Male] b. 6 APR 1862 Oxford, Calhoun, Alabama - d. 19 FEB 1928
Change: 17 JAN 2013

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William Boyd [Male] b. 24 JUN 1705 Ireland or Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland - d. 8 SEP 1767 Gettysburg, York, Pennsylvania

Source: The Boyd Family by, Katherine Cox Gottschalk, Published, 1935

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89082343955;view=1up;seq=11

FindaGrave indicates:

Birth: 1700, Ireland
Death: Sep., 1767
Cumberland County
Pennsylvania, USA

William Boyd the Immigrant was born in Northern Ireland between 1700-1710, he married Margaret 1726, Ireland. She was born 1706/1710 d. 1767 and buried beside her husband, William.

Arrival: His family landed in New Castle, Delaware, Aug 24, 1729.
Occupation: Blacksmith and farmer

Religion: Presbyterian

York County, Pennsylvania Wills 1767. Remarks: Boyd, William. Sep 8, 1767. Executors: Margaret Boyd and Moses Boyd. Cumberland Township.

Wife: Margaret Boyd.
Sons: John, James, James Carley, Moses, William (2), Samuel, Robert.
Daughters: Isabella, and Margaret.

Location: Cumberland Township, York County, Pennsylvania USA



Family links:
Spouse:
Margaret Boyd (1706 - 1767)

Children:
William Boyd (1726 - 1785)*

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Margaret McClean [Female] b. 1706 Antrim, Ireland - d. 22 AUG 1767 Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania

Wife of William Boyd, the Immigrant. She died after 1767 and was buried beside her husband William Boyd.

Source: The Boyd Family by, Katherine Cox Gottschalk, Published, 1935

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Scotland Family of Boyd [Male]

THE BOYD FAMILY
DESCENT OF THE OLD AND ANCffiNT FAMILY OF BOYDS
IN SCOTLAND

The following account has been copied and condensed from the "History of the
Boyd Family and its Descendants" by William P. Boyd, 1912, with the permission
of his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Emily L. Boyd of Genesco, New York, which information
has not been verified by the compiler.

THOME, a descendant of King Kennith III.

FLEANCE, his son and successor.

ALAN, his son and successor.
Died in 1153.
He was created First Lord High Stewart.
MARRIED Margaret, daughter of Tergus (or Fergus), Earl of Galloway.
FIVE CHILDREN:
(1) No records.
(2) Walter From whom the royal family of Stewarts descended.
(3) SIMON, his successor. From whom the noble family of Boyds descended.
(4) No records.
(5) Adam
He was mentioned in a charter given by David I, in the year 1139.

SIMON, his son.
He was created Second Lord High Stewart of Scotland.
His name is found in the foundation charter of the Monastery* of Paisley dated
1161, and he is designated "Simon frater," "Walter filis," "Alan Lapiferi" and
"Regis Sectiac." This Monastery is supposed to have been the first original house
of the Boyds of Scotland, 1157, and supposed to have been in the possession of
Walter Fitzalan, ancestor of the royal Stewarts.
He had a number of children, ROBERT being the eldest.

ROBERT BOYD (1st), his eldest son (Robert, the Fair).
Died prior to 1240.
Being of fair complexion he was named "Boyt" or "Boyd" taken from the Gaelic
or Celtic word "Boidt" or "Boidel" and from this fact the first surname "Boyd"
arose, and from him the families of the "Boyds" in the Old World descended.
He is designated nephew of Alan, First Lord High Stewart, and in a contract between
Bryce de Eglinton and the village of Irvin in 1205, he is designated "Dominus
Robertus Boyd" and at that time and since then, the Boyds have carried the
armorial bearings of the Stewarts and prove their descent from that illustrious
house.
NOTE: ROBERT is designated here as the first in this Boyd line and his son,
ROBERT as the second, etc.

SIR ROBERT BOYD (2nd), son of Robert (1st).
Died about 1270.
The first history we have of him is in a charter given Sir John Erskin in 1262. He
was designated in the same as "Robertus de Boyd Miles" and he was also called
Robert II of Scotland.

SIR ROBERT BOYD (3rd), son of Sir Robert (2nd).
Died about 1300.

SIR ROBERT BOYD (4th), son of Sir Robert (3rd).
Died about 1329.
He was a supporter of Robert Bruce and continued so until the independence of
Scotland was established, June 23, 1314, by the decisive Battle of Bannockburn,
and for his loyal services he was rewarded by Bruce with gifts of land of Kilmar-
nock, Bondington and Hertschaw. The lands of Kilbyrd and Ardnel, or Portin-
cross, situated in the parish of west Kilbride, were conferred upon him about 1308,
and from his younger son, Thomas, the Boyds of Portincross descend. These lands
remained in that family until 1737.
THREE SONS:
(1) THOMAS BOYD, his successor.
(2) Allen Boyd
Died 1339.
(3) James Boyd
He was mentioned in charter of 1342.

SIR THOMAS BOYD (5th), son of Sir Robert (4th).
THREE SONS:
(1) THOMAS BOYD, his successor.
(2) William Boyd
He is an ancestor of the Boyds of Badenheath.
(3) Robert de Boyd
He MARRIED a lady named Grizel and was the ancestor of the Boyds of
Portincross in Ayrshire. (1375-76.)

SIR THOMAS BOYD (6th), son of Sir Thomas (5th).
He was known and designated "Dominus de KHmarnock."
(The first Lord Boyd.)
MARRIED a daughter of Sir John Gifford, Lord of Yester by whom he acquired
a great fortune.
His son, THOMAS, his successor.

SHt THOMAS BOYD (7th), son of Sir Thomas (6th).
Died July, 1432.
He was the second Lord of Kilmarnock.
He was active in the time of King James I of Scotland.
MARRIED Johanna Montgomery of Androsson.
TWO SONS:
(1) THOMAS BOYD, his successor.
(2) William Boyd
He was Abbot of Kilwinning.

SIR THOMAS BOYD (8th), son of Sir Thomas (7th).
He was killed in battle July 9, 1439, by Alexander Stewart.
FOUR CHILDREN:
(1) ROBERT BOYD, his successor.
(2) Alexander Boyd
Lived at Duncan, Scotland, and was executed in 1469.
(3) Janet Boyd
MARRIED John Alexander Maxwell of Calderwood.
(4) Margaret Boyd
MARRIED Lord Alexander Montgomery.
Died 1470.
He was made Lord of Parliament in 1459 by King James II of Scotland. Later he
was Lord Justiciary of Scotland, and also in 1464 and 1465 he was ambassador to
England.
MARRIED a daughter of Sir Robert Maxwell of Calderwood.

SIR ROBERT BOYD (9th) was accused, along with his brother, Alexander, of having
carried the young King James III (then eight years of age) from Linlithgow to
Edinburgh, "to enter upon the regal government, while he was yet in his minority."
Parliament and King James II himself declared the Boyds were innocent of all
crimes and such a decree was registered among Acts of Parliament. However,
the many favors bestowed upon ROBERT by James II caused jealousies among
the nobles who planned to overthrow him. This was finally accomplished, and
ROBERT and Alexander, his brother, were sentenced to be executed and lands
confiscated. Alexander was executed on Castle Hill in Edinburgh in 1469.
ROBERT, who had fled to England when he learned of the intention to ruin him,
was not executed but died in Alnwick, England, in 1470, of a broken heart over
the fate of his family.
FOUR CHILDREN:
(1) THOMAS BOYD, his successor.
(2) Alexander Boyd
He carried on the lineal descent of the family after the death of his nephew.
(3) Archibald Boyd
He was an ancestor of the Boyds of Bousham of Scotland.
(4) Elizabeth Boyd
MARRIED Archibald, the fifth Earl of Angus.

SIR THOMAS BOYD (10th), son of Sir Robert (9th).
Died 1471, in Antwerp, Flanders, and a tomb to his memory bearing "honorable
inscription" was erected by his friend, Charles. Duke of Burgundy.
MARRIED Margaret (or Mary) Stewart, King James' eldest sister. By this union SIR
THOMAS obtained considerable wealth, and was created the Earl of Arran.
Margaret was to have been given by her mother in marriage to Edward, Prince of
Wales.
Apparently her marriage to THOMAS (10th) incurred the displeasure of her brother,
King James, as he had her placed in confinement in Dean Castle during the life
of her husband, Thomas (10th), to whom she was devoted, and the marriage
declared null and void.
After the death of THOMAS (10th), his wife was released and she was married (it
is thought by compulsion) to Lord Hamilton, to whom the Earldom of Arran was
then given.

TWO CHILDREN:
(1) JAMES BOYD, his successor.
(2) Margaret Boyd
MARRIED first to Lord Forbes. MARRIED second to Earl Cassillis.
There were no children.

JAMES BOYD (11th), son of Sir Thomas (10th).
He was slain in 1484 in some petty feud while yet a young man and his possessions
were returned to the Crown.
Several years after death of his father the Lordship of Boyds was restored to him by
a charter from King James III in 1483 and comprehended the lands of Kilmarnock,
Daloy, Nodesdale, Monsford, Muir, Rawensdale, Ralson, Flate and other lands in
the county of Ayr.
He had no children.

ALEXANDER BOYD (12th), son of Sir Robert (9th).
As JAMES (11th) died leaving no descendants, ALEXANDER, his uncle, the brother
of his father, being next in line of lineal descendants, the estate of JAMES (11th)
was soon afterwards conferred upon him by King James IV, who became his friend.
In 1505 he was constituted Baillie and Chamberlin of Kilmarnock.
MARRIED the daughter of Sir Robert Colville of Ochiltree, Scotland.
THREE SONS:
(1) ROBERT BOYD, his successor.
(2) Thomas Boyd
He was an ancestor of the Boyds of Pitcon.
(3) Adam Boyd
He was an ancestor of the Boyds of Pentville and Flushing.
ROBERT BOYD (13th), son of Alexander (12th).
Died 1550.
He had the estate and honors of Lord Boyd restored to him in 1536 by King James
V, and for bravery shown in the Battle of Glasgow Field, which was fought about
1543, he was awarded additional honors and was succeeding heir to James Boyd,
son of the Earl of Arran in 1544.
MARRIED to Helen Somerville, daughter of Sir John Somerville of Cornnathon.
TWO CHILDREN:
(1) ROBERT BOYD, his successor.
(2) Margaret Boyd
MARRIED to Neil Montgomery of Landsham.

ROBERT BOYD (14th), son of Robert (13th).
Born 1517. Died Jan. 3, 1589.
An epitaph to his memory, engraved on a stone is still to be seen in the Low Church
of Kilmarnock.
He was known as the fourth Lord Boyd, and was an ardent supporter of Mary,
Queen of Scots, who was beheaded Feb. 8., 1587, after nearly twenty years im-
prisonment in England.
His eldest son, THOMAS, his successor.

THOMAS BOYD (15th), son of Robert (14th).
Died 1619.
He was known as the fifth Lord Boyd, and obtained a charter to many lands and
baronies between 1595 and 1599.
MARRIED Margaret, a daughter of Sir Matthew Campbell of Londoune, Scotland.
SEVEN CHILDREN:
(1) ROBERT MARTIN BOYD, his heir.
(2) Sir Thomas Boyd of Bedbay.
(3) Adam Boyd
MARRIED Margaret, sister of Robert Galbreath of Kilbraith.
(4) Daughter (name unknown).
MARRIED the Earl of Abercome.
(5) Daughter (name unknown).
MARRIED Blair of Blair.
(6) Daughter (name unknown).
MARRIED Elphington of Blaythswood.
(7) John Boyd

ROBERT MARTIN BOYD (16th), son of Thomas (15th).
Died too young to succeed his father and become the sixth Lord Boyd.
MARRIED to Jane, daughter of the Earl of Lothian.
Son, ROBERT, succeeded Thomas (15th).
He was the sixth Lord Boyd and in 1620 and 1626 he obtained a charter to several
lands in Ayrshire.
MARRIED first the daughter of the Master of Eglinton.
There were no children.
MARRIED second the daughter of the Earl of Addington who had great sympathy
with the persecuted Presbyterians.
FIVE CHILDREN:
(1) JAMES BOYD, his successor
(2) Daughter (name unknown)
MARRIED Morrison of Preston Grange.
(3) Daughter (name unknown)
MARRIED Sinclair of Stevenson.
(4) Daughter (name unknown)
MARRIED Scott of Harden.
(5) Daughter (name unknown)
MARRIED Dundas of Armstrong.

JAMES BOYD (18th), son of Robert (17th).
He was the eighth Lord Boyd.
He was fined Ł1500 by Cromwell, for supporting Charles.
It was during the life of this Lord Boyd that the part of Dean Castle, on which the
Kilmarnock Arms are sculptured, was erected.

MARRIED to Catherine Craik (Crayk) who died in 1654.
One son, WILLIAM, his successor.

WILLIAM BOYD (19th), son of James (18th). J
Died 1692.
King Charles II created him First Earl of Kilmarnock on Aug. 7, 1661.
In 1672, a second charter conferred upon him and the town further rights and
privileges.
His eldest son, WILLIAM, his successor.
WILLIAM (20th), son of William (19th).
He was created second Earl of Kilmarnock.
TWO SONS:
WILLIAM, the eldest son and his successor.

WILLIAM BOYD (21st) son of William (20th).
Died 1717.
He was the third Earl of Kilmarnock, becoming heir to his father in 1699.
He was attached to the House of Hanover. When George I was proclaimed, Aug.,
1714, he appeared with the Baillies and other gentlemen at the Council House
ceremony. This was in the time of Rob Roy, and the reckless clan of the McGregors.
His eldest son, WILLIAM, his successor.

WILLIAM BOYD (22nd) son of William (21st).
Died Aug. 18, 1746.
He was the fourth Earl of Kilmarnock. When he succeeded to his father's estate it
was very much reduced.
MARRIED to Lady Annie Livingston, daughter and heiress of the Earl of Linlithgow
and Callander.
He was the last of the Boyds who lived at Dean Castle.
In 1745, Prince Charles (known as the Young Pretender, the last of the Stewart
dynasty to be recognized) planted his standard in Scotland and succeeded in gain-
ing the attachment and support of many of the nobles and gentlemen of influence.
William became one of Prince Charles' adherents. He was appointed colonel of the
Hussars by Prince Charles and accompanied the insurgents to England.
The Duke of Cumberland arrived from Scotland to suppress the Rebellion and on
Apr. 16, 1746, at Drummossie Moor, near Culloden House, a short distance from
Inverness, vanquished the army of Prince Charles.
William, the fourth Earl of Kilmarnock, among others, was taken prisoner to London
Tower and brought to trial July 28, 1746, in Westminster Hall.
The Lord High Stewart and one hundred thirty-six peers were present.
William Boyd, who was a tall and slender person of dignity, stood up and pleaded
guilty, and recommended himself to the mercy of the King. He was executed Aug.
18, 1746, after all pleas and petitions in his behalf had been rejected.
Interment was made at his own request close by the side of Marquis of Tullibardine
in the Church of St. Peters, London. Inscription on his coffin: "Guilielmus, Comes
de Kilmarnock, Decollates, 18 Augusti 1746, Aetat Suae 42."
His wife, Annie, died of grief Sept. 16, 1747, at Kilmarnock.
THREE SONS:
(1) Robert Boyd, the Earl of Errol.
He was called Lord Boyd.
By a trust deed dated 1732, and confirmed by the House of Peers, in 1752, he
recovered the land of Kilmarnock, forfeited by his father, and this was
sold afterwards to the Earl of Glencairn. Upon the death of his great-aunt,
the Countess of Errol in her own right, he succeeded to the title of Errol in
1758. The sale of the title of his forefathers closed the last title of the
Boyds of Scotland. This had been handed down from one generation to
another for nearly eight hundred years. He then took up his residence at
Slains Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, situated upon the sea coast.

(2) Charles Boyd
He took up the spirit of the rebellion with his father, and was also engaged
in the same Battle of Drummossie with his father. Soon after the fight he
fled to the Island of Arran, the ancient property of the Boyds, where he
concealed himself for a year.' He then went to France and married a French
lady and resided there for about twenty years, when a pardon was granted
to all the rebels, and he returned again to his native country and resided
with his brother in Aberdeenshire.

(3) William Boyd
He was in the Royal Navy and was promoted in 1761 to a company of the
Fourteenth Infantry. Being close to the time of the Revolutionary War he
may have been sent to America with his regiment. Some Boyd families
today connect their lineage to him, or to a Boyd of that name, who settled
in the middle or eastern States.
The present Earl of Errol, known as Hays, is the direct descendant of the Boyd
family in the lineal line. In the Peerage of the United Kingdom, he is called
Baron Kilmarnock of Kilmarnock.
(From History of the Boyd Family and Descendants by William P. Boyd,
published in 1912.)
The city of Kilmarnock, the original home of the Boyd family in the Old World,
is situated a few miles inland upon the western coast of the Highlands of the romantic
country called "Scotland." The place today is one of the largest towns in the County
of Ayr and rests upon the banks of two mossy streams called Irvin and Kilmarnock,
some fifteen and one-half miles by rail northeast of Ayr and twenty-four miles
southwest of Glasgow.
Kilmarnock, for a long time after the death of "Marnock," a noted Irish minister
or prophet, from whom its name is derived, must have been a mere hamlet, for we
find no trace of it in history until the year 1591, when our noble family of Boyds
became possessors of the land and made a burgh or barony of it. The earliest mention
of it is by Barbour, in his life of Bruce, as one of the chance places through which
the English knight. Sir Philip Mowbray, fled, after being defeated by Douglass,
somewhere in the District of Cunningham, about the year 1306.
The town books go no farther back than 1686 and throw no light on the general
history of the place. The first entry of baptism was recorded for February 6, 1644.
One of the first notices of any consequence which we have of Kilmarnock, is in a
document giving the names of persons who voted on appointment of a Parish, or
clerk of a Parish, in the year 1507. In the list, the Boyd name appears fifteen times,
Smyth sixteen and Brown twenty times.
Kilmarnock was created a burgh or barony in 1591, under the Boyds, and its
charter was confirmed by Charles II, in 1672.
There is the following interesting document found among the archives of
Scotland today, which is the charter of King James VI to Thomas Boyd and Son,
erecting the town of Kilmarnock into a burgh or barony and reads thus:
"Charter and Infertnum by James VI. In favor of Thomas Lord Boyd in Life
sent and Robert Master of Boyds in Fee, dated 12 January, 1591."
"In witness whereof, etc., witnesses, etc., at Holyrood House, the twelfth day of
the month of January, in the year of our Lord MDXCI and of our reign XXV."
(Signed) James VI.

In the village of Kilmarnock the Boyds erected at this time what was called
"Gallows Knowe" for punishment of those who failed to do as they were requested,
or were enemies to the will of the Boyds. The structure stood until 1861, when it
was torn down. Authority was given, as seen in the above charter, to Lord Thomas
Boyd to establish this "Gallows Knowe" in his barony. Dr. Johnson, an able writer
on Scottish history, says: "The name so called was in consequence of being the
place of execution in the days of feudalism. The Boyds had at one time the right of
pit and gallows, a privilege conferred on all Barons according to our old laws of
having on his grounds a pit for drowning women and gallows for hanging men
convicted of theft."
On May 22. 1668, the town of Kilmarnock was wholly destroyed by fire. Another
large fire visited the place on Saturday, April 26, 1800.
In Burns' time, Kilmarnock enjoyed the reputation of being the most irregularly
built town in the west of Scotland.
The Parish of Kilmarnock contains some interesting memorials and relics of
grandeur of bygone days. One of these is the very heavy grown ruins of Dean
Castle, the home of the Boyd family for nearly eight hundred years, which was
destroyed by fire in 1735.
Dean Castle stands at a distance of nearly a mile northeast of the present site
of the City of Kilmarnock. This city now rests upon lands once owned by the noble
Family of Boyd, in the County of Ayrshire on the western coast of Scotland. Its
situation, in country redolent of history, though not, perhaps, the most romantic, can
scarcely fail to delight the admirer of the magnificent in nature.
According to Dr. Jamieson, a noted historian, the name "dean" signifies a small
valley or hollow where the ground slopes on both sides. Not far from the castle
the scene is enlivened by two little mossy streams locally called the "Borland and
Crawfordland."
Francis Grose, one of Scotland's able writers, visited the castle about the year
1789, and made a drawing of its ruins for his "Antiquities of Scotland," from which
we quote:
"This is one of the ancient seats of the Boyds. Earls of Kilmarnock, for some
time the favourites of King James III. It was forfeited in the year 1745, after-
wards sold to the Earl of Glencairn, and in 1789. when this drawing was made,
belonged to Miss Scott.
"It lies a small distance from the main road leading from Kilmarnock to
Stewarton, and consists of a large vaulted square tower, which seems to have
been built about the beginning of the fifteenth century; this is surrounded by
a court and other buildings, apparently more modern. Upon the tower under a
defaced coat of arms, there is this inscription:
James Lord of
Kilmarnock
Dame Katherine Creyk
Lady Boyd

"The Lord James, here commemorated, according to Douglas, died in 1654. He
was a firm adherent to the royal cause, for which he was by Oliver Cromwell
exempted from pardon, and fined fifteen hundred pounds sterling. He was the
eighth Lord Boyd.
"In this castle, it is said. Lady Margaret (Douglas calls her Mary) sister to
King James III, was confined during the life of her husband, Thomas Boyd,
Earl of Arran, from whom she was divorced, notwithstanding she had borne
him two children. The pretext for this divorce was some legal impediment at
the time of marriage."

The walls of the high tower are about ten feet thick. As a place of strength, as
well as a manor-house, the "Dean" appears to have been superior to many of the
strongholds of our Scottish barons of the older times.
After the burning of Dean Castle. William Boyd, Earl of Kilmarnock, lived at
the Marnock house, which is still in existence and is used as an industrial building.
The clan system took its origin largely from the mountainous nature of the
country, each family or tribe living in its own glen, the head being the chief. Combi-
nations of clans who were related were formed, the chief of the strongest clan becom-
ing head of the whole clan. The branches were called "Septs." Hence we find that
through relationship the Boyds were members of the Royal Clan of the Stewarts.
The tartan of the Boyds is the same as that of Royal Stewarts.
Reference: Highland Clans of Scotland, by Todd, 2 vols. Vol. 2, p. 492-3 Clan of
Stewart, as one of the branches of this house, or Sept. Of the Royal House of
Stewart is listed the Clan of Boyd, p. 497.
Highland Clans of Scotland (Todd) p. 497.
House of the Royal Stewarts.
Septs:—
Boyd Garrow France
Menteith Lennox Monteith
Clan of Stewart (p. 492) Badge, Thistle, (Royal) Oak, (Clan)
Slogan: "Creag-an-Sgairbh"
Pibroch: "Earrach an aigh's a' ghleann," and
"Creag-an-Sgairbh"

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Unknown MacFinlay [Male] b. ABT. 1210 Braces Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland - d. ABT. 1305 Head Clan Fioladh

Head of proscribed clan Fionnlagh Fearchar MacFinlay Fionnlagh

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Enna Cennsalach mac Labraid Laidech of Laigin [Male] b. ABT. 335 Laigin, Ireland - d. ABT. 365

King

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Criomthann I of Ireland [Male]

Criomthann I of Ireland, died 288
Criomthann I of Ireland was born on date, at birth place, to Lughaidh IV Luaighne macIonnatmar Ireland and Clothra verch Eochaid Feidlech Of Ireland.
Lughaidh was born in Ireland.
Clothra was born in Denmark.
Criomthann had 7 siblings: Criomthann I of Ireland, Eithne Nar of Scotland and 5 other siblings.
Criomthann married Aenas Ireland (born Ollamh).
Aenas was born on BCE, in Ancient Ireland.
They had one son: Bresal Breasal Brecc MacFiachach Prince of Ireland.
Criomthann passed away in 288, at death place.

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John Word [Male] b. 1767 - d. 2 MAY 1836 Goodwin Cemetery #4, Fourmile, Bell Co., KY
Change: 17 JAN 2013

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Thomas Machucheon Bahn Fraser [Male] b. 1500 Reelick, Kirkhill, Inverness, Scotland - d. 1588 Moniack Castle, Beauly, Inverness, Scotland

Moniack Castle is a 16th-century tower house located 7 miles west of Inverness, and just south of Beauly in Highland, Scotland. The castle was built in 1580 by members of the Clan Fraser.

Moniack Castle is built on the edge of the Aird, a range of hills to the west of Inverness, and looks out over the well-drained lowlands on the edge of the Beauly Firth. The site of the castle was once protected by the marshlands of the floodplain, but this is not an apparent strength today. The castle is an extended L-plan tower house of the Frasers.

The older part of the castle consists of two wings laid out in an L-plan, with a large round stair tower in the angle. The western wing is older and is three storeys high, the northern wing is later and the thick walls suggest it may have formed part of the courtyard range of domestic buildings associated with the tower house; it has been altered with enlarged windows and is only two storeys, although it has the same roofline. Both have been significantly altered, as there is no vaulting within the castle at all. The tower, which is corbelled out to square above the wallheads of the wings, has been given a crenellated flat roof, and was the main entrance to the castle. It has very small windows with metal grilles, and is suggestive of a date of around 1600. In the early 1800s two large bow windows were added to the rear of the castle, and a two storey house was added on in 1830, also the date of the battlements at the top of the tower. Both wings have had the gables dropped to give hipped rooves at an undetermined date, and it is possible that the older wing has lost a storey in the process.

In the early 13th century the superiority of the lands of Moniack was resigned to the Bishop of Moray by John Bisset, and the lands were occupied as a Barony by the MacGillandrish family, but by the late 14th century they had been granted by the Bishop to Hugh Fraser of Lovat. The lands of Moniack were in the possession of Ewen Fraser, son of a Hugh of Lovat in 1430, and have remained in the hands off the Fraser family ever since, although they were split into two parts, Wester and Easter Moniack by Ewens sons, John and Hugh, in about 1457. Wester Moniack, also known as Reelig, was the site of the castle. It passed to John, and to his son Thomas, but Thomas was succeeded in 1539 by his sister Margaret, who married Thomas Fraser of Wester Aigas in 1551. Easter Moniack passed from Hugh’s descendants to Thomas Fraser of Strichen in 1621, and in 1662 Alexander Fraser purchased them back from him, reuniting the lands of Moniack under one laird for the first time in over 200 years. The castle was resigned back to the Fraser Lords Lovat some time before the mid 18th century, since it was occupied by the Jacobite Simon Lord Lovat in 1745. Today it remains the private home of the Fraser family and is no longer open to visitors.

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Anthony Fisher [Male] b. 21 APR 1590 Syleham, Suffolk, England - d. 18 APR 1671 Dorchester, Suffolk, MassBay Colony, British Colony

From: Old Dorchester” appearing in the NEGHS Register, v. 5, 1851, p. 399:

FISHER, ANTHONY, Sen. freem. May, 1645; m. Isabel, wid. of Edward Breck, 14:9:1663, he d. intestate, 18th April 1671, in the 80th year of his age; she d. 22:4:1673. Ensign Daniel Fisher son of ANTHONY; also Nathaniel, Cornelius, and Joanna. On 5:3:1662, the town allowed ANTHONY FISHER Ł4 “for killing vs six wolues.” His residence was in Mrs. Stoughton’s farms within the bounds of Dorchester, but yet distant about seuen or eight miles from Dorchester meetinghouse, being neere adjacent to the towne of Dedham.”--The Fisher family were heirs to the estate of elder John Wiswal, or of certain lands laid out to him “beyond the Blue Hills near Dedham, now [1737] in Stoughton. The heirs were John Fisher, Joshua Fisher, Daniel Fisher and his wf. Esther; Jeremiah Dean and Mary his wife.

From: “Abstracts of Early Suffolk Wills” appearing in the NEGHS Register, v. 48,1894, p. 459:

No. 529--ANTHONY FISHER, late of Dorchester deceased. Inventory 7 Apr 1670, by Joane Fisher, apprized by Peter Woodward and John Gay

Josiah Fisher’s bond as administrator on estate of his father, Anthony Fisher late of Dedham, farmer, unadministered by Joane Fisher, late of Dedham, widow, deceased.
James Fales and Joseph Ellis sureties. 10 Jun, 1723. Vo. vii. p. 50. (See Dedham Historical Register, Vol. 3, p. 191).

ANTHONY FISHER...was baptized 23 April 1591 at Syleham. “Mr. Anthony Fisher Departed out of this Life in the 80th year of his age (April 18) 1671” at Dorchester, Massachusetts. He married first, about 1615, ALICE _____, who joined the Dedham Church 27 March 1642, listed as ___ Fisher ye wife of Anthony Fisher,” and died 12 January 1662/3. Anthony married second, at Dorchester, 14 November 1663, ISABEL (---) (RIGBY) BRECK, widow of both John Rigby and Edward Breck, both of Dorchester. Isabel died at Dorchester 22 June 1673.

Anthony Fisher was at Syleham until at least 1623. In Denton, Norfolk, about six miles from Syleham, in 1626 and 1629, the baptisms of two children of Anthony and Alice were recorded. In March 1636, according to the will of his brother John, he was still living in Denton.

Anthony arrived in New England probably in 1637 The first record of him in the colonies is 18 July 1637, when “Mr. John Allen wth diurse others being p’pownded to sit downe wth vs onely in the same condicon. they are accepted soe to doe... The names of the “diverse others,” including Anthony Fisher, appear in a list two paragraphs farther on that names twelve heads of families admitted to Dedham on the same date. These twelve produced “crtifficates from ye magestrates” showing that they had subscribed to the covenants of the town. Anthony Fisher was active in Dedham town activities, and then eventually moved to Dorchester, Massachusetts, where he continued public service.

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Anthony Fisher [Male] b. 1 FEB 1557/58 Stradbroke, Suffolk, England - d. 11 APR 1640 Syleham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

ANTHONY FISHER... was baptized 1 February 1558/9 at Stradbroke, and he was buried 11 April 1640 at Syleham. He married at Fressingfield, 16 October 1586, MARIE FISKE, daughter of Nicholas and Johane (Crispe) Fiske of Laxfield and Dennington. Some of Marie’s ancestry will be presented by Clifford L. Stott in The Crispe Family of Laxfield, Suffolk; Ancestors of Anthony and Joshua Fisher of Dedham, Massachusetts,” forthcoming in the Register.

Anthony was named in various wills. In 1591 his father William mentioned that he had already given land to Anthony, and that other lands, in Syleham (among them Wignotts), should be Anthony’s after his mother’s death. Anthony’s brother William, in 1618, named Anthony and his children. Anthony and Mary’s son John in 1636 gave annuities to his parents, as did their son Cornelius in 1638. After Anthony’s death his widow Mary was appointed administratrix of his estate, 19 Apri 1640.

From: “Old Dorchester” appearing in the NEGHS Register, v. 5, 1851, p. 399:
“FISHER, ANTHONY, Sen. freem. May, 1645; m. Isabel, wid. of Edward Breck, 14:9:1663, he d. intestate, 18th April 1671, in the 80th year of his age; she d. 22:4:1673. Ensign Daniel Fisher son of ANTHONY; also Nathaniel, Cornelius, and Joanna. On 5:3:1662, the town allowed ANTHONY FISHER Ł4 “for killing vs six wolues.” His residence was “in Mrs. Stoughton’s farms within the bounds of Dorchester, but yet distant about seuen or eight miles from Dorchester meetinghouse, being neere adjacent to the towne of Dedham.”--The Fisher family were heirs to the estate of elder John Wiswal, or of certain lands laid out to him “beyond the Blue Hills near Dedham, now [1737] in Stoughton.” The heirs were John Fisher, Joshua Fisher, Daniel Fisher and his wf. Esther; Jeremiah Dean and Mary his wife.”

From: “Abstracts of Early Suffolk Wills” appearing in the NEGHS Register, v. 48,1894, p. 459:
“No. 529--ANTHONY FISHER, late of Dorchester deceased. Inventory 7 Apr 1670, by Joane Fisher, apprized by Peter Woodward and John Gay.
Josiah Fisher’s bond as administrator on estate of his father, Anthony Fisher late of Dedham, farmer, unadministered by Joane Fisher, late of Dedham, widow, deceased.
James Fales and Joseph Ellis sureties. 10 Jun, 1723. Vo. vii. p. 50. (See Dedham Historical Register, Vol. 3, p. 191).

“ANTHONY FISHER...was baptized 23 April 1591 at Syleham. “Mr. Anthony Fisher Departed out of this Life in the 80th year of his age (April 18) 1671” at Dorchester, Massachusetts. He married first, about 1615, ALICE _____, who joined the Dedham Church 27 March 1642, listed as “___ Fisher ye wife of Anthony Fisher,” and died 12 January 1662/3. Anthony married second, at Dorchester, 14 November 1663, ISABEL (---) (RIGBY) BRECK, widow of both John Rigby and Edward Breck, both of Dorchester. Isabel died at Dorchester 22 June 1673.
Anthony Fisher was at Syleham until at least 1623. In Denton, Norfolk, about six miles from Syleham, in 1626 and 1629, the baptisms of two children of Anthony and Alice were recorded. In March 1636, according to the will of his brother John, he was still living in Denton.
Anthony arrived in New England probably in 1637 The first record of him in the colonies is 18 July 1637, when “Mr. John Allen wth diurse others being p’pownded to sit downe wth vs onely in the same condicon. they are accepted soe to doe...” The names of the “diverse others,” including Anthony Fisher, appear in a list two paragraphs farther on that names twelve heads of families admitted to Dedham on the same date. These twelve produced “crtifficates from ye magestrates” showing that they had subscribed to the covenants of the town. Anthony Fisher was active in Dedham town activities, and then eventually moved to Dorchester, Massachusetts, where he continued public service.

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John William Fisher [Male] b. 1520 Syleham, Suffolk, England - d. 4 JUL 1591 Suffolk, England

WILLIAM FISHER...was born say 1527, likely at Syleham, Suffolk. As revealed by the contents of his 1591 will, William was among the privileged few of his contemporaries to learn to read and write. Also, he had armor, indicating military activity. This service was probably of a local nature, and his armor was most likely made of leather. Or perhaps he inherited the armor, which might have been rather elaborate.

On 15 October 1551 he was married, in the church of the neighboring parish of Stradbroke, to MARGERIE BERT, a Stradbroke maiden, the daughter of William Bert...
William Fisher prospered as a yeoman farmer, retaining property in Syleham that he had inherited. Exactly where he and Margerie resided during their early marriage is unknown, though likely within the parish of Stradbroke. The parish churches of Syleham and Stradbroke are about three miles apart, but the boundaries of the two parishes are much closer, the in-between being a walk of gentle ups and downs across part of the parish of Wingfield. Perhaps the Fisher home was near the boundary of one of the parishes. William and Margerie took some of their children to each church for baptism: Stradbroke in 1553, Syleham in 1556, and then Stradbroke again in 1559 (apparently with twins) and 1560. One little girl, almost four years of age, was buried in the Stradbroke churchyard in 1563.

As time passed, William purchased (according to his will) properties in Cransford, nine miles southeast of Stradbroke, and in Swefling, two and a half miles beyond Cransford. Whether or not he and Margerie lived for a period in either of these places is unknown. Eventually they moved to the parish of St. James South Elmham, seven miles northeast from Stradbroke, still in county Suffolk.

In St. James South Elmham, William wrote his own last will and testament, “scripte by me Will’m Fisher,” 14 June 1591. He died less than two months later, as the will was probated 9 August 1591. Because the surviving parish registers of St. James South Elmham start many years after William and Margerie died, it is impossible to find records of their burials.

William’s will indicates that within the yeoman class of English citizens he was probably more akin to a gentleman than to a husbandman. He named no horses or cows or sheep or wheat or barley, the items so commonly counted as a portion of wealth by yeomen. In his will, though, he did name “implements.” Perhaps animals o work or graze his land were owned by the men to whom he rented the several estates he held.
In his will William provided his “welbeloved wiffe” Margerie, for life, “all my free holde landes and Ten’tes and Indenture or lease lande lyinge and beinge in Sarlehame [Syleham],” without naming them. (One of them Wignott[s], was bequeathed iin 1638 by Wiliam’s grandson, Cornelius Fisher... William directed that after his wife’s decease these properties should go to their son Anthony. In addition, Anthony was to receive “all suche moveable goods as are in his custodie and possession excepte one posted bedstede wch I boughte at Witchingham hall one fetherbedde and one coveringe[,] wch fetherbedde posted bedsteade and coveringe I give unto Margery my wiffe.” Also, “the rest of the Evidence concerninge the landes before devised to Anthonye my sonne I will that they shoulde be delyvered to him” (referring probably to the Syleham lands, mentioned earlier in the will).

Son William was to inherit the lands in Swefling and Cransford, and each year he was to pay to “Margerie his mother” an annuity of Ł6. The testator William also bequeathed to his son William “all suche stuffe of howsholde as I have remayninge in his custodie and possession and all my Armor bookes and suche Evidence as I have concernynge the landes before devised to him.

Another genealogically significant item in William’s will is his bequest to “Anne Forder my sister” of 40s. “Rose Forder her daughter” was to receive 26s 8d at her day of marriage.
William gave token legacies to his grandchildren as well, naming them as “my dawghter Joannes thre sonnes...and...their sister,” “my sonne Will’m Fishers dawghter,” “my sonne Anthonye Fishers two sonnes...and their sister,” and”my dawghter Janes sonne ... and...his sister..and the childe or children that my saide dawghter Jane is now bigge with all [if] god give her saffe delyverie.” In another part of the will William named Jane’s son: “Cornelius the sonne of Francys Wolnaughe.

After devising his properties, William gave to “Margerie my wiffe all the residue of my moveable goods lynnyage [linenage] plate implements and stuffe of howsholde” and appointed her and their son William as executors.

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