Person:Ambrose Boyle (1)

AKA 'Old Ambrose' Resided On 130A Property At Lot 12, Boyles Point Emigrated from Ireland 1817 Ambrose Bolye buried June 19, 1897 , born 1807 in Ireland, came in 1817, buried in St. Peter's Churchyard in lot 11 Record from St'James church in Port Hill

Surname: Boyle Recorded as Boyle, Boyall, and O' Boyle, this is generally regarded as an Irish surname of great antiquity. However it may also be English of Irish origin or English of French origins! If Irish it derives from the early Gaelic surname O' Baoighill, meaning the male descendant of the rash one! Traditionally Irish clan names were taken from a nickname for the original chief of the clan, and were usually prefixed O', or Mac, which is as equally Irish as Scottish. The O' Boyles were a strong clan in County Donegal for many centuries,and were known for their ruddy complexion! In England the origin could still be Irish, but for some nameholders at least, was French. As such the name was a transposition either of Boileau translating literally as "water wood," or Boille, a nickname of endearment for a small, rounded person, and introduced after the Norman Conquest of 1066. Richard Boyle (1566 1643) it is claimed was from Kent in England, but if so he almost certainly had very Irish ancestry. Inspite of a chequered record including a spell in the Tower of London, he held considerable power at the English court. In 1619 he acquired the estates in County Waterford of the executed Sir Walter Raleigh, and subsequently became the first Earl of Cork. Fourteen of the fifteen Boyles listed in the "Dictionary of National Biography" belong to this Anglo-Irish family. The coat of arms depicts a gold shield charged with green oak tree eradicated. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

1. ↑ J.Clinton Morrison Jr. Along the North Shore; A Social History of Township 11, PEI, 1765-1982, Edition: 2nd Printing 1987. (Williams and Crue (1982) Ltd.)
   p. 270.
2. ↑ Canada. 1881 Census of Canada. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada).
3. ↑ St. Peters Anglican Church cemetary
4. ↑ WILL OF AMBROYSE BOYLE
   
   In the Name of God Amen.
   The thirteenth day of February One Thousand eight hundred and Ninety three
   
   I Ambroyse Boyle in the province of Prince Edward Island Lot or Township No Twelve Farmer being in perfect mind and Memory thanks be given unto God. Therefore calling unto mind the mortality of my body knowing that it is appointed unto all men once to die do make and ordain this my last Will and testament that is to say principally and first of all I give and recommend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God who gave it and my body I recommend to the earth to be buried in decent Christian burial at the discretion of my executors nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall not receive the same again by the Almighty power of God and as touching such worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life I give demise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form.
   First I give and bequeath to Mary Ann my dearly beloved wife her maintenance as long as she lives clothing and all medecine (sic) if sick and a decent Christian burial. Also, my dearly beloved daughter Mary Ann the sum of twenty five cents when called for. Also my dearly beloved daughter Elizabeth the sum of twenty five cents when called for. Also my dearly beloved daughter Judith the sum of twenty five cents when called for. Also I give to my beloved daughter Matilda the sum of twenty five cents when called for. Also I give to my beloved daughter Jane the sum of twenty five cents when called for. Also I give and bequeath to my beloved daughter Ellen Maria the sum of twenty five cents when called for. Also I give to my beloved son Robert the sum of twenty five cents when called for. Also I give to my beloved son Ambroyse the sum of twenty five cents when called for. Also I give and bequeath to my beloved Grand Daughter Ellen Jane Hutt her maintenance as long as she wishes to stay. Also I give and bequeath to my dearly beloved son Isaac whom I likewise constitute make and ordain my sole executor of this my last will and testament all and singular my lands massuages(?) and tenements household furniture horses Cattle Sheep and all Farming Implements Carriages and everything about said place by him freely to be possessed and enjoyed. And I do hereby declare this to be my last will and testament. In witness whereof have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written.
   Signed sealed and published pronounced and declared by the said Ambroyse Boyle as his last will and testament in the presence of us the subscribers
   
   Albert Williams
   William D. Milligan
   
   Signed Ambroyse Boyle (his mark)
   
   This will was proved on the 29th day of June 1894 on the oath of Albert Williams one of the subscribing witnesses thereto before Commissioner Wm. Hopgood Esq. and was filed and registered on the 13th day of August 1894.