Person:Abraham Boyd (2)

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THE BOYDS OF VT Chapter 3 Pages 27-39

Abraham Boyd of Upton, Worcester, MA married Hannah HILL of Hopkinton, Worcester, MA soon after their intentions were published 24 June 1766. She was born 12 July 1742, daughter of Ralph and Sarah HILL. No dates of their deaths have been found. The last record of Abraham was on September 3, 1818 when he deeded land to Robert Boyd Land records book 6 page 154 Wilmington, Windham, VT.see also book 6, page 113

Wilmington Reunions, Look and Greene, 1970

"Abraham and Hannah Hill were early settlers of Wilmington, Windham, VT. They and several children settled on land alongside the Deerfield river which he had purchased before the War of Rebellion, 1776. The river flowed through the southwest part of town. Through the years more and more land was purchased until the Boyd family, children, grandchildren, and even the great grandchildren, eventually owned many of the farms along that river valley which, in the 1920's were to be abandoned and flooded when the New England Power Company constructed the Harriman dam at Whittingham". see "Wilmington Reunions 1890-1970 "by Margaret C. Greene and Barbara H. Look. ______________________________________________________________________

Abraham was a soldier in the War of the Revolution. He fought at the Battle of Bunker Breeds Hill and at the Battle of Bennington. He is listed in the Patriots Index of the DAR. DAR national number 602081. Computer code 1-034-MA:

"Private, Capt. Stephan Sadler's Company, Col. Wheelock's regt. which marched 20 Apr 1775 in response to the alarm of April 19, 1775 to Roxbury, Ma".

"Abraham Boyd, receipts for wages for service in Capt. Henry Leland's company, Col. Willis regt. dated Hopkinton" Feb 5, 1776.

"Abraham Boyd was a Minute Man in the defense of Boston, 1776 He was from Upton, MA, removed during the war to Wilmington, VT, where he died". DAR lineage book, page 349, under #29975 Mary J. Castle.

Abraham Boyd is mentioned in Dr. John Long's Diary as traveling up and down the Deerfield river from Shelburne, MA to Wilmington, Windham, VT. in the 1770's.

Sources: Soldier, Sailors and Patriots of the Revolutionary War - VT. Carleton E. and Sue G. Fisher. Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1992. Volume 2. Page 358 MA Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolution.

Hopkinton, Worcester, MA Vital Records Wilmington, Windham, VT Vital Records 1790 VT census

CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM BOYD AND Hannah HILL BOYD

1. Abraham Boyd Jr. was baptised 16 October 1768 in Hopkinton, Worcester, MA He married Elizabeth TAYLOR McKINSTRY of West Springfield, Hampden, MA Their intentions were published 6 October 1792. V.R. of West Springfield, Hampden, MA Elizabeth was born 19 Jne 1764 at Gilsum, NH. Try as I might I have never been able to fnd any more data on Abraham Jr.

2. Robert Boyd was baptised 22 October 17692 in Hopkinton, Worcester, MA He married Susannah WHEELER 10 September 1798. She was born in 1782, daughter of Deliverance and Mary WHITMAN WHEELER. Susannah died 31 Jan 1854 and Robert died 16 Feb 1845, both in Wilmington, Windham, VT.

3. Levi Boyd was baptised 8 November 1772 in Hopkinton, Worcester, MA He married Sally STEVENS 4 December 1800 in Wilmington, Windham, VT. Sally was born in 1778 and died 25 Dec 1864. Levi died in Wilmington on 7 June 1839.

4. Simeon Boyd was baptised 23 October 1774 in Hopkinton, Worcester, MA He married Ruth CLARK 14 December 1802. She was born in 1787 and died 3 July 1844. Simeon died 25 July 1856 in Wilmington.

5. Stephan Boyd was baptised 21 September 1777 in Hopkinton, Worcester, MA He married Lucy CUSHMAN 9 December 1802. Stephan was killed by a falling tree sometime in 1813. Lucy married 2nd William WILDER 19 March 1815. She died 21 Sept 1855 in Wilmington.

6. Luther Boyd was born in Wilmington, Windham, VT 17 Oct 1781. He married Elizabeth Betsy WHEELER, 29 May 1803. Betsy and Susannah who married Robert Boyd were sisters. They were the daughters of Deliverance and Mary WHITMAN Wheeler who were early settlers of Wilmington. Betsy died in Wilmington 28 Feb 1873. Luther died3 at Columbus, OH 12 January 1867.

1. Sources: Vital Records of Wilmington and Whitingham, VT. Vital Records of Hopkinton, Worcester, MA Land Records Wilmington, Windham, VT. 2. Cemetery stone says Robert was born in 1771. 3. See below.

Wilmington, Windham, VT, The Times Press, 1900

"Abraham Boyd was a soldier of the Revolution and came to Wilmington as one of the earliest settlers just before the outbreak of the war. He came in with two companions from Hopkinton, MA, by the guide of marked trees. He cleared a small patch of land from the dense forest and built a crude log hut. His sons were Robert, Levi, Stephan, and Simeon. Robert the eldest2 son married Susannah WHEELER and settled in the south part of town. He started in life with "an axe and one lousy calf" but reared a family of seven children and aquired a handsome fortune.

James Manning Boyd, eldest son of Robert, when he was twenty years of age, went to live with his aged grandparents, reMEd with them the rest of their lives, and suceeded to their estate, a fine 200 acre farm on the Deerfield river.

James Manning Boyd married Phoebe Drury MOORE, a niece of Zephaniah MOORE, the first president of Amherst College. A family of thirteen children were born to them. Seven members of this family are now living, the three brothers, Ransome M., Warren R., and Edmund M. in this town and Ansel N. of Whitingham, and two daughters.

James Manning Boyd and his wife were substantial and worthy people and passed their lives on the old Boyd homestead where he died at the age of sixty-eight and she at the age of eighty-nine.

Warren Robert Boyd was born in 1837 and was educated in the public schools. He married Lucy Ann RICH in 1861 and settled on the south part of the old farm, which he conducted with industry and success until he removed to the village of Whitingham in 1894. He erected a good set of buildings on the farm which he sold to lawyer Davenport. In 1895 Mr. Boyd built his present commodius residence on School street, where he is passing the latter years of an active and useful life.

The two children of Warren and Lucy are Leslie W., born in 1866, a farmer and selectmen of Wilmington, and Della B., Mrs. Perry M. Davis. Warren R. Boyd was an early and pro- minent member of the grange. He has served his town capably as selectman, justice of the peace, and many years as a lister, and is a highly esteemed citizen.

1. From the book "Wilmington, Windham, VT" published in 1900 by the Deerfield Times Press. 2. Abraham was the eldest son, not Robert. They also had a son named Luther who left for OH around 1813.

Abraham Boyd Jr., son of Abraham and Hannah HILL Boyd was born in Hopkinton, Worcester, MA He was baptised 16 October 1768. He married Elizabeth Taylor McKINSTRY of West Springfield, Hampden, MA Their intentions to marry were published 1. 6 October 1792. Elizabeth 2. was born 19 June 1764 at Gilsum?[--?--] New Hampshire. Abraham died 23 June 1798 in Wilinton?, N.H.

1. Hannah Boyd 2. b. 27 July 1794 d. pre 1846 Kane Co, IL. She married Levi BARTLETT, the son of Sylvester BARTLETT. not proven- data written in a letter from Doris Boyd Giovanazzi

Robert Boyd, son of Abraham Boyd and Hannah HILL was born in Hopkinton, MA., He was baptised 22 October 1769. He came to VT with his parents and brothers when he was nine years old. When Robert was 29 years old he married 17 year old Susannah WHEELER. This was 10 September 1798. She was the daughter of Deliverence and Mary WHITMAN Wheeler and was born in Wilmington, Windham, VT 1782 and died in 1854. Robert died in Wilmington 16 February 1845.

1. James Manning Boyd b. 24 Apr 1800 d. 18 Sep 1868 m. Phoebe Drury MOORE b. 17 Jan 1800 d. 4 Nov 18 on 2 Dec 1819

2. Lucinda Boyd b. 16 Mar 1803 d. 11 Aug 1865 m. Jacob CHASE 3. b. 8 Feb 1804 d. 22 Dec 1884 26 Apr 1826 in Whitingham.

I. Julia Chase b. 18 Jne 1831 d. 23 Sep 1833 II. Abraham F. Chase b. 24 May 1835 III. Susan Chase b. 18 Jne 1839

3. Lorinda Boyd b. 1806 d. 3 Nov 1862 m. Luther HARRINGTON b. 1810 d. 15 Apr 1896 9 Apr 1838

1. V.R. of West Springfield, Hampden, MA

2. Data comes from Doris Boyd Giovanazzi, 69 Riddell St., Greenfield, MA I have not been able to confirm any of the information on Abraham Boyd Jr.. No correspondence from Mrs. Giovanazzi 1990. Mrs. Giovanazzi joined the DAR in 1975 proving her lineage to Abraham Boyd Sr.. National application number 662081, Dorothy Quincy Hancock Chapter, DAR.

3. Jacob Chase was the son of Abraham Chase and Betsy Rich. History of the town of Whitingham", Abbe Hemenway. "Seven Generations of the descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase" John C. Chase and George W. Chamberlain, 1928.

4. Abram Boyd b. 1810 d. 12 May 1868 m. Amanda MOORE b. 1 Apr 1811 d. 21 Aug 1899 19 May 1831 m. 2nd Jehial SWIFT b. d. 6 Oct 1880 4 Apr 1870

5. Warren Oscar Boyd b. 1815 d. 29 Mar 1896 m. Ruth HAYNES b. 1810 d. 19 Nov 1883

6. Stephan Boyd b. 31 Jly 1817 d. 7 Jan 1886 m. Susan T. HAYNES b. 15 Sep 1816 d. 7 Feb 1896

7. Julia Ann Boyd b. d. 24 Jan 1877 m. Lewis HARRINGTON b. d. 25 Dec 1869 11 Mar 1840

Lieut. Levi Boyd, son of Abraham and Hannah HILL Boyd was baptised 8 November 1772 in Hopkinton, MA. He married Sally STEVENS 4 December 1800. She was born in 1778 and died 25 Dec 1861. They had six children.

1. Roxanne Boyd b. 25 Jly 1803 d. 23 Dec 1865 m. Willard FAULKNER 20 Nov 1826 in Whitingham, Vt. I. Willard Faulkner Jr. m. Hattie HOWARD

2. Israel S. Boyd b. 23 Oct 1805 d. m. Rhoda EAMES 8 Nov 1829 in Whitingham, Vt

3. Barbara Boyd b. 19 Apr 1810 d. m. Timothy BOWEN 1 Sept 1825 in Whitingham See DAR part 9

4. Levi Boyd Jr. b. 13 Aug 1812 d. 10 Feb 1845 m. Louisa SABIN 20 Dec 1837 in Whitingham

I. William Riley Boyd b. 1838 d. 23 Aug 1840 II. Olive Louisa Boyd b. 1844 d. 23 Apr 1845

5. Sally Boyd b. 3 Feb 1815 m. Ellis F. CHASE b. 31 Jly 1812 21 June 1835 in Whitingham. Ellis married 2nd Lydia STANLEY ca. 1855. Ellis was the son of Abraham CHASE and Betsy RICH. One child by Sally Boyd.

I. Rhoda C. Chase b. 6 Dec 1837 m. Newman DALRYMPLE

6. Riley Boyd b. 28 Sep 1817 d. 10 Feb 1888 m. Elmira G. GORE b. 1822 d. 10 Dec 1863 daughter of Daniel and Barbara GORE of Monroe, MA m 2nd Mary J. ANDREWS b. 1836 d. 17 Aug 1930 10 Oct 1865

I. Sarah Ellen Boyd b. 1843 m. Andrew W. HODGE 6 May 1863

II. Marian E. Boyd b. 24 May 1862 d. 18 Sep 1862 III. William Riley Boyd b. 15 Apr 1863 d. 24 Apr 1864

Simeon Boyd, son of Abraham and Hannah HILL Boyd was born in Hopkinton, MA. He was baptised 23 October 1774. He married Ruth CLARK 14 Dec 1802. Ruth was born in 1787 and died on 3 July 1844. Simeon died 25 July 1856 in Wilmington, Windham, VT. Stephan Boyd, Simeon's brother died in 1813 and Simeon and Ruth adopted two of their sons, Arvine and Benzil Boyd. Simeon and Ruth had two children of their own who died young.

1. Ransome Boyd b. 1799 d. 18 Mar 1813 age 15 2. Dewey Boyd b. 1808 d. 22 Mar 1810 age 1

Stephan Boyd, son of Abraham and Hannah HILL Boyd was born in Hopkinton, MA. He was baptised 23 October 1774. He married Lucy CUSHMAN on 9 December 1802 in Wilmington, Windham, VT. Stephan was killed by a falling tree sometime in 1813. His will was probated in May 1814. Arvine and Benzil were adopted by Simeon Boyd, Stephan's brother. Lucy married 2nd William WILDER on 10 March 1815. They had five children.

1. Reul Boyd b. 1803 d. 8 Apr 1863

2. Marilla Boyd b. d. m. Harry Clark GARMAN 7 Sept 1827 at Dover, VT.

3. Juliana Boyd b. d. m. Benjamin F. JACOBS 7 Sept 1831

4. Arvine Boyd b. 13 Apr 1808 d. 29 Feb 1896 aged 88 yrs m. Julia CLARK 1829 b. 1808 d. 2 Oct 1903 aged 96 yrs

5. Benzil Boyd b. 24 Mar 1811 Wilmington d. 26 Jne 1871 buried Rest Land Cem. m. Julia Ann RAY 28 Oct. 1834 b. 16 Dec 1815 d. 26 Aug 1890. Julia was a daughter of Zelotes RAY and Lydia CROSSMAN. Benzil Boyd went to Troy, NY with ox team and brought back bell for the Methodist Church. Bell, now in Baptist Church belfry.

Benzil, his wife Julia, and 3 of his children. I copied this old photo which hangs in Wilmington, VT's Town Hall in 1990. RG Boyd

BENZIL BOYD b. 24-Mar-1811, m. JULIA ANN RAY 28-Oct-1834, d. 26-Jun-1871 "Benzil was only seven days old when his father, Stephen, died at age 34." Benzil's 9 Children:

1. Charles Boyd b. 28-Jun-1836 d. 14-Oct-1855

2. Helen Francis Boyd b. 02-Jul-1838 m. [--?--] NEWELL

3. Sarah Eliza Boyd b. 08-Jun-1840 d. 22-Oct-1922 m. 28-May-1862 Francis A. RAY

4. Edward C. Boyd b. 20-Aug-1844 m. 30-Dec-1869

5. Gilbert Boyd b. 20-Aug-1849 d. 22-Aug-1850

6. Leslie Durbin Boyd b. 04-Sep-1851 d. 30-Apr-1940 m. 14 Sept 1881 Janet Clarke Nicholl

7. Alice Julia Boyd b. 14-Apr-1857 d. 29-May-1905

8. Horace W. Boyd b. 22-Dec-1860 unnamed infant son b. 02-Aug-1847 d. 02-Aug-1847

LESLIE DURBIN BOYD m. JANET CLARKE NICHOLL 14 Sep 1881 "Leslie D. Boyd was a cattle rancher in Iowa. While his son George Ray Boyd was away during World War I, George's recent bride and their young son, George Jr., visited with Leslie and Laura, then living in Holland, Michigan. Edith Foster Boyd said of her new father-in-law, 'He was most understanding; a kind and loving [--?--].' " Leslie's 2 Children:

George Ray Boyd Sr. b. 19-Jul-1882 m. 31-Dec-1913 d. 01-Sep-1952 Laura Alice Boyd

GEORGE RAY BOYD SR. m. EDITH HILL FOSTER 31 Dec 1913 George Ray Boyd's son Foster recalled : "Dad seldom spoke about his childhood, except for his delight in playing tricks on his little sister, Laura. He kidded her about her cooking efforts, and once had her jump out of the barn loft into a hay pile with an umbrella used for a parachute. At least once Dad went with the cowboys driving his Father's herd to Chicago and returned by train. He must have been in his teens then. He studied at Iowa State College, where he became an outstanding athlete -- a "four letter man." As captain of the football team, he recalled spending each evening after practice soaking his aching football parts while trying to study tough engineering courses. He did not recommend such a program to his sons. Although his youngest son, Ellsworth, did play football during his pre-engineering courses. After graduation, Dad a friend [--?--] formed a dredging company and had adventures on the Cape Fear River in NC, like those you hear told about steam-boating on the Mississippi: boilers nearly exploding, etc. Brett, Dad's partner, took off with the business capital, and Dad took a job with the US Department of Agriculture. Dad was a member of the National Guard when World War I exploded. He immediately volunteered for overseas duty, although not required to do so because of his age and because of his young wife and son, George Jr. Dad always showed an idealistic, heart-felt patriotism not common today. After the war, dad would have considered remaining in the Army, except that he felt that the Army considered non-West Point officers to be declasse. Dad returned to the Department of Agriculture where he reMEd until his retirement in 1952. He had a noteworthy career, rising to the level of Bureau Chief, which I understand was at that time the highest civil service position." George Ray Boyd Sr.'s 3 Children:

George Ray Boyd, Jr. b. 01-Jan-1915 Foster Leslie Boyd b. 08- Aug-1920 m. Gladys Allie Matilda Liddle. Ellsworth Hudson Boyd

Foster Leslie Boyd m. Gladys Allie Matilda Liddle. 2 Children:

Susan Claire Boyd b. 04 Nov 1950 Foster Scott Boyd b. 21 Nov 1952 m. 12 Mar 1994 m. Lisa Kerryn Roche 1 child: Austin Taylor Boyd

Foster Scott Boyd [email protected]

Luther Boyd, son of Abraham and Hannah HILL Boyd was born in Whitingham or Wilmington, Windham, VT 17 Oct 1781 from cemetery stone. He 1. married Elizabeth WHEELER 29 May 1803 in Whitingham by Jabez Foster, Justice of the Peace. She was born 27 July 1783 in Ashburnham, MA. She died 28 Feb 1873. death certificate Wilmington Town Records. Betsy never remarried and her gravestone lists her as widow of Luther Boyd. She is buried in the Boyd Cemetery near Whitingham. She was the daughter of Deliverence Wheelerand Elizabeth Whitman. History of the Wheeler Family in America. by Albert G. Wheeler, page 14. One son: 1. Elam Boyd b. 1811 d. 5 Jne 1888 m. 1st Elizabeth BRATTON 26 April 1835 by Charles K. Field, J.P. b. 1806 d. 9 Sep 1872

Elizabeth was the daughter of John BRATTON and Lois WILCOX. John Bratton was the first child born in Whitingham, VT. He was the son of Robert Bratton and Betsy FERREN, first settlers of Whitingham, who came from Colrain, MA.

m. 2nd Laura COPELAND HALL b. 23 Apr 1809 d. 4 Jne 1879 3 Dec 1872 by Q.W. Goodnow, minister.

m. 3rd Mary BURT PLIMPTON 11 Oct 1879 b. 1810 d. 5 Jne 1888 by O.E. Butterfield, J.P.

1. Luther left this family and went to OH soon after he sold land to John WILDER, 27 August 1813. Land Records in Whitingham. For more information on Luther Boyd, see page 82. Luther and Elizabeth had one son. Why Luther left his family may never be known. He may have wanted to go west and Betsy did not want to go. Or he may have chopped down the tree that killed his brother Stephan and could not handle the guilt. He ended up in Franklin Co, OH near Columbus where he married Esther English in 1822 and owned a large farm and fathered eight more children.

Below taken from records in the National Archives. These records were taken from Record Group 94 Records of the Adjutant General's Office, microfilm publication M602, a total of 234 rolls of film. Original data: National Archives and Records Administration. "Index to the Compiled Military Service Records for the Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812" M602, 234 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. I don't know if this is my Luther Boyd. Can't find proof but this may explain where he was for a couple of years prior to going to OH

BOYD, LUTHER 27 REG'T BELLINGER'S, NY MILTIA Rank -Induction: PRIVATE Rank -Discharge: ROLL-BOX: 22 ROLL-EXCT: 602

James Manning Boyd, son of Robert and Susannah WHEELER Boyd was born 24 April 1800. He died 18 September 1868. He married Phoebe Drury MOORE 2 December 1819. They had thirteen children of whom 9 survived to adulthood. Phoebe was born 17 Jan 1800 and died 4 Nov 1889. She was the daughter of Jonathon MOORE and Mary PACKARD. She was descended from Captain Judah MOORE of Wilmington. see Colonial Families of America, John Moore of Sudbury, MA, 1640, by Stanley E. Moore, CG. They had thirteen children.

1. Mary Jane Boyd b. 10 Nov 1820 d. 21 May 1839

2. Ransome Wheeler Boyd b. 4 Aug 1822 d. 21 Jan 1903 m. Betsy Polina WELD b. 1822 d. 1903 24 Dec 1846

3. Susan Boyd b. 29 Jan 1824 d. 21 Jan 1895 m. Jonathon Newton BASSETT 2 Feb 1843 b. 8 feb 1816 d. 15 Nov 1877

4. Lorenzo Moore Boyd b. 23 Sep 1825 d. 2 Dec 1902 m. Ruth CRAWFORD b. 1822 d. 1880 29 Apr 1851

5. Lorinda Boyd b. 22 Mar 1827 d. 17 May 1839 6. Edmond Mills Boyd b. 23 Oct 1829 d. 25 May 1839 7. James Francis Boyd b. 27 Aug 1830 d. 27 Mar 1837

8. Harriet Amelia Boyd b. 24 Apr 1832 d. 24 Oct 1912 m. Justus B. CASTLE b. 5 Nov 1823 d. 1908 2 Jan 1853

Photo: Justus B. Castle Photo: Justus B. Castle and Harriet A. Bo Obit: Justus B. Castle

9. Phoebe Lovina Boyd b. 23 Sep 1933 d. 30 Aug 1864

10. Eliza Evaline Boyd b. 28 Aug 1835 d. 12 Sep 1908 m. Marshall Newton RICE b. 15 Jan 1827 d. 20 Jan 1917 23 Mar 1856

11. Warren Robert Boyd b. 27 Aug 1837 d. 11 Jly 1904 m. Lucy RICH b. 1839 d. 1912

12. Edmund Mills Boyd b. 20 Mar 1840 d. 23 Sep 1914 m. Celestia A. EDSON b. 1843 d. 24 Mar 1923 2 May 1861

13. Ansel Mortimer Boyd b. 28 Feb 1842 d. 29 May 1907 m. Margaret Haynes WALKUP b. d. 18 Mar 1863

Ransome Wheeler Boyd, son of James M. Boyd and Phoebe Drury MOORE was born 4 August 1822. He married Betsy Polina WELD, in Stamford, VT, 24 december 1846. She was born in 1819 and died 26 May 1889. He died 21 Jan 1903. They had three children, all were born in Wilmington, Windham, VT.

1. Ransome b. 1848 d. 2. Phoebe P. b. 12 Sep 1850 d. 01 Aug 1852 3. Francis A. b. 12 Jne 1851 d. 02 Nov 1852

Susan Boyd, daughter of James M. and Phoebe D. Boyd was born 29 January 1824 and died 21 January 1895. She married Jonathon Newton BASSETT, her cousin, on 2 February 1843. He was born 8 Feb 1816 and died 15 Nov 1877. He was the son of Jonathon and Emma Moore BASSETT. They had five children, all were born in Wilmington.

1. James Manning Bassett 1. b. 18 Mar 1844 d. 1916 m. Calista STANCLIFF

2. Esther Emma Bassett b. 10 May 1849 d. m. William DICKENSON

3. Ella Susan Bassett b. 11 Feb 1851 d. 1918 m. Edward Cassius BOYD b. 1844 d. 22 May 1916 30 Dec 1869, Son of Benzil Boyd and Julia Ann RAY

4. William N. Bassett b. 9 May 1853 d. 1920 m. Celia M. BRUCE b. 1862 d. 1931

5. John Fremont Bassett b. 25 Jan 1857 d. 1932

1. James Manning Bassett was a soldier in the Civil War, Company E, 11th Regt., VT Volunteers, heavy artillery.

Lorenzo M. Boyd, son of James M. Boyd and Phoebe D. Moore was born 23 September 1825 and died 2 December 1902. He married 1st Ruth CRAWFORD. She was born in 1822 and died April 3, 1880. He married 2nd. Jane M. PARKER.

1. Henry Charles Boyd b. 9 Mar 1852 d. 24 Oct 1931 m. Ella RUSSELL 12 Nov 1876 b. 1859 d. 1935

2. Samuel H. Boyd b. 1854 d. 1913 m. Effie E. Boyd 1880 b. 1865 d. 1948

3. Sarah M. Boyd b. 1856 d. 24 Jly 1859 4. Albert Warren Boyd b. 24 Oct 1860 d. 4 Dec 1916

Harriet Amelia Boyd, daughter of James M. Boyd and Phoebe Drury MOORE was born 24 April 1832. She died 24 October 1912. In 1853 she married Justus CASTLE, son of Philo CASTLE Sr. and Jerusha DIX. They had five children all were born in Mendota, IL. In 1867 they moved to McClea Co, Ill six miles south of Weston. Harriet and Justus are buried in Mendota, IL.

1. Timothy W. Castle b. 11 Sep 1853 d. 11 Feb 1857

2. William Daniel Castle b. 3 Jne 1855 d. 31 Aug 1933 m. Nancy Eliz. HAMILTON b. 31 Aug 1857 d. 31 May 1900 18 Feb 1879

3. Harriet May Castle b. 19 Mar 1858 d. 14 Aug 1933 m. Fred HUBBARD b. 25 Aug 1850 d. 2 Apr 1935 3 Jne 1896

4. Walter F. Castle b. 28 Mar 1860 d. 17 Oct 1864

5. Jessie W. Castle b. 2 Dec 1861 d. 13 Oct 1864

Warren Robert Boyd, son of James M. Boyd and Phoebe Drury MOORE was born 28 August 1837 and died in 1904. He was a farmer and owned a large farm near Wilmington, Windham, VT. He was a carpenter and made most of his furniture as well as for others. He married Lucy A. RICH on 9 Feb 1861. Lucy was born in 1839 and died in 1912. They had four children all of whom were born in Wilmington.

1. Wesley J. Boyd b. 15 Nov 1862 d. 15 Feb 1865

2. Leslie Warren Boyd b. 21 Sep 1865 d. 20 Nov 1926 m. Hattie WHEELER 15 Aug 1888 Greenfield, Ma

I Leslie Lee Boyd b. 1890 d.25 Nov 1890 II Christine Boyd b. 11 Mar 1892 d. 1983

3. Fred S. Boyd b. 28 Sep 1869 d. 4 Oct 1869

4. Della Belinda Boyd b. 29 May 1871 d. 25 Jne 1928 m. Perry Moulton DAVIS b. 1859 d. 1929 24 Oct 1891

Sources: Neil H. Boyd Family Records. LDS Church Records, Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Wilmington, Windham, VT, The Times Press, 1900

"Abraham Boyd was a soldier of the Revolution and came to Wilmington as one of the earliest settlers just before the outbreak of the war. He came in with two companions from Hopkinton, MA, by the guide of marked trees. He cleared a small patch of land from the dense forest and built a crude log hut. His sons were Robert, Levi, Stephan, and Simeon. Robert the eldest2 son married Susannah WHEELER and settled in the south part of town. He started in life with "an axe and one lousy calf" but reared a family of seven children and aquired a handsome fortune.

James Manning Boyd, eldest son of Robert, when he was twenty years of age, went to live with his aged grandparents, reMEd with them the rest of their lives, and suceeded to their estate, a fine 200 acre farm on the Deerfield river.

James Manning Boyd married Phoebe Drury MOORE, a niece of Zephaniah MOORE, the first president of Amherst College. A family of thirteen children were born to them. Seven members of this family are now living, the three brothers, Ransome M., Warren R., and Edmund M. in this town and Ansel N. of Whitingham, and two daughters.

James Manning Boyd and his wife were substantial and worthy people and passed their lives on the old Boyd homestead where he died at the age of sixty-eight and she at the age of eighty-nine.

Warren Robert Boyd was born in 1837 and was educated in the public schools. He married Lucy Ann RICH in 1861 and settled on the south part of the old farm, which he conducted with industry and success until he removed to the village of Whitingham in 1894. He erected a good set of buildings on the farm which he sold to lawyer Davenport. In 1895 Mr. Boyd built his present commodius residence on School street, where he is passing the latter years of an active and useful life.

The two children of Warren and Lucy are Leslie W., born in 1866, a farmer and selectmen of Wilmington, and Della B., Mrs. Perry M. Davis. Warren R. Boyd was an early and prominent member of the grange. He has served his town capably as selectman, justice of the peace, and many years as a lister, and is a highly esteemed citizen.

1. From the book "Wilmington, Windham, VT" published in 1900 by the Deerfield Times Press. 2. Abraham was the eldest son, not Robert. They also had a son named Luther who left for OH around 1813.

THE BOYDS OF VT

Chapter 3 Pages 27-39

Abraham Boyd of Upton, Worcester, MA married Hannah HILL of

! 1 D.A.R. Patriot Index 1966 p.76. 2 "Early MA Marriages Prior to 1800, Worcester Co, Upton," p.49. 3 Ancestry.com. Cites: a Vital Records of Hopkinton, Worcester, MA b MA Army & Navy, the Revolution, Vol. 2, p.358. 4 "Descendants of John Boyd who Married Margaret Long, Boston, MA, 11 April 1 731," by Richard G. Boyd Mt. Morris, MI, 1993; http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~conf ido. Cites: a The Boyd Family," by Arthur S. Boyd Boston, 1922. b "New England Famili es," by William Richard Cutter 1912. c "V From : http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~confido/book3.htm

THE BOYDS OF VT Chapter 3 Pages 27-39

Abraham Boyd of Upton, Worcester, MA married Hannah HILL of Hopkinton, Worcester, MA soon after their intentions were published 24 June 1766. She was born 12 July 1742, daughter of Ralph and Sarah HILL. No dates of their deaths have been found. The last record of Abraham was on September 3, 1818 when he deeded land to Robert Boyd Land records book 6 page 154 Wilmington, Windham, VT.see also book 6, page 113

Wilmington Reunions, Look and Greene, 1970

"Abraham and Hannah Hill were early settlers of Wilmington, Windham, VT. They and several children settled on land alongside the Deerfield river which he had purchased before the War of Rebellion, 1776. The river flowed through the southwest part of town. Through the years more and more land was purchased until the Boyd family, children, grandchildren, and even the great grandchildren, eventually owned many of the farms along that river valley which, in the 1920's were to be abandoned and flooded when the New England Power Company constructed the Harriman dam at Whittingham". see "Wilmington Reunions 1890-1970 "by Margaret C. Greene and Barbara H. Look. ______________________________________________________________________

Abraham was a soldier in the War of the Revolution. He fought at the Battle of Bunker Breeds Hill and at the Battle of Bennington. He is listed in the Patriots Index of the DAR. DAR national number 602081. Computer code 1-034-MA:

"Private, Capt. Stephan Sadler's Company, Col. Wheelock's regt. which marched 20 Apr 1775 in response to the alarm of April 19, 1775 to Roxbury, Ma".

"Abraham Boyd, receipts for wages for service in Capt. Henry Leland's company, Col. Willis regt. dated Hopkinton" Feb 5, 1776.

"Abraham Boyd was a Minute Man in the defense of Boston, 1776 He was from Upton, MA, removed during the war to Wilmington, VT, where he died". DAR lineage book, page 349, under #29975 Mary J. Castle.

Abraham Boyd is mentioned in Dr. John Long's Diary as traveling up and down the Deerfield river from Shelburne, MA to Wilmington, Windham, VT. in the 1770's.

Sources: Soldier, Sailors and Patriots of the Revolutionary War - VT. Carleton E. and Sue G. Fisher. Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1992. Volume 2. Page 358 MA Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolution.

Hopkinton, Worcester, MA Vital Records Wilmington, Windham, VT Vital Records 1790 VT census

CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM BOYD AND Hannah HILL BOYD

1. Abraham Boyd Jr. was baptised 16 October 1768 in Hopkinton, Worcester, MA He married Elizabeth TAYLOR McKINSTRY of West Springfield, Hampden, MA Their intentions were published 6 October 1792. V.R. of West Springfield, Hampden, MA Elizabeth was born 19 Jne 1764 at Gilsum, NH. Try as I might I have never been able to fnd any more data on Abraham Jr.

2. Robert Boyd was baptised 22 October 17692 in Hopkinton, Worcester, MA He married Susannah WHEELER 10 September 1798. She was born in 1782, daughter of Deliverance and Mary WHITMAN WHEELER. Susannah died 31 Jan 1854 and Robert died 16 Feb 1845, both in Wilmington, Windham, VT.

3. Levi Boyd was baptised 8 November 1772 in Hopkinton, Worcester, MA He married Sally STEVENS 4 December 1800 in Wilmington, Windham, VT. Sally was born in 1778 and died 25 Dec 1864. Levi died in Wilmington on 7 June 1839.

4. Simeon Boyd was baptised 23 October 1774 in Hopkinton, Worcester, MA He married Ruth CLARK 14 December 1802. She was born in 1787 and died 3 July 1844. Simeon died 25 July 1856 in Wilmington.

5. Stephan Boyd was baptised 21 September 1777 in Hopkinton, Worcester, MA He married Lucy CUSHMAN 9 December 1802. Stephan was killed by a falling tree sometime in 1813. Lucy married 2nd William WILDER 19 March 1815. She died 21 Sept 1855 in Wilmington.

6. Luther Boyd was born in Wilmington, Windham, VT 17 Oct 1781. He married Elizabeth Betsy WHEELER, 29 May 1803. Betsy and Susannah who married Robert Boyd were sisters. They were the daughters of Deliverance and Mary WHITMAN Wheeler who were early settlers of Wilmington. Betsy died in Wilmington 28 Feb 1873. Luther died3 at Columbus, OH 12 January 1867.

1. Sources: Vital Records of Wilmington and Whitingham, VT. Vital Records of Hopkinton, Worcester, MA Land Records Wilmington, Windham, VT. 2. Cemetery stone says Robert was born in 1771. 3. See below.

Wilmington, Windham, VT, The Times Press, 1900

"Abraham Boyd was a soldier of the Revolution and came to Wilmington as one of the earliest settlers just before the outbreak of the war. He came in with two companions from Hopkinton, MA, by the guide of marked trees. He cleared a small patch of land from the dense forest and built a crude log hut. His sons were Robert, Levi, Stephan, and Simeon. Robert the eldest2 son married Susannah WHEELER and settled in the south part of town. He started in life with "an axe and one lousy calf" but reared a family of seven children and aquired a handsome fortune.

James Manning Boyd, eldest son of Robert, when he was twenty years of age, went to live with his aged grandparents, reMEd with them the rest of their lives, and suceeded to their estate, a fine 200 acre farm on the Deerfield river.

James Manning Boyd married Phoebe Drury MOORE, a niece of Zephaniah MOORE, the first president of Amherst College. A family of thirteen children were born to them. Seven members of this family are now living, the three brothers, Ransome M., Warren R., and Edmund M. in this town and Ansel N. of Whitingham, and two daughters.

James Manning Boyd and his wife were substantial and worthy people and passed their lives on the old Boyd homestead where he died at the age of sixty-eight and she at the age of eighty-nine.

Warren Robert Boyd was born in 1837 and was educated in the public schools. He married Lucy Ann RICH in 1861 and settled on the south part of the old farm, which he conducted with industry and success until he removed to the village of Whitingham in 1894. He erected a good set of buildings on the farm which he sold to lawyer Davenport. In 1895 Mr. Boyd built his present commodius residence on School street, where he is passing the latter years of an active and useful life.

The two children of Warren and Lucy are Leslie W., born in 1866, a farmer and selectmen of Wilmington, and Della B., Mrs. Perry M. Davis. Warren R. Boyd was an early and pro- minent member of the grange. He has served his town capably as selectman, justice of the peace, and many years as a lister, and is a highly esteemed citizen.

1. From the book "Wilmington, Windham, VT" published in 1900 by the Deerfield Times Press. 2. Abraham was the eldest son, not Robert. They also had a son named Luther who left for OH around 1813.

Abraham Boyd Jr., son of Abraham and Hannah HILL Boyd was born in Hopkinton, Worcester, MA He was baptised 16 October 1768. He married Elizabeth Taylor McKINSTRY of West Springfield, Hampden, MA Their intentions to marry were published 1. 6 October 1792. Elizabeth 2. was born 19 June 1764 at Gilsum?[--?--] New Hampshire. Abraham died 23 June 1798 in Wilinton?, N.H.

1. Hannah Boyd 2. b. 27 July 1794 d. pre 1846 Kane Co, IL. She married Levi BARTLETT, the son of Sylvester BARTLETT. not proven- data written in a letter from Doris Boyd Giovanazzi

Robert Boyd, son of Abraham Boyd and Hannah HILL was born in Hopkinton, MA., He was baptised 22 October 1769. He came to VT with his parents and brothers when he was nine years old. When Robert was 29 years old he married 17 year old Susannah WHEELER. This was 10 September 1798. She was the daughter of Deliverence and Mary WHITMAN Wheeler and was born in Wilmington, Windham, VT 1782 and died in 1854. Robert died in Wilmington 16 February 1845.

1. James Manning Boyd b. 24 Apr 1800 d. 18 Sep 1868 m. Phoebe Drury MOORE b. 17 Jan 1800 d. 4 Nov 18 on 2 Dec 1819

2. Lucinda Boyd b. 16 Mar 1803 d. 11 Aug 1865 m. Jacob CHASE 3. b. 8 Feb 1804 d. 22 Dec 1884 26 Apr 1826 in Whitingham.

I. Julia Chase b. 18 Jne 1831 d. 23 Sep 1833 II. Abraham F. Chase b. 24 May 1835 III. Susan Chase b. 18 Jne 1839

3. Lorinda Boyd b. 1806 d. 3 Nov 1862 m. Luther HARRINGTON b. 1810 d. 15 Apr 1896 9 Apr 1838

1. V.R. of West Springfield, Hampden, MA

2. Data comes from Doris Boyd Giovanazzi, 69 Riddell St., Greenfield, MA I have not been able to confirm any of the information on Abraham Boyd Jr.. No correspondence from Mrs. Giovanazzi 1990. Mrs. Giovanazzi joined the DAR in 1975 proving her lineage to Abraham Boyd Sr.. National application number 662081, Dorothy Quincy Hancock Chapter, DAR.

3. Jacob Chase was the son of Abraham Chase and Betsy Rich. History of the town of Whitingham", Abbe Hemenway. "Seven Generations of the descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase" John C. Chase and George W. Chamberlain, 1928.

4. Abram Boyd b. 1810 d. 12 May 1868 m. Amanda MOORE b. 1 Apr 1811 d. 21 Aug 1899 19 May 1831 m. 2nd Jehial SWIFT b. d. 6 Oct 1880 4 Apr 1870

5. Warren Oscar Boyd b. 1815 d. 29 Mar 1896 m. Ruth HAYNES b. 1810 d. 19 Nov 1883

6. Stephan Boyd b. 31 Jly 1817 d. 7 Jan 1886 m. Susan T. HAYNES b. 15 Sep 1816 d. 7 Feb 1896

7. Julia Ann Boyd b. d. 24 Jan 1877 m. Lewis HARRINGTON b. d. 25 Dec 1869 11 Mar 1840

Lieut. Levi Boyd, son of Abraham and Hannah HILL Boyd was baptised 8 November 1772 in Hopkinton, MA. He married Sally STEVENS 4 December 1800. She was born in 1778 and died 25 Dec 1861. They had six children.

1. Roxanne Boyd b. 25 Jly 1803 d. 23 Dec 1865 m. Willard FAULKNER 20 Nov 1826 in Whitingham, Vt. I. Willard Faulkner Jr. m. Hattie HOWARD

2. Israel S. Boyd b. 23 Oct 1805 d. m. Rhoda EAMES 8 Nov 1829 in Whitingham, Vt

3. Barbara Boyd b. 19 Apr 1810 d. m. Timothy BOWEN 1 Sept 1825 in Whitingham See DAR part 9

4. Levi Boyd Jr. b. 13 Aug 1812 d. 10 Feb 1845 m. Louisa SABIN 20 Dec 1837 in Whitingham

I. William Riley Boyd b. 1838 d. 23 Aug 1840 II. Olive Louisa Boyd b. 1844 d. 23 Apr 1845

5. Sally Boyd b. 3 Feb 1815 m. Ellis F. CHASE b. 31 Jly 1812 21 June 1835 in Whitingham. Ellis married 2nd Lydia STANLEY ca. 1855. Ellis was the son of Abraham CHASE and Betsy RICH. One child by Sally Boyd.

I. Rhoda C. Chase b. 6 Dec 1837 m. Newman DALRYMPLE

6. Riley Boyd b. 28 Sep 1817 d. 10 Feb 1888 m. Elmira G. GORE b. 1822 d. 10 Dec 1863 daughter of Daniel and Barbara GORE of Monroe, MA m 2nd Mary J. ANDREWS b. 1836 d. 17 Aug 1930 10 Oct 1865

I. Sarah Ellen Boyd b. 1843 m. Andrew W. HODGE 6 May 1863

II. Marian E. Boyd b. 24 May 1862 d. 18 Sep 1862 III. William Riley Boyd b. 15 Apr 1863 d. 24 Apr 1864

Simeon Boyd, son of Abraham and Hannah HILL Boyd was born in Hopkinton, MA. He was baptised 23 October 1774. He married Ruth CLARK 14 Dec 1802. Ruth was born in 1787 and died on 3 July 1844. Simeon died 25 July 1856 in Wilmington, Windham, VT. Stephan Boyd, Simeon's brother died in 1813 and Simeon and Ruth adopted two of their sons, Arvine and Benzil Boyd. Simeon and Ruth had two children of their own who died young.

1. Ransome Boyd b. 1799 d. 18 Mar 1813 age 15 2. Dewey Boyd b. 1808 d. 22 Mar 1810 age 1

Stephan Boyd, son of Abraham and Hannah HILL Boyd was born in Hopkinton, MA. He was baptised 23 October 1774. He married Lucy CUSHMAN on 9 December 1802 in Wilmington, Windham, VT. Stephan was killed by a falling tree sometime in 1813. His will was probated in May 1814. Arvine and Benzil were adopted by Simeon Boyd, Stephan's brother. Lucy married 2nd William WILDER on 10 March 1815. They had five children.

1. Reul Boyd b. 1803 d. 8 Apr 1863

2. Marilla Boyd b. d. m. Harry Clark GARMAN 7 Sept 1827 at Dover, VT.

3. Juliana Boyd b. d. m. Benjamin F. JACOBS 7 Sept 1831

4. Arvine Boyd b. 13 Apr 1808 d. 29 Feb 1896 aged 88 yrs m. Julia CLARK 1829 b. 1808 d. 2 Oct 1903 aged 96 yrs

5. Benzil Boyd b. 24 Mar 1811 Wilmington d. 26 Jne 1871 buried Rest Land Cem. m. Julia Ann RAY 28 Oct. 1834 b. 16 Dec 1815 d. 26 Aug 1890. Julia was a daughter of Zelotes RAY and Lydia CROSSMAN. Benzil Boyd went to Troy, NY with ox team and brought back bell for the Methodist Church. Bell, now in Baptist Church belfry.

Benzil, his wife Julia, and 3 of his children. I copied this old photo which hangs in Wilmington, VT's Town Hall in 1990. RG Boyd

BENZIL BOYD b. 24-Mar-1811, m. JULIA ANN RAY 28-Oct-1834, d. 26-Jun-1871 "Benzil was only seven days old when his father, Stephen, died at age 34." Benzil's 9 Children:

1. Charles Boyd b. 28-Jun-1836 d. 14-Oct-1855

2. Helen Francis Boyd b. 02-Jul-1838 m. [--?--] NEWELL

3. Sarah Eliza Boyd b. 08-Jun-1840 d. 22-Oct-1922 m. 28-May-1862 Francis A. RAY

4. Edward C. Boyd b. 20-Aug-1844 m. 30-Dec-1869

5. Gilbert Boyd b. 20-Aug-1849 d. 22-Aug-1850

6. Leslie Durbin Boyd b. 04-Sep-1851 d. 30-Apr-1940 m. 14 Sept 1881 Janet Clarke Nicholl

7. Alice Julia Boyd b. 14-Apr-1857 d. 29-May-1905

8. Horace W. Boyd b. 22-Dec-1860 unnamed infant son b. 02-Aug-1847 d. 02-Aug-1847

LESLIE DURBIN BOYD m. JANET CLARKE NICHOLL 14 Sep 1881 "Leslie D. Boyd was a cattle rancher in Iowa. While his son George Ray Boyd was away during World War I, George's recent bride and their young son, George Jr., visited with Leslie and Laura, then living in Holland, Michigan. Edith Foster Boyd said of her new father-in-law, 'He was most understanding; a kind and loving [--?--].' " Leslie's 2 Children:

George Ray Boyd Sr. b. 19-Jul-1882 m. 31-Dec-1913 d. 01-Sep-1952 Laura Alice Boyd

GEORGE RAY BOYD SR. m. EDITH HILL FOSTER 31 Dec 1913 George Ray Boyd's son Foster recalled : "Dad seldom spoke about his childhood, except for his delight in playing tricks on his little sister, Laura. He kidded her about her cooking efforts, and once had her jump out of the barn loft into a hay pile with an umbrella used for a parachute. At least once Dad went with the cowboys driving his Father's herd to Chicago and returned by train. He must have been in his teens then. He studied at Iowa State College, where he became an outstanding athlete -- a "four letter man." As captain of the football team, he recalled spending each evening after practice soaking his aching football parts while trying to study tough engineering courses. He did not recommend such a program to his sons. Although his youngest son, Ellsworth, did play football during his pre-engineering courses. After graduation, Dad a friend [--?--] formed a dredging company and had adventures on the Cape Fear River in NC, like those you hear told about steam-boating on the Mississippi: boilers nearly exploding, etc. Brett, Dad's partner, took off with the business capital, and Dad took a job with the US Department of Agriculture. Dad was a member of the National Guard when World War I exploded. He immediately volunteered for overseas duty, although not required to do so because of his age and because of his young wife and son, George Jr. Dad always showed an idealistic, heart-felt patriotism not common today. After the war, dad would have considered remaining in the Army, except that he felt that the Army considered non-West Point officers to be declasse. Dad returned to the Department of Agriculture where he reMEd until his retirement in 1952. He had a noteworthy career, rising to the level of Bureau Chief, which I understand was at that time the highest civil service position." George Ray Boyd Sr.'s 3 Children:

George Ray Boyd, Jr. b. 01-Jan-1915 Foster Leslie Boyd b. 08- Aug-1920 m. Gladys Allie Matilda Liddle. Ellsworth Hudson Boyd

Foster Leslie Boyd m. Gladys Allie Matilda Liddle. 2 Children:

Susan Claire Boyd b. 04 Nov 1950 Foster Scott Boyd b. 21 Nov 1952 m. 12 Mar 1994 m. Lisa Kerryn Roche 1 child: Austin Taylor Boyd

Foster Scott Boyd [email protected]

Luther Boyd, son of Abraham and Hannah HILL Boyd was born in Whitingham or Wilmington, Windham, VT 17 Oct 1781 from cemetery stone. He 1. married Elizabeth WHEELER 29 May 1803 in Whitingham by Jabez Foster, Justice of the Peace. She was born 27 July 1783 in Ashburnham, MA. She died 28 Feb 1873. death certificate Wilmington Town Records. Betsy never remarried and her gravestone lists her as widow of Luther Boyd. She is buried in the Boyd Cemetery near Whitingham. She was the daughter of Deliverence Wheelerand Elizabeth Whitman. History of the Wheeler Family in America. by Albert G. Wheeler, page 14. One son: 1. Elam Boyd b. 1811 d. 5 Jne 1888 m. 1st Elizabeth BRATTON 26 April 1835 by Charles K. Field, J.P. b. 1806 d. 9 Sep 1872

Elizabeth was the daughter of John BRATTON and Lois WILCOX. John Bratton was the first child born in Whitingham, VT. He was the son of Robert Bratton and Betsy FERREN, first settlers of Whitingham, who came from Colrain, MA.

m. 2nd Laura COPELAND HALL b. 23 Apr 1809 d. 4 Jne 1879 3 Dec 1872 by Q.W. Goodnow, minister.

m. 3rd Mary BURT PLIMPTON 11 Oct 1879 b. 1810 d. 5 Jne 1888 by O.E. Butterfield, J.P.

1. Luther left this family and went to OH soon after he sold land to John WILDER, 27 August 1813. Land Records in Whitingham. For more information on Luther Boyd, see page 82. Luther and Elizabeth had one son. Why Luther left his family may never be known. He may have wanted to go west and Betsy did not want to go. Or he may have chopped down the tree that killed his brother Stephan and could not handle the guilt. He ended up in Franklin Co, OH near Columbus where he married Esther English in 1822 and owned a large farm and fathered eight more children.

Below taken from records in the National Archives. These records were taken from Record Group 94 Records of the Adjutant General's Office, microfilm publication M602, a total of 234 rolls of film. Original data: National Archives and Records Administration. "Index to the Compiled Military Service Records for the Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812" M602, 234 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. I don't know if this is my Luther Boyd. Can't find proof but this may explain where he was for a couple of years prior to going to OH

BOYD, LUTHER 27 REG'T BELLINGER'S, NY MILTIA Rank -Induction: PRIVATE Rank -Discharge: ROLL-BOX: 22 ROLL-EXCT: 602

James Manning Boyd, son of Robert and Susannah WHEELER Boyd was born 24 April 1800. He died 18 September 1868. He married Phoebe Drury MOORE 2 December 1819. They had thirteen children of whom 9 survived to adulthood. Phoebe was born 17 Jan 1800 and died 4 Nov 1889. She was the daughter of Jonathon MOORE and Mary PACKARD. She was descended from Captain Judah MOORE of Wilmington. see Colonial Families of America, John Moore of Sudbury, MA, 1640, by Stanley E. Moore, CG. They had thirteen children.

1. Mary Jane Boyd b. 10 Nov 1820 d. 21 May 1839

2. Ransome Wheeler Boyd b. 4 Aug 1822 d. 21 Jan 1903 m. Betsy Polina WELD b. 1822 d. 1903 24 Dec 1846

3. Susan Boyd b. 29 Jan 1824 d. 21 Jan 1895 m. Jonathon Newton BASSETT 2 Feb 1843 b. 8 feb 1816 d. 15 Nov 1877

4. Lorenzo Moore Boyd b. 23 Sep 1825 d. 2 Dec 1902 m. Ruth CRAWFORD b. 1822 d. 1880 29 Apr 1851

5. Lorinda Boyd b. 22 Mar 1827 d. 17 May 1839 6. Edmond Mills Boyd b. 23 Oct 1829 d. 25 May 1839 7. James Francis Boyd b. 27 Aug 1830 d. 27 Mar 1837

8. Harriet Amelia Boyd b. 24 Apr 1832 d. 24 Oct 1912 m. Justus B. CASTLE b. 5 Nov 1823 d. 1908 2 Jan 1853

Photo: Justus B. Castle Photo: Justus B. Castle and Harriet A. Bo Obit: Justus B. Castle

9. Phoebe Lovina Boyd b. 23 Sep 1933 d. 30 Aug 1864

10. Eliza Evaline Boyd b. 28 Aug 1835 d. 12 Sep 1908 m. Marshall Newton RICE b. 15 Jan 1827 d. 20 Jan 1917 23 Mar 1856

11. Warren Robert Boyd b. 27 Aug 1837 d. 11 Jly 1904 m. Lucy RICH b. 1839 d. 1912

12. Edmund Mills Boyd b. 20 Mar 1840 d. 23 Sep 1914 m. Celestia A. EDSON b. 1843 d. 24 Mar 1923 2 May 1861

13. Ansel Mortimer Boyd b. 28 Feb 1842 d. 29 May 1907 m. Margaret Haynes WALKUP b. d. 18 Mar 1863

Ransome Wheeler Boyd, son of James M. Boyd and Phoebe Drury MOORE was born 4 August 1822. He married Betsy Polina WELD, in Stamford, VT, 24 december 1846. She was born in 1819 and died 26 May 1889. He died 21 Jan 1903. They had three children, all were born in Wilmington, Windham, VT.

1. Ransome b. 1848 d. 2. Phoebe P. b. 12 Sep 1850 d. 01 Aug 1852 3. Francis A. b. 12 Jne 1851 d. 02 Nov 1852

Susan Boyd, daughter of James M. and Phoebe D. Boyd was born 29 January 1824 and died 21 January 1895. She married Jonathon Newton BASSETT, her cousin, on 2 February 1843. He was born 8 Feb 1816 and died 15 Nov 1877. He was the son of Jonathon and Emma Moore BASSETT. They had five children, all were born in Wilmington.

1. James Manning Bassett 1. b. 18 Mar 1844 d. 1916 m. Calista STANCLIFF

2. Esther Emma Bassett b. 10 May 1849 d. m. William DICKENSON

3. Ella Susan Bassett b. 11 Feb 1851 d. 1918 m. Edward Cassius BOYD b. 1844 d. 22 May 1916 30 Dec 1869, Son of Benzil Boyd and Julia Ann RAY

4. William N. Bassett b. 9 May 1853 d. 1920 m. Celia M. BRUCE b. 1862 d. 1931

5. John Fremont Bassett b. 25 Jan 1857 d. 1932

1. James Manning Bassett was a soldier in the Civil War, Company E, 11th Regt., VT Volunteers, heavy artillery.

Lorenzo M. Boyd, son of James M. Boyd and Phoebe D. Moore was born 23 September 1825 and died 2 December 1902. He married 1st Ruth CRAWFORD. She was born in 1822 and died April 3, 1880. He married 2nd. Jane M. PARKER.

1. Henry Charles Boyd b. 9 Mar 1852 d. 24 Oct 1931 m. Ella RUSSELL 12 Nov 1876 b. 1859 d. 1935

2. Samuel H. Boyd b. 1854 d. 1913 m. Effie E. Boyd 1880 b. 1865 d. 1948

3. Sarah M. Boyd b. 1856 d. 24 Jly 1859 4. Albert Warren Boyd b. 24 Oct 1860 d. 4 Dec 1916

Harriet Amelia Boyd, daughter of James M. Boyd and Phoebe Drury MOORE was born 24 April 1832. She died 24 October 1912. In 1853 she married Justus CASTLE, son of Philo CASTLE Sr. and Jerusha DIX. They had five children all were born in Mendota, IL. In 1867 they moved to McClea Co, Ill six miles south of Weston. Harriet and Justus are buried in Mendota, IL.

1. Timothy W. Castle b. 11 Sep 1853 d. 11 Feb 1857

2. William Daniel Castle b. 3 Jne 1855 d. 31 Aug 1933 m. Nancy Eliz. HAMILTON b. 31 Aug 1857 d. 31 May 1900 18 Feb 1879

3. Harriet May Castle b. 19 Mar 1858 d. 14 Aug 1933 m. Fred HUBBARD b. 25 Aug 1850 d. 2 Apr 1935 3 Jne 1896

4. Walter F. Castle b. 28 Mar 1860 d. 17 Oct 1864

5. Jessie W. Castle b. 2 Dec 1861 d. 13 Oct 1864

Warren Robert Boyd, son of James M. Boyd and Phoebe Drury MOORE was born 28 August 1837 and died in 1904. He was a farmer and owned a large farm near Wilmington, Windham, VT. He was a carpenter and made most of his furniture as well as for others. He married Lucy A. RICH on 9 Feb 1861. Lucy was born in 1839 and died in 1912. They had four children all of whom were born in Wilmington.

1. Wesley J. Boyd b. 15 Nov 1862 d. 15 Feb 1865

2. Leslie Warren Boyd b. 21 Sep 1865 d. 20 Nov 1926 m. Hattie WHEELER 15 Aug 1888 Greenfield, Ma

I Leslie Lee Boyd b. 1890 d.25 Nov 1890 II Christine Boyd b. 11 Mar 1892 d. 1983

3. Fred S. Boyd b. 28 Sep 1869 d. 4 Oct 1869

4. Della Belinda Boyd b. 29 May 1871 d. 25 Jne 1928 m. Perry Moulton DAVIS b. 1859 d. 1929 24 Oct 1891

Sources: Neil H. Boyd Family Records. LDS Church Records, Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Wilmington, Windham, VT, The Times Press, 1900

"Abraham Boyd was a soldier of the Revolution and came to Wilmington as one of the earliest settlers just before the outbreak of the war. He came in with two companions from Hopkinton, MA, by the guide of marked trees. He cleared a small patch of land from the dense forest and built a crude log hut. His sons were Robert, Levi, Stephan, and Simeon. Robert the eldest2 son married Susannah WHEELER and settled in the south part of town. He started in life with "an axe and one lousy calf" but reared a family of seven children and aquired a handsome fortune.

James Manning Boyd, eldest son of Robert, when he was twenty years of age, went to live with his aged grandparents, reMEd with them the rest of their lives, and suceeded to their estate, a fine 200 acre farm on the Deerfield river.

James Manning Boyd married Phoebe Drury MOORE, a niece of Zephaniah MOORE, the first president of Amherst College. A family of thirteen children were born to them. Seven members of this family are now living, the three brothers, Ransome M., Warren R., and Edmund M. in this town and Ansel N. of Whitingham, and two daughters.

James Manning Boyd and his wife were substantial and worthy people and passed their lives on the old Boyd homestead where he died at the age of sixty-eight and she at the age of eighty-nine.

Warren Robert Boyd was born in 1837 and was educated in the public schools. He married Lucy Ann RICH in 1861 and settled on the south part of the old farm, which he conducted with industry and success until he removed to the village of Whitingham in 1894. He erected a good set of buildings on the farm which he sold to lawyer Davenport. In 1895 Mr. Boyd built his present commodius residence on School street, where he is passing the latter years of an active and useful life.

The two children of Warren and Lucy are Leslie W., born in 1866, a farmer and selectmen of Wilmington, and Della B., Mrs. Perry M. Davis. Warren R. Boyd was an early and prominent member of the grange. He has served his town capably as selectman, justice of the peace, and many years as a lister, and is a highly esteemed citizen.

1. From the book "Wilmington, Windham, VT" published in 1900 by the Deerfield Times Press. 2. Abraham was the eldest son, not Robert. They also had a son named Luther who left for OH around 1813.

THE BOYDS OF VT

Chapter 3 Pages 27-39

Abraham Boyd of Upton, Worcester, MA married Hannah HILL of

! 1 D.A.R. Patriot Index 1966 p.76. 2 "Early MA Marriages Prior to 1800, Worcester Co, Upton," p.49. 3 Ancestry.com. Cites: a Vital Records of Hopkinton, Worcester, MA b MA Army & Navy, the Revolution, Vol. 2, p.358. 4 "Descendants of John Boyd who Married Margaret Long, Boston, MA, 11 April 1 731," by Richard G. Boyd Mt. Morris, MI, 1993; http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~conf ido. Cites: a The Boyd Family," by Arthur S. Boyd Boston, 1922. b "New England Famili es," by William Richard Cutter 1912. c "V

1. ↑ Massachusetts Town Birth Records (2)
   Database online.

   Record for Abraham Boyd

2. ↑ Massachusetts Town Birth Records (2)
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   Record for Robert Boyd

3. ↑ Massachusetts Town Birth Records (2)
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   Record for Stephen Boyd

4. ↑ Massachusetts Town Birth Records (2)
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   Record for Levi Boyd

5. ↑ Massachusetts Town Birth Records (2)
   Database online.

   Record for Simeon Boyd

6. ↑ DAR.

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