Boyds in Dr. John Long's Diary, 1774-1828
Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts
Book
2 Page 8.
Thomas
Boyd. Susannah Boyd his wife died 26 August 1815, age 40
Thomas
2nd wife Polly died 21 August 1822, aged 39 years. He removed
to York,New
York in 1828. Children:
Pliny
Boyd
b 27 Sept 1798 d. 11 Sept 1802
aged 4 years
Baxter
Boyd
b.25 Dec 1799 d. 30 Jan 1800 aged 5
weeks
Sukey
(Susannah) Boyd b. 13 June 1801*
d. 13 Sept 1802 age 15 mts
Sukey
(Susannah) Boyd b. 07 Aug 1803 *
Louisa
Boyd
b. 24 Oct 1805
Caroline
Boyd
b. 11 Sept 1807
Thomas
Parsons Boyd b. 18 Aug 1809
Philena
Boyd
b. 21 Aug 1811
Mary
Bulah Boyd
b. 25 Aug 1813
Samantha
Boyd
b. 23 Aug 1815
Jason
Boyd
b. 04 Mar 1817 d. 27 July 1817
Enoch
Dale Boyd
b. 28 Feb 1772 (adopted son)
Mary,
widow of John Boyd and mother of Thomas died 19 Feb 1825, aged 88
John
Boyd died 15 October, aged 82. John Boyd came from Upton, Mass.,
Dr.
John Long boarded with him 7 weeks. John Boyd Sr., died 30 John 1789.
Margaret,
widow of John Boyd died 30 Sept 1793, aged 86. A widow Boyd died
1817.
Book
2 Page 23.
David
Boyd with wife Sibel and children:
David
Boyd Jr., b. 27 Feb 1774
Sarah
Boyd b. 1 Nov1774*
Sibel
Boyd b. 19 March1775
Joel
Boyd d. 3 Sept 1786
Book
2 Page 24.
John
Boyd
Children:
Rufus
Boyd b. 12 April 1774
Samuel
Boyd b. 11 Feb 1779
Sally
Boyd b. 25 Jan 1781
Eunice
Boyd b. 13 Oct 1785
Elijah
Boyd b. 01 Dec 1789
Hannah
Boyd b. 07 Dec 1791
Isaac
Boyd b. 02 Nov 1793
Lydia
Boyd
Polly
Boyd wife of Thomas died 2 Aug 1822, aged 39.
Elijah
Boyd, son of Samuel and Sarah died 11 Sept 1786 aged 4.
Lydia
Boyd, daughter of Samuel and Sarah died 21 Aug 1777, aged 2.
21 September
1778, Abraham Boyd arrived here (Shelburne Falls)
23 September
1778, Abraham Boyd set out for Wilmington, Vermont
Robert Boyd died in Bolton, New York 1 October 1828, aged 40.
*It was
customary in these times to name a second child after one who died.
Obviously
some of these dates are baptism or/and Christening dates.
The
original of this Diary can be found in the Arms Library in Shelburne,
MA.