Brief Life History of Andrew
When Andrew Boyd was born on 20 April 1742, in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, James Boyd, was 32 and his mother, Jean or Jane Christy, was 25. He married Mary Molly Gray on 17 June 1762, in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters.
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- Andrew Boyd, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Andrew Boyd in entry for Samuel Boyd, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Andrew Boyd in entry for Mary Boyd, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
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Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from the island of Bute in the Firth of Clyde, from Bòid (genitive case of Bòd, the Gaelic name of the island of Bute) or Bòideach, denoting a person from Bute. Alternatively, the name may denote descendants of a Gilla filius Boed, who appears in reference to Glasgow Cathedral in the early 12th century, perhaps from the Gaelic personal name Boite, of uncertain origin.
Scottish and Irish: from the Gaelic epithet buidhe ‘yellow(-haired)’. Compare Bowie .
Manx: from Mac Gille Buidhe ‘son of the yellow-haired lad’ (compare 2 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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