Brief Life History of Jane
When Jane Boyd was born about 1781, in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, James Boyd, was 26 and her mother, Mary Cummins, was 29. She married Peter Bigley about 1802, in Adams, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Jane Rigley in household of Mary Woollam, "United States Census, 1850"
- Court of Common Pleas records (Highland County, Ohio); James Boyd in Chancery
Spouse and Children
1770–1822 Male
1781– Female
Children (6)
1804–1886 Female
1805–1878 Male
1805–1855 Female
1806–1860 Female
1808– Female
+1 More Child
Parents and Siblings
1756–1865 Male
1754–1840 Female
Siblings (7)
1772–1850 Male
1773–1840 Male
1776–1852 Male
1778–1828 Female
1781– Female
+2 More Children
World Events (8)
1781 · The First Constitution
Age 0
1787 · Second State to Ratify U.S. Constitution
Age 6
1812
Age 31
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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