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Nathaniel Boyd was born in 1788 in Fermanaeh, Ireland. He died in 1878 in Gore Township, Argentuil County, Quebec. Notes from the book on the History of Argentuil County.

Nathaniel Boyd came from the north of Ireland, came to this country as a member of the Royal Staff Corp. After the canal was completed (Rideau), he settles in the north part of Gore and died there not many years since, within a few months of 100 years old; Mrs. Boyd died a few years later , at the age of 93. They had six sons and two daughters; three of the former and the two latter are still living. hugh, one of the sons, and his descendants live in Winnipeg; his son Mathaniel is the present M.P. for Marquette.

Sarah Stewart (daughter of James Stewart and Elizabeth Marks) was born in Fermanaeh, Ireland. Nathaniel Boyd and Sarah Stewart had the following children:

+2 i. Stewart Boyd.
+3 ii. Joseph Boyd.
+4 iii. Hugh Boyd.
+5 iv. William Boyd.
+6 v. John W Boyd.
+7 vi. Nathaniel Boyd.
+8 vii. Elizabeth Boyd.
9 viii. Mary Boyd was born in 1836.

This history was compiled by Margaret Saunders, daughter of William John Christie and Sarah Anne Boyd: "Great grandfather Nathaniel Boyd married Sarah Stewart. They had seven sons and two daughters. The daughter's names were Mary and Eliza, or Elizabeth. One married an Evans and the other a Pollock. Of the sons, I remember mother speaking of her uncles: Nathaniel (Ontario); Stewart, Hugh, John and our grandfather Joseph, whose first wife was Jane Hammond. Her father was Matthew Hammond and his wife was Elizabeth Madill. Joseph and Jane had three sons: Joseph, Matthew and Nathaniel, and daughters Eliza (who married first William Arnott, then a Williams), Mary (who married James Lister), Bella (who married John Evans), and Margaret "Maggie" (who married John McFarlane - the author of several poems).

JoAnn Thomas of Ottawa did a lot of work on Nathaniel and Sarah about 20 years ago. Here is an excerpt from one of her notebooks: "After checking all available records, I have concluded that our family is not related to any other Boyds in Argenteuil. It is a fact that the first Nathaniel came to Canada in 1829 as a soldier in the Royal Staff Corps of Engineers who were building the Grenville-Carillon Canal. On his retirement, he was granted land in the north part of Gore, close to the St. Columban line where he remained until his death in 1878. Both he and Sarah, his wife, were born and married in Ireland, possibly in Fermanagh since that is where their fifth child, John, was born."