John Boyd

Tamas Houlihan_172 Bellaghbeddy Homestead_05 Bellaghbeddy Lane_09

John was born in 1784.

• Birth Notes

  DoB from age 76 in January 1859.

John's father was ???? Boyd and his mother was <Unknown>. He had a brother named Robert.  He was the older of the two children.  He died at the age of 75 on January 2nd, 1859.

• Death Notes

  Source:  BB using Cemetery Records at UHF:
  The Vow Cemetery
  Erected by
  Mary Jane and Lettitia Boyd
  in memory of
  their dear father John Boyd
  who died 2nd Jan 9, 1859
  aged 76 years
  also their dear mother
  Elisabeth Boyd
  who died 14th Apr 1862
  aged 77 years
  

• General Notes

  Source: his daughter's marriage certificate, her residence was Ballaghbraddy (Bellaghbeddy now), which is 3 miles north of the Vow and three miles north west of Finvoy Parish Church where she got married.
  
  There are no Boyds in Bellaghbeddy in the 1834 TAB:
  Thos. Biggart      Antrim, Finvoy, Ballaghbady Upper
  J. Cunningham     Antrim, Finvoy, Ballaghbady Lower    
  Andw. Ferrier     Antrim, Finvoy, Ballaghbady Lower    
  Andw. Ferrier     Antrim, Finvoy, Ballaghbady Upper     Thos. Ferrier     Antrim, Finvoy, Ballaghbady Upper
  Roger McAleese     Antrim, Finvoy, Ballaghbady Lower     Patrick McAllister     Antrim, Finvoy, Ballaghbady Lower      Hugh McLang     Antrim, Finvoy, Ballaghbady Upper
  Jas. Morrison     Antrim, Finvoy, Ballaghbady Lower  Stephen Patterson     Antrim, Finvoy, Ballaghbady Lower
  George Ralston      Antrim, Finvoy, Ballaghbady Upper
  J. Cunningham      Antrim, Finvoy, Ballaghbady Lower  Andw. Ferrier     Antrim, Finvoy, Ballaghbady Lower Roger McAleese     Antrim, Finvoy, Ballaghbady Lower Patrick McAllister     Antrim, Finvoy, Ballaghbady Lower
  Jas. Morrison     Antrim, Finvoy, Ballaghbady Lower
  Stephen Patterson     Antrim, Finvoy, Ballaghbady Lower
  
  These are the Boyds in Finvoy in the TAB:
  Alexander Boyd      Antrim, Finvoy, Carryreagh 
  Alexander Boyd     Antrim, Finvoy, Knockans
  Alexander, Sr. Boyd Antrim, Finvoy, Knockans     
  Archd., Jr. Boyd     Antrim, Finvoy, New-Buildings
  Benjamin Boyd     Antrim, Finvoy, Edan
  David Boyd     Antrim, Finvoy, Knockans
  James Boyd     Antrim, Finvoy, Moneycannon
  John Boyd     Antrim, Finvoy, Carryreagh
  John Boyd     Antrim, Finvoy, Edan
  John Boyd     Antrim, Finvoy, Knockans
  WWhy does this list not contain the John Boyd whom I have seen in the Derry FHC LDS microfilm of the TAB for Maddykeel lower, who held a massive 36/3/36 arps?)
  
  (Edan adjoins Badbetty; Knockans is basically where Finvoy CoI is; Carrowreagh is between Badbetty and Finvoy)
   
  Bellaghbeddy is in the Parish of Finvoy and there is a James Boyd but no John Boyd in Bellaghbeddy in the GV.  James Boyd held Plot 9, a farm of 9/2/10 arps. 
  These are the John Boyds in Finvoy:
  Boyd             John              Carrowreagh                     Finvoy
  Boyd             John              Eden                                Finvoy    
  Boyd             John              Glengad                             Finvoy    
  Boyd             John              Knockans                           Finvoy
  Boyd             John              Maddydoo Upper               Finvoy 
  Boyd             John              Mullans                             Finvoy
  
  This is all the Heads of Household in Bellaghbeddy in the GV:
  BOYLE  JAMES  BALLAGHBEDDY  ANTRIM  FINVOY        
  MCALEESE  HUGH  BALLAGHBEDDY  ANTRIM  FINVOY        
  MILLER  ROBERT  BALLAGHBEDDY  ANTRIM  FINVOY        
  FERRIER  ANDREW  BALLAGHBEDDY  ANTRIM  FINVOY        
  DIMOND  JOHN  BALLAGHBEDDY  ANTRIM  FINVOY        
  KEANE  JOSEPH  BALLAGHBEDDY  ANTRIM  FINVOY        
  CUNNINGHAM  WILLIAM  BALLAGHBEDDY  ANTRIM  FINVOY        
  BOYD  JAMES  BALLAGHBEDDY  ANTRIM  FINVOY        
  MCCOOL  JAMES  BALLAGHBEDDY  ANTRIM  FINVOY        
  DIMOND  HENRY  BALLAGHBEDDY  ANTRIM  FINVOY        
  CAMPBELL  THOMAS  BALLAGHBEDDY  ANTRIM  FINVOY        
  O'NEILL  WM.C.  BALLAGHBEDDY  ANTRIM  FINVOY.
  
  These are the Boyds in Finvoy in the GV:
  Boyd             Alexander         Knockans                           
  Boyd             Alice             Killins North                     
  Boyd             Anne              Moneycanon                         
  Boyd             Archibald         New Buildings or Maddydoo
  Boyd             David             Carrowreagh                        
  Boyd             David             Knockans                           
  Boyd             David             Maddykeel Upper                    
  Boyd             James             Ballaghbeddy                       
  Boyd             James             Killymaddy                         
  Boyd             James             Maddykeel Lower                    
  Boyd             James             Rosnashane                         
  Boyd             John              Carrowreagh                        
  Boyd             John              Eden                              
  Boyd             John              Glengad                           
  Boyd             John              Knockans                           
  Boyd             John              Maddydoo Upper                     
  Boyd             John              Mullans                           
  Boyd             Robert            Maddykeel Lower                    
  
  There are no Boyds in the 1901 Census in Bellaghbeddy.
  
  There are NO, Boyds in the 1911 Census in Bellaghbeddy.  These are the Heads of Household:
  1 Arthur
  2 Mabin
  3 Hall
  3 McCool
  4 McCool
  5 Cunningham
  6 Scott 
  7 Boyle
  8 Simpson
  8 Taggart
  9 Dunlop
  10 Dunlop
  11 Maddigan
   
  I think I have it all clearer now - who was at which townland when and which church they married in.
  The evidence comes from two marriages = the probable residences of the brides.
  Matilda Boyd was in Bellaghbeddy, Finvoy and married (William McKay) in Finvoy CofI in 1853.
  Rachael Georgine McKay was in Lisheegan, Finvoy and married (Thomas Bellingham) in Rasharkin CofI in 1877.
  So, the two places I know are both in Finvoy, they are Bellaghbeddy for the Boyds and Lisheegan for the Mackeys, and the churches are Finvoy and (the missing) Rasharkin - both CofI.
  
  If Matilda was born in 1825, her mum was 40.  She must have had earlier kids.  One I am now assuming was James of the GV.
  If old John died in 1859 and the GV was done in 1858 (when WAS it done?), then he was 74 and senile and his son James had the farm.
  Matilda married from Bad Betty in 1853... She was the bro of James son of John.
  
  I now think that John Boyd, the father of Matilda Boyd actually was the same John Boyd who held a 36 acre farm in Maddykeel in the TAB.  I think he had brothers Robert and Alexander in Maddykeel and that Maddykeel was the original Boyd home.  John must have acquired land in Bellaghbeddy, which was held in the GV after his death in 1859 by his son, James, who also held land in Maddykeel at that time but lived in Bellaghbeddy.  This is the same James who was the nephew and executor of Robert Boyd of Maddykeel when he died in 1867.  Matilda Boyd was living with her brother in Bellaghbeddy when she married and her brother, James, and her sister, Letitia, witnessed the marriage as William McKay, as a policeman blow-in did not have his own witness.  I need to get the GVRBs to see what happened to the farm in Bellaghbeddy because there are no Boyds there by 1901.  The James and Robert Boyd who appear in Maddykeel in the GV are nephew and uncle respectively.  Robert's land in Maddykeel went to his grandson, Robert Brown McCurdy in 1867 because I suspect, he only had daughters and I do not know what happened to James' land in Maddykeel.  There are no McCurdys in the 1901 Census so yet again, the GVRBs are needed to see who got this land.
  
      

Details of John's family with Elizabeth ????