Robert [c1855 - Maddykeel] Boyde

Boyd Graves Vow_13 James Boyd & Robert Boyd Maddykeel GV

Robert was born in 1786.  Robert's father was ???? Boyd and his mother was <Unknown>. He had a brother named John.  He was the younger of the two children.  He died at the age of 81 on April 2nd, 1867.

• Death Notes

  DoD from his headstone at The Vow Graveyard.
  
  Title:             
  Forename:     Robert     
  Surname:     Boyd     
  Alt Surname:         
  Date Of Death:     02/04/1867     
  Date Of Grant:     26/04/1867     
  Effects:     Effects under £100     
  Registry:     Belfast     
  Full Abstract:
  The Will of Robert Boyd late of Maddikeel County Antrim Farmer deceased who died 2 April 1867 at same place was proved at Belfast by the oaths of William Young of Vow (Ballymoney) and James Boyd of Ballaghbiddy (Ballymoney) both in said County Farmers the Executors.
  
  Pilot shows:
  Name: Robert Boyde
  Registration district: Ballymoney
  Record type: DEATHS
  Registration date - quarter and year: 1867
  Estimated birth year: 1786
  Age: 81
  Mother's surnames:
  Film number: 101583
  Volume: 6
  Page: 121
  Digital GS number: 4200215
  Image number: 00289
  Collection: Ireland, Civil Registration Indexes 1845-1958
  374; 2 Apr 1867, Maddykeel; Male; Widower; 81; Farmer; Exhaustion, No Medical Attendant; Hugh McCurdy, PAD, Vow.
  
  
  
  

• General Notes

  Source: his gravestone is on the same plot as my GGGGp's, John and Elizabeth Boyds, in the Vow graveyard, suggesting some link.  There is a third stone to the left, which is illegible and much smaller.  A Jean McCurdy's memorial is also on the plot.
  
  Source, the Griffiths Valuation, where he holds Plots 3A, 3B and 3C, where 3C is a brickfield, totalling about 17 acres.  He leases these from the Rev Wm C O'Neill and lives in House a on Plot 3C.  There are two people leasing cottages with small gardens from Robert on Plot 3C.  They are Jane Dunne in House b and Alexander Graham in House c and there is also an Elizabeth Cunningham whose House d is designated "Free".  He also leases a small garden belonging to a House designated e on Plot 3C to a James Boyd who holds Plot 4.  Were these men brothers?  Did they split a Boyd farm between them?  The GV map does indeed show that Plot 3B is between Plots 4A and 4B, so they do look like they were all one farm.  This is probably the land held by a John Boyd in Maddykeel in the TAB, which was 36 acres.  Plot 5 also seems to be part of the old farm as it was sandwiched between Plots 3 and 4.  In the GV it belonged to Samuel Cunningham, who may be the same Saml Cunningham who holds Plits 1 and 2 in the GV.
  Robert Boyd makes James Boyd of Bellaghbeddy the executor of his will in 1867 so there has to be a connection between this man and the Bellaghbeddy Boyds.  The obvious speculation is that he is the uncle of James Boyd and that James is the older brother of my Matilda Boyd.
  
  This is the only Boyd household in the 1901 Census:
  Residents of a house 10 in Maddykeel Upper (The Vow, Antrim)
  Show all informationSurname Forename Age Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Literacy Irish Language Marital Status Specified Illnesses
  Boyd Martha 27 Female Daughter Presbyterian Co Antrim Farmer's Daughter Read and write - Not Married -
  Boyd David 80 Male Head of Family Presbyterian Co Antrim Farmer Read only - Married -
  Boyd William 24 Male Son Presbyterian Co Antrim Farmer's Son Read and write - Not Married -
  Boyd John 21 Male Son Presbyterian Co Antrim Farmer's Son Read and write - Not Married -
  Boyd Samuel 30 Male Son Presbyterian Co Antrim Road Contractor Read and write - Not Married -
  Boyd David 32 Male Son Presbyterian Co Antrim Farmer's Son Read and write - Not Married -
  Boyd Sarah 65 Female Wife Presbyterian Co Antrim - Read only - Married -
  
  These are the members of the only Boyd household in the 1911 Census:
  Residents of a house 5 in Maddykeel, Upper (The Vow, Antrim)
  Show all informationSurname Forename Age Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Literacy Irish Language Marital Status Specified Illnesses Years Married Children Born Children Living
  Boyd Sarah 75 Female Head of Family Presbyterian Co Antrim - Read - Widow - 43 5 5
  Boyd David 42 Male Son Presbyterian Co Antrim Farmer Read - Single - - - -
  Boyd William 35 Male Son Presbyterian Co Antrim Farmer Read and write - Single - - - -
  Stevenson Samuel 30 Male Son in Law Presbyterian Co Antrim Farmer Read - Married - 7 5 5
  Stevenson Martha 36 Female Daughter Presbyterian Co Antrim - Read and write - Married - 7 5 5
  Stevenson Easther 6 Female Daughter Presbyterian Co Antrim Scholar Read and write - Single - - - -
  Stevenson David 4 Male Son Presbyterian Co Antrim - Cannot read or write - Single - - - -
  Stevenson Sarah 3 Female Daughter Presbyterian Co Antrim - Cannot read or write - Single - - - -
  Stevenson William 2 Male Son Presbyterian Co Antrim - Cannot read or write - Single - - - -
  Stevenson John  Male Son Presbyterian Co Antrim - Cannot read or write - Single - - - -
  
  The GVRBs for Maddykeel Lower show:
  Book 1 - 1864-1866 - Robert Boyd holds Plot 3 and James Boyd holds Plot 4.
  Book 2 - 1867-1884 - Robert Boyd is scored out of Plot 3 in 1869 and replaced with James Boyd.  This is consistent with Robert dying in 1867.  James Boyd is then scored out of Plot 3 in 1884.  He is also scored out of Plot 4 in 1884 and both Plots go to a John Cunningham.  THIS PROVES CONCLUSIVELY THAT THIS JAMES BOYD IN MADDYKEEL LOWER IS THE SAME JAMES BOYD WHO HELD PLOT 9 IN BALLAGHBEDDY BECAUSE BOTH ARE SCORED OUT IN 1884.
  Book 3 - 1884-1897 - Henry Cunningham joins John Cunningham as the leasee of both Plots 3 and 4 in 1892.
  Book 4 - 1897-1912 - Still John and Henry Cunningham on both plots.
  
  
  

Details of Robert's family with Mary Anne ????