• General Notes

  Source: 1901 census, of Cullycapple in Aghadowey.  I have also found his gravestone in Aghadowey Presbyterian Church.
  
  My BIVRI Discs have his marriage record, proving he is indeed the son of Kennedy Boyd, and that Ringland Boyd is therefore a third cousin of my father IF Kennedy Boyd is a brother of my great great grandmother, Mary Gray.  The marriage record itself confirms this and also shows he was still living in Killeague, presumably at his father's home, when he married in 1860 and had not taken up residence at Cullycapple.
  
  There are no Boyds in Culla Capul in Pyke's 1725 Survey of Aghadowey but by 1765, Alsop has this:
  Culeaple: Isaac White and John Boyde.
  
  A Thomas Boyd holds 9 acres in Cullyrapple in the 1833 TAB.
  
  There are no Boyds in Cullycapple in the GV but John probably acquired his land in Cullycapple from the Thomas Boyd in Cullycapple in the TAB.
  
  John named one of his sons Alexander Barklie Boyd.  The 1833 TAB shows a Mr Barkley holding 5 acres in Cullyrapple.  The OS Memoirs mentions an Alexander Berklie Esq. in Aghadowey with a seat called Mullimore and Lewis 1837 Topographical Guide says:
  "In addition to the bleaching and finishing, Messrs. A.
  and G. Barklie have recently introduced the
  manufacture of linens, and have already 800 looms
  employed."  The 1831 Census index does not show any Alexander Barklays at all )just two Jameses) in Aghadowey.
  Mullin's book on Aghadowey describes the letting of a bleach green:
  "James Barklie was succeeded at
  Mullaghinch (or Mullamore, as it came to be called),
  by his son, Alexander, who took into partnership his
  cousin George Barklie as Messrs. A. and G. Barklie.
  These were the owners in 1835 when it was said that
  the establishment could not easily be surpassed for
  its arrangements and the excellence of its machinery.
  At this time it had one building, two stories high at
  one end, three wheels and 23 acres of ground." and "When Alex. and George Barklie retired, their place was
  taken by Thomas, George's eldest son, who ventured on
  great extensions with William Spotten, of Belfast. A
  slump came, and Mullamore collapsed and was vacant for
  many years."
  
  So, did John simply know this man, revere him perhaps, or was he related?
  
  1901 Census: Cullycapple, 1st Class house, John Boyd, Head, Pres., 64, Married, Teacher. 
  

Details of John's family with Jane McAlister