Rev William (1838,1846,1859-Kiltoy) Boyd 
Birth Notes
DoB from age 86 at death in 1859 in Londonderry Sentinel death notice.
Death Notes
DoD from will extract at PRONI
Title : The Reverend Date of Death : 19 March 1859
Surname : Boyd Date of Grant : 13 April 1859
Forename : William Reseal Date :
Registry : Londonderry Effects : Effects under £16,000
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The Will of (The Reverend) William Boyd late of Kiltoe Lodge in the County of Donegal Clerk deceased who died 19 March 1859 at same place was proved at Londonderry by the oath of John Robert Boyd of Ballymacool in the County of Donegal Esquire the sole Executor.
In his will, he leaves his land to his nephew, John Robert Boyd of Ballymacool, plus substantial sums of money to this nephew, his nieces, Patty Boyd and Frances Boyd, Mary Porter, Ann Ross and Isabella Robinson. He also leaves bequests to the Rev Henry Kingsmill, the Rector of Conwall parish church, and asks to be buried in "Letterkenny Churchyard", with his "father, mother and brothers", which suggests that he was a Church of Ireland minister, not a Presbyterian.
There is also this death notice in the Londonderry Sentinel:
Boyd William 25-Mar-59, March 16, at Kiltoe, in the county of Donegal, the Rev. William Boyd, aged 86 years.
General Notes
The GV has a William Boyd with turbury rights in Killymasny, Conwall parish (near Letterkenny), who may have been dead since it says "Reps of". Turbary is the term used to describe the ancient right to cut turf on a particular area of bog. He was also the Immeadiate Lessor of at least 63 acres of land in this parish - or his Reps were.
Griffiths Valuation Record Information
Tenant
Family Name 1 BOYD
Forename 1 WILLIAM
Prefix REPS
Landlord
Family Name 2 In Fee
Forename 2
Location
County DONEGAL
Barony RAPHOE, SOUTH
Union LETTERKENNY
Parish CONWAL
Townland KILLYMASNY
Place Name KILLYMASNY
Place Type TOWNLAND
Publication Details
Position on Page 16
Printing Date 1858
Act 15&16
Sheet Number 52,60
Map Reference 28
Griffiths Valuation Record Information
Tenant
Family Name 1 BOYD
Forename 1 WILLIAM
Landlord
Family Name 2 ECCLESIASTICAL COMRS.
Forename 2
Location
County DONEGAL
Barony KILMACRENAN
Union LETTERKENNY
Parish AGHANUNSHIN
Townland KILTOY
Place Name KILTOY
Place Type TOWNLAND
Publication Details
Position on Page 5
Printing Date 1858
Act 15&16
Sheet Number 53
Map Reference
Kiltoe is actually Kiltoy. Kiltoy is on the north east edge of Letterkenny just off the new zigzagging by-pass.
The Rev William Boyd held Plots 1A and 1B, totalling almost 50 acres, and lived in Hse 3Bb. Actutally, he seems to be the Immediate Lessor for the whole townland. Kiltoy House was on Plot 1. There seems to still be a house there hidden amongst the trees. There is a church in Kiltoy and an attached graveyard but even on the GV map, it is stated to be in ruins. He also had land in surrounding townlands.
There is also this death notice in the Londonderry Sentinel:
Boyd William 25-Mar-59, March 16, at Kiltoe, in the county of Donegal, the Rev. William Boyd, aged 86 years.
And this from Slaters 1846 Directory for Donegal:
Boyd, William, Rev., Gentry & Clergy, Kiltoe, Letterkenny
The Reverend William Boyd is also in the Field Books of 1838 in Kiltoy.
This from PRONI's Wills Site:
The Will of (The Reverend) William Boyd late of Kiltoe Lodge in the County of Donegal Clerk deceased who died 19 March 1859 at same place was proved at Londonderry by the oath of John Robert Boyd of Ballymacool in the County of Donegal Esquire the sole Executor.
Ballymacool is a townland just west of Letterkenny.
By the 1901 Census, there are no Boyds living in Kiltoe, but William H Boyd of Ballymacool owns the biggest house in Kiltoe (18 rooms!), presumably the old Lodge, where William H Courtenay, Captain in the Royal Artillery, from Wicklow, married to a lady from India, lives.
There is no evidence that this Reverend William Boyd of Kiltoe, Letterkenny, has any relationship whatsoever to the Reverend William Boyd of Taughboyne.
In fact, if he held this land from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, is that not the Church of Ireland, and the only Boyds left in 1901 and 1911, in Ballymacool, ARE indeed Church of Ireland, and born in Dublin, so I suspect this Boyd connection is a total red herring!!
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