Probably NOT him:
Registration number Forename of deceased Surname of deceased Date of death Age at death Date of birth Sex of deceased Registration district
D/1884/27/1005/10/112 James Boyd 29th February 1884 82 Male Ballymoney(pre-1973 Q4)
This man is from Drumreagh with a James Boyd, son, PAD, he is married and a farmer. I do not think this is him because I doubt my James Boyd had any children.... unless mine married twice. Drumreagh is a few townlands north of Bellaghbeddy and Maddykeel.
This is also probably him in the GV:
riffiths Valuation Record Information
Tenant
Family Name 1 BOYD
Forename 1 JAMES
Landlord
Family Name 2 BENNETT
Forename 2 THOMAS
Location
County ANTRIM
Barony DUNLUCE, UPPER
Union BALLYMONEY
Parish BALLYMONEY
Townland DRUMREAGH
Place Name DRUMREAGH
Place Type TOWNLAND
Publication Details
Position on Page 33
Printing Date 1861
Act 15&16
Sheet Number 16,17
Map Reference 15
And he had a sister, Letitia, just as mine did but I still do not think it is the same man. Strange that he died in the same year as mine too......... Hhhmmmm.... interestingly, his wife was also called Margaret!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She died in 1885, aged 77, from Drumreagh, widow of James Boyd, son, James Boyd of Drumreagh PAD. BUT, she could NOT marry in 1873 and have a son PAD in 1885! So, has to be all coincidence.
Oh, one more coincidence....my James married a Margaret Jane Henry and this James lived next door to a James Henry.