| Name |
Samuel Boyd |
| Birth |
Abt 1782 |
Clay Lake, Keady Parish, County Armagh, Ireland  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Immigration |
1819 |
Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada |
| From England |
- A girl under 12 is listed with Samuel Boyd who is unmarried (widowed?) upon arrival. This was likely Sarah Pearl Boyd.
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| Occupation |
Bef 1820 |
Ireland |
| teacher before immigration |
| Residence |
1820 |
Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada |
| Concession 12, Lot 2W |
| Land & Property |
1824 |
Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada |
| Completion of Settlement Requirements |
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Samuel Boyd Completion of Settlement Requirements
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| Census-Household Member |
1861 [1] |
| Canada |
- Role: Household Member
Perth County, Ontario, Canada
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1861 Census Perth County John Wesley Boyd
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| FindaGrave Memorial ID |
94893834 |
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| _UID |
7075E8775EC042F4B1952959EA1C18DD5BBD |
| Death |
18 Oct 1862 |
Atwood, Elma Twp, Perth County, Ontario, Canada |
| Burial |
Elma Centre Cemetery, North Perth County, Ontario, Canada |
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Samuel Boyd & Ann Poole memorial stone
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| Notes |
- (Research):John and Samuel Boyd were placed, on August 1st 1820, on non-adjacent Lots in Lanark Township - Samuel at Con 12 Lot 2W and John at Con 10 Lot 2E - probably this is what they asked for rather than a bureaucratic decision - as settlers were often granted such consideration. Interestingly enough they eventually had Andrew Stephenson b.c. 1794 (at times spelled Stevenson) located between them at Con. 11 Lot 2E - about 1823-4. He was married to their sister - Mary Boyd. It has been said that the Boyd family's parents died in 1819 and that 6 out of their 9 Boyd offspring came to Canada. We account here for 4.
Henry Hammond, who was married to another Boyd sister, Margaret Boyd, was located next to John Boyd at Lanark Con. 10 Lot 1E on the 12 of August 1820.
Unfortunately, this family tree is pieced together rather than assembled in an orderly way. It may needs to be changed somewhat after closer scrutiny. Nevertheless it shows family connections in Armagh transported to Canada.
Indications are that the Boyds lived near Clay Lake which borders Keady.
Names like Boyd's Settlement and later McCreary's Corners further to the east - were informal descriptions of the communities which sprung up. There is no doubt, however that the emigration of August 1820 brought together two groups of families from far-flung corners of Ireland, some Methodists, some Church of Ireland (Anglican). A look at the dates in August 1820 when land was granted reveals a little more about the wave of Irish settlement here. There were few Scots who were settled in this area in the early days, and the Irish were distributed among the Armagh settlers and those from Wexford and particularly western Wicklow. Whether these settlers knew each other before arriving or met while being transported is not known.
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| Person ID |
I3451 |
Lanark County Origins |
| Last Modified |
23 Mar 2016 |
| Family 2 |
Anne Nancy "Nancy" Poole, b. Abt 1786, County Armagh, Northern Ireland d. 19 Jul 1860, Elma Twp, Perth County, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 74 years) |
| Marriage |
Abt 1824 |
Drummond-North Elmsley Twp (Drummond), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada |
- Before coming to this new land, Sam Boyd was a teacher in Ireland. It is also said that it was he who opened the first Methodist Sunday school in that part of Ireland. After coming to Lanark township, he became a leader in the life of the community and it is believed that he may have been the first school master here. When he came to this country, Sam Boyd left behind him a dear friend in the person of a young lady named Nancy. It is said that he was quite sick and ailing much of his time until at last one day Nancy arrived from the old country. After that Sam made a remarkable recovery and married his Nancy.
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| Children |
| | 1. Living |
| | 2. Edward Boyd, b. Abt 1825, Scotland d. 27 Dec 1896, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 71 years) |
| | 3. Margaret Boyd, b. Abt 1828 d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 4. Alexander William Boyd, b. Abt 1830 d. Abt 1913 (Age ~ 83 years) |
| + | 5. John Wesley Boyd, Sr., b. 30 Sep 1830, Boyd's Settlement, Lanark Township, Lanark, Ontario, Canada d. 19 Feb 1913, Atwood, Elma Twp, Perth County, Ontario, Canada (Age 82 years) |
| | 6. Agnes Boyd, b. Abt 1831 d. 8 Sep 1908, Leeds & Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 77 years) |
| | 7. James M. Boyd, b. Abt 1833 d. Yes, date unknown |
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| Family ID |
F1024 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
4 Mar 2024 |
Abt 1782 - 1862 (~ 80 years)
