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Antrim / Re: Martha Carson Boyd, Whitesabbey
« on: Monday 06 May 24 06:58 BST (UK)  »
I am also on Ancestry and FTdna under Stephen Redmond. You can check my name to see if there’s a match. If there is you can let me know by private message.

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Antrim / Re: Martha Carson Boyd, Whitesabbey
« on: Monday 06 May 24 06:26 BST (UK)  »
If you are related to Boyd’s from Whiteabbey, I wonder if you have done any DNA testing. If we compared our DNA results we could establish whether your Boyd ancestors were related to mine. My 3X GG Andrew Boyd spent most of his life in Whiteabbey and was a Land Stewart for the Abbeylands Estate of the McCalmont family.

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Inverness / Re: McDonald - Urquhart & Glenmoriston
« on: Sunday 30 April 23 06:21 BST (UK)  »
Just a note to say that I am enjoying this discussion. Donald Grant (Craskie the Pearl) is my 4xGG, through his daughter Nancy (Anne) Grant who married John Roy Macdonell. This is on my maternal grandfather's side.  My mother's family still runs the farm that was established in 1784 on the Glen Road in Williamstown. I am only now realizing the confusion surrounding Donald Grants lineage.  Thanks for these insights.

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Antrim / Re: Martha Carson Boyd, Whitesabbey
« on: Tuesday 01 November 22 15:21 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you very much, Gaffy and Margaret. I did wonder if Martha's father was John as he had the Belfast Hotel in 1852 according to Lennon Wylie. I was trying to track the Hotel even further back but couldn't find it. I am also wondering if Matthew Keown is related to the family somehow.
I am going to go read Andrew's will now. and also look at the Griffiths Valuation. Thanks for the heads up.
Peggy

Peggy:

This is a very old thread and I'm not sure if you ever made a connection between Martha and Andrew Boyd, but just to let you know, as far as I am aware, the Andrew Boyd from White Abbey, who's will you found, was probably my 3x GG. He was a Land Steward for Hugh McCalmont of the Abbey Lands and his son John was a prominent Belfast Architect.  I have never been able to confirm the maiden name of Andrew's wife.  There was a marriage between Andrew Boyd and Mary Hunter in Carnmoney Parish in 1818 but I haven't been able to confirm that was my 3x GG or another Andrew Boyd.  My 3X GG died in 1866 at the age of 75, so he was born about 1791. If you learned anything more about him that you think might be of interest to me, please let me know, especially if you found a connection to Marth.  I can also tell you that there was a work connection to a Hugh Boyd, which may be the Hugh Boyd mentioned in this thread, since there was also many mentions of Hugh Boyd and Andrew Boyd both working as Land Stewards for the Abbey Lands, so that may or may not be helpful to you or others.

Steve Redmond.

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