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      Margaret Boyd (Forbes) (Cassilis) (Hamilton?) was also known as Grizel in some records. She was born circa 1469. She married firstly, Alexander, 4th Lord Forbes. She was the daughter of Thomas Boyd Earl of Arran and Princess Mary Stewart.
     Dispensation for marriages of Sir David Kennedy & Margart Boyd: Instrument on the dispensation by James, archbishop of Glasgow, in virtue of letters of dispensation and declaratory
letters by Ludovic, cardinal of St Marcellus, dispensing, in the persons of Sir James Dewar, presbyter, procurator for the said David, and of Mr David Dun, procurator for the said lady, with the impediments to the marriage of the said Sir David Kennedy and Margaret Boyd, who were related to each other in the triple fourth degrees of consanguinity, and in the fourth and third degrees of affinity. Done in the palace of the archbishop of Glasgow, 9th February 1509.
     Margaret died after February 1515/16. She left no issue by either marriage.

     She married John Montgomerie of Lainshaw, who died before 10 Feb 1560/61, when she was living a widow.. Margaret Boyd (Montgomery) was the daughter of Robert Boyd 4th Lord and Helen Somerville.
     Margaret died after February 1561.

     Marion Boyd was born. She was the eldest daughter of Thomas (Boyd) 5th [6th] Lord Boyd, by Margaret, daughter of Sir Matthew Campbell of Loudon. She was the daughter of Thomas Boyd 6th Lord Boyd and Margaret Campbell.
     Marion Boyd married James Hamilton Earl of Abercorn, son of Claud Hamilton (Baron Paisley) and Margaret Seton, circa 1600. He left nine children: Lady Anne Hamilton (1592–1620), married Hugh Sempill, 5th Lord Sempill and had issue
James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Abercorn (c. 1604 – c. 1670), created Lord Hamilton, Baron of Strabane in the Peerage of Ireland in his father's lifetime.
Sir William Hamilton, 1st Baronet (c. 1605–1680)
Claud Hamilton, 2nd Baron Hamilton of Strabane (c. 1606–1638)
Sir George Hamilton, 1st Baronet (c. 1607–1679)
Lady Lucy Hamilton (b. bef. 1618)
Sir Alexander Hamilton (d. bef. 4 May 1669), married and had issue
Lady Margaret Hamilton (d. c. 4 May 1642), married Sir William Cuninghame of Caprington
Lady Isobel Hamilton . Marion was widowed on 23 March 1617/18 in Monkton, Ayrshire, Scotland, on the death of her husband James Hamilton Earl of Abercorn.
     Marion Boyd lived at Tyrone, Ireland, 12 May 1620.
     She was a prominent Roman Catholic who was excommunicated in the Kirk of Paisley 20 Jan 1628.
     Sep 4 1629, James, late Earl of Abercorn, had the custody, wardship and marriage of the body and lands of Randall M'Donald, now Viscount Dunluce, son and heir apparent of Randall, Earl of Antrim, by the name of Sir Randall M'Donald ... Lady Marion Boyd, widow, Countess of Abercorn ... sole executrix of his will.
     1630 Commission to Sir John Maxwell & John Wallace to take a surrender, for His Majesty's use, from the Lady Marion Boyde, Countess of Abercorn, of the wardship of Randall McDonnell, Viscount Dunluce. March 3, 4 1630 (6 Chas I). Surrendered Jan 12. ..
     Marion died on 26 August 1632 in Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. She was buried on 13 September 1632 in Paisley Abbey, Renfrewshire.

     Robert died. He was known as the Master of Boyd and before his father leaving no issue. He was the son of Robert Boyd 5th Lord Boyd and Margaret Colquhoun.

     Robert Boyd was the son of Robert Boyd 5th Lord Boyd and Margaret Colquhoun.
     Robert died in July 1611. He married Margaret, sister and heir of Robert Boyd of Badenheath.

     Robert was Regent of Scotland.
     Lord Robert Boyd married Mariota or Janet Maxwell, daughter of Sir Robert Maxwell. Lord Robert Boyd was the son of Sir Thomas Boyd.
     He took his seat as a Lord in Parliament before 18 July 1454, and was twice ambassador to Engalnd. In 1466, he kidnapped King James III, and was made sole governor of the realm of Scotland, and in 1467 Lord Great Chamberlain for life. The Regent Boyd ruled wisely and well, but fell from power in 1469. He fled abroad, fought in the English service in the French wars, and died in exile.
     Robert died in poverty circa 1481.

     Said to have been so called from the Celtic Boidh, signifying fair or yellow. He as, Dominus Robertus de Boyd miles, was witness to a contract between Bryce de Elgin ton and the village of Irvine in 1205.
The following notes are founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland. Edited by Sir James Balfour Paul
Lord Lyon King of Arms, 1880. This electronic edition copyrighted by Richard G. Boyd (C) 1989
Owing to a certain similarity in their arms, old writers have assumed that the Boyds were a branch of the royal house of Stuart (Stewart). Crawfurd, writing in 1716, says "The common bearings of the Boyds and Stewarts have given ground to a conjecture that they are branched from the Royal Family of Stewart". Nisbet a few years later, says, "The first of the sirname of Boyd was Robert, son of Simon, third son of Allan, second Lord High Steward of Scotland, who died in 1153, which Robert is designed in the charters of Paisley nephew to Walter the son of Allan Dapifer, Great Steward of Scotland", and Chalmers adds that Simon, who was a witness to a foundation charter of the monastery of Paisley 1160, followed his brother into Scotland. So the story grew, and Wood accordingly begins his pedigree of the Boyds with the said Simon, and on the strength of this the descent has been accepted by subsequent writers. That Walter the Steward had a brother Simon, and that he witnessed the foundation charter of Paisley in 1160 as Simon, frater Walteri filii Allani, is not disputed, but this charter was executed, not at Paisley, but at Fotheringay
in Northamptonshire, and not only is there no evidence that he ever
subsequently came to Scotland, but Mr. J.H. Round appears to prove conclusively that this Simon was only uterine brother to Walter, and that he was the Simon "de Caisneto" alias "de Norfolc," who held the Manor of Mileham. Were Nisbet's statement, that the first recorded Robert Boyd is designed nephew of Walter the Steward in the cartulary of Paisley capable of proof, then it would establish the connection, though not necessarily a descent from Simon, but no such entry is to be found, and, without further evidence in support of it, this descent cannot be accepted.
The first reliable information we have of the family is as vassals of the de Morevilles in the regality of Largs, and it may be that their progenitor accompanied the first de Moreville to Scotland and obtained a grant of lands from him. However this may be, the fact that the Boyds were early proprietors in Renfrew, and possessed the barony of Nodsdale and several other lands of good value in the reign of Alexander III (1249-86) is attested by a charter, seen by Mylne, granted by "Sir John Erskine, knight, "Johanni filio suo, juniori, quem (uxore) sua, filia Gilronani, procreavit totam terram suam ex australi partae aquae de Goghow," which is bounded with the lands of Robert the Boyd"
The first person of the name of Boyd on actual record would seem to be: Sir Robert Boyd, said to have been so called from the Celtic BOIDH, signifying fair or yellow. He as Dominus Robertus de Boyd miles, was witness to a contract between Bryce de Eglington and the village of Irvine in 1205. Robert Dictus Boyd is mentioned in a charter by Sir John Erskine of the lands of Halkhill 1262. He is said to have greatly distinguished himself at the battle of Largs, 2 October 1263, and to have been rewarded by Alexander III with a grant of lands in Cunningham.
Robert Boyd occurs in the Ragman Roll as taking the oath of the allegiance to Edward I at Berwick-on-Tweed 28 August 1296. He is said to have afterwards joined Sir William Wallace in his gallant attempt to assert the independence of his country.
Sir Robert Boyd, the faithful companion of Robert the Bruce in the War of Independence. A Robert Boyd attended the King's escheators from Dumbarton to Renfrew with Sir John Walleys and their men at arms, October 1304, and Sir Robert de Boyt was taken prisoner by the English in the Castle of Kildrummie shortly before 13 September 1306, a Duncan Boyd having been captured and hanged 4 August previously. Robert Boyd joined in a letter to the King of France, 16 November 1308, and he was one of the Scottish commanders at the battle of Bannockburn 4 June 1314. For his faithful adherence to his cause, he had a grant from King Robert to 'Roberto Boyd, militi, dilecto et fideli nostro,' of the lands of Kilmarnock, Bondington, and Hertschaw, which were John de Baliol's; the lands of ilbryd and Ardnel (Portincross), which were Godfrey de Ross's son to the deceased Reginald de Ross; all the land which was William de Mora's, in the tenement of Dalry; with seven acres of land, which were Robert de Ross's in the tenement of Ardnel; all erected into an entire and free barony to be held of the King. He had also a charter of the lands of Nodelles dale; and a third, granting Hertschaw in free forest. He was one of the guarantors of a treaty of peace with the English 1323. He was taken prisoner at the battle of Halidon hill, 19 July 1333, and died not long afterwards. He had three sons.... Sir Robert Boyd was born in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland. He was the son of Simon Boyd.
     Robert died after 19 July 1333. He had been taken prisoner at Halidon Hill and died not long afterwards..

      Sir Robert Boyd was also known as Thomas in some records.
     Sir Robert Boyd married Margaret Gifford, daughter of Sir Hugh Gifford (of Yester). Sir Robert Boyd was born in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland. He was the son of Sir Thomas Boyd.
     Robert died before 15 November 1385.

     Robert Boyd 4th Lord was born circa 1485 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland. He was the son of Alexander Boyd (3rd Lord) and Janet Colville.
     Robert Boyd 4th Lord married Helen Somerville, daughter of John Somerville, before 1518.
     Robert Boyd 4th Lord married Elizabeth Napier before December 1542. Robert was confirmed in his honours in 1546.
     Robert Boyd 4th Lord married Marion or Mariot Colquhoun, daughter of Sir John Colquhoun (of Glins), before February 1548/49.
     Robert died before 10 May 1558 in Alnwick, Northumberland. On 29 July 1557 his son was still styled Master of Boyd but by 10 May 1558 his son was 'now Lord Boyd'.

     Robert Boyd 5th Lord Boyd was born circa 1517. Paul states that he was 72 at his death. He was the son of Robert Boyd 4th Lord and Helen Somerville.
     Robert Boyd 5th Lord Boyd married Margaret Colquhoun, daughter of George Colquhoun and Margaret Boyd, circa 1535. They were cousins german..
     Die xiiij mensis Nouembris, anno quo supra, is rentalit Robert Boyde,* the son and apperand ayre of Robert Boyd in Boide in Kylmarnok, in the landis of Baydlay, Molens, Cuynglaw, and Auch, be the consent of George Colquhoun, last possessour of the sammyn, be for this alienatioun efter the form of ane contrack betuix the sayd Robert, eldar, and George; the profettis of the saydis landis to remain with the sayd George and Margret Boyde, his spowsse, presently for thar lif tym.
     On 10 February 1548/9 he granted a charter to Marion Colquhoun, his father's wife.
     He was a devoted adherent of Mary Stuart and fought for her at Langside. Robert was one of the Wardens of the Marches in 1589.
     Robert died on 3 January 1589/90. He was buried in the Low Church, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire.
     His will was proved on 8 June 1590 in Edinburgh.

     Robert Boyd Master of Boyd was the son of Thomas Boyd 6th Lord Boyd and Margaret Campbell.
     He married Lady Jean Kerr, daughter of the second earl of Lothian. They had issue inc. Robert, 7th Lord Boyd, and James 9th Lord Boyd who succeeded his nephew.
     Robert died in May 1597.

     Sarah Boyd (Shepherd) was born circa 1836. She was the daughter of Sam Boyd. She was listed in a directory dated 1852 as Mrs Robert Halahan at Gulistan Terrace, Ranelagh, Rathmiines, Dublin. This must be a previous Mrs Robert Halahan, not Sarah Shepherd.
     Sarah Boyd (Shepherd) married Robert Handy Halahan, son of George Augustus Frederick Halahan and Jane Fleming, on 25 July 1867 in the residence of George Lees, Port Augusta, South Australia.
     Sarah died on 18 July 1901 in Port Augusta, South Australia.

     Simon died after 1159.

     Sir Thomas Boyd was born in Scotland. He was the son of Sir Robert Boyd.
     Thomas died after October 1346. He was taken prisoner with King David II at battle of Durham in 1346.
     Thomas Boyd, 2nd of Kilmarnock (living 17 Oct 1346); m. a sister of Sir Malcolm Fleming of Biggar.

     Sir Thomas Boyd was born circa 1370. He was the son of Sir Robert Boyd and Margaret Gifford.
     He was pardoned in 1409 for slaying a personal foe.
     He was a hostage for King James I's ransom
Thomas Boyd, 4th of Kilmarnock (b. ca. 1370, living 1425. He possibly married a daughter of Robert, Duke of Albany (son of King Robert II).
     Sir Thomas Boyd lived at Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland.
     Thomas died on 7 July 1432.

     Sir Thomas Boyd was the son of Sir Thomas Boyd.
     Sir Thomas Boyd married Joan Montgomery, daughter of Sir John Montgomery (of Ardrossan) and Margaret Maxwell. She was the daughter of Sir John Montgomerie of Ardrossan.
     Thomas died on 7 July 1439. He was killed by Sir Alan Stewart pf Darnley in a feud,for which he was himself slain in revenge 'with manie valient men' by Darnley's brother on 9 July 1439.

     Sir Thomas Boyd was born in Bedlay, Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
     He was possibly the Sir Thomas Boyd of Ayrshire (or his father) who held lands in Strabane, co. Tyrone in the plantation of Ireland. His proportion of Shean lay immediately to the west of the proportion of Strabane and comprised the temporal lands in the parish of Urney. By 1613 Abercorn had taken control of Shean. These lands were transferred to his brother-in-law James Hamilton.. He was the son of Thomas Boyd 6th Lord Boyd and Margaret Campbell.

     Thomas Boyd (of Pitcon) was the son of Alexander Boyd (3rd Lord) and Janet Colville.
     Thomas died in 1547. He was of Pitcon and was ancestor of the Boyds of Pitcon.

     Thomas was a Privy Counsellor.
     Thomas Boyd 6th Lord Boyd married Margaret Campbell, daughter of Sir Matthew Campbell. Thomas Boyd 6th Lord Boyd was the son of Robert Boyd 5th Lord Boyd and Margaret Colquhoun.
     He fought with his father for Queen Mary at Langside.
     In 1591 he was put to the horn as an outlaw for rebellion, but was soon pardoned.
     Thomas died in June 1611. He was succeeded by his grandson.
     By 1613 the Earl had acquired the proportion of Shen bordering on the Strabane proportion, which had originally been granted to his brother-in-law, Sir Thomas Boyd.

     Thomas Boyd Earl of Arran was born in Scotland. Eldest son of Robert, Lord Boyd, on his marriage with Mary, eldest daughter of King James II, obtained the Isle of Arran, and other lands, and was created Earl of Arran, as appears from a charter 26 April 1467. He was later attainted and forfeited in in 1469, and he died soon afterwards. He was the son of Lord Robert Boyd and Mariota or Janet Maxwell. Thomas 'The most courteous, gentlest, wisest, kindest, most bounteous knight' and 'fairest archer, devoutest, most perfect, and truest to he lady' was created an Earl whild still Master of Boyd. He was attainted with his father and d.v.p. in the service of Charles the Bold of Burgundy on 26 April 1467.
     Thomas Boyd Earl of Arran married Princess Mary Stewart, daughter of James, II, King of Scotland and Mary of Gueldres Queen of Scotland, in 1469. The marriage was declared null and void and she was compelled to marry James, Lord Hamilton. Thomas was granted a divorce from Princess Mary Stewart before 1474.
     Thomas died in 1476 in Antwerp, Belgium.

     William Boyd Abbot of Kilwinning was the son of Sir Thomas Boyd and Joan Montgomery.

     Charles Boyle was born in 1645 in Shannonpark, Cork, Ireland. He was the son of Hon. Francis Boyle Viscount Shannon and Elizabeth Killigrew.

     Charles Boyle was born after 1675/76. He was the son of Richard Boyle.

     Charlotte became Countess of Yarmouth. She was born circa 1650 in Soho, Westminster. She was the illegitimate daughter of King Charles II. She was the daughter of Elizabeth Killigrew.
     Charlotte Jemima Henrietta Maria Boyle Countess of Yarmouth married James Howard on 9 March 1662/63 in Hounslow, Middlesex.
     Charlotte Jemima Henrietta Maria Boyle Countess of Yarmouth married William Paston 2nd Earl of Yarmouth as her second husband, on 17 July 1672. He was the Hon William Paston, afterwards 2nd Earl of Yarmouth.
     Charlotte died on 28 July 1684 in London, England. She was buried on 4 August 1684 in Westminster Abbey.

     Constance Beryl Bertha Boyle was born on 31 March 1882. She was the daughter of Sir Edward Boyle, Kt 1st Baronet of Oakham, Salehurst, Sussex.
     Constance Beryl Bertha Boyle married George Crosby Halahan, son of Capt Samuel Handy Halahan and Hannah Croucher Engeham, on 4 October 1905 in All Saints, Ennismore Gardens, London. On the 4th Oct, at All Saints, Ennismore gardens, SW, by the Rev J H Light, vicar of Great Marlow, uncle of the bride, assisted by the Rev J Blair and the Rev W R Inge, vicar of the parish, George Crosby Halahan, son the late Col. Halahan of Chiddingfield, Sussex, to Constance Beryl Bertha, daughter of Sir Edward Boyle, Bart, KC.
     Constance Beryl Bertha Boyle lived at 4 Queens Gate, London, 1936.
     Constance died on 3 February 1965 aged 82. She was buried on 16 February 1965 in Salehurst church, Robertsbridge, Sussex.

     Elizabeth Boyle was born in 1647 in Shannonpark, Cork, Ireland. She was the daughter of Hon. Francis Boyle Viscount Shannon and Elizabeth Killigrew.

     Elizabeth Boyle was born after 1675. She married Joseph Jephson, MP. She was the daughter of Richard Boyle.

     Hon. Francis Boyle Viscount Shannon was born on 25 June 1623 in Ballinrea, Carragaline, Cork, Ireland. He was the 4th son of Richard, 1st Earl of Cork, who was created Viscount Shannon in 1660.
     Hon. Francis Boyle Viscount Shannon married Elizabeth Killigrew, daughter of Sir Robert Killigrew and Mary Woodhouse, on 24 October 1638 in Whitehall, London, Westminster. His sister Mry Boyle (the future Countess of Warwick) wrote: My brother being then judged too young to live with his wife, was a day or two after celebrating the marriage (which was done before the King and Queen) at Whitehall (she having been maid of honour to the Queen) sent into France to travel, and his wife then brought home to our house...
Francis returned from his travels several years later and he & Elizabeth had several children. Later sill the family joined Charles II in exile, and Elizabeth became the second mistress of that young libertine. Francis was created Viscount Shannon by King Charles II in 1660.
     Francis died before 19 April 1699 in Cork, Ireland. He was buried on 19 April 1699 in St Mary's Collegiate Church, Youghal, Cork.

     Grace Boyle was born. She had no issue. She was the daughter of Richard Boyle 2nd Viscount Shannon.