John BOYD

Birth:
Abt 1712
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Death:
10 May 1757
Boyds Ferry, Halifax, Virginia
Marriage:
Abt 1735/36
of Lunenburg, Virginia
Sources:
Lancaster Co., PA Deeds, Book 5B, p. 401
Halifax Co., VA Will Book O, 1752-1773, pp. 3-4,24-25,30
"History of Halifax County, Virginia," by Wort Johnson Carrington, 1969, p. 116, 272-273.
Early Wills, 1746-1765, Lunenburg Co., Virginia, by Katherine B. Elliott, 1967, p. 24-25.
Pedigree Resource File
New.familysearch.org, June 2013
FamilyTreeMaker.com
FamilySearch.org/FamilyTree
Rootsweb.com
Archiver.rootsweb
The Crossing of the Dan Exhibit Project, Ferries and Roads Research, Douglas Powell
Descendants of George Boyd (Internet)
Ancestry.com
Halifax County, Virginia Lawsons (lawsondna.org/Media/virginiacounties/Halifax.html)
Notes:
                   Note: In the 1730's, John Patrick, James, and Robert Boyd, sons of George Boyd of Lancaster Co., PA, moved to Virginia and settled in Lunenburg Co., on the Dan River at a site where Lawson creek empties into the river on the south side.  In late 1752, the county of Halifax was carved out of Lunenburg.  The Boyds remained residents of Halifax Co., residence known as John Boyd's Settlement.  Also ran Boyd's Ferry. City of South Boston, Halifax Co. was established at this point.
Note: Jul 1752 - obtained a license to keep a ferry on Dan River, Lunenburg Co.
Note: Will probated 10 May 1757, Halifax Co.
Margaret LAWSON
Birth:
Abt 1716
Lunenburg, Virginia
Death:
7 Jun 1779
Lunenburg, Virginia
Children
Marriage
1
Mary Polly BOYD
Birth:
Abt 1733
of Lunenburg, Virginia
Death:
Aft 1790
2
William Irby BOYD
Birth:
Abt 1736
of Lunenburg, Virginia
Death:
Margaret EASLEY 
Marr:
1765
Halifax, Virginia 
3
George BOYD
Birth:
Abt 1739
of Lunenburg, Virginia
Death:
Abt 1779
Halifax, Virginia
Wilmoth IRBY 
Marr:
1760
 
4
Rowley BOYD
Birth:
1740
of Lunenburg, Virginia
Death:
 
Marr:
 
5
Elizabeth BOYD
Birth:
14 Jun 1741
of Lunenburg, Virginia
Death:
 
Marr:
 
6
David BOYD
Birth:
Abt 1742
of Lunenburg, Virginia
Death:
 
Marr:
 
7
John BOYD
Birth:
Abt 1743
of Lunenburg, Virginia
Death:
8
Isabella BOYD
Birth:
Abt 1745
of Lunenburg, Virginia
Death:
Charles WADE 
Marr:
6 Feb 1761
 
9
Mary BOYD
Birth:
Abt 1746
of Lunenburg, Virginia
Death:
 
Marr:
 
10
James BOYD
Birth:
Abt 1748
of Lunenburg, Virginia
Death:
1814
Katharine ORR 
Marr:
Abt 1763
of Lunenburg, Virginia 
11
Andrew BOYD
Birth:
1751
of Lunenburg, Virginia
Death:
Abt 1780
Halifax, Virginia
Sarah WATKINS 
Marr:
13 Apr 1771
Halifax, Virginia 
Notes:
                   Note: Estate administered 1780, Halifax Co., VA.  7 Nov 1788: Accounts current of estate of Andrew Boyd, Halifax Co., VA, 1780-1788
12
David BOYD
Birth:
1756
Boyd Ferry, Halifax, Virginia
Death:
North Carolina, United States
Mary Ann  
Marr:
Abt 1772
 
FCID:15888:1805
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John Boyd - Margaret Lawson

John Boyd was born at Lancaster, Pennsylvania Abt 1712. His parents were George Boyd and Isabella Burns.

He married Margaret Lawson Abt 1735/36 at of Lunenburg, Virginia . Margaret Lawson was born at Lunenburg, Virginia Abt 1716 daughter of John Lawson and Margaret Graham .

They were the parents of 12 children:
Mary Polly Boyd born Abt 1733.
William Irby Boyd born Abt 1736.
George Boyd born Abt 1739.
Rowley Boyd born 1740.
Elizabeth Boyd born 14 Jun 1741.
David Boyd born Abt 1742.
John Boyd born Abt 1743.
Isabella Boyd born Abt 1745.
Mary Boyd born Abt 1746.
James Boyd born Abt 1748.
Andrew Boyd born 1751.
David Boyd born 1756.

John Boyd died 10 May 1757 at Boyds Ferry, Halifax, Virginia .

Margaret Lawson died 7 Jun 1779 at Lunenburg, Virginia .