PEDIGREE OF THE HOUSE OF BOYD
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                   THE BOYD FAMILY 1904
                     (Compiled from authenic documents)
 

WILLIAM,  9th*  Lord  Boyd,  who gave early proofs that he inherited  all  the  abilities  and shining qualities which had rendered his ancestors so  illustrious.  He was esteemed a man of great wit  and  learning, which recommended him to the gay court  of  Charles II.   He had been  remark- edly active in the interest  of  that  monarch's restoration, for which, and for some  services  to the  Crown, he was, by letters Patent, Aug 7th, 1661, created  1st EARL of KILMARNOCK.

*According to Woods "Peerage of Scotland" the numbering of
the Lords in this pedigree is one number off.  William Boyd
above was 10th Lord Boyd

He married Lady Jane, daughter of William Cunningham, Earl of Glen- cairn.  He died in 1622, leaving four sons and two daughters. Of the latter, one,  Lady Mary,  married  Sir Alexander Mclean,  the  other,  Lady Margaret,  married  Porterfield of Porterfield.   The sons were William, Robert*, Captain James, and Charles.

WILLIAM,  2nd Earl of Kilmarnock suceeded his father, (1692), and married Lettice,   daughter of Thomas Boyd, Esq., an eminent  merchant  of  Dublin, by whom he had William, his heir, and  Thomas,  the advocate.  He survived his father but a few months, and was suceeded by his son:

WILLIAM,  3rd  Earl of  Kilmarnock, whose charter bears date July 20, 1699.  He married Eupheme, daughter of Lord Ross, by whom  he  had  a son and successor. This nobleman was no less distinguished  for  his abilities than were his predecessors. He was a zealous member of the Parliament of Scotland, though wavering  in  his  conduct  with  regard  to the Union of the Crowns,  and  ultimately  joining with those who favored that measure.   In  the  rebellion  of  1715, he was active in the service of the government. He died in 1717.

  *Robert Boyd  of  Kilmarnock was born in August 1689, and
  baptised  on  the 24th of  the  same  month.   He died at
  Kilmarnock in 1760 aged 72.  He married Margaret Thompson,
  and had four sons and a daughter.  John settled in London,
  William settled in the north of Scotland,  James  at  New-
  buryport, Massachusetts. Alexander, born ca.  1720 at Kil-
  marnock (see page 14) and Margaret, who married  ________
  Fairservice of Kilmarnock.
 

WILLIAM, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock succeeded his father when but 13 years of age.He  married  Lady Ann Livingstone,  daughter and sole heir of James, 5th Earl of Linlithgow and Callander, by Lady Mary Hay daughter of John, 12th Earl of Errol)  and  had sons, James, Lord Boyd,  born  April  20,  1725, also Charles and William.  Lady Ann Livingstone, wife of the Earl of  Kilmarnock, died, at Kilmarnock, September 1747.  Of her  three sons the eldest had been educated in principles of loyalty, so that he was in the army of the King, opposed to  his father in the battle of Culloden.   In  the  rebellion  of  1745,  in  favour  of the pretender, the unfortunate Earl of Kilmarnock, deviating from the principles of his illustrious ancestors, fell a sacrifice to the justice of his country. Being but 13 when  deprived of the care and instruction  of his  father,  he fell into hands unfavourable  to  integrity and honour. He manifested, in his
youth, a genius  not  inferior  to his high birth and illustrious descent. Finding the family estates much encumbered, he chose retirement rather than public life.  A large portion of the patrimony had been alienated, and  the  income was uncomfortably small. It was his Lordship misfortune to be too soon let loose among the gaieties of  youth and as he grew up, 
instead of applying himself to the dry assiduities of study, he devoted  his  time  to  the  pursuit  of  far more  expensive pleasures  than  his fortune could support. By this course he considerably  reduced his already emaciated estate, which may afford a probable  reason for  his engagement in the services of the pretender,  Charles Edward Stuart. He did not join the rebellion  at  first, but encouraged his tenants to serve the King.   After  the  battle of Prestonpans he joined the rebel army, and was received with marks of esteem and distinction.

He was made member of the privy-council, appointed Colonel of the  guards, and promoted to the rank of general in the army. He  behaved  with  courage and resolution, until at the fatal battle  of  Culloden,  he  was taken prisoner, or surrendered himself to the King's troops,  supposing them to be FitzJames Calvary. On July 28, 1746,  he was, with the Earl of Cromarty and  Lord Balmerino,  conducted to Westminster Hall, where he pleaded  guilty to a charge of treason, and submitted himself to  His Majesty's  mercy and clemancy. On Wednesday, July 30,
these  nobleman  were  brought  from  the  tower  to  receive sentence.  When  his Lordship was asked if he had anything to say  why  sentence of death should not be passed upon him, he addressed  himself  to  the  Lord  Chancellor,  and the whole august assembly, then consisting of his peers, and  delivered an eloquent speech, after which, the  sentence  of  death was passed  upon  him.  After this, he presented petitions to the King,  and  Prince of  Wales,  and  the  Duke  of Cumberland, wherein he set forth his family's  constant attachment to the Royal  interests,  his  father's  zeal  and  activity  in the rebellion of  1715,  and  also his own appearing in arms when young,  under  his  father,  and  the whole tenor of his life until this occasion.

But  the  services  of  his  ancestors  could not satisfy the demands of justice, and, in accordance  with the sentence, he was, on the 18th of August, 1746, beheaded on Tower Hill, his estates and honours being forfeited to the Crown.

This  dismal  catastrophe  of the last Earl of Kilmarnock did not entirely extinguish  the  light and glory of this ancient family, for, happily, his eldest son and heir:

JAMES,  Lord Boyd,  whose  devotion  to his sovereign led him into  the  army  of  the  King to fight against his misguided father, has shed a lustre opon the name which that father had obscured.   He  became the 14th Earl of Errol on the death of Mary,  Countess  of  Errol  in  1758,  his mother having been heiress to that title and estate.

ALEXANDER BOYD, Esq.  was a younger son (see note Page 12) of
Robert, second son of the first Earl of Kilmarnock. He was born (about 1720)  at Kilmarnock, whence he removed to North Bank near Linlithgow.  He married Helen, daughter of Mr. Reed of Latham near  Midcalder, by which marriage he had nine sons and  three  daughters.  James, Robert (who died young), John, Alexander, William, Robert, George, Walter, David. His daughters were Jane, Janet, and Nancy. His eighth son:

WALTER BOYD, removed to Dublin in 1710? He first married Jane
Stephans, step-daughter of Samuel Warren Esq. Lord Mayor of Dublin. By this marriage he had one daughter, Jane (who died young)  and  sons Alexander and Samuel. He next married Jane, 3rd  daughter of  Robert MaCrory Esq. of Castledawson, County Derry, by which marriage he had one daughter, Margaret Helen, and two sons Robert and Walter. His son:

ROBERT BOYD, (who died in 1894) married, in 1856, Julia Emma, the  daughter  of  James  Stapleton Esq. of Riversdale House, Drumcondra,  and  by  her  had  one  son and seven daughters; Walter,  Jane,  Julia,  Margaret,  Ann,  Flora,  Mabel,   and Kathleen.  Of these eight children:

WALTER (who died in 1899) married Frances, daughter of George
Francis Augustus De Rinzy, Maj. Gen. and Leonora, daughter of Richard  Lloyd  Esq.  of  Tamnamore, Co.  Tyrone, and had one daughter, Emily Leonora De Rinzy,  born Sept 3, 1884 and died June 5, 1885

JANE married Arthur Patton (who died in 1892) son of the Rev. George  Augustus  Frederic  Patton  and Katherine  Cecelia, daughter of Henry Magill Esq. of Tullycairne, Co. Down. 

JULIA married Leonard Macmanus, second son of  James MacManus
Esq. of Killeaden House, Co, Mayo, and Charlotte, daughter of the Rev. Leonard Strong, of Brampton,  Torquay,  and has four children. Emily, Charlotte, Desmonde, and Diarmid. 

MARGARET  married  Arthur McManus, eldest son of the above James MacManus. Her husband died in 1894,  leaving two children, James and Rondal.

ANN married James Scott, son of James Anderson Scott Esq. and
Letitia , daughter of John Emerson Wilson, Esq. of Fermanagh, and has one daughter, Muriel.

FLORA married William Trotter, son  of  David  Trotter,  Esq. M.D. of  Summer Mill, Co. Meath,  and has two children, David and Daisy.

MABEL and KATHLEEN are both unmarried.

WALTER BOYD, second  son  of Walter Boyd and Jane Maccrory,
married Anna Catherine, daughter of Matthew Anderson Esq. and has  4  sons and 2 daughters,  Herbert, Cecil, Henry, Robert, Alice and Ida.

HERBERT  married Ruth Fry,  daughter  of William Fry Esq. and has
one  daughter,  Margery. Robert married Beatrice Ditmas, daughter of
Captain Ditmas.