contarmy Clan Boyd Society, International

Historical Register of Officers of the Continental
Army During The War of The Revolution, April
1775 to Dec 1783.
 

Boyd, Abraham  (MD).  Lieutenant Colonel Recruiting
Officer for Maryland troops, 1780-1781. (Died,
1799)

Boyd, Adam (NC). Ensign 1st North Carolina, 4th
January 1776; 2nd Lieutenant, 3rd March 1776;
Chaplain 22d North Carolina, 1st October 1777
Brigade Chaplain, 18th August 1778, to June 1789.
(died 1800).

Boyd, Hugh (NC) Surgeon 4th North Carolina, 17th
April 1776 to_______

Boyd, John (Mass).  Captain of Company Minute
Men in Lexington Alarm, April, 1775; Captain
of Heath's Massachusetts Regiment, May to De¬
cember, 1775.

Boyd, John (Pa).  Volunteer in the Quebec
Expedition; taken prisoner at Quebec 31st
December, 1775; exchanged 1st November,
1779.

Boyd, John (Pa). 2d Lieutenant 12th Pa., 16th
October, 1776; 1st Lieutenant, 20th May, 1777;
transferred to 3d Pa., lst July, 1778; Captain
Lieutenant, 18th June, 1779; retired 17th
January, 1781. (Died 13th February, 1832.)

Boyd, Matthew (Pa).  Captain Montgomery's
Pennsylvania Battalion of the Flying Camp;
taken prisoner at Fort Washington 16th
November 1776.

Boyd, Matthew (Pa). Lieutenant-Colonel Pa.
Militia, 1777-1778.
 
 

Boyd, Nathaniel (N. H.). Sergeant 1st N. H.,
24th April, 1775; 2d Lieutenant, 18th June to --
December, 1775.

Boyd, Robert (Pa). Surgeon lst Pennsylvania
Battalion, 19th April, 1776; resigned 13th June,
1776.

Boyd, Thomas (Md). Ensign 2d Maryland, 27th
October, 1779; transferred to 5th Md., lst
January, 1781, with rank of 2d Lieutenant; re¬
tained in Maryland Battalion April, 1783, and
served to 15th November, 1783. (Died 1797.)

Boyd, Thomas (Pa). lst Sergeant of Thompson's
Pa. Rifle Regiment, 25th June, 1775; taken
prisoner at Quebec 31st December, 1775; ex¬
changed - November, 1777; 1st Lieutenant 1st
Pa., 14th January, 1778; killed in action with
Indians near Geneseo, N. Y., 13th September,
1779.

Boyd, Thomas (Pa). 3d Lieutenant of Miles'
Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment, 19th March,,
1776; 2d Lieutenant, 9th August, 1776; taken
prisoner at Fort Washington 16th November,
1776; resigned 22d June, 1777. (Died 1814.)

Boyd, William (Mass).  Quartermaster of Ward's
Ma. Regiment, -- May to -- December, 1775;
Lieutenant and Quartermaster 21st Continental
Infantry, 1st January to 31st December, 1776.

Boyd, William (Pa).  Ensign 12th Pa., 16th .
October, 1776; 2d Lieutenant, 20th May, 1777;
killed at Brandywine, 11th September, 1777.
 

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