LANCASTER and CHESTER COUNTIES, PENNSYLVANIA
My name is Nancy
Ann Boyd, daughter of John Lemuel Boyd
(born Mar.
19, 1923 in Lancaster, Lancaster
Co., PA; died May 04, 1986 in
Chambersburg, Franklin Co.,
PA) and Norma Clara Kestner Belford (born
May 29, 1923 in Pittsburgh,
Allegheny Co., PA; currently lives in
Chambersburg, PA) They
were m. Nov. 08, 1942 in Akron, Summit Co., OH.
John
Lemuel Boyd was the son of John Earl Boyd
(born Oct. 08, 1894
in Parkesburg, Chester Co.,
PA; died Apr. 25, 1975 in Cuyahoga Falls,
Summit Co., OH) and
Kathleen Regina Tracy (born Nov. 27, 1896 in
Columbia, Lancaster Co., PA;
died Mar. 05, 1934 in Columbia, Lancaster
Co., PA). They were
married May 21, 1921 in Lancaster Co., PA.
John
Earl Boyd was the son of Charles Freemont
Boyd (born Feb. 12,
1857 in Manyunk, Philadelphia
Co.(?), PA; died Nov. 07, 1924 in
Lancaster Co., PA) and Sarah
Matilda Airgood (born Feb. 21, 1859 in
Christiana, Lancaster Co.,
PA; died Sep. 26, 1936 in Lancaster Co.,
PA). They were married
Dec. 23, 1875 in Lancaster Co., PA.
Charles
Freemont Boyd was the son of Aaron B. (Benjamin?)
Boyd
(born 1830 in Sadsburyville, Chester Co., PA; died Feb. 22, 1898
in
Coatesville, Chester Co.,
PA) and Marietta Baylette (sp.)(born Nov.
18,
1833 in Maryland; died June
01, 1897 in Coatesville, Chester Co., PA)
They were married Sep. 12,
1850 in Coatesville, Chester Co., PA.
Aaron
B. (Benjamin?) Boyd was the son of John C.
Boyd
(born 1804 in Lancaster or
Chester Co., PA; died Aug. 12, 1870 in
Coatesville, Chester Co.,
PA) and ____?____Thompson (dates of birth
and
death unknown) The date
of their marriage is unknown.
I know and/or can verify all
information from myself back to and
including John Earl Boyd,
my grandfather. All information from Charles
Freemont Boyd back to and
including John C. Boyd has been verified by
Lillian
Boyd Haines of Coatesville, Chester Co., PA. Mrs. Haines is
first cousin to my father,
John Lemuel Boyd. She has been Regent
of the
Chester Co. chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revolution.
Neither Mrs. Haines nor I have
been able to trace our family beyond
John C. Boyd. Sara Matilda
Airgood, my great-grandmother once told my
father (John L.) that all
of the Boyds in the Upper Octorara Cemetery,
Chester Co. PA, were related
to us. I have been to that cemetery and
there are many Boyds buried
there. Some of them lived and died in the
1700's. Still we have
not been able to establish a connection between
any of those Boyds and ourselves.
If anyone has any ties to the
ancestors I have listed above, please
contact me. If anyone's
own ancestry is rooted in Pennsylvania
(especially Lancaster and
Chester Counties and possibly Berks Co.)
please contact me. Any
help will be greatly appreciated. My e-mail
address is: <naboyd@innernet.net>.
If you prefer snail mail, my address is:
Nancy
A. Boyd,
485 Warm Spring Rd
Chambersburg, PA 17201-9197