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SURNAME MEANING
A Scottish habitational surname denoting a person from the island of Bute in the Firth of Clyde, derived from the word from Bòid, the Gaelic name for the island.
The surname may denote descendants of a man named Gilla filius Boed who lived in Glasgow, Scotland in the early 12th century
An Irish surname derived from the Gaelic MacGiolla Buidhe, meaning “the yellow-haired youth’s son.”
EARLY BEARERS
Robert Boyd - Irvine - 1205
Alan de Bodha - Dumfries - 1214
Robert Boyd - Scotland - 1263
Walter de Both - Paisley - c. 1272
Robert Boyt - Ayrshire - 1296
NOBLE TITLES
Earl of Kilmarnock was a title created twice in the Peerage of Scotland for the Boyd family. It was first created in 1454 for Robert Boyd, Great Chamberlain of Scotland, a descendant of Sir Robert Boyd who fought at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314. It was created a second time in 1661 for William Boyd, 10th Lord Boyd.
Thomas Boyd was elevated to the Peerage of Scotland in 1467 as Earl of Arran, son of Robert Boyd, 1st Lord Boyd
The Boyd Baronetcy of Danson in the County of Kent was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain in 1775 for Sir John Boyd, a wealthy sugar merchant and Vice-Chairman of the British East India Company. His son, also Sir John Boyd, 2nd Baronet, represented Wareham in the House of Commons.
LANDED GENTRY
Boyd of Merton Hall, co. Wigton, Scotland
Boyd of Ballymacool, co. Donehal, Ireland
NOTABLES
Louise Arner Boyd (1887-1972) was an American explorer of Greenland and the Arctic, who wrote extensively of her scientific expeditions, and became the first woman to fly over the North Pole
Mark Alexander Boyd (1562-1601) was a Scottish poet and soldier of fortune.
Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Boyd (c. 1710-1794) was a British Army officer who served in the Seven Years’ War
Zachary Boyd (1585-1653) was a Scottish minister and university administrator who wrote many sermons, scriptural versifications and other devotional works. He served as Dean of Faculties, Rector and Vice-Chancellor at the University of Glasgow during the 1630s and 1640s
Robert Boyd of Trochrig (1578-1627) was a Scottish theological writer, teacher and poet who served as Principal of the University of Glasgow and Principal of the University of Edinburgh
Robert Boyd of Trochrig (1578-1627) was a Scottish theological writer, teacher and poet who served as Principal of the University of Glasgow and Principal of the University of Edinburgh
EARLY SETTLERS
Alexander Boyd - Virginia - 1619
Martha Boyd - Massachusetts - 1712
Jean Boyd - Louisiana - c. 1720
Adam Boyd - New England - 1723
Archibald Boyd - New England - 1742
Dougal Boyd - Philadelphia - 1746
Peter Boyd - Nova Scotia - 1706
Peter Boyd - Nova Scotia - 1749
James Boyd - Nova Scotia - 1750
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