Tietze Family Tree » Robert Boyd (1717-1778)
Personal data Robert Boyd
Sources 1, 2, 3- Alternative name: Robert C Boyd
- He was born in the year 1717 in Antrim, County Antrim, Ulster Province, Ireland (now Northern Ireland).Sources 2, 3
- Alternative: He was born in the year 1717 in Antrim, Antrim, Ireland.
- Alternative: He was born in the year 1719 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.
- He died on August 25, 1778 in Granville, North Carolina Colony, he was 61 years old.
- A child of George Boyd and Isabella Irvine
Household of Robert Boyd
He is married to Lucretia Omary.
They got married in the year 1745 at Lunenberg, Virginia, USA, he was 28 years old.
Child(ren):
- Robert Boyd 1747-1825
- Margaret Boyd 1749-????
- Constant Boyd 1752-????
- John Boyd 1754-1824
- Rachel Boyd 1756-????
- THOMAS BOYD 1758-1826
- SARAH BOYD 1760-????
- Isabella Boyd 1762-1780
- MARY BOYD 1765-1826
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Sources
- Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=7311145&pid=1488
/ Ancestry.com - Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Edmund West, comp., Birth year: 1760; Birth state: VA / Ancestry.com
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing, Source number: 15760.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: WAY / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Day of death August 25, 1778
- The temperature on August 25, 1778 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
- Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1778: Source: Wikipedia
- February 5 » South Carolina becomes the second state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
- February 6 » New York became the third state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
- February 23 » American Revolutionary War: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania to help to train the Continental Army.
- June 18 » American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia.
- July 28 » Constitution of the province of Cantabria ratified at the Assembly Hall in Bárcena la Puente, Reocín, Spain.
- September 7 » American Revolutionary War: France invades Dominica in the British West Indies, before Britain is even aware of France's involvement in the war.
Same birth/death day
- 1742 » Carlos Seixas, Portuguese organist and composer (b. 1704)
- 1774 » Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer and educator (b. 1714)
- 1776 » David Hume, Scottish economist, historian, and philosopher (b. 1711)
- 1794 » Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau, Belgian-Austrian diplomat (b. 1727)
- 1797 » Thomas Chittenden, Governor of the Vermont Republic (later 1st Governor of the State of Vermont) (b. 1730)
- 1819 » James Watt, Scottish-English engineer and instrument maker (b. 1736)
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The Tietze Family Tree publication was prepared by Erich Oliver Tietze.
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