Montour Co., Pa., Jept. 7, 1838; married Levit David Garrison at Cortland, Cortland Co., N. Y., May 7, 1863. Eliza Jane's husband, was born June 12, 1837. He is a groceryman at Cortland, N. Y. Their family consists of three children; and they were born at Cortland, N. Y., as follows :— : 1. Charles Henry Garrison; was born July 27, 1872. 2. George Garrison; was born Oct. 13, 1873. 3. Infant; was born Sept. 6, 1878; now dead. 42. MARGERY ANNA WILSON, the youngest daughter of Samuel and Margery S. (Templeton) Wilson; wrs born near Washingtonville, Montour Co. Pa., June 27, 1841; married Charles Gillespie Barkley at Bloomsburgh, Columbia Co., Pa., June 2, 1864. To Mr. and Mrs. Barkley, we are indebted for their kindness in furnishing us records &c. They now reside at Bloomsburgh, Pa., where Mr Barkley is a lawyer by profession. Their family consists of three children, which were all born at Bloomsburgh. They are as follows: 1. Mary Garrison Barkley; was born Sept. 23, 1865. HISTORY -OF THE BOYD'S OF NEW WINDSOR, N. Y. FURNISHED BY Miss Ellen W. Boyd, (Preceptress of St. Agnes School,) ALBANY, N. Y. Mistory of the Boyd's of New Windsor, N. X. In the Spring of 1881, while I was busily engaged in gathering statistics and records for a Gnealogical History of our family, and trying to find the descendants of the lost brothers of the same, who came over to New York City in 1745, and settled soon after at Albany and in Orange Co., N. Y. I wrote to our cousin (Stillman Boyd) of Jefferson Valley, N. Y., if he could give me the desired information. In his answer, he sent me the following letter, and said he hoped the same would aid me to obtain the information I so much desired to obtain. The letter was as follows: STILLMAN BOYD, Esq. Dear Sir:-A History of Putnam County, by William J. Blake Esq., has accidentally fallen into my hands, in which it is stated that your family emigrated from Scotland, during the rebellion of the partizans of the "Stewart Dynastic" of 1745, and that there were three brothers; one of them settled at Albany, and was known as General Boyd. Another settled in the lower part of Westchester County, and was Grand-father of the Boyds of Kent, N. Y. The third settled at New Windsor, Orange Co., N. Y., and was ancestor of the Boyd family in that county. "This statement interested me, by reason of its connection with my own family history, which I have by tradition as follows;- "Samuel Boyd emigrated from County Down, North of Ireland, to the City of New York, early in the last Century, where he lived and died, an old bachelor, leaving a large estate. About 1750, his three brother, Robert, Janies and Nathaniel, came over and settled in Little Britain in the town-ship of New Windsor, N. Y. Robert had a son named Robert, who owned the old iron works, near the mouth of the creek, between Newburgh and New Windsor Landing. He was a Major in the Revolution, and after wards removed to the City of New York, and inherited the estate of Samuel, and left six sons, Samuel, Robert, John, Elias, Nathaniel and George. James the third brother, was my great grand-father. His family bible, brought into Belfast, Aug. 9, 1757, gives a record of his children; the son's were Samuel and Robert by his first wife, and James, David and Nathaniel by his second. Most of them remained in New Windsor and vicinity. Samuel was my Grand-father; he died in 1801, and was buried in Little Britain Church-Yard. His only son James, removed to this place, about 1794; died here in 1849; aged 78; leaving John (myself), Samuel (of Brooklin, N. Y.), and Louis of this place." "The fourth brother-Nathaniel--had sixteen children; whose descendants, are many in America and Poughkeepsie, N. Y. I have taken some pains in investigating the genealogy of our family, and have been perplexed with finding names of Boyds on grave-stones at Little Britain and Newburgh, and in the Surrogate's record, which I could not trace to any stock, of which I had any knowledge. The statement referred to in the History of Putnam County,' explains in some measure what I could not before understand. I now write you 'Sir!' as one of the persons named, is now living in Kent, to inquire, whether you or any of your connection can give me, a more detailed out-line of your family, and particularly of the Orange County branch; and was there any relationship known to exsist between the two families; for yours are stated to have come directly from Scotland; ours came from the North of Ireland, but were of Scotch lineage, and had retained their connection with Scotland, by their marriage there." "If any one of your connection is posted upon the matter of your genealogy, I would be glad to hear from them about it." "Very respectfully yours, JOHN BOYD, (Secretary of the State of Conn.) Upon the receipt of the above letter from our cousin, I became anx‡ |