JAMES BOYD, SR. B. 1755 in northern Ireland d. 1828, Somerset Co. Pa m. August 3, 1790 Anna Marie Yowler d/o Isaac and Anna Yowler b. 1773 in Pennsylvania d. 1813 in Pennsylvania James Boyd, Sr. and family lived in Greenville Twp, Somerset Co. Pa. With his first wife he would not allow his children to speak "Dutch" but they learned it on the sly from their mother, Anna Marie. According to Will # 13 at Somerset, Pa. "James Boyd, Jr. II died in the year 1828, whose wife's name was Catherine and left seven children, who was a resident of Greenville, twp; this James' estate was settled by a John Engle, who was the administrator. The marriage of James and Anna Marie is recorded in the Berlin Reformed Church records. Somerset Pa. Public Library. Buried in cemetery in Greenville twp. [The above information was given to me by Frances Dekker]
Children of James Boyd I and Anna Maria Yowler {Jauler Yauler Youler}1 Adam BOYD
b. 13 May 1791 Elk Lick Twp., Bedford (Somerset) Co., PA bap. 16 Jul 1791 St. John's Reformed Church, Salisbury, Somerset Co., PA d. 1839 Clay Co., MO m. 18 May 1818 (Eva) Catherine ENGLE d/o Clement Engle and Margaret Weimer b. 27 Sep 1800 Salisbury, Somerset Co., PA bap. 8 Feb 1801 St. John's Reformed Church, Salisbury, Somerset Co., PA ch: Mary Ann, female, Eliza Sarah, Michael, Catherine, Adam, Reuben, Levi, Solomon, Sarah, Henry, Bryant Engle Adam was raised in Somerset Co., PA. The family moved to Clay Co., Missouri. She is in Bates Co., MO, in 1850. 2 John BOYD s/o James and Anna Maria (Youler) Boyd b. 10 Aug 1794 Elk Lick (now Greenville Twp), Somerset Co., PA bap 18 Oct 1794 d. 3 Isaac BOYD s/o James and Anna Maria (Youler) Boyd b. ca. 1796 d. after 1855 bur. Boardman Cem, Addison Twp., Somerset Co., PA m. after 1824 Magdalena b. ca. 1791/2 d. 1 Oct 1855 (age 64-2)bur. St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery, Addison Twp., Somerset Co., PA ch: (1) male ca. 1815, (2) female (1820-25) [Catherine], (3) male (1826-30) [John?], (4) Mary (b. 1826/7), (5) female (1826-30), (6) Solomon (b. 1829), (7) Adam (b. 1836) [tentative identification only] Somerset Co., PA Isaac sold his share of the James Boyd land to Solomon Hutzell in 1832. 4 "Nancy" Hannah BOYD d/o James and Anna Maria (Youler) Boyd b. 19 Apr 1799 Greenville Twp., Somerset Co.,PA bap. 13 Jul 1799 St. John Reformed Church, Salisbury, Somerset Co.,PA d. 13/15 Apr 1886 Greenville Twp., Somerset Co.,PA m. ca. 1823 Solomon HUTZELL s/o (John) Peter Hutzell and "Peggy" Margaret Shoemaker
b. 10 Apr 1800 Frederick Co., Md d. 10 Jul 1863 Greenville Twp., Somerset Co., PA (age 63-3-0) both bur. Union Cemetery by Greenville Church, Greenville Twp., Somerset Co., PA ch: Margaret (Garletz), Lafayette, Susanna (Swarner), Mary (Weimer), Matilda (Caton/Patton), Catherine (Steinley), Dinah, Harriet (Weaver) They farmed the land that was James Boyd's in Greenville Twp., Somerset Co., PA. Nancy - Reformed Church, Wellersburg, PA; Solomon - Lutheran. Solomon was murdered: the family version was that he was in his yard when a group of men rode in and shot him. According to the county history, "The murder of Solomon Hutzell of Greenville township, in 1863, did not occur in Somerset county. A man named Beal kept a low drinking saloon on top of Savage mountain on the old National Road. Mr. Hutzell, who was a man well up in years, was owner of a country sawmill, and on the day of the murder had hauled a load of lumber to the top of the mountain about eight miles from his home. At noon he had unhitched his horses for the purpose of feeding them. He had also taken off the bridles. It so happened that there was a party of drunken soldiers about the saloon referred to, and one of the their number, a member, we believe, of the Ringgold Cavalry, amused himself by throwing the bridles about the place. On Mr. Hutzell remonstrating with him, which it is said was done in a very mild way, the fellow drew a revolver and shot him, killing him instantly. This cold-blooded murderer, who was arrested and taken to Cumberland jail, in some way succeeded in escaping." Click below for next four children.......
Information graciously provided to me by Merikay Mestad.....Thank you Kay! 