Author name: Jonathan Gray & Adrian Boyd

In Derrykeighan Old graveyard near Dervock, Co Antrim lies the family burial ground of James Camack of Dervock, Surgeon and

In our last post we looked at the life of Hugh Boyd (1690-1765) whose remarkable success in industry was shadowed

In our previous post we looked at the beginnings of the Boyds of Ballycastle and the significance of the marriage

We come now to the family that was synonymous with the beautiful seaside town of Ballycastle for over three hundred

For the best part of nearly two hundred years the origins of the Boyds of Ballycastle has been pondered over

In our last post we recorded the birth of a son John on 29 December 1718 to Augustus (Jean ‘Auguste’)

In our final installment on the Boyds of France we look at arguably the most successful line of the family

On 24 May 2026 I was contacted by Alistair Hill who advised me that he had found an image in

As mentioned in Part 3, Jacques Boyd was the son of George (III) Boyd and his second wife Anne Sauret.

In this post we look at the line of George (III) Boyd (c1667-1747) son of Jean (I) Boyd and Jeanne