Boyd of Derry
I. William Boyd,1 a native of county Antrim, Province of Ulster, Ireland, emigrated to Pennsylvania prior to 1730. settling in Derry township. He had a large family of children, of whom we have the following.
i. Robert, b. 1705, who took up several tracts of land in Derry township; m. and had Elizabeth, Catharine, and Mary.
ii. Alexander, b. 1707; m. and had Alexander, Robert, William, and Margaret.