John Boyd — Revolutionary War
Lester Boyd
Blanchard Boyd
Harry Boyd
John Boyd
David Boyd
John Boyd
6 generations– that’s all that separates me from the Revolutionary War. My Great-great-great-great grandfather, John Boyd, was born in 1847, in Scotland, we believe. While we will never know his motivation for leaving, he must have thought it quite an opportunity to come to America as a free man and make war against the English! He lived for 57 years after the end of that war on a farm in western Pennsylvania, in peace, in a new nation. During that time, he raised many children; one son, David, moved across the Ohio River to Jefferson county, where the Boyds have lived ever since.
The past seems so in the past, but my grandfather’s grandfather fought in the Civil War, my father was born only 13 years after women were granted the right to vote, and I am the first child in my family’s history to be raised from birth in a home with indoor plumbing and electricity.
Whatever our challenges as a nation, I am grateful for those who sacrificed to win our freedom.
