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James Boyd (1732-1798) immigrated in 1756 from Kilmarnock, Scotland to Newbury, Massachusetts, and married (1) Susanna Coffin in 1757, and (2) Abigail Bulfinch in 1791. Descendants and relatives lived in New England, New York, Minnesota, Mississippi, Louisiana and elsewhere. Includes various lineages of ancestry to the early 1100s and to the mid-800s A.D. in Scotland, England and elsewhere.