5th Lord Boyd Robert Boyd

1517 - 1589  (72 years)

• Name	Robert Boyd  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14]
  Title	5th Lord Boyd
  Birth	3 Jan 1517	Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland   [3, 6, 13, 15]
  Gender	Male
  Family Search ID	LBZ3-11R
  Reference Number	https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Boyd-558
  Burial	1589	Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland   [6, 13]
  	Burial Cemetery: Kilmarnock Low Churchyard
  Death	3 Jan 1589	Alnwick, Northumberland, England   [1, 2, 6, 13, 14, 15]
  Person ID	I38988	MontyHistNotes_II
  Last Modified	6 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	4th Lord Boyd Robert Boyd,   b. 1485, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 1558, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland (Age 73 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Helen Somerville,   b. 1489, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 1536, Renfrewshire, Scotland (Age 47 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1516	Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [16]
  Family ID	F2808	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lady Margaret Colquhoun,   b. 1525, Glengarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 11 Aug 1601, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	1535	Luss, Dunbartonshire, Scotland   [13, 17]
  Children	+ 1. 6th Lord Boyd Thomas Boyd,   b. 1544, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 1611, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Helen Boyd,   b. 1544, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 1588, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland (Age 44 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 3. Countess of Eglinton Egidia Boyd,   b. 1556, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 18 Apr 1586, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland (Age 30 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F2807	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Sep 2025

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 3 Jan 1517 - Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Burial - 1589 - Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death - 3 Jan 1589 - Alnwick, Northumberland, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Folios		T H Montgomery - Pages 059-062 ; Hugh Montgomerie Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery [XX-XXIII] Hugh Montgomerie
  		T H Montgomery - Pages 134-136 Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery Montgomerys of Hessilhead

  
  

• Sources

  [S516] Ancestry.com, Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.Original data - Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed. Dictionary of National Biography, 1921–1922. London, England: Oxf;), Database online. Record for Lord Robert Boyd [S459] Ancestry.com, UK, Extracted Probate Records, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.Original data - Electronic databases created from various publications of probate records.Original data: Electronic databases created from various publications of probate records.;), Database online. Record for Robert Colquhoun, Margaret Boyd [S2174] Heritage Consulting, Millennium File, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2003;). [S273] Montgomery, Bo-Gabriel de, Origin and History of the Montgomerys, (Name: William Blackwood and Sons, Ltd; Location: Edinburgh and London; Date: 1948;), Chapter (Page 101) Montgomerys, Earls of Eglinton. This book is available electronically on ancestry.com [S340] Montgomery, Thomas Harrison, Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery, (Name: Printed for Private Circulation; Location: Philadelphia; Date: 1868;), Pages 062-079 Lainshaw Line Electronic Book .PDF 170 pages a_genealogical_history_of_the_family_of_.pdf. [S2428] Ancestry.com, UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for Robert Boyd http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUK&h=1291699&indiv=try [S340] Montgomery, Thomas Harrison, Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery, (Name: Printed for Private Circulation; Location: Philadelphia; Date: 1868;), Pages 134-136 Montgomerys of Hessilhead https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/12151/images/dvm_GenMono001578-00072-0?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=137. There are several entries in these pages where I think T H Montgomery has some wrong generations. I have usually gone with B G Montgomery on these Electronic Book .PDF 170 pages a_genealogical_history_of_the_family_of_.pdf Book Available on Ancestry.com https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/12151/ https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/12151/images/dvm_GenMono001578-00072-0?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=137 [S340] Montgomery, Thomas Harrison, Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery, (Name: Printed for Private Circulation; Location: Philadelphia; Date: 1868;), Pages 059-062 Hugh Montgomerie Electronic Book .PDF 170 pages a_genealogical_history_of_the_family_of_.pdf. [S2784] Barns-Graham, Peter, Stirnet, (Name: Stirnet; Location: stirnet.com;), Montgomery 03 Accessed KRM 17 Nov 2020 3:44om https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/mm4fz/montgomery03.php. Montgomery of Brigend, Montgomery of Eglinton, Montgomery of Giffen, Montgomerie de Lorges, Montgomery of Smithtoun (Smistoun) https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/mm4fz/montgomery03.php [S273] Montgomery, Bo-Gabriel de, Origin and History of the Montgomerys, (Name: William Blackwood and Sons, Ltd; Location: Edinburgh and London; Date: 1948;), Chapter (Page 179) Montgomerys of Hessilheid https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/22192/images/dvm_GenMono005202-00106-1?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=202. This book is available electronically on ancestry.com https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/22192/ There are several entries where I think T H Montgomery has some wrong generations. I have usually gone with B G Montgomery on these https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/22192/images/dvm_GenMono005202-00106-1?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=202 [S215] Hill, Rev George, Editor, Montgomery Manuscripts_WmMont of Rosemount, (Name: James Cleeland; Location: Belfast; Date: Jan 1869;), Pages 001-015 Chapter I Montgomery, William of Rosemont (1633-1707). The Montgomery Manuscripts (1603-1706) Compiled from Family Papers by William Montgomery of Rosemount The_Montgomery_manuscripts_1603_1706.pdf Book found at Internet Archive Book found at FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/472506-the-montgomery-manuscripts-1603-1706 [S567] Boyd, William P, History of the Boyd Family, (Name: Boyd's Job Printing Establishment; Location: Conesus, New York; Date: 1884;), Part 1, Chapter IV Pages 053-084 https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/15665/?count=50&f-F00032DB=53. History of the Boyd Family Book Available on Ancestry.com https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/15665/?ftm=1 https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/15665/?count=50&f-F00032DB=53 [S323] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com;), Boyd, Robert #021513 Accessed KRM 17 Aug 2025 8:32pm https://thepeerage.com/p2152.htm#i21513. The Peerage.com http://thepeerage.com/index.htm Operated by Darryl Lundy https://thepeerage.com/p2152.htm#i21513 [S3224] Ancestry.com, Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI), (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 510172. Record for Lord Robert Boyd https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=4394&h=9194719&indiv=try [S567] Boyd, William P, History of the Boyd Family, (Name: Boyd's Job Printing Establishment; Location: Conesus, New York; Date: 1884;), History_of_the_Boyd_Family_and_Descendan,pdf. Book Available on Ancestry.com https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/15665/?ftm=1 [S323] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com;), Boyd Robert #030618 Accessed KRM 17 Aug 2025 8:32pm http://thepeerage.com/p3062.htm#i30618. The Peerage.com http://thepeerage.com/index.htm Operated by Darryl Lundy http://thepeerage.com/p3062.htm#i30618 [S323] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com;), Colguhoun Boyd, Margaret #030614 Accessed KRM 18 Aug 2025 7:00am https://thepeerage.com/p3062.htm#i30614. The Peerage.com http://thepeerage.com/index.htm Operated by Darryl Lundy https://thepeerage.com/p3062.htm#i30614