James Boyd, Merchant Burgess of Edinburgh

JAMES BOYD

Merchant Burgess of Edinburgh

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

13 and 31 March 1683: Heritable Bond by Sir James Douglass of Kelhead [Douglas of Kellhead] and Lady Katharine Douglas, his spouse, to James Boyd, merchant burgess of Edinburgh, Elizabeth Naithsmith [Naismith] his mother, relict of [David] Boyd, merchant burgess of Edinburgh, and now spouse of James Huntar of Muirehouse [Hunter of Muirhouse], advocate, and Marion Huntar, spouse of said James Boyd, on the lands of Pilrig. National Records of Scotland, Papers of Balfour Family of Pilrig, Midlothian, reference GD69/62