tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533717770805440813.post8635695764877366243..comments2024-03-27T08:47:53.648-07:00Comments on Nutfield Genealogy: BBC Radio Ulster “Kist O’ Wurds” will feature Nutfield History this month!Heather Wilkinson Rojohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17704949156266722016noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533717770805440813.post-64952857259103838732013-11-22T08:24:43.253-08:002013-11-22T08:24:43.253-08:00Hi Boyd, In August this year I made a special pil...Hi Boyd, In August this year I made a special pilgrimage to the kirk with Rev. Boyd's grave. I have pictures if you don't have a stash already. And I don't think the petition has been on the wall for beaucoup years...now its kept safer in their vault. 'Tis very faded. Rick Holmes, own historian, Derry, NH rholmes33@comcast.netAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533717770805440813.post-35509830708736447832013-11-05T10:02:14.782-08:002013-11-05T10:02:14.782-08:00Thanks, Boyd! I just joined your Facebook group. ...Thanks, Boyd! I just joined your Facebook group. I'm already planning a trip up to Concord to see the petition.<br />Heather Wilkinson Rojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17704949156266722016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533717770805440813.post-87008032640912316742013-11-05T06:09:02.412-08:002013-11-05T06:09:02.412-08:00Hi Heather, I wonder are you aware of the Monreagh...Hi Heather, I wonder are you aware of the Monreagh Heritage Centre, near Carrigans in County Donegal, which celebrates the Presbyterian links between Ulster and the United States. Although it was the Reverend McGregor who led the first mass migration of Presbyterians to America in 1718 from Coleraine in County Derry/Londonderry, the expedition was actually organised by the Reverend William Boyd, Presbyterian minister of Macosquin, just outside Coleraine. It was he who took the "Petition of Ulstermen" to Governor Schutte of Massachussetts, asking for permission to settle in New Hampshire. The original copy of the Petition of Ulstermen now hangs in the rooms of the New Hampshire Historical Society in Concord. The Reverend Boyd did not however remain in America but returned to Ulster and in 1725 became the minister of Monreagh Presbyterian church. The Monreagh Heritage Centre is based in his manse. I have a particular interest in this because my Christian name comes from my great great grandmother, Mary Boyd, 1810-85, from Macosquin, so I like to claim descent from this famous minister! I too however, also relocated from the Coleraine area to a few miles from Monreagh in Donegal. Here is a link to the centre: https://www.facebook.com/monreaghheritagecentre?ref=hlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09560055357917056980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533717770805440813.post-20333028078797431692013-11-04T10:09:54.144-08:002013-11-04T10:09:54.144-08:00Great photo, Heather! And what a gem of a project...Great photo, Heather! And what a gem of a project. All of us connected to the First Settlers will no doubt find the radio series interesting. Catching Time Genealogyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05982159598304378591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533717770805440813.post-47439877784702982242013-11-02T08:34:02.025-07:002013-11-02T08:34:02.025-07:00Neat! I'll be listening too.Neat! I'll be listening too.Donna Segerhttp://www.salemstate.edunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533717770805440813.post-41744548339985506682013-11-01T09:24:19.808-07:002013-11-01T09:24:19.808-07:00I am looking forward to this, too!I am looking forward to this, too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533717770805440813.post-49763691248701209802013-11-01T08:37:56.796-07:002013-11-01T08:37:56.796-07:00Very cool Heather. I'll have to set my calend...Very cool Heather. I'll have to set my calendar to remind me to listen in!Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139639019457759712noreply@blogger.com