Helen Boyd

1544 - 1588  (44 years)

• Name	Helen Boyd  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	1544	Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland   [3]
  Gender	Female
  FamilySearch ID	LHXH-SLL
  Death	1588	Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland   [3, 5]
  Burial	1588	Beith Auld Kirk, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland   [3, 5]
  Person ID	I59007	Clan Montgomery Society | Montgomerys of Hessilhead
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2026

  
  

  Father	5th Lord Boyd Robert Boyd,   b. 3 Jan 1517, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 3 Jan 1589, Alnwick, Northumberland, England (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Lady Margaret Colquhoun,   b. 1525, Glengarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 11 Aug 1601, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1535	Luss, Dunbartonshire, Scotland   [7, 8]
  Family ID	F18775	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	5th Laird of Hessilhead Hugh Montgomerie,   b. 1539, Hessilhead, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland d. Oct 1603, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	10 Jan 1559	Scotland   [6, 9]
  Children	+ 1. 6th Laird of Hessilhead Robert Montgomerie,   b. 1561, Scotland d. 28 Oct 1623, Renfrewshire, Scotland (Age 62 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Ezekiel Montgomerie,   b. Abt 1570, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F18754	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2026

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Birth - 1544 - Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Marriage - 10 Jan 1559 - Scotland Death - 1588 - Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland Burial - 1588 - Beith Auld Kirk, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth
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• Folios

  T H Montgomery - Pages 134-136 Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery Montgomerys of Hessilhead

  
  

• Notes

  Notes from Findagrave Helen Boyd married Hugh Montgomery of Hessilhead. They were contracted on 27 December 1559 The Scots Peerage V: p. 162 and married before 10 January 1559-60, when her husband gave her the lands of Lyandcorse and Willieyard in liferent.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3147] Montgomery, Thomas Harrison, Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery, (Name: Printed for Private Circulation; Location: Philadelphia; Date: 1868;), Pages 134-136 Montgomerys of HessilheadElectronic Book .PDF 170 pagesa_genealogical_history_of_the_family_of_.pdf. 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 [S3152] 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 Hessilheidhttps://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 [S2927] Ancestry.com, UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for Hugh Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60526&h=2653147&indiv=try [S2978] Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Book Title: Genealogy of the MacClaughry family : a Scoto-Irish family originally from Galloway, Scotland; appe. Record for Hugh De Montgomerie https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61157&h=455936&indiv=try [S4486] Beith Old Kirk, (Name: Findagrave; Location: Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland;), Boyd Montgomerie, Helen (1540-1588)Memorial #145840632Accessed KRM 28 Aug 2022 4:30pmhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145840632/helen-montgomery. Beith Auld Kirk Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2512093/beith-auld-kirk https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145840632/helen-montgomery [S3163] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com; Location: http://thepeerage.com;), Boyd Montgomerie, Helen #609044Accessed KRM 28 Aug 2022 5:04pmhttp://thepeerage.com/p60905.htm#i609044. http://thepeerage.com/p60905.htm#i609044 [S5243] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com;), Boyd, Robert #021513Accessed KRM 17 Aug 2025 8:32pmhttps://thepeerage.com/p2152.htm#i21513. The Peerage.com http://thepeerage.com/index.htm Operated by Darryl Lundy https://thepeerage.com/p2152.htm#i21513 [S5243] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com;), Colguhoun Boyd, Margaret #030614Accessed KRM 18 Aug 2025 7:00amhttps://thepeerage.com/p3062.htm#i30614. The Peerage.com http://thepeerage.com/index.htm Operated by Darryl Lundy https://thepeerage.com/p3062.htm#i30614 [S3163] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com; Location: http://thepeerage.com;), Montgomerie, Hugh #609045Accessed KRM 28 Aug 2022 5:04pmhttp://thepeerage.com/p60905.htm#i609045. http://thepeerage.com/p60905.htm#i609045