Thurburns

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Adam Boyd, Laird of Penkill, in Ayrshire, brother of Eobert,
Lord Boyd, Grand Chamberlain of Scotland. Adam Boyd married
Dame Helen Kennedy, daughter of David, Earl of Cassils, the
Chief of the Kennedys, who was killed at the Battle of Elodden, in
1513. Adam Boyd's son was —
James Boyd, of Trochreg and Barneil, in Ayrshire. He was
made Episcopal Archbishop of Glasgow, in 1573, by the influence
of his cousin, the Lord Boyd. He died in 1581. He married
Margaret Chalmers, daughter of James Chalmers, Baron of Gaith-
grith. This James Chalmers had married Annabel Cunningham,
eldest daughter of John Cunningham, Baron of Caprington, of the
ancient family of the Earls of Glencairn. James Boyd's son was —
Eobert Boyd, of Trochreg, Principal of the University of Glas-
gow, commemorated as one of the Scots Worthies. He was born
1578, and died 1627. Married at Saumure, in Erance, May, 1611,
Anna de Malviverne, daughter of Peter de Malviverne, of Viniola.
Eobert Boyd was succeeded by his 2nd son —
John Boyd, of Trochreg, born 18th April, 1618.
His daughter —
Miss Boyd, of Trochreg, married, in 1685, James Stevenson,
physician in Ayr. Their daughter was—
Issabella or Isobel Stevenson, married, first Mr. MacCall, and
secondly, 27th February, 1732, the Eev. John Thurburn, of
Smailholm, in Eoxburghshire, and minister of Kirknewton, in Mid-
Lothian. Their only son was —
James Thurburn, of Keith, born 1733, married, 1774, Barbara
Anderson, daughter of Eobert Anderson, Commissary Clerk of
Morayshire, by his second wife, Marjory Anderson, daughter of
James Anderson, of Linkwood, Provost of Elgin.