Joseph C. Boyd

Joseph C. Boyd

Joseph Coffin Boyd (born July 23, 1760 in Newbury , Province of Massachusetts Bay , † May 12, 1823 in Portland , Maine ) was an American soldier and politician , and from 1820 to 1822 the first Maine State Treasurer .

Life

Joseph Coffin Boyd was born to James Boyd and Susannah Coffin. He had nine siblings. His father was the son of Robert Boyd, fourth son of the 1st Earl of Kilmarnock.

At the turn of the century Boyd was a member of the Portland Federal Volunteers, a militia unit that supported President John Adams . The unit was supported by the people of Portland.

He spent two years as a businessman in France, then returned to Portland. There he became a clerk for the civil court, a notary and a member of the Portland Customs House. In the British-American War of 1812 Boyd was paymaster for Maine District from 1813 to 1815. He even replaced the sum of $ 1,374.35 given to Captain Westcott for his soldiers. The money was lost due to an "inevitable accident". Knowing how badly it was needed, Boyd paid the sum out of his own money. Without a receipt, however, the money could not be refunded to him.

Boyd was Maine's first state treasurer. His tenure began in 1820 when Maine joined the Union, and he died in office of typhus in Portland in 1823 .

Joseph C. Boyd married Isabella Southgate (1779–1821) in 1796. They had fourteen children. His grave is in Portland's Eastern Cemetery.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ RootsWeb: BOYD-L [BOYD] Children of James Boyd and Susannah Coffin of Newburyport, NH, USA. In: ancestry.com. archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com, accessed December 27, 2015 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} ftboyd. In: ancestry.com. homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com, accessed December 27, 2015 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Bill Nemitz: Historian brings a patriot back from oblivion. In: pressherald.com. Retrieved December 27, 2015 . 

Web links

• Joseph C. Boyd in the database of Find a Grave (English)