Alpheus Packard Boyd was the 6th child of 8 to Capt. Thomas Boyd and his 2nd child of Thomas' 2nd wife Catherine (Light) Boyd.
Married: 28 Sep 1857 Bath, Maine
to
Susan Tebbetts Trufant - daughter of Capt. Gilbert & Sarah (Boyd) Trufant.
Sea Capt. Alpheus & Susan had 7 children together.
1880's built 863 Great Plain Avenue Needham, MA
1887 built 855/853 Great Plain Avenue for their children.
*see the found 1888 map (attached) of the two side-by-side homes.
1899 Needham's Annual Report: sidewalks were installed on "Great Plain Avenue, from Capt. Boyd's to T.F. Peabody lot." (Peabody's lot was almost at the corner of Great Plain & Marshall St. on the other side of Needham Center).
Note: approximately the year 1942, Great Plain Ave was renumbered... prior to that listing Boyd property as 921 Great Plain Ave.
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The following was from 1898 biography (cite at bottom)
Captain Alpheus P. Boyd, an esteemed resident of Needham, was formerly a sea captain, engaged in the merchant service. Born in Wiscasset, Me., in 1826, he is the son of Thomas Boyd. The father, also a native of Wiscasset, born in 1780, who followed the same calling, died in 1835, in a small house on School Street, Boston, where the Parker House now stands. His death resulted from yellow fever, which he had contracted in a Southern port.
Alpheus P. Boyd attended the common schools of his native town for the customary period. Subsequently he took a coarse in the School of Navigation in New York City. Previous to this he had spent five years at sea, sailing first as a cabin boy in the ship "Massachusetts," Captain Sampson, engaged in the carrying trade. He left the "Massachusetts" at San Francisco in 1850, and for the succeeding two years was engaged in freighting goods from vessels to the shore. Then he bought a schooner "Outolian," and sailed her for three years, running between the Sandwich Islands and San Francisco. After this he returned to Maine, and bought a half-interest in the "Highland Light" of Damariscotta, the other half being owned by Humphrey & Baker. He was three years in this ship, making voyages between New Orleans and Liverpool, England. At the end of this time he sold half of his interest in her, took command of the "National" of Bath, Me., and engaged in the freight business between New Orleans and Havre, France. On the 26th of November, 1858, the "National," which drew fifteen feet of water, was driven by heavy gale on the rocks off Colorado Reefs, near Cape Antonio, Cuba, when the water was only seven feet deep. The ship and cargo were a total loss, but the passengers were taken off by a Spanish man-of-war, and landed at Havana. Captain Boyd then returned to Bath, and took command of the ship "Mazeppa," running her between New Orleans and Liverpool, with freights of cotton. He was in her a year and a half when a new ship, the "National," was placed under his command. This he sailed for two years and a half, between the same ports as when in the old "National." He then took charge of another new ship, the
" Nyphon," also built in Bath, sailed her for three years, and then became master of the "Rangoon," built in Newburyport, Mass. He sailed the "Rangoon" from New York to San Francisco, and from Callao to Hamburg, Germany, carrying a cargo of general merchandise. He then went to San Francisco and Europe in the "Sapphire" of Newburyport. He had been in charge of this ship two and a half years, when she collided with a French man-of-war- off the coast of California, and both vessels were disabled and obliged to put into San Francisco for repairs. A lawsuit resulted, and was tried twice in the United States district courts of California. In both these trials the "Sapphire's" owners were beaten; but an appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States resulted in the final decision that each ship should pay her own expenses and costs, and should stand her own damages. The underwriters paid all damages to the "SAPPHIRE," and presented her captain with a fine chronometer. Captain Boyd then took a new ship, the "Storm King," built in Richmond, Me., and sailed her in the East Indian trade for four years. His next command was the "Willie Rosenfelt," which after a short time he left for that of the "Solitaire" of Cardiff, England, and sailed ports on the Pacific. In 1890, while on the last-named vessel, Captain Boyd was taken ill with yellow fever, contracted on the coast of Panama. He went to San Francisco, whence he came East overland, and then retired from active occupation. Since he came to Needham, in 1884, he has acquired shares in several sailing-vessels, and has interests with the Sewalls, the noted ship-builders of Bath, Me., for whom he formerly sailed in a number of vessels.
In September, 185S, Captain Boyd was united in marriage with Susan T., daughter of
Gilbert Trufant, of Bath, Me. Their children are: Helen, Gilbert T., Thomas. James,
Samuel, Susan, and Belle. Helen, born in 1860, was educated in the schools of Bath and in the Gillman Young Ladies' School of Boston. She married Robert E. Denfeld, a
teacher in the Needham High School, and now located at Duluth, Minn. Gilbert T.,
born in 1862, is now in Duluth, Minn., and holds a responsible position under the city government. He is unmarried. Thomas, born in 1863, is now chief mate of the steamer "Colon," in the Pacific mail service between Panama and San Francisco. He married in Costa Rica a Spanish lady of South American birth. James, born in 1866, graduated from Chauncy Hall School in Boston, and, after passing the entrance examinations for Harvard College, went West to Minnesota, where he engaged in the business of a plumber. Samuel, burn in 1872, was educated in the public schools and in Comer's Commercial College, and is now in the lumber business in Duluth,
Minn. Susan, born in 1877, is book-keeper for Mr. Isaac Rich, the well-known theatre
man of Boston. Belle Boyd, born in 1881, is now .1 pupil in the Needham High School.
Captain Boyd took his family with him on many voyages to the Mediterranean and to California. He was made a Mason of Lincoln Lodge, No. 3, at Wiscasset, in 1875. He is also a member of the Boston Marine Society, which was incorporated in 1742, and consists of ship-owners and captains. In politics the Captain is a Democrat.
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*More family details on his wife Susan's memorial page.
*http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?East,Orleans::ma::12601.html
*Also see- http://www.archive.org/stream/biographicalrevinc1898biog/biographicalrevinc1898biog_djvu.txt
Married: 28 Sep 1857 Bath, Maine
to
Susan Tebbetts Trufant - daughter of Capt. Gilbert & Sarah (Boyd) Trufant.
Sea Capt. Alpheus & Susan had 7 children together.
1880's built 863 Great Plain Avenue Needham, MA
1887 built 855/853 Great Plain Avenue for their children.
*see the found 1888 map (attached) of the two side-by-side homes.
1899 Needham's Annual Report: sidewalks were installed on "Great Plain Avenue, from Capt. Boyd's to T.F. Peabody lot." (Peabody's lot was almost at the corner of Great Plain & Marshall St. on the other side of Needham Center).
Note: approximately the year 1942, Great Plain Ave was renumbered... prior to that listing Boyd property as 921 Great Plain Ave.
______________________________________________
The following was from 1898 biography (cite at bottom)
Captain Alpheus P. Boyd, an esteemed resident of Needham, was formerly a sea captain, engaged in the merchant service. Born in Wiscasset, Me., in 1826, he is the son of Thomas Boyd. The father, also a native of Wiscasset, born in 1780, who followed the same calling, died in 1835, in a small house on School Street, Boston, where the Parker House now stands. His death resulted from yellow fever, which he had contracted in a Southern port.
Alpheus P. Boyd attended the common schools of his native town for the customary period. Subsequently he took a coarse in the School of Navigation in New York City. Previous to this he had spent five years at sea, sailing first as a cabin boy in the ship "Massachusetts," Captain Sampson, engaged in the carrying trade. He left the "Massachusetts" at San Francisco in 1850, and for the succeeding two years was engaged in freighting goods from vessels to the shore. Then he bought a schooner "Outolian," and sailed her for three years, running between the Sandwich Islands and San Francisco. After this he returned to Maine, and bought a half-interest in the "Highland Light" of Damariscotta, the other half being owned by Humphrey & Baker. He was three years in this ship, making voyages between New Orleans and Liverpool, England. At the end of this time he sold half of his interest in her, took command of the "National" of Bath, Me., and engaged in the freight business between New Orleans and Havre, France. On the 26th of November, 1858, the "National," which drew fifteen feet of water, was driven by heavy gale on the rocks off Colorado Reefs, near Cape Antonio, Cuba, when the water was only seven feet deep. The ship and cargo were a total loss, but the passengers were taken off by a Spanish man-of-war, and landed at Havana. Captain Boyd then returned to Bath, and took command of the ship "Mazeppa," running her between New Orleans and Liverpool, with freights of cotton. He was in her a year and a half when a new ship, the "National," was placed under his command. This he sailed for two years and a half, between the same ports as when in the old "National." He then took charge of another new ship, the
" Nyphon," also built in Bath, sailed her for three years, and then became master of the "Rangoon," built in Newburyport, Mass. He sailed the "Rangoon" from New York to San Francisco, and from Callao to Hamburg, Germany, carrying a cargo of general merchandise. He then went to San Francisco and Europe in the "Sapphire" of Newburyport. He had been in charge of this ship two and a half years, when she collided with a French man-of-war- off the coast of California, and both vessels were disabled and obliged to put into San Francisco for repairs. A lawsuit resulted, and was tried twice in the United States district courts of California. In both these trials the "Sapphire's" owners were beaten; but an appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States resulted in the final decision that each ship should pay her own expenses and costs, and should stand her own damages. The underwriters paid all damages to the "SAPPHIRE," and presented her captain with a fine chronometer. Captain Boyd then took a new ship, the "Storm King," built in Richmond, Me., and sailed her in the East Indian trade for four years. His next command was the "Willie Rosenfelt," which after a short time he left for that of the "Solitaire" of Cardiff, England, and sailed ports on the Pacific. In 1890, while on the last-named vessel, Captain Boyd was taken ill with yellow fever, contracted on the coast of Panama. He went to San Francisco, whence he came East overland, and then retired from active occupation. Since he came to Needham, in 1884, he has acquired shares in several sailing-vessels, and has interests with the Sewalls, the noted ship-builders of Bath, Me., for whom he formerly sailed in a number of vessels.
In September, 185S, Captain Boyd was united in marriage with Susan T., daughter of
Gilbert Trufant, of Bath, Me. Their children are: Helen, Gilbert T., Thomas. James,
Samuel, Susan, and Belle. Helen, born in 1860, was educated in the schools of Bath and in the Gillman Young Ladies' School of Boston. She married Robert E. Denfeld, a
teacher in the Needham High School, and now located at Duluth, Minn. Gilbert T.,
born in 1862, is now in Duluth, Minn., and holds a responsible position under the city government. He is unmarried. Thomas, born in 1863, is now chief mate of the steamer "Colon," in the Pacific mail service between Panama and San Francisco. He married in Costa Rica a Spanish lady of South American birth. James, born in 1866, graduated from Chauncy Hall School in Boston, and, after passing the entrance examinations for Harvard College, went West to Minnesota, where he engaged in the business of a plumber. Samuel, burn in 1872, was educated in the public schools and in Comer's Commercial College, and is now in the lumber business in Duluth,
Minn. Susan, born in 1877, is book-keeper for Mr. Isaac Rich, the well-known theatre
man of Boston. Belle Boyd, born in 1881, is now .1 pupil in the Needham High School.
Captain Boyd took his family with him on many voyages to the Mediterranean and to California. He was made a Mason of Lincoln Lodge, No. 3, at Wiscasset, in 1875. He is also a member of the Boston Marine Society, which was incorporated in 1742, and consists of ship-owners and captains. In politics the Captain is a Democrat.
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*More family details on his wife Susan's memorial page.
*http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?East,Orleans::ma::12601.html
*Also see- http://www.archive.org/stream/biographicalrevinc1898biog/biographicalrevinc1898biog_djvu.txt
Alpheus Packard Boyd was the 6th child of 8 to Capt. Thomas Boyd and his 2nd child of Thomas' 2nd wife Catherine (Light) Boyd.
Married: 28 Sep 1857 Bath, Maine
to
Susan Tebbetts Trufant - daughter of Capt. Gilbert & Sarah (Boyd) Trufant.
Sea Capt. Alpheus & Susan had 7 children together.
1880's built 863 Great Plain Avenue Needham, MA
1887 built 855/853 Great Plain Avenue for their children.
*see the found 1888 map (attached) of the two side-by-side homes.
1899 Needham's Annual Report: sidewalks were installed on "Great Plain Avenue, from Capt. Boyd's to T.F. Peabody lot." (Peabody's lot was almost at the corner of Great Plain & Marshall St. on the other side of Needham Center).
Note: approximately the year 1942, Great Plain Ave was renumbered... prior to that listing Boyd property as 921 Great Plain Ave.
______________________________________________
The following was from 1898 biography (cite at bottom)
Captain Alpheus P. Boyd, an esteemed resident of Needham, was formerly a sea captain, engaged in the merchant service. Born in Wiscasset, Me., in 1826, he is the son of Thomas Boyd. The father, also a native of Wiscasset, born in 1780, who followed the same calling, died in 1835, in a small house on School Street, Boston, where the Parker House now stands. His death resulted from yellow fever, which he had contracted in a Southern port.
Alpheus P. Boyd attended the common schools of his native town for the customary period. Subsequently he took a coarse in the School of Navigation in New York City. Previous to this he had spent five years at sea, sailing first as a cabin boy in the ship "Massachusetts," Captain Sampson, engaged in the carrying trade. He left the "Massachusetts" at San Francisco in 1850, and for the succeeding two years was engaged in freighting goods from vessels to the shore. Then he bought a schooner "Outolian," and sailed her for three years, running between the Sandwich Islands and San Francisco. After this he returned to Maine, and bought a half-interest in the "Highland Light" of Damariscotta, the other half being owned by Humphrey & Baker. He was three years in this ship, making voyages between New Orleans and Liverpool, England. At the end of this time he sold half of his interest in her, took command of the "National" of Bath, Me., and engaged in the freight business between New Orleans and Havre, France. On the 26th of November, 1858, the "National," which drew fifteen feet of water, was driven by heavy gale on the rocks off Colorado Reefs, near Cape Antonio, Cuba, when the water was only seven feet deep. The ship and cargo were a total loss, but the passengers were taken off by a Spanish man-of-war, and landed at Havana. Captain Boyd then returned to Bath, and took command of the ship "Mazeppa," running her between New Orleans and Liverpool, with freights of cotton. He was in her a year and a half when a new ship, the "National," was placed under his command. This he sailed for two years and a half, between the same ports as when in the old "National." He then took charge of another new ship, the
" Nyphon," also built in Bath, sailed her for three years, and then became master of the "Rangoon," built in Newburyport, Mass. He sailed the "Rangoon" from New York to San Francisco, and from Callao to Hamburg, Germany, carrying a cargo of general merchandise. He then went to San Francisco and Europe in the "Sapphire" of Newburyport. He had been in charge of this ship two and a half years, when she collided with a French man-of-war- off the coast of California, and both vessels were disabled and obliged to put into San Francisco for repairs. A lawsuit resulted, and was tried twice in the United States district courts of California. In both these trials the "Sapphire's" owners were beaten; but an appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States resulted in the final decision that each ship should pay her own expenses and costs, and should stand her own damages. The underwriters paid all damages to the "SAPPHIRE," and presented her captain with a fine chronometer. Captain Boyd then took a new ship, the "Storm King," built in Richmond, Me., and sailed her in the East Indian trade for four years. His next command was the "Willie Rosenfelt," which after a short time he left for that of the "Solitaire" of Cardiff, England, and sailed ports on the Pacific. In 1890, while on the last-named vessel, Captain Boyd was taken ill with yellow fever, contracted on the coast of Panama. He went to San Francisco, whence he came East overland, and then retired from active occupation. Since he came to Needham, in 1884, he has acquired shares in several sailing-vessels, and has interests with the Sewalls, the noted ship-builders of Bath, Me., for whom he formerly sailed in a number of vessels.
In September, 185S, Captain Boyd was united in marriage with Susan T., daughter of
Gilbert Trufant, of Bath, Me. Their children are: Helen, Gilbert T., Thomas. James,
Samuel, Susan, and Belle. Helen, born in 1860, was educated in the schools of Bath and in the Gillman Young Ladies' School of Boston. She married Robert E. Denfeld, a
teacher in the Needham High School, and now located at Duluth, Minn. Gilbert T.,
born in 1862, is now in Duluth, Minn., and holds a responsible position under the city government. He is unmarried. Thomas, born in 1863, is now chief mate of the steamer "Colon," in the Pacific mail service between Panama and San Francisco. He married in Costa Rica a Spanish lady of South American birth. James, born in 1866, graduated from Chauncy Hall School in Boston, and, after passing the entrance examinations for Harvard College, went West to Minnesota, where he engaged in the business of a plumber. Samuel, burn in 1872, was educated in the public schools and in Comer's Commercial College, and is now in the lumber business in Duluth,
Minn. Susan, born in 1877, is book-keeper for Mr. Isaac Rich, the well-known theatre
man of Boston. Belle Boyd, born in 1881, is now .1 pupil in the Needham High School.
Captain Boyd took his family with him on many voyages to the Mediterranean and to California. He was made a Mason of Lincoln Lodge, No. 3, at Wiscasset, in 1875. He is also a member of the Boston Marine Society, which was incorporated in 1742, and consists of ship-owners and captains. In politics the Captain is a Democrat.
_______________________________________________________
*More family details on his wife Susan's memorial page.
*http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?East,Orleans::ma::12601.html
*Also see- http://www.archive.org/stream/biographicalrevinc1898biog/biographicalrevinc1898biog_djvu.txt
Married: 28 Sep 1857 Bath, Maine
to
Susan Tebbetts Trufant - daughter of Capt. Gilbert & Sarah (Boyd) Trufant.
Sea Capt. Alpheus & Susan had 7 children together.
1880's built 863 Great Plain Avenue Needham, MA
1887 built 855/853 Great Plain Avenue for their children.
*see the found 1888 map (attached) of the two side-by-side homes.
1899 Needham's Annual Report: sidewalks were installed on "Great Plain Avenue, from Capt. Boyd's to T.F. Peabody lot." (Peabody's lot was almost at the corner of Great Plain & Marshall St. on the other side of Needham Center).
Note: approximately the year 1942, Great Plain Ave was renumbered... prior to that listing Boyd property as 921 Great Plain Ave.
______________________________________________
The following was from 1898 biography (cite at bottom)
Captain Alpheus P. Boyd, an esteemed resident of Needham, was formerly a sea captain, engaged in the merchant service. Born in Wiscasset, Me., in 1826, he is the son of Thomas Boyd. The father, also a native of Wiscasset, born in 1780, who followed the same calling, died in 1835, in a small house on School Street, Boston, where the Parker House now stands. His death resulted from yellow fever, which he had contracted in a Southern port.
Alpheus P. Boyd attended the common schools of his native town for the customary period. Subsequently he took a coarse in the School of Navigation in New York City. Previous to this he had spent five years at sea, sailing first as a cabin boy in the ship "Massachusetts," Captain Sampson, engaged in the carrying trade. He left the "Massachusetts" at San Francisco in 1850, and for the succeeding two years was engaged in freighting goods from vessels to the shore. Then he bought a schooner "Outolian," and sailed her for three years, running between the Sandwich Islands and San Francisco. After this he returned to Maine, and bought a half-interest in the "Highland Light" of Damariscotta, the other half being owned by Humphrey & Baker. He was three years in this ship, making voyages between New Orleans and Liverpool, England. At the end of this time he sold half of his interest in her, took command of the "National" of Bath, Me., and engaged in the freight business between New Orleans and Havre, France. On the 26th of November, 1858, the "National," which drew fifteen feet of water, was driven by heavy gale on the rocks off Colorado Reefs, near Cape Antonio, Cuba, when the water was only seven feet deep. The ship and cargo were a total loss, but the passengers were taken off by a Spanish man-of-war, and landed at Havana. Captain Boyd then returned to Bath, and took command of the ship "Mazeppa," running her between New Orleans and Liverpool, with freights of cotton. He was in her a year and a half when a new ship, the "National," was placed under his command. This he sailed for two years and a half, between the same ports as when in the old "National." He then took charge of another new ship, the
" Nyphon," also built in Bath, sailed her for three years, and then became master of the "Rangoon," built in Newburyport, Mass. He sailed the "Rangoon" from New York to San Francisco, and from Callao to Hamburg, Germany, carrying a cargo of general merchandise. He then went to San Francisco and Europe in the "Sapphire" of Newburyport. He had been in charge of this ship two and a half years, when she collided with a French man-of-war- off the coast of California, and both vessels were disabled and obliged to put into San Francisco for repairs. A lawsuit resulted, and was tried twice in the United States district courts of California. In both these trials the "Sapphire's" owners were beaten; but an appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States resulted in the final decision that each ship should pay her own expenses and costs, and should stand her own damages. The underwriters paid all damages to the "SAPPHIRE," and presented her captain with a fine chronometer. Captain Boyd then took a new ship, the "Storm King," built in Richmond, Me., and sailed her in the East Indian trade for four years. His next command was the "Willie Rosenfelt," which after a short time he left for that of the "Solitaire" of Cardiff, England, and sailed ports on the Pacific. In 1890, while on the last-named vessel, Captain Boyd was taken ill with yellow fever, contracted on the coast of Panama. He went to San Francisco, whence he came East overland, and then retired from active occupation. Since he came to Needham, in 1884, he has acquired shares in several sailing-vessels, and has interests with the Sewalls, the noted ship-builders of Bath, Me., for whom he formerly sailed in a number of vessels.
In September, 185S, Captain Boyd was united in marriage with Susan T., daughter of
Gilbert Trufant, of Bath, Me. Their children are: Helen, Gilbert T., Thomas. James,
Samuel, Susan, and Belle. Helen, born in 1860, was educated in the schools of Bath and in the Gillman Young Ladies' School of Boston. She married Robert E. Denfeld, a
teacher in the Needham High School, and now located at Duluth, Minn. Gilbert T.,
born in 1862, is now in Duluth, Minn., and holds a responsible position under the city government. He is unmarried. Thomas, born in 1863, is now chief mate of the steamer "Colon," in the Pacific mail service between Panama and San Francisco. He married in Costa Rica a Spanish lady of South American birth. James, born in 1866, graduated from Chauncy Hall School in Boston, and, after passing the entrance examinations for Harvard College, went West to Minnesota, where he engaged in the business of a plumber. Samuel, burn in 1872, was educated in the public schools and in Comer's Commercial College, and is now in the lumber business in Duluth,
Minn. Susan, born in 1877, is book-keeper for Mr. Isaac Rich, the well-known theatre
man of Boston. Belle Boyd, born in 1881, is now .1 pupil in the Needham High School.
Captain Boyd took his family with him on many voyages to the Mediterranean and to California. He was made a Mason of Lincoln Lodge, No. 3, at Wiscasset, in 1875. He is also a member of the Boston Marine Society, which was incorporated in 1742, and consists of ship-owners and captains. In politics the Captain is a Democrat.
_______________________________________________________
*More family details on his wife Susan's memorial page.
*http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?East,Orleans::ma::12601.html
*Also see- http://www.archive.org/stream/biographicalrevinc1898biog/biographicalrevinc1898biog_djvu.txt
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