Reference: Howe, Jonas. Letters and Documents Relating to the History and Settlement of the Island of Grand Manan. Collections of the New Brunswick Historical Society, Vol 1., No. 3 (1897), pp 356 - 358
Moses Gerrish mentioned James Boyd in a letter to Ward Chipman regarding the Passamaquoddy islands boundary dispute. The letter was dated 20 February 1817 at Grand Manan and was printed in the above article, from which the following quote is taken. The footnote is in the original:
In 1766 a Mr. Robert Boyd† came to Passamaquoddy on specu-Return to James Boyd of Passamaquoddy Home
lation, having failed as a Merchant in Newbury, and being a Scotchman
he was of course patronized by Lord Wm. Campbell who appointed him
a Magistrate, and promised him a grant of 1000 acres of land including
Saint Andrews, on condition of his placing 100 families in that vicinity.
Mr. Boyd accompanied Lord Wm. Campbell to this Island, and was
promised a part of it, in case he would settle on it. In 1778 Mr. Boyd
returned to New England, and finally died a dancing master in Boston.
Mr. Boyd's eldest son, Robert Boyd, a respectable man, was above
twenty years of age when the family moved from Passamaquoddy, and
now lives in Portland, and might give you some useful information, if
him political principles did not prevent it.† This should be James Boyd and the date 1763.