Boyd. A branch of the Beeton family of Dinant. Vide Stuart. Descent from a brother of Walter, the first High Steward of Scotland.
Boydell. Helto Fitzhugh, grandson of Osborne Fitz-Tezzo, Baron of Dodelston, had issue Hugh Boydell, ancestor of this family.
Boyes, for Bois.
Boyle, from Boile, otherwise Boelles, or Builles, now La Buille, near Rouen. William de Boel, or Boêles, and Gilbert occur in Normandy, 1180. William de Buels was descended from Helias de Buel, temp. John. His son William settled in Hertford; hence Ludoric Buel Boyle, ancestor of the Earls of Cork, Orrery, Shannon and other great houses. One of the most notable members of the Boyle family (U. S. A.) was Chief-Justice John Boyle, of Kentucky; a very able, eminent, and fearless judge.
Boyle, of Scotland, from Boyville, of Normandy, otherwise Boeville (vide Bousfield). Common name in Normandy, Twelfth Century. William de Boeville (Bocville), Suffolk, 1086.
Boyles, for Boyle or Buelleis.
Boynell, armorially identified with Boyville.
Boynton, or De Brus, abbreviated from Boventon. Vide Bruce. Robert Fitz-Norman Bruis or Bruce of Boventon, York, 1129. A leading family (De Boventon or Boynton) in Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries.
Boys, or Boyse, for Bois (French). A Huguenot Bois in Holland would become Holtz; in America, Wood. (Vide Bois.)
Boyson. William Buisson of Normandy, 1180; Roger Buzun, Norfolk, 1258.