Robert R. Boyd, a native of Orange county, came from Ontario county in 1819 and located in Andover on lot 40, where he lived till his death, in 1855, in his eighty-fifth year. His son, Robert R. Boyd, was born in Canandaigua in 1817 and came to the town with his father, and has always lived on the old homestead, of which he is the present owner. He was married in 1842 to Miss Delana A. Green, of Alfred. He served eighteen years as commissioner of highways. (History of Allegany County,NY-1879-F.W.Beers & Co.)
