John Boyd (Connecticut politician)

John Boyd (March 17, 1799 – December 1, 1881) was an American politician who served as a Connecticut state legislator and the Secretary of State of Connecticut. Boyd, son of James and Mary (Munro) Boyd, of the borough of Winsted, in the town of Winchester, Conn., was born March 17, 1799. After graduating from Yale College in 1821, he studied law in New Haven, with Messrs. Staples and , and was admitted to the bar in 1825. In 1873 he published the Annals and Family Records of Winchester (octavo, pp. 632), a laborious work.

John Boyd (Connecticut politician)

John Boyd (March 17, 1799 – December 1, 1881) was an American politician who served as a Connecticut state legislator and the Secretary of State of Connecticut. Boyd, son of James and Mary (Munro) Boyd, of the borough of Winsted, in the town of Winchester, Conn., was born March 17, 1799. After graduating from Yale College in 1821, he studied law in New Haven, with Messrs. Staples and , and was admitted to the bar in 1825. In 1873 he published the Annals and Family Records of Winchester (octavo, pp. 632), a laborious work.