David Joy
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 5 Apr 1723 - Rehoboth, Massachusetts 1
Baptism:
Death: Jul 1724 - Rehoboth, Massachusetts 2
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Parents
Father: David Joy (1693-1739)
Mother: Ruth Ford (1698-1772)
David Joy
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 16 Dec 1724 - Rehoboth, Massachusetts 1
Baptism:
Death:
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Parents
Father: David Joy (1693-1739)
Mother: Ruth Ford (1698-1772)
Notes
General:
m Elizabeth Allen, 31 oct 1747, Rehoboth
David Joy
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 28 Feb 1693 - Hingham, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 13 Apr 1739 - Rehoboth, Massachusetts 2
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Spouses and Children
1. *Ruth Ford (7 Sep 1698 - Jul 1772)
Marriage: 30 Jul 1719 - Boston, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Sarah Joy (1720-1748)
2. Benjamin Joy (1719- )
3. David Joy (1723-1724)
4. David Joy (1724- )
5. Obadiah Joy (1726- )
6. Ruth Joy (1728- )
7. Tabitha Joy (1732- )
8. Lois Joy (1734- )
9. Ephraim Joy (1737-1737)
10. Deborah Joy (1738- )
Deborah Joy
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 30 Sep 1738 - Rehoboth, Massachusetts 1
Baptism:
Death:
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Parents
Father: David Joy (1693-1739)
Mother: Ruth Ford (1698-1772)
Ebenezer Joy
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Cir 1716 - (Dartmouth, Massachusetts)
Baptism:
Death: Dec 1771 - Edgartown, Massachusetts
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Spouses and Children
1. *Elizabeth Covill (Cir 1718 - )
Marriage: 25 Sep 1740 - Edgartown, Massachusetts 3
Status:
Children:
1. Lydia Joy (Est 1745- )
Notes
General:
"Ebenezer Joy, prob. from Nantucket or Dartmouth, b. 1716, m. Elizabeth Covell (42) 25 Sept. 1740. It is not known that he resided here permanently, but his death in E. is recorded in Dec. 1771." 3
Elizabeth Joy
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 7 Jan 1654 - Hingham, Plymouth colony
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Spouses and Children
1. *Nathaniel Beale (Oct 1648 - )
Marriage: 15 Mar 1676 - Hingham, Plymouth colony
Status:
Children:
1. Asa Beale (1688- )
Ephraim Joy
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 13 Jul 1737 - Rehoboth, Massachusetts 1
Baptism:
Death: 9 Aug 1737 - Rehoboth, Massachusetts 2
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: David Joy (1693-1739)
Mother: Ruth Ford (1698-1772)
Frank Joy
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1920
Baptism:
Death:
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Spouses and Children
1. *Sara Smith (Est 1925 - 1 Feb 2009)
Marriage: 1946
Status:
Lois Joy
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 29 May 1734 - Rehoboth, Massachusetts 1
Baptism:
Death:
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Parents
Father: David Joy (1693-1739)
Mother: Ruth Ford (1698-1772)
Lydia Joy
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1745 - Martha's Vineyard
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Ebenezer Joy (Cir 1716-1771)
Mother: Elizabeth Covill (Cir 1718- )
Spouses and Children
1. *John Chadwick (22 Jun 1743 - 1778) 4
Marriage: 5 Dec 1765 - Nantucket, Massachusetts 5
Status:
Children:
1. Hannah Chadwick (Est 1776- ) 6
2. Lydia Chadwick ( -1821)
Obadiah Joy
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 18 Jan 1726 - Rehoboth, Massachusetts 1
Baptism:
Death:
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Parents
Father: David Joy (1693-1739)
Mother: Ruth Ford (1698-1772)
Polly Joy
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth:
Baptism: 11 May 1794 - Truro, Massachusetts 7
Death:
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Parents
Father: Abner Joy (Est 1760- )
Mother: Mary Howard (Est 1767- )
Ruth Joy
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 12 Oct 1728 - Rehoboth, Massachusetts 1
Baptism:
Death:
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Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: David Joy (1693-1739)
Mother: Ruth Ford (1698-1772)
Sarah Joy
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 17 Jul 1720 - Rehoboth, Massachusetts 1
Baptism:
Death: 1748 - Norwich, Connecticut
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: David Joy (1693-1739)
Mother: Ruth Ford (1698-1772)
Spouses and Children
1. *Eliakim Perry (8 May 1716 - 1784)
Marriage: 18 Dec 1740 - Rehoboth, Massachusetts 8
Status:
Notes
General:
1740 of Rehoboth
Tabitha Joy
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 30 Mar 1732 - Rehoboth, Massachusetts 1
Baptism:
Death:
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Parents
Father: David Joy (1693-1739)
Mother: Ruth Ford (1698-1772)
Thankful Joy
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1754
Baptism:
Death: May 1810 - Nantucket, Massachusetts
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Spouses and Children
1. *Zaccheus Coffin (1751 - 1787)
Marriage: 22 Mar 1770 - Nantucket, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Zaccheus Coffin ( -1806)
Notes
Medical:
Thankfull, wid. Zacheus, \endash\endash : 5m: 1810. CR4 [Thankful, w. Zaccheus Jr. (s. Zaccheus and Mary), d. Ebenezer Joy and Elizabeth (Covill), 19: 5m:. PR38; Thankful, wid. Zaccheus, 19: 5m:. PR63; Thankful, paralytic shock. PR64] 9
Joyce
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1870
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Spouses and Children
1. *Mary Ellen Buckley (14 Oct 1872 - 18 Aug 1951) 10
Marriage:
Status:
Abigail Joyce
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth:
Baptism: 1 Jun 1646 - Yarmouth, Plymouth colony
Death: Bef Dec 1666 - Yarmouth, Plymouth colony
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: John Joyce (Abt 1602-1666)
Mother: Dorothy Cotchet (1608-1679)
Desire Joyce
Sex: F
AKA: Desiar Joyce
Individual Information
Birth: 17 Jan 1709 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts 11
Baptism:
Death:
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Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: John Joyce (Cir 1672-1715)
Mother: Esther White (1685-Bef 1714)
Dorcas Joyce
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 31 Mar 1671 - Yarmouth, Plymouth colony
Baptism:
Death: 14 Nov 1757 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Burial: in Howes burying ground, Dennis 12
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Hosea Joyce (Cir 1642-1712)
Mother: Elizabeth Chipman (1647-After 1712) 13
Spouses and Children
1. *Prence Howes (Cir 1671 - 2 Oct 1753) 14
Marriage: Cir 1695
Status:
Children:
1. Desire Howes (1696-1779)
2. Mary Howes (1698-1725)
3. Prince Howes (1700- ) 15
4. Dorcas Howes (1702-1776)
5. Jeremiah Howes (1704- ) 15
6. Thomas Howes (1706-1771) 15
7. Lot Howes (1708- ) 15
8. Sarah Howes (1711-1734)
Notes
Marriage Notes (Prence Howes)
"Prence, b. about 1671; m. Dorcas Joyce about 1695; d. Oct. 2, 1753, in his 84th year.(d) His children appear on the Yarmouth records, the eldest born May 22, 1696.(e) His will,(f) dated Feb. 18, 1739-40, and proved Oct. 16, 1753, mentions his wife Dorcas and his children Desire Hallett, Dorcas Matthews, Prince, Jeremiah, Thomas and Lot. His inventory,(f) dated Jan. 15, 1754, amounted to £696 5s. 4d. in real estate. In 1698 his tax amounted to £2 2s. 4d.(f1) In 1712 he received 36 shares of the common lands of Yarmouth'(g) In 1739 he was one of the proprietors of the common lands of Crockett Neck.(h)"
(d) Gravestone; 59 N. E. Reg. 217, 218. J. C. Howes (14), erroneously gives the marriage as Aug. 8, 1698. He says the wife d. Nov. 14, 1757.
(e) 10 Mf. 242.
(f) 9 Barn. Prob. Recs. 65, 66, 67. (fl) Superior Ct. as above, p. 9.
(g) Swift, 127.
(h) Ib. 141, 142. 14
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