Dorcas Joyce
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Abt 1641 - Lynn, Massachusetts Bay
Baptism:
Death: 1678
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt Birth, , Yarmouth, Plymouth colony in Yarmouth, Plymouth colony
• Alt Death, , (Yarmouth, Massachusetts) in (Yarmouth, Massachusetts)
Parents
Father: John Joyce (Abt 1602-1666)
Mother: Dorothy Cotchet (1608-1679)
Spouses and Children
1. *Nathaniel Bassett (Abt 1628 - 16 Jan 1709)
Marriage:
Status:
Children:
1. Mary Bassett (1666-1742) 1
2. Nathan Bassett (1667-Abt 1728) 2
3. Hannah Bassett (1678-1709) 2
4. Joseph Bassett (Cir 1680-1750)
5. William Bassett (Abt 1685- )
6. Sarah Bassett (Abt 1689-After 1744)
Notes
Marriage Notes (Nathaniel Bassett)
Children, all in Yarmouth
Samuel BASSETT b: ABT 1668
Nathaniel BASSETT b: ABT 1671
Ruth BASSETT b: ABT 1673
Dorcas BASSETT b: ABT 1676
Nathan BASSETT b: ABT 1691
Dorothy Joyce
Sex: F
AKA: Dority Joyce
Individual Information
Birth: Cir 1690 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: After 1750
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Hosea Joyce (Cir 1642-1712)
Mother: Elizabeth Chipman (1647-After 1712) 3
Spouses and Children
1. *John Otis (Cir 1684 - 1762)
Marriage: 19 Dec 1717 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. John Otis (1720- )
2. Mary Otis (1720-1743)
3. Peter Otis (1722- )
4. James Otis (1722- )
5. Thankful Otis (1725- )
6. Desire Otis (1730- )
7. Samuel Otis (1729-1805)
Fear Joyce
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 15 Feb 1713 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts 4
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: John Joyce (Cir 1672-1715)
Mother: Esther White (1685-Bef 1714)
Hosea Joyce
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Cir 1682 - Yarmouth, Plymouth colony
Baptism:
Death: 1728 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Hosea Joyce (Cir 1642-1712)
Mother: Elizabeth Chipman (1647-After 1712) 5
Hosea Joyce
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Cir 1642 - Sandwich, Plymouth Colony
Baptism:
Death: Feb 1712 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Events
• Will, , Yarmouth, Massachusetts in Yarmouth, Massachusetts
probate 15 Feb 1712
will of Hosea Joyce, yeoman
MDP:327; Barnstable Co. PR 3:346, 349
Parents
Father: John Joyce (Abt 1602-1666)
Mother: Dorothy Cotchet (1608-1679)
Spouses and Children
1. *Elizabeth Chipman (4 Jun 1647 - After Feb 1712) 5
Marriage: Est 1671
Status:
Children:
1. Dorcas Joyce (1671-1757)
2. John Joyce (Cir 1672-1715)
3. Samuel Joyce (1676-1741)
4. Thomas Joyce (1678-1743)
5. Mary Joyce (1680-Bef 1742)
6. Hosea Joyce (Cir 1682-1728)
7. Lydia Joyce (Cir 1684-After 1726)
8. Mehitable Joyce (Cir 1687-1776)
9. Dorothy Joyce (Cir 1690-After 1750)
2. Martha (Est 1644 - 3 Apr 1670)
Marriage: Est 1665
Status:
Children:
1. Martha Joyce (Cir 1667-Bef 1741)
Notes
General:
"PCR 4:141, 5 March, 1666/7, letters of administration granted Hosea Joyce to administer estate of John Joyce, deceased."
John Joyce
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Cir 1672 - Yarmouth, Plymouth colony
Baptism:
Death: 1715 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Hosea Joyce (Cir 1642-1712)
Mother: Elizabeth Chipman (1647-After 1712) 5
Spouses and Children
1. *Esther White (1685 - Bef 14 Nov 1714)
Marriage:
Status:
Children:
1. Desire Joyce (1709- )
2. Fear Joyce (1713- )
2. Margery (Mar 1675 - 12 Apr 1705)
Marriage:
Status:
John Joyce
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Abt 1602 - Mickle-over-Derby, Derbyshire
Baptism:
Death: 21 Dec 1666 - Yarmouth, Plymouth colony
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Events
• Will, , Yarmouth, Massachusetts in Yarmouth, Massachusetts
probated 5 Mar 1667
Spouses and Children
1. *Dorothy Cotchet (16 Oct 1608 - 12 Jan 1679)
Marriage:
Status:
Children:
1. Dorcas Joyce (Abt 1641-1678)
2. Hosea Joyce (Cir 1642-1712)
3. Mary Joyce (Cir 1647-1718)
4. Abigail Joyce (1646-Bef 1666)
Notes
General:
bef 1637 at LynnMarriage Notes (Dorothy Cotchet)
1638 proprietor of Sandwich
1643 moved to Yarmouth
1646 Yarmouth
"John Joyce removed from Lynn to Sandwich in 1637, and thence to Yarmouth in 1643. He was a man of wealth, residing in the village of Hockanom. He died in 1666. The family name became extinct in 1755 by the death of Jeremiah, his great-grandson." 6
Lillian C Joyce
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 20 Apr 1920
Baptism:
Death: Dec 1984 - Quincy, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Events
• Social Security Number, 015-12-3965, Massachusetts in Massachusetts
Spouses and Children
1. *James Garfield Curran Jr (21 Dec 1919 - 8 Sep 1997) 7
Marriage: 25 Apr 1947 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 8
Status:
Children:
1. Lydia Ann Curran (1949- )
2. James Garfield Curran 3rd (1950- ) 9
3. Mary Ellen Curran (1952- ) 10
4. Charlene Lynne Curran (1955- ) 11
Notes
General:
There is a Lillian Joyce (1911-1957) in the Atwood Chipman lot 21, Pleasant Hill cemetery.
Lorraine Scott Joyce
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1920
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Edward James Chevalier (Est 1920 - )
Marriage: 24 Jun 1945 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 12
Status:
Notes
General:
1945 of Wellfleet
Lydia Joyce
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Cir 1684 - Yarmouth, Plymouth colony
Baptism:
Death: After Dec 1726 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Hosea Joyce (Cir 1642-1712)
Mother: Elizabeth Chipman (1647-After 1712) 5
Spouses and Children
1. *Captain Ebenezer Howes (Cir 1674 - 8 Jan 1727) 13
Marriage: 20 Nov 1706 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Samuel Howes (1707-1780)
2. Lydia Howes (1709-1787)
3. Thankful Howes (1711-1789)
4. Marcy Howes (1713-1752)
5. Anna Howes (1715-1758)
6. Prince Howes (1718-1799)
7. Susannah Howes (1720-1763)
8. Mary Howes (1723- ) 14
Martha Joyce
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Cir 1667 - Yarmouth, Plymouth colony
Baptism:
Death: Bef 10 Mar 1741
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Hosea Joyce (Cir 1642-1712)
Mother: Martha (Est 1644-1670)
Spouses and Children
1. *John Godfrey (Cir 1656 - 1735)
Marriage: Cir 1688
Status:
Notes
Marriage Notes (John Godfrey)
Children
John Godfrey b: ABT 1689
Martha Godfrey b: ABT 1691
Mary Godfrey b: ABT 1693
Dorcas Godfrey b: ABT 1695
Uriah Godfrey b: ABT 1697
Elizabeth Godfrey b: ABT 1699
Priscilla Godfrey b: ABT 1701
Thankful Godfrey b: ABT 1703
Elizabeth Godfrey b: ABT 1705
Mehitable Godfrey b: ABT 1707
Dorothy Godfrey b: ABT 1709
Sources:
Title: John Joyce of Yarmouth, Mass. (ca. 1615-1666)
Author: MeLean, Maclean W.
Publication: The American Genealogist Vol. 43, 1 (Jan 1967)
John Godfrey of Yarmouth, Mass., Son of Richard of Taunton by Roberta Gilbert Bratti, The American Genealogist, 53 (1977): 26-8
Mary Joyce
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 19 Sep 1680 - Yarmouth, Plymouth colony
Baptism:
Death: Bef Mar 1742 - Barnstable, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Hosea Joyce (Cir 1642-1712)
Mother: Elizabeth Chipman (1647-After 1712) 5
Spouses and Children
1. *James Gorham (6 Mar 1677 - 10 Sep 1718)
Marriage: 29 Sep 1709 - Barnstable, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Thankful Gorham (1711-Bef 1801)
2. Captain Isaac Gorham (1715-1753)
3. Captain Hezekiah Gorham (1715-1778)
4. James Gorham (1717-Bef 1742)
5. Mary Gorham (1719-1795)
2. Thomas Lathrop (6 Jan 1673 - 23 Jul 1757)
Marriage: 16 Sep 1736 - Barnstable, Massachusetts
Status:
Mary Joyce
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Cir 1647 - (Yarmouth, Plymouth colony)
Baptism:
Death: 13 Feb 1718 - Mansfield, Connecticut 15
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: John Joyce (Abt 1602-1666)
Mother: Dorothy Cotchet (1608-1679)
Spouses and Children
1. *Joseph Hall (3 Jul 1642 - 31 May 1716)
Marriage:
Status:
Notes
Marriage Notes (Joseph Hall)
Residence: 20 Aug 1694 Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut
Mehitable Joyce
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Cir 1687 - Yarmouth, Plymouth colony
Baptism:
Death: 3 Oct 1776 - Mansfield, Connecticut
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Hosea Joyce (Cir 1642-1712)
Mother: Elizabeth Chipman (1647-After 1712) 5
Spouses and Children
1. *Thomas Storrs (27 Oct 1668 - 4 Apr 1755)
Marriage: 14 Mar 1708 - Mansfield, Connecticut
Status:
Roberta Joyce
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1920 - New Bedford, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Arthur Souza (Est 1920 - )
Marriage: 25 Apr 1946 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 16
Status:
Samuel Joyce
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1 Jun 1676 - Yarmouth, Plymouth colony
Baptism:
Death: 29 Jul 1741 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Burial: in Yarmouth Ancient cemetery 17
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Hosea Joyce (Cir 1642-1712)
Mother: Elizabeth Chipman (1647-After 1712) 5
Sarah Joyce
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1729
Baptism:
Death: 8 Apr 1765 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Burial: in Yarmouth Ancient cemetery
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *William Bray (18 Dec 1729 - 22 Aug 1805)
Marriage: 1754
Status:
Thomas Joyce
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 3 Jun 1678 - Yarmouth, Plymouth colony
Baptism:
Death: 20 Apr 1743 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death: suicide
Parents
Father: Hosea Joyce (Cir 1642-1712)
Mother: Elizabeth Chipman (1647-After 1712) 5
Spouses and Children
1. *Mercy Bacon (30 Jan 1689 - 18 Apr 1759)
Marriage: 19 Mar 1719 - Barnstable, Massachusetts
Status:
Notes
Marriage Notes (Mercy Bacon)
"Thomas Joyce of Yarmouth, Mass., was one of the wealthiest men on Cape Cod. He and his wife were blessed with five beautiful daughters but his only son, Jeremiah, was crippled in childhood."
"Some printed sources state that Thomas Joyce had a first wife named Elizabeth Bent or Burt. However, Marshfield, Plymouth Co., Mass., records show that a different Thomas Joyce married in Marshfield, 31 October 1701, Elizabeth Bent and had two children, John and Abigail Joyce, who both matured and married in Marshfield. Thomas Joyce of Yarmouth was named in the wills of his father, Hosea Joyce, [Sr.] and by his brothers, John Joyce and Hosea Joyce, [Jr.], as well as in the petition of his half-sister's daughter, Mary Carsley, and in the distribution of the estate of his brother, Samuel Joyce, deceased."
"Thomas Joyce & Mercy Bacon were Married 19 of March 1719 as also James Berse & Mercy Fuller Married ye Same Day by Justice Bacon."
"Thomas and Mercy Joyce were members of the West Parish Church in Yarmouth and their children were baptized there as Jeremiah, Elizabeth, M[ercy], Mary, Dorcas and Sarah Joyce. Thomas's brother-in-law and sister, John and Dorothy (Joyce) Oats, were also members. In his will dated 3 October 1737, Thomas Joyce of Yarmouth, yeoman, gave half of his estate, both real and personal, to his beloved wife, Marcy Joyce, for her lifetime, and named her sole executrix. He listed his daughters as Elizabeth, Mercy, Mary, Dorcas and Sarah, and bequeathed 50 pounds to each as they became 18 years of age or were married. He gave his son, Jeremy, the remainder of his estate, real and personal, half at the age of 21 years, the rest when his mother died or remarried. Witnesses were Thomas Smith, John Oats and John Oats, Jr. The will was presented for probate 12 May 1743. The probate judge ruled that they widow, Mercy Joyce, was incapable of performing the duties of executrix and in her place appointed their son, Jeremiah Joyce, as administrator. The inventory, dated 25 May 1744, was taken by Jonathan Hallett, Ebenezer Taylor and Joseph Hamblen, and amounted to 606 pounds 18 sh, Onl Tenor. When son Jeremiah Joyce of Yarmouth made his will, 22 March 1755, probated 6 May 1755, he named his five sisters as Elizabeth Taylor, Marcy Hallett, Mary Joyce, Dorcas Taylor and Sarah Bray. Amos Otis reported in Barnstable Families that Thomas Joyce had a large family of girls noted for their beauty. His son, Jeremiah, was a cripple. In spite of his wealth, he became melancholy and committed suicide."
"Several accounts say that he had a first wife, 'm. 1710,' Elizabeth Bent or Burt; if so, we find no children of record or date ofher death. . . . He is named in the wills of his father, brothers John and Hosea, and in the petition of Mary Casely and the distribution of his brother Samuel Joyce."
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Elisha Stearns, Judge
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 12 Jul 1776 - Wilbraham, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 1850
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Events
• Occupation
Parents
Father: John Stearns Dr. (1735-1788) 18
Mother: Elizabeth Willis (1740-1834) 18
Spouses and Children
Notes
General:
Parents of Wilbraham, Mass.
Grad. Yale Coll., 1796; studied law and settled in Tolland, CT; has been a
Representative and Senator in the State Legislature; a Judge, and for many
years Pres. of the Tolland Bank. Four children.
The following tribute from the late William H. Wells, of Chicago, gives a
pleasant picture of the man and the times of Judge Stearns was one of the
deacons of the church which I attended during all the earlier years of my life.
His face was as familiar to me as that of my own father, and his portrait
recalls many pleasant memories of those far off days. His house was always
open Sabbath noons to those who lived too far away to go home between the
morning and afternoon services, and I was there many times. His family pew
was next to the pulpit, at the minister's left, but he always sat in the
deacons seat, directly in front of the pulpit. No man in Tolland was better
known or held in higher esteem than Judge Stearns.
Of the village of Tolland, his grandson writes: If there is any spot in this
wide, wide world, that I have a right to call my home, it is this little town
of Tolland, nestled up here among the rock-ribbed hills of Tolland Co. It was
in this peaceful, pleasant town, that Elisha Stearns spent his own peaceful,
useful and honorable life.
Robert Judge
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1832 - St. John, New Brunswick
Baptism:
Death: 12 Sep 1896 - Boston, Massachusetts 19
Burial: in Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Hannah Baker Hamblen (22 Apr 1828 - 9 Jan 1884) 20
Marriage: 12 May 1861 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Status:
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