Ebenezer Joyce, another son of James Joyce, sr., built a house near where Charles H. Joyce's house now stands. He afterwards bought the lot taken up by Rev. Bryant Lennan, for which he paid $300; transfer was made May 24, 1826. This property is now occupied in part by Reuben Joyce. His wife was Catherine Stinson, a sister of his brother James's wife, also a sister of the wife of Alexander Staples. They were the three daughters of John Stinson, of Deer Isle. Mr. Joyce represented this town in the State legislature in 1859;1875, at the age of seventy-seven years. His wife died in 1886, aged eighty three years. They were the parents of eleven children
— six sons and five daughters.
The daughters were :
Sophrona, widow of Simeon Staples ; resides in Rockland ; Lucy, wife of Seth Staples ; Rosalinda, wife of Capt. Stephen Babbidge, of Rockland ; she is now dead; Augusta, wife of Elias Harrington, of Rockand ; Melita, wife of Cyrus Gahan, of Rockland. Cyrus Gahan and Melitta Joyce had no living children per census records.
The sons were: Isaiah B., who married Olive Torrey ; his place is now owned by David H. Sprague ; he died in 1882, aged sixty-one years; Mrs. Joyce died in 1861, aged thirty-nine years ; Roderick M., who married Catherine Stinson in 1847; he bought the house and lot of land of Asa Staples on Middle Head; he was extensively engaged in the fishing business at one time; he moved to Castine in 1864; his place is now owned by Michael Stinson ; Eben S., who built the house where William S. Jo3'ce now lives ; his wife was Sarah Y. Stinson, whom he married in 1854; He died in 1894: John, who died in 1893 at Bluehill ; Reuben, who occupies the homestead lot; his wife was Mary A. Lunt, of Long Island ; after her death he married Mrs. Abbie Young, of Bluehill; William S., who resides on the place bought by his brother Eben ; his wife was Deborah Bridges. The last two brothers are the only ones of this family who now reside in this town.
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