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Ebenezer Joyce (1797 - 1875)

Ebenezer Joyce
Born in Swan's Island, Hancock County, MEmap
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Husband of — married 30 Nov 1820 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine, United Statesmap
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Died at age 78 [location unknown]
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Biography

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. 


Sources

https://archive.org/stream/historyofswansis00smal#page/92/mode/2up/search/joyce

This person was created through the import of Stephens Family History 03302011.GED on 31 March 2011.

  • Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 25 January 2020), memorial page for Ebenezer Joyce (14 Mar 1798–12 May 1875), Find A Grave Memorial no. 76492525, citing Rose Hill Cemetery, Swans Island, Hancock County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by treerpgmo (contributor 47324296) .




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