Born in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Joyce
and Esther (White) Drake
Wife of
John Arnold
— married
1 Mar 1733 in Rhode Island
Descendants 
Mother of
Phebe (Arnold) Clarke, Barbara (Arnold) Burton, John Arnold II, William Arnold, Elizabeth Arnold, Ann Arnold and Sarah Arnold
Died
at age 62
in East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Aug 2015
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Biography
Desire Joyce was born orn at Yarmouth, Massachusetts, on 17 January 1709, to John Joyce and Esther White. [1]
Desire married on 1 March 1732/3 John Arnold (d. 20 Jun 1801 at E. Greenwich, R.I.), the son of Captain William and Deliverance (Whipple) Arnold, at East Greenwich or Warwick, Rhode Island. [2] John was an inn holder and was referred to as "Major" in the East Greenwich, Rhode Island land records.
Desire Joyce Arnold died at East Greenwich, Rhode Island on 18 July 1771.
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCHX-R68 : 14 January 2020), Desiar Joyce, 1709.
- ↑ "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8KC-KYD : 22 January 2020), Desire Joyce in entry for John Arnold, 1732.
- Mayflower Families Vol. 13 p. 51
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Desire by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Desire:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Desire by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Desire:
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Sarah (Hawes) Shaw 
:
23andMe
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~0.39%
Owena Corey :
23andMe, GEDmatch XD3447372 [compare], yourDNAportal OWE97cca95d
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.39%
Jim Mccluskey :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T293229 [compare], FTDNA kit #750354
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