James Joyce (1757 - 1833)

Born 16 May 1757 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Staples) Joyce — married 1784 in Deer Isle, Hancock County, District of Maine [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 23 Jun 1833 at age 76 in Swan's Island, Hancock County, ME

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Biography

James Joyce was born on 16 May 1757 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was the son of Ebenezer and Allathea Joyce. ^[1]

United_Empire_status as Loyalist: Proven [source below]

Return of Men, Women and Children of the Penobscot Loyalists Settled in the District of Passamaquoddy the 10th of June 1784 .... [Signed] Colin Campbell Thos Wyer Wm Gallop Robert Pagan I do certify that the annexed named Men, Women and Children are actually present and are by the Kings Instructions entitled to their proportion of the Royal Bounty. Saint Andrews_12th June 1784 (signed) Gillam Tailer_A. C.

James Joyce resided for many years on what is still known as the Joyce lot, lying north of the farm of Captain Peter Hardy, Jr., now the property of Mr. John Thompson, but he was probably never its owner, as the lot purports on the plan to be that of Mr. Thomas Thompson.

[reference Image of plan attached_removed to Deer Isle, Maine prior to the 1790 Census_ in 1784 resided St. Andrews, NS {now New Brunswick}]

Historty of the TOWN OF DEER ISLE, MAINE. pages 146 & 147 by George L. Hosmer]

Joyce came to Swan's Island in 1806, and moved his family into the house just vacated by Joseph Prince. From here they moved into the " Big House ", which at that time furnished accommodations for thirteen families. Swan's agent offered Mr. Joyce the gift of two hundred acres of land on the eastern side of the island if he would move there and build a sawmill over the stream where a gristmill was afterwards erected. He also offered him a share of the lumber so manufactured. But Mr. Joyce did not accept the offer. In a few years, however, he moved to the eastern side, and took up the land I have mentioned. He cut away the immense growth of pine trees, cleared the land for cultivation, and built a log house near where the Reed house now stands. He afterwards built a house to the eastward of where James Joyce, 3d, now lives, where he spent the remainder of his life, the latter years of which he lived with his son William. Joyce's wife was Mary Staples, a sister of Moses Staples, sr., and at this time was the widow of Courtney Babbidge, sr. Mr. and Mrs. Joyce were the parents of eight children, three sons—James, Ebenezer and William, and five daughters — Elethea, wife of Jeremiah Weed Mercy, wife of Courtney Babbidge ; Olive, wife of Capt. Levi Torrey ; Abigail, wife of Samuel Whitmore, and Ruth, wife of John Stockbridge. Of these daughters, Mrs. Weed and Mrs. Whitmore remained on Deer Isle, ... History of Swans Island Maine

James Joyce, son of Ebenezer and Allthea (Fullerton) Joyce, born on May 16, 1757 at Marshfield, Massachusetts, died June 23, 1833 at Swan's Island and was buried at ‘Rose Hill' Cemetery. James married Mary (Staples) Babbidge, widow of Courtney Babbidge, Sr. in 1784 at Deer Isle. Find A Grave with Grave Stone pics

1. James Joyce was born on 16 May 1757 in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA. He died on 23 June 1833 at the age of 76 in Swan's Island, Hancock County, Maine, USA. He was buried in Rose Hill cemetery, Atlantic. Came to Deer Isle from Marshfield in about 1782. Came to Swan's Island in 1806. Lived at sometime in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada. {Swan's Island ORG; source below}

James Joyce and Mary "Molly" Staples were married in 1784 in Deer Isle, Hancock County, Maine, USA. Mary "Molly" Staples, daughter of Samuel Staples and Mercy Caine, was born on 1 August 1761 in Sedgwick, Hancock County, Maine, USA. She died on 26 February 1836 at the age of 74 in Swan's Island, Hancock County, Maine, USA. She was buried in Rose Hill cemetery, Atlantic.

Research Notes

Note: James Joyce took up the lot adjoining Moses Staples on the south, which contained one hundred acres of land.

Mr. Joyce came to Deer Isle from Marshfield, Mass., and there took up a tract of land north of Capt. Peter Hardy's,

which is owned by John Thompson. It is still known as the Joyce lot. The Joyces came to America from Gloucestershire,

England, or near by, where many of that name still reside. Among the members of the Joyce family there seemed to be a talent for drawing and painting. Some were quite noted artists. In the British museum there are several colored drawings of the Prophets by the Rev. James Joyce, of Fairfield church, Gloucestershire. The earliest record of this family in America is at Marshfield, Mass., where most of their descendants still reside. There was a clock-maker there who had three sons, one of whom went to New Haven, Conn., one to Deer Isle, and one, whose name I could not learn, to some:: point near Lewiston or Brunswick.

When James Joyce came to Maine he settled first at a place called Majorbagwaduce near where the town of Brooksville is now located, where he took up a tract of land which, however, he sold when he went to Deer Isle.

I find the following record in Hancock registry (3-97) : James Joyce of a place called Majorbagwaduce, in consideration of the sum of £50, Halifax currency, sold to Kenicum Limburner, of the same place, one hundred and fifty acres of land located on the east side of Majorbagwaduce river. This was dated October 1, 1782.

and Mrs. Babbidge died in Ellsworth. Mr. Joyce's descendants form a large and influential family, most of whom remained here. They have always been prominent in educational matters, and they have beenrepresented among the officers of this place almost every year since the plantation was organized. Mr. Jovce died in 1833, aged seventy-five years. His wife died in 1836, at the age of seventy-five years. The sons, all of whom settled here, will be further noticed.

Source: #S21

Note: Came to Swan's Island in 1806. Descendant of the Joyce family that emigrated through Marshfield from Gloucestershire, England.

Source

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ8R-4D3 : 15 January 2020), James Joyce, 1757.

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