Jonathan Joyce (1733 - bef. 1809)

Born 11 Oct 1733 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Holmes) Joyce — married 7 Jul 1761 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died before 6 Mar 1809 before age 75 in Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Jonathan, son of Seth and Rachel (Sherman) Joyce, was born at Marshfield, MA on October 11, 1733. He married Abigail Holmes, daughter of Josiah and Sarah (Rogers) Holmes, at Marshfield on June 7, 1761.

He was a private in the Revolutionary War serving three days in April of 1775 and fourteen days in December of 1776.

Jonathan died between December 10, 1806, the date of his will, and March 6, 1809, the date of probate. He names daughters Rachel Church, Sarah Sherman, Olive Curtis, Mary Joyce, Pamela Lapham, and Mercy Simmons. He appointed his son-in-law, Jonathan Simmons, as sole executor.

Sources

• Jane Fletcher Fiske, FASG, Robert Moody Sherman, FASG, Ruth Wilder Sherman, FASG, comps., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Henry Samson, Volume 20, Part 2 of 3, (Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2005), pp. 249-252

• Vital Records of Marshfield, Massachusetts to the year 1850, (Providence: Rhode Island Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1970), p. 91 (birth); p. 148 (marriage)

• Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Provo, UT, USA, database on-line, 2011), (birth)

• Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Provo, UT, USA, database on-line, 2011), (marriage)