John Joyce (1615 - 1666)

Born 1615 in Derbyshire, England

Husband of Dorothy (Cotchet) Joyce — married 27 Mar 1638 in London St Stephen Coleman Street, Middlesex, England

Descendants

Died 21 Dec 1666 at about age 51 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts

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Biography

John Joyce was born in Derbyshire, England.

John Joyce was born about 1615, probably in the vicinity of Mickle, Derbyshire, England.^[1]

Alternate Date: ABT 1602^{[citation needed]}

He married, probably there, Dorothy Cochet and went to New England.^[1] The 1657 will of Robert Cochet of Mickel, Countie Derby, Gentleman, makes a bequest to "my sister Dorothy Joyce, wife of one John Joyce of New England, or to their children, if my sister, their mother, be deceased, the summe of five Pounds." ^[2]

He took the oath of fidelity from Sandwich, Massachusetts (at some unspecified time),^[3] In 1637 he was among the first men who settled that town.^[4] He was on the 1643 list of those 16 to 60 able to bear arms in Sandwich.^[4] This same year, 1643, he removed to Yarmouth, Massachusetts. He was on the equivalent list in Yarmouth.^[4]

He was named constable in Yarmouth, 1646, and remained there until his death 21 Dec 1666.^[1][5]

John's will, dated 20 Nov 1666, mentions his wife Dorothy, only son Hosea and daughters Mary and Dorcas.^[1][6]

His inventory was taken on the "eighteenth day of the 12th month 1666" and exhibited in Plymouth Court on 5 March 1666 on the oath of Hosea Joyce.^[7]

Children

1. Dorcas d. 10 June 1707; m. Nathaniel Bassett^[1]
2. Hosea d. 1711/12; m. Martha then Elizabeth Chapman^[1]
3. Mary d. Mansfield, Connecticut 13 Feb 1717/18; m. Joseph Hall^[1]
4. Abigail, bpt in Yarmouth 1 June 1646, not mentioned in her father's will.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} McLean, Maclean W. "John Joyce of Yarmouth, Mass. (ca. 1615-1666)." The American Genealogist. Volume 43, No 1, p. 1-. January 1967. link at American Ancestors (subs. requ.)
2. ↑ McLean article citing NY Gen and Biog Rec 41:91)
3. ↑ Shurtleff, N.B. (editor). Records of the colony of New Plymouth, in New England: Miscellaneous records 1633-1689. Vol VIII p. 184. Boston : Press of W. White, 1855.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Freeman, Frederick,. The history of Cape Cod : annals of thirteen towns of Barnstable County. Boston: W.H. Piper & Co., 1869, c1862.
   • Vol II p. 16 Oath of Fidelity
   • Vol II p. 44 Able to Bear arms Sandwich
   • Vol II p. 8s Able to Bear arms Yarmouth
5. ↑ Robert M. Sherman and Ruth Wilder Sherman, compilers, Vital Records of Yarmouth, Mass. to the year 1850 (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1975, second printing 1993), p. 129.

   "(torn)r. John Joyce of said Yarmouth died upon the 21st of December 1666."

6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-VQ39 : 8 March 2023), Wills 1633-1686 vol 1-4 > image 241 of 616; State Archives, Boston.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-V3RW : 8 March 2023), Wills 1633-1686 vol 1-4 > image 242 of 616; State Archives, Boston.

• Source: S405 H. Franklin Andrews, The Hamlin Family, a Genealogy of James Hamlin of Barnstable (Published by the Author, Exira, IA: 1902) Repository: #R5
• Ancestral File Number: 8FNH-VR
• Source: TAG vol 43: 1 - 13 (McLean, MacLean W., F.A.S.G., John1 Joyce of Yarmouth, Mass. (ca. 1615-1666), The American Genealogist, Vol. 43 Pages 1-13)

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Linda James, Tamara Stevens, Sandy Johnson, Bobbie Hall