"Ancestrees"

John JOY ^{2 3 4 5 6}

  General Notes:

John Jay, sometimes mentioned to have died young, is listed in the will of John Gallop, his grandfather, in 1649. He witnessed a deed in 1661 in Hingham, MA. His name in a photstat copy was spelled Jvey or Juey or Ivey, a variation of Joy. His brother's descendants carried the name Joy. John is mentioned on Sept. 30, 1672 in the Boston Record of Boston Commissioners, Vol. IX, p. 123. John was discharged from Capt. Wm. Turner's Co. of Marlboro in King Philip's War. This war took place between 1675-1676. This was a Baptist Company of followers of Turner. He possibly died in a later engagement in that war. (C-172,813, F-579)

The following quote is from the "Joy Genealogy", pg. 50, by Helen Bourne Lee in 1968 as forwarded in an email from Christie Trapp. As the 2nd child of Thomas Joy and Joan Gallop: "b. Boston, Mass 10 Aug 1641, bp Oct 1641 First Ch Boston, prob killed in King Philip's War. named in grfather John Glalop's will 1649, not in father's will 1677. A John Joy m. Mercy, had son John b Boston 30 Sept 1672. A John Jay of Mass served with Mass in King Philip';s War 1675-76 (Hist of King Philip;s War, George M. Bodge; estate of John Joy of Marblehead Essex Co Prob Recs 1729-30.) "

John married Mercy BARTLETT, daughter of Robert BARTLETT and Mary WARREN, on 12/25/1668 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, USA.¹ (Mercy BARTLETT was born on 3/10/1651 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, USA ⁷ and died after 1672 in Boston?, Suffolk, MA.)

  Marriage Notes:

The information from Robert Cook came in the book entitled "Plymouth Massachusetts Vital Records." It is their correct marriage date.(C-805) The place is sometimes listed as Boston, Suffolk, MA, but usually as Plymouth. It,however, is listed as Jan 4, 1669 in Plymouth in "American Marriage Records before 1699." (F-580)