Thomas JOY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
- Born: 1611, , Norfolk, ENG
- Marriage: Joanna GALLOP in 1637
- Died: 10/21/1678, Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Colony at age 67
 General Notes:
Thomas Joy (Jay) was a carpenter/architect of renown in early Boston. He was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co. in Massachusetts. (C-172)
On Oct. 24, 1635 he emigrated from London, England on the "Constance". He was listed as a carpenter at 25 years. He purchased land in Boston on Feb. 20, 1636 from Robert Turner. He married Joane in 1637. (C-608)
He designed the wood structure that housed the markets, courts, town council and other public bodies at the time. It was three stories tall and completed in 1658. It sadly burned down in 1711. Emerson called it the "pine statehouse" in his "Boston Hymn." (C-174) He was in business with Richard Church in a mill in Hingham, Suffolk Co., MA. (C-813)
He is in the court records in 1646 for his arrest and fine in circulating "Dr. Child's Petition". He was kept in irons for about 5 days for being a too "ardent lover of liberty." He is listed along with Thos. Clark, John Gallop, Thos Meekins, Thomas Savage, Isaac Culllimore and others as owning property in Boston, MA in 1647. (C-845a, 978, 1205, 1208) Not long after, he and his family moved to Hingham, MA.
The spelling of his name was listed as Joy in the town records and in a letter by him. His deeds list it as Joy and as Jay. His children are listed as Jay in the church records. (C-813) Farmer in "A Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New England" lists his sons as Samuel, Thomas, Joseph and Ephraim Joy. (C-920)
In his will he names wife, Joane; sons, Joseph and Ephraim; and daughters, Sarah Denham (Dunning), Elizabeth Beales, and Ruth Joy. Joshua Hobart, Edmond Hobart and Thomas Herris were witnesses. (C-173) He was very wealthy at his demise. He owned a grist mill, and multiple properties.
Noted events in his life were:
• Immigration, 10/24/1635, London, Middlesex, ENG. The master on his voyage over was Clement Capion.
• Will, 7/8/1677, Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Colony. 3
• Probate, 10/31/1678, Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Colony.
Thomas married Joanna GALLOP, daughter of John GALLOP and Crestabel Crabbe BRUSHETT, in 1637. (Joanna GALLOP was born in 1618 in Bridport, Dorsetshire, ENG and died on 3/20/1691 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Colony.)
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