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Benjamin Joy

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
Death: March 11, 1810 (90)
Plainfield, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of David Joy Joy, Sr.; Ruth Holbrook and Ruth Ford
Husband of Sarah Cummings and Sarah Sawyer Alton
Father of Ruth Joy; Thomas Joy; Benjamin Jr Joy; Ephraim Joy; Ruth Joy and 7 others
Brother of Sarah Perry; Sarah Howland; David Joy, III; Obadiah Joy, I; Ruth Joy and 7 others

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Immediate Family

About Benjamin Joy

As stated in "Thomas Joy and His Descendants" by Thomas R. Joy published by James Richard Joy, Plainfield, NJ, July 4, 1900; compiled by James Richard Joy, New York: "Tradition reports that he migrated to Vermont with his brotheres and afterward to Maine. In the Connecticut Valley towns of Cornish and Plainfield, NH in 1780-1785 were Benjamin Joy, Benjamin, Jr., Daniel, and Ebenezer, recent comers from other states. Ephraim Joy, from Cornish or vicinage, served in NH militia in 1777."

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Benjamin Joy's Timeline

1719
May 20, 1719
Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1741
April 12, 1741
Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
1742
February 20, 1742
Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
1747
April 20, 1747
Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
1748
1748
Killingly, Windham, Connecticut, USA
1749
1749
Killingly, Windham County, Connecticut, Colonial America
1752
1752
Killingly, Windham, Connecticut, USA
1754
1754
Killingly, Windham, Connecticut, USA
1754
Killingly, Windham, Connecticut, USA