Joseph Boyce, Ill

Joseph Boyce, born about 1672; died in 1723. He was the eldest son and second child of Joseph (2) and Sarah (Meacham) Boyce of Salem. A tanner and miller, Joseph lived on his grandfather’s homestead in Salem.

He married Rebecca Trask, daughter of John Trask, about 1695. She was Samuel Potter’s widow and married 3rd to Benjamin Very of Salem.

Children

https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Salem/cBirthsB.shtml Boyce births:

• Mary, d. Joseph, jr. and Rebeckah, Feb. 15, 1695-6. CTR
• Rebecca, d. Joseph and Rebecca, 31: 1m: 1697. CR7. Died 2 July 1715.
• Joseph, s. Joseph and Rebecca, 29: 10m: 1699. CR7 Boyce children Not listed in Salem VR:
• Abigail
• John Boice, son of Joseph, son of Joseph, m Elisabeth Osborne of Salem, Jan 18 1728. (History of New Ipswich, NH) GoogleBooks
• Samuel
• Nicholas

References

• New England Marriages BOYCE, Joseph (3) (1673-1723) & Rebecca (TRASK) POTTER (1674-1739+) w Samuel, m/3 Benjamin VERY, b 1695(6?) Salem (p. 88: p. 597) [13]
• The History of Salem, Massachusetts: 1626-1637 By Sidney Perley. Page 95. GoogleBooks. John TRASK _miller; married, first, Abigail Parkman Feb. 19, 1662; second, Mary Clarke Feb. 13, 1717-8; died Nov. - 1729; his wife Mary survived him; children: 1. Abigail, born Nov. 19, 1664; married, first, John Rowland; second, Capt. Thomas Larrimore; third, William Jacobs; -2. John, born Jan. 7, 1666; 3. Mary,' born July 14, 1669; married John Shillaber; 4. Samuel, born Aug. 14, 1671; 5. Rebecca," born April 23, 1674; married, first, Joseph Boyce; second, Benjamin Very; 6. Nicholas, born March 26, 1677; 7. Elias, born July 13, 1679; 8. Jonathan.
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Boyce-397
• GoogleBooks Joseph Boyce died 1723; m. about 1695, Rebecca (Trask), widow of Samuel Potter [n1 (2) 1731/2, Benjamin Very of Salem]. He was a ...
• “Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire.” By E.S. Stearns. “Boyce.” Page 863. GoogleBooks
• http://trees.wmgs.org/getperson.php?personID=I36354&tree=Schirado