Joseph Boyce, Jr.

Biography

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Joseph Boyce, son of Joseph and Ellenor (Plover) Boyce was baptized in Salem, Massachusetts on 31: 1: 1644. [ March 31, 1644] [1] [2] [3] [4]

Joseph was a tanner and lived in Salem on his father's homestead in Salem. [3]

He married Sarah Meacham at Salem, Massachusetts on 4: 12 mo: 1667 [Feb. 4, 1668]. [1] Sarah was Jeremiah Meacham's daughter and is thought to be a child of his first wife Margaret Prisse. [2]

Sarah's father, Jeremiah Meacham, died in 1695. His estate was divided by agreement June 26, 1696; the heirs being Jeremiah and Isaac Meacham; Sarah, wife of Joseph Boyce; Rebecca, wife of John McCarter; Bethiah, wife of George Hackler; and Hannah Gill widow. [5] [6]

Their children were: Sarah, Joseph, Benjamin, Jonathan, David, and Esther. [3]

In his father Joseph Sr's. will dated 4:9 mo: 1684 (Nov. 4) and proved Feb. 18, 1694/5; he names among others:

son Joseph
grandsons (Boyce children): eldest Joseph, second son Benjamin, third son Johnn...(torn) [7] Joseph Boyce Jr., of Salem, husbandman, released his life interest to his son Joseph Boyce of Salem, tanner, the homestead estate of three and three quarter acres with the houses barn etc. January 9, 1707/8.[8]

Joseph Boyce died between 1709 and 1722. [3] [4]

His widow Sarah survived him.[3] [4]

Children

1. Sarah born at Salem 4: 10 mo: 1668. [Dec. 4, 1688] [1] [2]
2. Joseph, born about 1672; died in 1723; married Rebecca Trask, daughter of John Trask, about 1695. [2] [9] [10]
3. Esther born about 1680; married Ezekiel Goldthwaite at Salem, March 20, 1695/6. [2] [1] [11]
4. Benjamin, born before November 1684; married first on October 20,, 1699, Mary Allen of Lynn [12]; married second, before 1709, Susanna Bacon on February 24, 1702/3 at Salem. [1] [2]Moved to Mendon. (mentioned in grandfather's Nov. 1684 will)
5. Jonathan born before November 1684; died March 6, 1767 [12]; married first, Patience Gaskill on May 28, 1708 at Salem[1]; married second before 1723 Abigail ___. [2] (mentioned in grandfather's Nov. 1684 will)
6. David, born after November 4, 1684 [2]; married first, Anna Alley of Lynn, intentions published March 29, 1712; married second Sarah (Lindsey) widow of ___ Smith, intentions published January 29, 1728/9 at Salem. [1] (not mentioned in grandfather's Nov. 1684 will)