Joseph Royce

Joseph Royce

• Birth: Circa 1663 - Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut
• Death: Dec 19 1707 - Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut
• Parents: Nehemiah Royce, Hannah Royce (born Morgan)
• Wife: Mary Porter

On 1 Oct 1684 Joseph married Mary Porter, daughter of Dea. Thomas Porter (-13 Dec 1697) & Sarah Hart (ca 1624-), in Wallingford, CT.

Born ca 1664 in Wallingford, CT. Mary died on 27 Jul 1739 in Wallingford, CT. She married Joseph Langdon 2nd as his second wife.

They are ancestors of Phebe Rice who m. Ebenezer Rice.

Children of Joseph and Mary (Porter) Royce, born at Wallingford:

• i. Mary Royce, b. 12 Jan 1686;
• ii. Joseph Royce, b. 1 May 1689, d. 27 Jun 1689;
• iii. Jospeh Royce, b. 2 May 1690;
• iv. Thomas Royce, b. 13 Aug 1692;
• v. James Royce, b. 31 Jul 1695, d. 22 Dec 1695;
• vi. Hannah Royce, b. 6 Dec 1696, d. soon;
• vii. Sarah Royce, b. 24 Feb 1699, d. 4 Dec 1711; and
• viii. Hannah Royce, b. 18 Jun 1701, d. 5 Nov 1770 at Wallingford, m. there 18 Dec 1719 John Ives.55

His widow Mary married second to Joseph Langdon, son of John Langton and Mary Seymour, on 18 October 1714. (Joseph Langdon b. 18 March 1659, d. 31 March 1736.). He was Susannah Root’s widower.

References

• http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Joseph_Royce_(5)_
• http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr04/rr04_314.html#P7391