Thomas JOY^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]}

1611 - 1678  (67 years)

• Name	Thomas JOY
  Born	1611	, Norfolk, ENG
  Gender	Male
  Died	21 Oct 1678	Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Colony
  Person ID	I3042	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022

  
  

  Family	Joanna GALLOP,   b. 1618, Bridport, Dorsetshire, ENG ,   d. 20 Mar 1691, Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Colony  (Age 73 years)
  Married	1637
  Children	1. Samuel JOY,   b. 26 Feb 1640, Boston, Suffolk, MA, USA ,   d. 1690  (Age 49 years)   2. John JOY,   b. 10 Aug 1641, Boston, Suffolk, MA, USA ,   d. Bef 8 Jul 1677  (Age 35 years)   3. Thomas JOY,   b. 3 Jan 1643, Boston, Suffolk, MA, USA ,   d. 1648  (Age 4 years)   4. Ensign Joseph JOY,   b. 1 Apr 1644, Boston, Suffolk, MA, USA ,   d. 31 May 1697  (Age 53 years)   5. Ephraim JOY,   b. 17 Dec 1645, Boston, Suffolk, MA, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Sarah JOY,   b. 23 May 1648, Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Colony ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Benjamin JOY,   b. 12 Mar 1650, Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Colony ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Eliza JOY,   b. Abt 17 Aug 1652,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Elizabeth JOY,   b. 7 Nov 1653, Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Colony ,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Ruth JOY,   b. 28 Dec 1658, Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Colony ,   d. 11 Jul 1745  (Age 86 years)
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F5085	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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 in transcriptions. The originals state Joy. (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. Although once surmised, he is not in any way related to our William Jay, b. bef 1712 of Frederick Co., Virginia via DNA evidence.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2722] Vickie Leimback to Linda Coate Dudick E-Mail letter dated Sept. 16, 1995 at VLeimback@aol.com In possession of Linda Coate Dudick at 648 Ulverston Dr., Gahanna, OH 43230 1995 (C-611). [S733] Ancestry of William Jay "The Bulletin" local magazine of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution by Cassius Milton Jay Nov. 1928. [S1236] James Joy, Thomas Joy and His Descendants (1901). [S1242] Dictionary of American Biography (Charles Scribner & Sons, Vol. 10, 1946). [S490] Cassius Jay Jay Family Index Partially in L. Dudick Files (C-167). [S1209] Tom Record to the Jay Family Discussion List E-mail letter dated Nov. 2, 1996 at tiger.genealogical.rescue@worldnet.att.net In Linda Coate files (C-806). [S494] John L. Hatcher to Pat Bagwell E-mail letter dated Aug. 29, 1996 that transcribes unknown author of entitled "Jay History" at jlhatcher@intellinet.com In Linda Coate Files.(C-813). [S1185] James Savage, Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations" (C-1205).