Individual Details
John Basil JOY
(Bef 1715 - 1778)
JOHN BASIL JOY wrote his will on 8/25/1777 and it was probated on 5/26/1778. He left one sterling shilling to his sons PETER, JOHN, RICHARD and JOSEPH and to his daughters ELEANOR TARLTON, ANN MORRIS, and MARY JOY "it being their full share of estate". After his wife SARAH received her one third, the rest of the children were to share equally in his estate, namely: MILDRED JOY, THOMAS TARLTON JOY, ELIZABETH JOY, BENEDICT JOY, STEPHEN JOY and JOHN JOY.
13) Children of JOHN BASIL JOY and MARY HAZEL 31) PETER JOY 32) ELEANOR JOY m PHILIP TARLETON 33) ANN JOY m JOHN MORRIS 34) JOHN JOY 35) RICHARD JOY 36) JOSEPH JOY b 9/20/1755, a twin 37) MARY JOY b 9/20/1755, a twin
13) Children of JOHN BASIL JOY and SARAH GREENWELL 38) MILDRED JOY b 2/20/1762 39) THOMAS TARLTON JOY b 5/23/1765 40) ELIZABETH JOY b 5/17/1768 41) BENEDICT JOY bap 3/24/1771 42) STEPHEN JOY bap 11/14/1773 43) JOHN JOY
Events
| Birth | Bef 1715 | St. Mary's, Maryland, British America |  | ||
| Marriage | Bef 1736 | St. Mary's, Maryland, British America - Mary HAZEL | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 12 Apr 1740 | was the 4th named son in the will of Peter Joy | | ||
| Marriage | Bef 1762 | St. Mary's, Maryland, British America - Sarah GREENWELL | | ||
| Marriage | Bef 1762 | St. Mary's, Maryland, British America - Sarah GREENWELL | | ||
| Will | 25 Aug 1777 | St. Mary's, Maryland, British America |  | | |
| Death | 1778 | St. Mary's, Maryland, United States | | ||
| Probate | 26 May 1778 | St. Mary's, Maryland, United States | | ||
| Alt name | John Baptist JOY | | |
Families
| Spouse | Mary HAZEL (1720 - 1755) |
| Child | Richard "Dick" JOY (1746 - 1816) |
| Child | John JOY (1753 - 1777) |
| Child | Eleanor JOY (1753 - 1805) |
| Child | Joseph JOY (1755 - 1777) |
| Child | Mary JOY (1755 - 1782) |
| Child | Ann JOY (1761 - 1791) |
| Child | Peter JOY (1761 - 1777) |
| Spouse | Sarah GREENWELL (1739 - 1778) |
| Child | Winifred JOY (1762 - 1777) |
| Child | Thomas Tarlton JOY (1765 - 1777) |
| Child | Elizabeth JOY (1768 - 1816) |
| Child | John JOY (1770 - 1856) |
| Child | Benedict JOY (1771 - 1830) |
| Child | Stephen JOY (1773 - 1855) |
| Father | Peter JOY (1665 - 1740) |
| Mother | Ann STONE ( - 1747) |
| Sibling | Charles JOY ( - 1778) |
| Sibling | Ignatius JOY ( - 1768) |
| Sibling | Enoch JOY ( - 1746) |
| Sibling | Sarah JOY ( - ) |
| Sibling | Mary JOY ( - ) |
| Sibling | Ellinor JOY ( - ) |
| Sibling | Living |
Notes
Will
The will mentionshis sons: Peter, John, Richard and Joseph;
his daughters: Eleanor Tarlton, Ann Morris and Mary Joy;
his children by his second marriage: Mildred Joy, Thomas Tarlton Joy, Elizabeth Joy, Benedict Joy, Stephen Joy, and John Joy.
Alt name
His name was recorded as "John Baptist" in his father's will but "John Basil" elsewhere. Perhaps a clerical mistake was made in the will.Endnotes
1. Linda Reno, "Descendants of John Baptist Joy," p 1, item 1, John Baptist Joy; report to James W. Moore, , Potomac, MD 20854, 9 August 2015; original held by James W. Moore, . received from Linda Reno on 9 August 2015.
2. Linda Reno, "Descendants of John Baptist Joy," p 1, item 1, John Baptist Joy; report to James W. Moore, , Potomac, MD 20854, 9 August 2015; original held by James W. Moore, . received from Linda Reno on 9 August 2015.
3. Elise Greenup Jourdan, compiler, Settlers of Colonial St. Mary’s County Maryland (Lewes, Delaware: Colonial Roots, 2004), p. 328, "Hazel, Elizabeth; will; 10 Oct 1750; 21 Jan 1750..."; citing The Maryland Calendar of Wills, 1685-1777, Jane Baldwin Cotton and F. Edward Wright (16 volumes, Family Line Publications) 10.125; and citing St. Mary’s County, Maryland, Registrar of Wills, Leslie & Neil Keddie (The Family Tree Bookshop) TA1.247.
4. Elise Greenup Jourdan, compiler, Settlers of Colonial St. Mary’s County Maryland (Lewes, Delaware: Colonial Roots, 2004), p. 165, "Joy, Peter; will; 13 Aug 1733; 12 Apr 1740"; citing The Maryland Calendar of Wills, 1685-1777, by Jane Baldwin Cotton and F. Edward Wright (Family Line Publications) 8.76 and St. Mary's County, Maryland, Registrar of Wills, Leslie & Neil Keddie (The Family Tree Bookshop), TA1.113.
5. Linda Reno, "Descendants of John Baptist Joy," p 1, item 1, John Baptist Joy; report to James W. Moore, , Potomac, MD 20854, 9 August 2015; original held by James W. Moore, . received from Linda Reno on 9 August 2015.
6. , Joy Family report by Linda Reno (Please include this source with any info that you copy.) (N.p.: n.p., 9 August 2015), report.
7. Mary Louise Donnelly, St. Mary's County, Maryland, Colonial Period Tenants and Owners of "Beaverdam Manor" and Surrounding Manors (Ennis, Texas: self-published, 1998), pp. 180-1, genealogical sketch of John (Baptist) Basil Joy (13).
8. Linda Reno, "Descendants of John Baptist Joy," p 1, item 1, John Baptist Joy; report to James W. Moore, , Potomac, MD 20854, 9 August 2015; original held by James W. Moore, . received from Linda Reno on 9 August 2015.
9. Mary Louise Donnelly, St. Mary's County, Maryland, Colonial Period Tenants and Owners of "Beaverdam Manor" and Surrounding Manors (Ennis, Texas: self-published, 1998), pp. 180-1, genealogical sketch of John (Baptist) Basil Joy (13).
10. Mary Louise Donnelly, St. Mary's County, Maryland, Colonial Period Tenants and Owners of "Beaverdam Manor" and Surrounding Manors (Ennis, Texas: self-published, 1998), p. 180, genealogical sketch of John (Baptist) Basil Joy (13).