Individual Details

Enoch JOY

( - Bef 20 Aug 1746)

"ENOCH JOY (91 was born in St. Mary's County, Maryland, the son of PETER JOY (2) and ANN STONE. He married TECLA DRURY, the daughter of PETER DRURY and ANN BAILEY. Lot #33 in Beaverdam Manor" called "Range," then "Goddard's Delight" containing 75 1/4 acres was leased on 8/21/1745 to ENOCH JOY by TECLA JOY then in possession. According to the Calvert Papers in 1761 TECLA JOY possessed 40 acres in "Beaverdam Manor". In 1768 this tract was in possession of ENOCH JOY b 1742 (then gone away) and ANN JOY b 1735. ENOCH JOY was deceased by 8/20/1746 when TECLA JOY administered his estate, valued at £42:15:10. The next of kin on his inventory were his brothers CHARLES JOY and IGNATIUS JOY (33:321).
TECLA JOY wrote her will on 2/20/1796 and it was probated on 5/5/1796. To her granddaughter CATHERINE JOY she left a horse and household goods. To her sister JANE DRURY she left household goods. To her grandson THOMAS JOY she left livestock.
9) Children of ENOCH JOY and TECLA DRURY 29) ANNA JOY b 1735 30) ENOCH JOY b 1742 moved from "Beaverdam Manor" by 1768 "

Events

MarriageBef 1735Tecla DRURY
Miscellaneous12 Apr 1740was the third named son in the will of Peter Joy
DeathBef 20 Aug 1746St. Mary's, Maryland, British America
Probate20 Aug 1746
Probate7 Oct 1746
Probate4 Aug 1747St. Mary's, Maryland, British America

Families

SpouseTecla DRURY ( - 1796)
ChildAnna JOY (1735 - )
ChildEnoch JOY (1742 - 1796)
FatherPeter JOY (1665 - 1740)
MotherAnn STONE ( - 1747)
SiblingCharles JOY ( - 1778)
SiblingIgnatius JOY ( - 1768)
SiblingSarah JOY ( - )
SiblingMary JOY ( - )
SiblingEllinor JOY ( - )
SiblingJohn Basil JOY (1715 - 1778)
SiblingLiving

Notes

Marriage

date inferred from birth of first child

Death

inferred from date of estate probate

Probate

inventory

Probate

second inventory?

Probate

Accounting

"Colonial Settler" states: "Joy, Enoch...acct.; 4 Aug 1747; orphans Ignatius, Enoch, Charles, Athanatius, Peter, Ann; admix. Tekela Joy (A 24.174)"

The list of orphans does not agree with the list of children provided by "Beaverdam Manor". I don't know who they are.

Endnotes

1. 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 Enoch Joy (9).

2. 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.

3. 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 Enoch Joy (9).

4. Elise Greenup Jourdan, compiler, Settlers of Colonial St. Mary’s County Maryland (Lewes, Delaware: Colonial Roots, 2004), p. 165, "Joy, Enoch; inv.; 20 Aug 1746; 7 Oct 1746; nok Charles & Ignatius Joy; adm./ex. Techley Joy; citing Abstracts of the Inventories and Accounts of the Prerogative Court of Maryland, 1718-1777, V. L. Skinner, Jr. (17 Volumes, Family Line Publications) 33.231.

5. Elise Greenup Jourdan, compiler, Settlers of Colonial St. Mary’s County Maryland (Lewes, Delaware: Colonial Roots, 2004), p. 165, "Joy, Enoch; inv.; 20 Aug 1746; 7 Oct 1746; nok Charles & Ignatius Joy; adm./ex. Techley Joy; citing Abstracts of the Inventories and Accounts of the Prerogative Court of Maryland, 1718-1777, V. L. Skinner, Jr. (17 Volumes, Family Line Publications) 33.231.

6. Elise Greenup Jourdan, compiler, Settlers of Colonial St. Mary’s County Maryland (Lewes, Delaware: Colonial Roots, 2004), p. 165, "Joy, Enoch; inv.; 20 Aug 1746; 7 Oct 1746; nok Charles & Ignatius Joy; adm./ex. Techley Joy; citing Abstracts of the Administration Accounts of the Prerogative Court of Maryland, 1718-1777, V. L. Skinner, Jr. (11 Volumes, Family Line Publications and Willow Bend Books) 25.78.

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), p. 180, genealogical sketch of Enoch Joy (9).