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View Tree for Thomas JoyThomas Joy (b. Abt. 1610, d. October 21, 1670)

Thomas Joy was born Abt. 1610 in County Norfolk, England, and died October 21, 1670 in Hingham, Plymouth Co., MA. He married Joan Gallup on 1637 in in MA, daughter of Capt. John Gallup and Cristobel Crabbe Brushett.

 Includes NotesNotes for Thomas Joy:
In 1635 Thomas sailed from Gravesend, England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the ship "Constance". He was a contractor, master builder and architect and built the Boston Town House 1640 [1657?] in the market place of Boston from his design (it once held the arsenal, Court House and Town Hall of Boston). A supporter of Dr. Robert Child's petition for extension of the right of suffrage, he was arrested in 1646 for helping to get signers to petition for enlarged franchise and for questioning the Court's authority in arresting him. About 1646/47 he removed to Hingham, MA. Owned Tide-Mill and other property by 1650. He was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, 1658. Admitted a freeman of the Colony in 1665. Bought land from the Indians 1668

More About Thomas Joy and Joan Gallup:
Marriage: 1637, in MA.

Children of Thomas Joy and Joan Gallup are:
  1. +Joseph Joy, b. April 01, 1645, Boston Suffolk County MA, d. May 31, 1697, Hingham, MA Plymouth.
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