Dorcas Joyce

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name
Dorcas Joyce
aka
[Dorcas Bassett]
sex
female
access
public
summary
Probably a daughter of John Joyce of Yarmouth, Massachusetts, whose will of 1666 left twenty shillings each to his daughters Mary and Dorcas, and probably the wife of Nathaniel Bassett, whom she married about 1661. Probably the mother of Mary (Bassett) Mulford and Sarah (Bassett) Nickerson; as the compiled accounts have it, she was born about 1640 and died in 1707.
born
date
c. 1640
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[online-tree-wikitree-mayo-mulford]
note
McLean's study of her father (TAG 43:1-13, 1967), as quoted on WikiTree.
died
date
10 June 1707
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[online-tree-wikitree-mayo-mulford]
note
McLean (TAG 43:1-13), as quoted on WikiTree.
residences
date
c. 1640
place
Yarmouth, Massachusetts
basis
inferred
confidence
probable
note
Daughter of John Joyce of Yarmouth, which was settled in 1639.
date
c. 1661
place
Duxbury, Massachusetts
basis
inferred
confidence
probable
note
Married Nathaniel Bassett of Duxbury and Marshfield about 1661.
date
1675
place
Yarmouth, Massachusetts
basis
inferred
confidence
probable
note
Her husband was constable of Yarmouth from 1675.
father
name
John Joyce of Yarmouth
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[will-john-joyce-1666, online-tree-wikitree-mayo-mulford]
note
His will of 20 Nov 1666 leaves "unto my two Daughters Mary and Dorcas twenty shillinges apeece" (MD 16:160). That this Dorcas is Nathaniel Bassett's wife is McLean's identification (TAG 43:1-13).
mother
name
Dorothy Joyce
basis
inferred
confidence
probable
sources
[will-john-joyce-1666]
note
Named as John Joyce's wife in his will of 1666; that she was Dorcas's own mother is inferred.

Daughter of John Joyce of Yarmouth (compiled). Her father's will of 20 Nov 1666 left "unto my two Daughters Mary and Dorcas twenty shillinges apeece." It also gave 20s to Richard Tayler "att the Rocke because a poor man," provided "hee vindecate my name and acknowlidge the wronge that hee hath Done mee about a Calfe" (MD 16:160).

McLean's study of her father (TAG 43:1-13, 1967) gives her as born about 1640, died 10 June 1707, and married about 1661 Nathaniel Bassett (as quoted on WikiTree). Her husband's will of 1709/10 left their daughter Mary Mulford "my Chest that was her Mothers and my great Chest that I gave to her mother."

Open questions

  • Read McLean, TAG 43:1-13, for the evidence behind her dates and marriage.
  1. ---
  2. name: Dorcas Joyce
  3. aka: [Dorcas Bassett]
  4. sex: female
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Probably a daughter of John Joyce of Yarmouth, Massachusetts, whose will of 1666 left twenty
  8. shillings each to his daughters Mary and Dorcas, and probably the wife of Nathaniel Bassett, whom
  9. she married about 1661. Probably the mother of Mary (Bassett) Mulford and Sarah (Bassett)
  10. Nickerson; as the compiled accounts have it, she was born about 1640 and died in 1707.
  11. born:
  12. date: c. 1640
  13. basis: compiled
  14. confidence: probable
  15. sources: [online-tree-wikitree-mayo-mulford]
  16. note: McLean's study of her father (TAG 43:1-13, 1967), as quoted on WikiTree.
  17. died:
  18. date: 10 June 1707
  19. basis: compiled
  20. confidence: probable
  21. sources: [online-tree-wikitree-mayo-mulford]
  22. note: McLean (TAG 43:1-13), as quoted on WikiTree.
  23. residences:
  24. - date: "c. 1640"
  25. place: Yarmouth, Massachusetts
  26. basis: inferred
  27. confidence: probable
  28. note: "Daughter of John Joyce of Yarmouth, which was settled in 1639."
  29. - date: "c. 1661"
  30. place: Duxbury, Massachusetts
  31. basis: inferred
  32. confidence: probable
  33. note: "Married Nathaniel Bassett of Duxbury and Marshfield about 1661."
  34. - date: "1675"
  35. place: Yarmouth, Massachusetts
  36. basis: inferred
  37. confidence: probable
  38. note: "Her husband was constable of Yarmouth from 1675."
  39. father:
  40. name: John Joyce of Yarmouth
  41. basis: documented
  42. confidence: probable
  43. sources: [will-john-joyce-1666, online-tree-wikitree-mayo-mulford]
  44. note: His will of 20 Nov 1666 leaves "unto my two Daughters Mary and Dorcas twenty shillinges apeece" (MD 16:160). That this Dorcas is Nathaniel Bassett's wife is McLean's identification (TAG 43:1-13).
  45. mother:
  46. name: Dorothy Joyce
  47. basis: inferred
  48. confidence: probable
  49. sources: [will-john-joyce-1666]
  50. note: Named as John Joyce's wife in his will of 1666; that she was Dorcas's own mother is inferred.
  51. ---
  53. Daughter of John Joyce of Yarmouth (compiled). Her father's will of 20 Nov 1666 left "unto my two
  54. Daughters Mary and Dorcas twenty shillinges apeece." It also gave 20s to Richard Tayler "att the
  55. Rocke because a poor man," provided "hee vindecate my name and acknowlidge the wronge that hee
  56. hath Done mee about a Calfe" (MD 16:160).
  58. McLean's study of her father (TAG 43:1-13, 1967) gives her as born about 1640, died 10 June 1707,
  59. and married about 1661 Nathaniel Bassett (as quoted on WikiTree). Her husband's will of 1709/10
  60. left their daughter Mary Mulford "my Chest that was her Mothers and my great Chest that I gave to
  61. her mother."
  63. ## Open questions
  65. - Read McLean, TAG 43:1-13, for the evidence behind her dates and marriage.
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