Person:Obadiah Joy (2)

DEATH: 1816, Chautauqua Co NY (not western PA as stated in the Lee book). More of his descendants are given in The Joy Genealogy, by Helen Bourne Joy Lee. Historical Sketches of the Town of Portland, by HC Taylor, MD, 1873.

From Rita Orton, Genforum: There is an application for a military pension on file, for the year of 1832 for a Joseph Joy of Putney, Vt. In this file, a deposition given by Obadiah Joy [Jr] of Putney, Vt. age 64. Obadiah states that he was 10 years old living in Brattleboro, Vt. Joseph’s father [Obadiah] had leaned towards being a TORY and had not wanted Joseph to join the army. After finding this information and also knowing that the Joy family were Yorkers, I didn't think records were going to be found that would allow Obadiah Joy to be approved by the DAR.

David Joy, Submitted by Dolores Davidson, 2003.1 CONT JOY BURIAL SITE, PORTLAND, NY. Located on the former Joy farm on Webster Road east of Portland Center.
Disappeared. N1 CONC o known inscriptions exist.

In H.C. Taylor's Historical Sketches of the Town of Portland he mentions on page 301 " Old Mr. Joy, father of Capt. David Joy, and a few others were buried in a field now belonging to Richard Reynolds, on lo1 CONC t 19, town 5... but the precise spot is difficult to determine. Mr. Joy's aged father d. in Portland . about 1816.
DAVID JOY- "Old Capt. Joy" came to P. from Vermont in 1810. He built a log shanty in the woods near where the house of M.J1 CONC . Munson now stands, on pt of lot 33, T. 5. He left this claim the next year, and returned to Vermont.
Early in 1812, having removed his family to P. he rented the log tavern house of Wm. Berry, standing near where the house of Lincoln Fay now stands, on lot 25, T. 5, and continued the tavern. Within the next two or three months the house was burned, but a frame house was at once built and a public house continued. Early in 1814, Mr. Joy and his son Moses erected a large frame building, on pt of lot 19, T. 5, where the house of W. W. Pettit now stands, and opened it as a tavern. It was sold to Wm. Harris, sen., in 1817, and a double log house built on the N. pt of the lot, where the house of H.A.S. Thompson now stands, and opened a tavern. Sometime previous to 1831 the house now on the farm was built. In 1831 the farm was sold, and the farm now owned by Linus Burton, S. of Brocton, S. pt lot 13, T. 5., purchased. In 1837 Mr. Joy removed to Michigan, where he died many years since. Mrs. Joy d. in Portland . June 1st, 1831, aged 69. Mr. Joy's aged fath1 CONC er d. in P. about 1816. As before hinted, Mr. Joy left his family
in their home in Vt. until he could prepare for them a plce in the wilderness. After building his shanty on lot 33, as stated, he furnished it with a bed of straw in one corner on the bare earth, a brown earthen pan or two, a bowl of the same material, and one wooden spoon. Chairs or stools were of no account, and were not used, a block of wood answering every purpose. A fireplace was built of two or three bowlders, in one corner, and an old blanket was hung up at the doorway. The inventory of cooking utensils was not large, including but one iron kettle. He purchased a small cow and turned her into the woods to browse; a half bushel of corn meal and a pound or two of salt. After the labors of the day he would drive home his cow, secure her milk, and cook mush sufficient for his supper and two meals the next day. THe mush and milk thus prepared and eaten from his brown bowl with his wooden spoon he described as delicious. On a certain occasion while at his work, his faithful cow came about the cabin, and finding the door easy of removal, pushed it aside and made her way into the best apartment the cabin afforded. A slight exploration discovered to her the mush kettle, and claiming an interest in the property of her master, she soon cleared it of its entire contents; then going to the bed of Mr. Joy very complacently laid herself down in it. When Mr. Joy came in for his dinner he was not a little surprised to find his mush kettle empty, and the int1 CONC ruder very quietly
chewing her cud in his bed. He had not the heart to eject her rudely, but quietly drove her out, an1 CONC d took good care that she did not again thus deprive him of "his bed and board."
OBEDIAH5 JOY (DAVID4, JOSEPH3, ENS. JOSEPH2, THOMAS1, THOMASA) was born 18 January 1725/26 or 27 in Rehoboth, Brstl., Massachusetts, and died in Pennsylvania (* Not correct, died in Portland Chautauqua Co NY ) . He married ELIZABETH DOYLE 26 March 1749 in Rehoboth, Brstl., M1 CONC assachusetts.
She was born Abt. 1726 in Pembroke, Massachusetts, and died July 1772 in Rehoboth, Brstl., Massachusetts.1 CONC 
Parents: David Joy and Ruth Ford. He was married to Elizabeth Doyle on 26 Mar 1749 in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA
* David JO1 CONC Y was born Birth: ABT 1765 [sic] in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts
Death: Apr 1844 in Union, Cass, Michigan. Burial: East Union Cemetery, Union, Cass, Michigan BIRTH & DEATH: Tombstone inscription; Union Cemetery, Cass County MI; age 80 yrs; Father: Obediah JOY b: 18 Jan 1726 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts the aged father died in Portland, 1811 CONC 6 Chautauqua, New York he was 90
Mother: Elizabeth DOYLE
Marriage 1 Mary or Molly DICKERSON in Putney, Windham, Vermont, Birth: 14 Dec 1761 in Putney, Windham, Vermont. Death: 1 Jun 1831 in Portland, Chautauqua, New York DEATH: Portland H1 CONC istorical Sketches; JOY, David (27)"Mrs. Joy died June 1st, 1831, aged 69
Children
Isaac JOY b: 9 Oct 1786 in Putney, W1 CONC indham, Vermont M Nancy TAFT
Roxanna JOY b: ABT 1788 in Putney, Windham, Vermont
Ezra JOY b: ABT 1790 in Putney, Windha1 CONC m, Vermont
Moses JOY b: 1793 in Putney, Windham, Vermont
Darrell JOY b: ABT 1795 in Putney, Windham, Vermont
Anna JOY b1 CONC : ABT 1800 in Putney, Windham, Vermont
Obadiah JOY b: 1803 in Putney, Windham, Vermont

Family of Mr. and Mrs. Joy.
(11 CONC ) Moses; m. Patty HILL (S); settled in Portland.; but removed to Michigan in 1837, where he d. some years since.
Patty was the dau of Ezekiel HILLS died 15 NOV 1844 in Pomfret, NY and Malinda PALMER Birth: 20 JUN 1777 in Tolland, CT Death: 1836 in Charlotte, VT they had 8 known HILLS Children Patty b ca 1798 DEATH: EAST UNION CEMETERY (RINEHART CEMETERY). Cass County, MI; received from Gloria Winslow, Mattawan, MI. Moses Joy came from Portland TWP, Chautauqua NY in 1831 CONC 5 and owned 720 acres of land in Cass Co.,Michigan
Children
Alonzo JOY b: 1821 in NY
Emaline JOY b: 24 Apr 1823 in Chau1 CONC tauqua, NY
Fidelia JOY b: 25 Feb 1825
Elution JOY b: Jun 1827 EAST UNION CEMETERY (RINEHART CEMETERY) m Harriet Parker1 CONC , Death: 19 Dec 1850 in Calif, 1850 census on the Consummes River, Hsehold # 4-4, buried Union, Cass Co MI
Wellington J1 CONC OY b: 1829 in NY
Mary "Patty" JOY b: Abt. 1831
Nelson JOY b: 1832 in NY
Franklin JOY b: 1834 in NY
Dianthia JOY b: 1831 CONC 8 in MI
Alice JOY b: 1841 in MI EAST UNION CEMETERY (RINEHART CEMETERY)

EZRA; m. ____ ; for some time lived on N. pt l1 CONC ot 25, T. 5; afterward removed west.
Married Lucy WILDER b: 30 Mar 1791
Children
Elias Wilder JOY b: 1818 in : 1818 i1 CONC n , , Pennsylvania
Death: 1900 in Bloomingdale, Vanburen, Michigan m Cervilla Ann FERRY
Obediah JOY b: 1824/1826 in Ne1 CONC w York Marriage Marian MCMAHAN
Married: 3 Oct 1852 in , Cass, Michigan
(3) DORREL; never m.; went west with the famil1 CONC y in 1837.or Darrell ABT 1795
(4) DIAH (OBADIAH); m. Sophia Everden; lived in Portland . for some years; eventually rem1 CONC oving west. In 1803 wed SOPHIA and had At least 7 children went to MI
Children
Roxanna JOY b: 1829 in , New York
Poll1 CONC y JOY b: 1832 in , New York
May J. JOY b: 1834 in , New York
Andrew JOY b: 1839 in , Michigan
Elias JOY b: 1843 in , Mi1 CONC chigan
Oscar JOY b: 1846 in , Michigan
Harmon JOY b: 1849 in Mason Twp, Cass, Michigan
(5) ANNA; b ca 1800 m. Asa Brook1 CONC s; lived on the lake shore; afterward went
west.Death: ABT 1845 in Fosterburg, Madison, Illinois
Burial: Brooks Cemeter1 CONC y, Madison Co., Illinois
Children
Mary BROOKS b: 26 Jan 1819 in ,Chautauqua Co., New York
Frances BROOKS b: 17 Jan 1831 CONC 7 in Fosterburg, Madison, Illinois
(6) _____; M. James Wilder. [See Biog. Sketches No. 4]
* ROXANNA b BIRTH: c 1788 app1 CONC roximated from marriage date
MARRIAGE: Dummerston Vital Records; Births, marriages and deaths 1761-1886;
bk 1; pg 1471 CONC ; FHL film #28,152 Children
Marilla WILDER b: Nov 1809 in Dummerston, Windham, Vermont
Anna WILDER b: ABT 1820 in New Y1 CONC ork
Elias David WILDER b: 3 Aug 1824 in Madison, Illinois
Abigail WILDER b: in Davies, Illinois
Henry WILDER b: 1833 i1 CONC n Edward, Madison, Illinois
George WILDER
Jane WILDER
Josiah WILDER
Lucy WILDER
(7) POLLY; m. Wm. Miller. pages 319-321 CONC 1 Historical Sketches of the Town of Portland
H.C. Taylor 1873, Posted by Donna Mills 14 Nov 1999 on the message boards1 CONC ; added data from census and family records
Obadiah and probably the wife of DAVID are in the Joy Burial site with asso1 CONC rted others not known nor ever will be.
Historical Sketches of the Town of Portland Submitted by Dolores Davidson, 2003.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 The Joy Genealogy, by Helen Bourne Joy Lee, passim..
2. ↑ Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896. (Providence, RI: Narragansett Historical Publishing Co., 1897)
   656.

   JOY, Obadiah, of David and Ruth, [born] Jan. 18, 1726-7.

3. ↑ Chautauqua Co NY Cemeteries, p 140, cites Taylor, op cit., 301: “Old Mr Joy, father of Capt. David Joy, and a few others were buried in a fi.
4. ↑ “David Joy,” Submitted by Dolores Davidson, 2003, at ( http:/www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nychauta/Families/Joy.htm).2 CONT JOY BURIAL SITE, P.