Person:Joyce Unknown (63)
Joyce Unknown
b.Bef 1587
d.Bet 15 Nov 1640 and 24 Feb 1640/41 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
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  • H.  Richard WardEst 1579 - 1635
  • W.  Joyce UnknownBef 1587 - Bet 1640 & 1640/41
m. Bef 1607
  1. Mary WardEst 1607 - 1678/79
  2. Lieutenant John WardCal 1625 -
  3. Edward Ward
  4. Anthony Ward
  5. William Ward
  6. Robert Ward
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Name[3] Joyce Unknown
Gender Female
Birth[1] Bef 1587 Based on estimated date of marriage.
Marriage Bef 1607 Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child.
to Richard Ward
Will[2] 15 Nov 1640 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Death[2] Bet 15 Nov 1640 and 24 Feb 1640/41 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Estate Inventory[2] 24 Feb 1640/41 £52-15-06, by George Hubbard and Leonard Chester.
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The Will of Joyce (-----) Ward of Wethersfield

"Vol. I, 1635-1650. Page 451.

Ward, Joyce, Wethersfield. Invt. £52-15-06. Taken 24th February, 1640-1, by George Hubbard & Leonard Chester. Will dated 15th November, 1640: I, Joyce Ward, of Wethersfield, being sicke in body but whole in mynd, doe make my last will & Testament this 15th day of November, in this prsent yeare of the Lord Christ 1640, in manner and forme as followeth: Imprs. I give to foure of my sonnes, that is to say, Anthony Ward, to Willie Ward, Robert Ward, & John Ward, ech of the a pare of sheets, and to my eldest sonne Edward, I give unto him twelve pence of mony; furthermore, I make my sonne in law John Flecher my whole and sole Executor, to pay and discharge all those debts, legaces wch I am bownd to prforme, and for to see my body brought to the ground in a decent manner. Memorand: that I, Joyce Ward, have left my sonne Roberts portion wch his father gave him, wch is (£20) twenty pound, in England, in the hands of my sonne Edward Ward; I have made Mr. Wollersloue, of Clipsum, in England, in the County of Rutland, my Atturny, for to receave yt for my vse; if he have gott yt there, my son Robert shall have the whole twenty pound; but if yt be not gotten, then the six pound wch I paid for the putting out of the saide Robert Ward to Apprentice, shall be prte of that twenty pound. Joyce Ward her mark Witness: Nathaniel Dickinson Roger Prichat

An Inventory of all and singular the goods, Chattells, cattle, belonging to Joyce Ward, wydow, late of Wethersfield, made, taken and found the 24th of February, by George Hubbard and Leonard Chester: … [consisted of moveables and "one sowe wth three pigs"] £51-15-06."[4]

References
  1. ↑ Unknown. Ward and Allied Families: A Genealogical Study with Biographical Notes. (New York: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1930)
    17-19.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    I:38-39.
  3. ↑ The Traford surname belongs to a Joyce/Joice Traford who married a Stephen Ward (see NYGBR 44:120). A different article, NYGBR 49:262-64, discusses the family of Richard Ward and Joyce/Joice -----. He died in 1635 and she came to New England with two of her children, Mary (Ward) Fletcher and John Ward.
  4. ↑
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