Thomas Joyce1

#28887, (circa 1798 - )
Father*____ Joyce2 (s 1775 - )

Family 1

Elizabeth Ryan b. c 1805, d. b 1849
Children 1.Mary A Joyce+10 (c 1821 - 1897)
 2.George Joyce+11 (c 1825 - 1895)
 3.Margaret Joyce12 (c 1827 - 1829)
 4.Thomas Joyce+1 (1830 - )

Family 2

Ann Murphy b. c 1821
"Around 1800 or earlier, Thomas Joyce arrived at Point de Bute from Waterford, Ireland. He married Elizabeth Ryan, of Loyalist stock who was able to trace her lineage back to Irish nobility."3 
Birth*circa 1798He was born circa 1798 at Co. Waterford, IrelandG.4,1 
June 1817He migrated to New BrunswickG in June 1817.5 
Marriage*He married Elizabeth Ryan.1 
1851He appeared on the census of 1851 at Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG; (neis. John and Catherine Whelan; William and Ellen Hartnett.)5 
Marriage*29 July 1857He married Ann Murphy on 29 July 1857 at St-Henri Church, Barachois, Shediac Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.6,7 
1861He and Ann Murphy appeared on the census of 1861 at Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.8 
1871He and Ann Murphy appeared on the census of 1871 at Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.9 

Citations

  1. [S146] Gabriel Drouin, compiler, Drouin Collection: St-Henri, Barachois, Cte Westmorland, 1812-1899, Vols. 1 and 2 (Montreal, Quebec: Institut Généalogique Drouin), Bapt. rec. of Thomas Joyce, son of Thomas Joyce and Elizabeth Ryan, 1836, q.v.
  2. [S915] Ruby M. Cusack, online http://www.rubycusack.com/, Issue 486, Query 1631. States Thomas Ryan, b. Ireland 1799, entered Colony 1819, marr. Elizabeth Ryan. His brother John Joyce arrived in 1845. Both settled in Botsford Parish. Mentions an unnamed history (prob. A History and Story of Botsford by W M Burns).
  3. [S915] Ruby M. Cusack, online http://www.rubycusack.com/, Citing A History and Story of Botsford by W. M. Burns.
  4. [S82] Robert F Fellows, compiler, First Families of New Brunswick (www.nbgs.ca/firstfamilies.html (members only): New Brunswick Genealogical Society, 2006), Entry for Thomas Joyce. "Thomas Joyce came from Waterford, Ireland to NB about 1800 and first settled at Pointe de Bute, NB, then moved to Botsford Portage, Botsford Parish, Westmorland County: m. Elizabeth Ryan who was of
    Loyalist stock. Children: 1) George Joyce, marr. Joanna Crow, settled at Great Shemogue; 2) Thomas Joyce Jr., marr. Mary Scantling, also settled at Great Shemogue.
  5. [S83] 1851 Canada Census (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia). Thomas (52), wid., farmer, Irish descent, entered Colony Jun 1817.
  6. [S146] Gabriel Drouin, Drouin: St-Henri, Barachois, 1812-1899 1 & 2, Vol. 2, img. 109/504. Thomas Joyce and Ann McKay, both of Botsford Par., marr. 29 Jul 1857 by John A Mooney; witn. Joseph Joyce and Mary Whelan.
  7. [S1600] New Brunswick Marriage Registers 1789-1889, online FamilySearch.com, Westmorland Co. Vol. C, p. 43, no. 3966. Thomas Joyce and Ann McCoy [sic], both of Botsford Par., marr. 29 Jul 1857 by John A Mooney; witn. Joseph Joyce and Mary Whelan.
  8. [S80] 1861 New Brunswick Province Census. Thomas (62), b. Ireland, farmer, R.C.; Nancy [sic], (40), b. Newfoundland, R.C.
  9. [S84] 1871 Canada Census. Thomas Joice (70), b. Ireland, formier, Catholic; Anne (48), b. PEI, Irish descent, Catholic.
  10. [S520] VWH, Mary's son Daniel McBride is in house of Thomas Joyce in 1851 as grandson.
  11. [S146] Gabriel Drouin, Drouin: St-Henri, Barachois, 1812-1899 1 & 2, Marr. Rec. of George Joyce, son of Thomas Joyce and the deceased Elizabeth Ryan, 1849, q.v.
  12. [S100] Gabriel Drouin, compiler, Drouin Collection: Shemogue [Chimogoui, St-Barthélemi], Cte Westmorland, 1813-1855 (Montreal, Quebec: Institut Généalogique Drouin), p. 29. Marguerite Joyce, dau. of Thomas Joyce and Elizabeth Ryan, d. 1 Nov 1829, age 2 yrs. 4 mos., bur. 3 Nov 1829; rites by J M Paquet, priest; present Thomas Joyce, father, and Charles Kelly. Online Ancestry.com.