S. Hollis Joy
Doesn't want his date of birth published
married and divorced
one child, living
musician, artist, mill worker
one sister, living
Link: Edward Hollis Joy
Edward Hollis Joy
born: May 24, 1911 in Schennectady NY
siblings: Arthur (deceased) Audrey (living), Harriet (deceased), Annie (deceased, may have been younger than Marion),
Marion Elizabeth (died in infancy)
died: 1996 Vancouver BC
buried: Summerland BC
married: Gladys Smith
children: Allen and Ray
Link: Thomas Hollis Joy
Edward's father was Thomas Hollis Joy
born: Dec 22 1882 in Newport, Hants, NS
died: Nov 26 1974 in Summerland BC
siblings: Harriet Helen, Maynard Howe (b: Feb. 5 1880 in Nova Scotia), William Arthur (b: July 3 1891), Emily
Oxnard, Mary, and Norman Frankland Joy (not sure of the birth order).
married: Edna Ellen Miller
children: (see Edward's siblings)
occupation: metallurgist, inventor
Link: William Hollis Joy
Tom's father was William Hollis Joy
born: August 14,1846 (1847?) where?
died: 1918 in Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia
married: Annie Woolaver (spelling changed from previous generations)
children:
occupation: bookkeeper
Link: Arthur P. tells it differently
William's father was Dr. Hollis Joy (see Link below)
born 29 SEP 1814
died 24 JAN 1894
married: Barbara Thomas
children: William Hollis and Arthur Paige (?)
occupation: doctor, eclectic (means alternative)
comments: listed in the 1870 US Census as a resident of Chicago (Arthur P. Joy states that his parents accompanied
him to Chicago when he trained as a dentist)
Link: On Eclectic Medicine
Note: Addison Co. ME Intention and Marriage Record: on Dec 24, 1840 an intention to marry was recorded
between Hollis Joy to Barbara Thomas (the marriage itself is not recorded).
Was Hollis' father Samuel Joy (or, possibly, Samual)
born ? died ?
siblings:
married: Abigail Tracy
children: (all children were born in Gouldsboro ME, if place of birth was listed)
Hannah
John
Samuel (b. about 1785)
David (b. about 1781)
Caleb Tracy ( b. about 1787 d. 1861 in Gouldsboro ME)
Rhoda
Hollis (b. about 1790; d. 1840, in Gouldsboro ME)
Ivory Hovey (b. July 4, 1791)
occupation:
There are some BIG QUESTIONS here:
1. WHO was this Samuel Joy and where did he come from? Is he the Scotch Irish millwright named Samuel Joy
who came from "Kennebec, near Augusta" sometime "before the Revolution" and settled in Gouldsboro ME (from p.
201 of Thomas Joy and his descendants). This Samuel Joy married Abigail Tracy and had a son Hollis born around 1790,
who died in 1840.
Note: the Tracy family is listed in the 1790 census for Gouldsboro ME.
2. Or is Arthur P. Joy's 1896 bio correct when it states his paternal great grandfather immigrated from
Wales? But Samuel from Kennebec is of Scotch/Irish descent, according to Thomas Joy and his descendents.
There are other mysteries to be solved. For example, is "our" Joy family connected to the Thomas Joy who immigrated
to Boston in 1633, married Joan (or Joanne) Gallup, and became a prominent mill owner in Hingham, Maine? We don't know, yet.
The family has no memory of a Welsh ancestor, that we know of, but does claim English/Irish ancestory and Boston
connections.
To make things more convoluted, we have found at least two occasions on which Joys married Joys.
Also, we do know that family members lived in Boston and claimed to have been related to an owner of the wharf
where the Boston Tea Party was held. Of course, this owner may not have been surnamed Joy.
Be sure to click on the link above entitled The Amazing Eliza Joy for Thomas Joy's most interesting descendant.
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