1James Richard Joy, Thomas Joy and his Descendants in the Lines of his Sons Samuel of Boston, Joseph of Hingham, Ephraim of Berwick . . ., p. 70 (1900).
"6. David4 (Joseph,3 Ensign Joseph,2 Thomas1), b. Hingham, Mass., Feb. 28, 1693-4; d. Rehoboth, Mass., Apr. 13, 1739. Weaver. Removed from Hingham to Rehoboth, Mass., about 1720, where he died. Several of his children settled in Vermont.
Married, May, 1718, Ruth Ford, of Pembroke, Mass.
CHILDREN.
i Benjamin, b. May 20, 1719; m., 1740, Sarah Cummings, Rehoboth.†
ii Sarah, b. July 17, 1720; m. 1740, Eliakim Perry, of Stoughton.
iii David, b. Apr. 5, 1723; d. July, 1724.
17 iv David, b. Dec. 16, 1724; m., 1747, Elizabeth Allen; d. (N. Y.) 1809.
18 v Obadiah, b. Jan. 18, 1726-7; m., 1749, Elizabeth Joy; d. Pennsylvania.
vi Ruth, b. Oct. 12, 1728.
vii Tabitha, b. Mar. 30, 1732; m., 1752-3, Philip Whittaker.
viii Lois [Louis?], b. May 29, 1734.
ix Ephraim, b. July 13, 1737; d. Aug. 9, 1737.
x Deborah, b. Sept. 3, 1738; m., 1761, Jonathan Talbot, of Dighton.".