Lydia JOYCE

Father: Hosea JOYCE
Mother: Elizabeth CHIPMAN

Family 1: Ebenezer HOWES

(1) Source: Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records via Ancestry.com.

  1. Samuel HOWES
  2. Thankful HOWES
  3. Mary HOWES
  4. Anna HOWES
  5. Prince HOWES
  6. Susannah HOWES
  7. Mercy HOWES
                                      ___________________
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                     |               |___________________
 _Hosea JOYCE _______|
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|--Lydia JOYCE
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|                                     _Thomas CHIPMAN ___
|                     _John CHIPMAN _|
|                    |               |_// DERBY _________
|_Elizabeth CHIPMAN _|
                     |                _John HOWLAND _____
                     |_Hope HOWLAND _|
                                     |_Elizabeth TILLEY _

Notes

Updated January 20, 2026. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2 via Ancestry.com: Volume 2 (Howland)

"CHILDREN OF Hosea JOYCE & 2nd Elizabeth CHIPMAN-3... Lydia JOYCE-4, b. c1684; d. 4 Nov. 1755, Howes cem., Yarmouth"

(2) Otis, Amos. Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Mass.] Families Volume I. Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, F.B. & F.P. Goss (the "Patriot Press"), 1888. Page 160.

"Lydia [JOYCE] who married Nov. 20, 1706, Ebenezer HOWES"

(3) Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records via Ancestry.com: Yarmouth

"Ebenezer HOWES and Lydia JOYCE were joyned in marriage the 20th Day of November 1706 by John THACHER jus. peace"

(4) Howes, Joshua Crowell. Genealogy of the Howes Family in America: Descendants of Thomas Howes, Yarmouth, Mass., 1637-1892. With Some Account of English Ancestry. Yarmouthport, Massachusetts, United States, printed for the author by Fred Hallett, 1892.

"EBENEZER HOWES m... 2d, Lydia JOYCE, Nov. 20, 1706. Children... by second wife. Samuel, b. Dec. 14, 1707; m Jerusha STURGIS, Oct. 21, 1736. Thankful, b. Aug. 22, 1711; m Samuel PADDOCK, Dec. 1744. Mary, b. Dec. 27, 1713; m Aron CROWELL (known as little Aron). Anna, b Feb. 14, 1715. Prince, b. April 13, 1718. Susannah, b. Oct. 10, 1720; m William SEARS, Nov. 17, 1745. Mercy, b. Jan. 7, 1722-3."

(5) U.S., Family History Books via Ancestry.com

"Ebenezer HOWES... married (2) 20 Nov. 1706, Lydia JOYCE, born about 1684, died 4 Nov. 1755, in her 71st year. gr. st. Howes Burying Ground at Dennis, Mass.: The will of Ebenezer HOWES, dated 3 Dec. 1726, and proved 13 Feb. 1726/7, mentions his wife Lydia, and his children Lydia, Thankful, Mercy, Anna, Susannah, Mary, Samuel and Prince, Thomas, eldest son, Ebenezer, Sarah SEARS and Elizabeth HOWES. His inventory taken 22 Feb. 1726/7 amounted to £532-15-10 in personal property and £1920 in real estate. In 1712 he received 47½ shares of the common lands of Yarmouth."

(6) Find a Grave

- Name: Lydia JOYCE HOWES
- Birth: 1684
- Death: 4 Nov 1755
- Spouse: Capt. Ebenezer HOWES (1672-1726)
- Inscription: "Here lyes ye Body of Mrs. LYDIA HOWES Wife to Capt. EBENEZER HOWES Who Departed this Life Nov.br the 4th 1755 in ye 71st Year of Her Age"
- Burial: Howes Family Cemetery; Dennis, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
- Memorial ID: 9188773

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Additional Notes.

Mayflower lineage: Howland/Tilley -1; Hope Howland -2; Elizabeth Chipman -3; Lydia Joyce -4.