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William Joy (1703 will witness)

Birth: unknownDeath: unknownWitness in 1703 abstractOriginal will unread; cross-record identity unproved.

Modern roads and waterways around South Mills and Joyce Creek, with soft regional shading, beside Moseley’s 1733 Joys Fork and chapel detail.

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William Joy and the Land at Joys Fork

William Joy lived up in the Fork of the Pasquotank, beside land Cornelius Forehand bought in 1714. Deeds, a will and the surviving name Joyce Creek trace his neighborhood and Margery’s place in its history.