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William Joye [?] (1719 tax petitioner)
Birth: unknownDeath: unknownOctober 1719 levy-relief requestSurname uncertain. The stated age of seventy or more implies birth by about 1649 only for this candidate; identity with the landowner is unproved.
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.
