John "Possum" JOYCE

1743 - 1827  (84 years)

• Name	John "Possum" JOYCE  [1, 2]
  Birth	1743	Louisa County, Virginia   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 Oct 1827	Rockingham County, North Carolina   [1]
  Burial	John Possum Joyce Cemetery, Mayodan, Rockingham County, Virginia, United States   [1]
  Person ID	I152	Joss/Joyce Family | Family of Alexander Joyce (1720-1778) of Guilford County, North Carolina, Family of Thomas Joass (1683-1725) of Ballynahinch, County Down
  Last Modified	30 Aug 2024

  
  

  DNA Tests	1 DNA test is associated with John "Possum" JOYCE
  	Test Type	Taken by	Haplogroup	Test Information
  	atDNA	John "Possum' Joyce (1743-1827) descendants		Most recent common ancestor: Thomas JOASS,   b. 1609, Aberdeenshire d. Mar 1665, Colleonard, Banffshire, Scotland

  
  

  Father	Alexander JOYCE,   b. Jan 1720, Ballynahinch, County Down, Northern Ireland d. 5 Mar 1778, Guilford County, North Carolina (Age 58 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Sarah AUSTIN,   b. 1720, Hanover County, Virginia d. 1758, Lunenburg County, Virginia (Age 38 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1739	Virginia, United States   [3, 4, 5, 6]
  Family ID	F352	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nancy ANDERSON,   b. 1750, North Carolina d. 1789, Rockingham County, North Carolina (Age 39 years)
  Children	1. Ola Jane JOYCE,   b. 1768, Guilford County, North Carolina d. 1854, Rockingham County, North Carolina (Age 86 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Margaret Anderson JOYCE,   b. 1770, Guilford County, North Carolina d. 1850, Rockingham County, North Carolina (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Samuel "Possum" JOYCE,   b. 1777, Rockingham County, North Carolina d. 1875, Rockingham County, North Carolina (Age 98 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Martha JOYCE,   b. 1780, Rockingham County, North Carolina d. 1870, Tennessee (Age 90 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Virginia Sarah JOYCE,   b. 1785, Rockingham County, North Carolina d. 1870, Scott County, Tennessee (Age 85 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. John "Possum" JOYCE, jr.,   b. 1787, Rockingham County, North Carolina d. 1831 (Age 44 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F229	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Aug 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1743 - Louisa County, Virginia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Transcribed Documentation		Alexander Joyce (1720-1778) of Guilford County, North Carolina Documentation
  		John “Possum” Joyce (1743-1827) of Guilford County Documentation

  
  

• Sources

  [S23] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;;;;). [S95] Ancestry.com, 1790 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;;;;), Year: 1790; Census Place: Rockingham, North Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 7; Page: 536; Image: 310; Family History Library Film: 0568147. [S56] Jim Joyce, Summary of Research for Wives of Alexander Joyce b. 1720 and Brother Thomas Joyce b. 1722 Update September 2018, Last updated 2018, this is the latest research on the wives of Alexander (1720-1778) and Thomas Joyce (1722-1780). [S56] Jim Joyce, Summary of Research for Wives of Alexander Joyce b. 1720 and Brother Thomas Joyce b. 1722 Update September 2018, Updated genealogical research on the wives of Alexander Joyce (1720-1778) and Thomas Joyce (1722-1780). [S57] Jim Joyce, David C. Joyce, Immigrant Brothers Alexander and Thomas Joyce Report, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Joss/Joyce Family Association;;;;), History of Alexander Joyce (1720-1778) and Thomas Joyce (1722-1780) in Colonial America. [S58] Jim Joyce, David C. Joyce, Immigrant Brothers Alexander and Thomas Joyce: Role of Presbyterian Religion in their Lives, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Joss/Joyce Family Association;;;;), The role that the Presbyterian Religion had on Alexander Joyce (1720-1778) and Thomas Joyce (1722-1780).