Benjamin was born a Bristiah subject and the son of David and Ruth Ford Joy. His (undocumented) siblings were Sarah, David, Obediah, Ruth, Tabitha, Lois, Ephraim (died an infant),Deborah, and Ephraim.

On June 10, 1740, at the age of 21, he married Sarah Cummings at Rehoboth, Massachusetts Colony. They created a life and family together which included at least eleven children: Mary, Ephraim, Sarah, David, Lucy, Thomas, Benjamin, infant son, Ruth, Abigail, and Tamer. The family, and sons specifically, would have been caught in the midst of the Revolutionary War.

By the end of their long lives, they were Americans. Sarah passed at 81 and Benjamin at 90. They had been married 63 years when Benjamin became a widower.

NOTER: The Joys died in Plainfield Township, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, as opposed to Plainfield, Sullivan County, New Hampshire.

1. 1790 United States Federal Census
Name: Benjamin Joy
Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Plainfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 2
Free White Persons - Females: 2
Number of Household Members: 4
Source Citation: Year: 1790; Census Place: Plainfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire; Series: M637; Roll: 5; Page: 87; Image: 59; Family History Library Film: 0568145.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1790 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

2. Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850
Name: Benjamin Joy
Gender: Male
Spouse: Sarah Cummings
Marriage Date: 10 Jun 1740
City: Rehoboth
County: Bristol
Source: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0562559. Source Information: Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.