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Bennett Joy Sr.

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Bennett Joy Sr.

Birth
Plainfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
30 Sep 1867 (aged 72)
Redford, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
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"Bennett Joy...long made his home near Syracuse. When about forty-five years of age he journeyed to the West, and located in Michigan in 1837. While serving bravely in the War of 1812, he was wounded and taken prisoner at Plattsburgh and held in the Quebec prison for three years, being released at the close of the war. He later worked on the Erie Canal and continued in that business until his removal to Michigan. Making his permanent home in Wayne County, he resided in Redford until his death. His family of eleven children was composed of five sons and six daughters. Two daughters and three sons are yet living."
   ['Portrait & Biographical Record of Muskegon and Ottawa Counties', Biography of Asa Joy, 1893]

Father of:
Lucina, Julia, Nancy, Warren, Bennett Jr., Mary, Lydia, Asa, Samuel, James and Sarah.
"Bennett Joy...long made his home near Syracuse. When about forty-five years of age he journeyed to the West, and located in Michigan in 1837. While serving bravely in the War of 1812, he was wounded and taken prisoner at Plattsburgh and held in the Quebec prison for three years, being released at the close of the war. He later worked on the Erie Canal and continued in that business until his removal to Michigan. Making his permanent home in Wayne County, he resided in Redford until his death. His family of eleven children was composed of five sons and six daughters. Two daughters and three sons are yet living."
   ['Portrait & Biographical Record of Muskegon and Ottawa Counties', Biography of Asa Joy, 1893]

Father of:
Lucina, Julia, Nancy, Warren, Bennett Jr., Mary, Lydia, Asa, Samuel, James and Sarah.

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  • Created by: tdsfam
  • Added: May 28, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37637634/bennett-joy: accessed ), memorial page for Bennett Joy Sr. (10 Oct 1794–30 Sep 1867), Find a Grave Memorial ID 37637634, citing Mount Hazel Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by tdsfam (contributor 47121885).