Robert Alexander Joyce

  General Notes:

The 1860 Federal Census for Virginia, Henry Co., Ridgeway P. O. page 157 taken Sept 5, 1860 records Robert (27-NC) and Martha (23-VA) Joice [Joyce] with son Robert (8/12-VA).

Robert was in the 16th Va. Regiment and died during the Civil War. He was drafted into Company F, 16th Infantry Regiment Virginia on April 11, 1862. Robert was hospitalized on June 3, 1862 at Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond, VA (With heart problem). He died at the Hospital on June 5, 1862 while in the service of his country.

  Research Notes:

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Alexander JOYCE III was born about 1772 in North Carolina. He died about 1829 in North Carolina. He was married to Margaret (Peggy) HILL about 1795. Margaret (Peggy) HILL was born about 1785 in unknown. She died about 1829 in Rockingham Co, NC [probably]. Alexander JOYCE III and Margaret (Peggy) HILL had the following children:
i. Martin JOYCE.
ii. Noah JOYCE was born about 1810 in Rockingham Co., NC. He died about 1851.
iii. John III JOYCE was born about 1803 in Rockingham Co., NC. He died about 1880.
iv. Polly JOYCE was born about 1812 in Rockingham Co., NC. She died about 1842.
v. Susannah JOYCE was born about 1805 in Rockingham Co., NC. He died about 1833.
vi. Robert II JOYCE was born about 1805 in Rockingham Co., NC. He died about 1849.
vii. James P. JOYCE was born about 1805 in Rockingham Co., NC.
47 viii. Elizabeth II JOYCE was born about 1802 in Rockingham Co., NC. She died about 1848.
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FOURTH GENERATION

Martin JOYCE was born about 1806 in Rockingham Co., NC. He died before 1869 in Henry Co., VA. He was married to Sarah (Sally) ROBERTS in Nov 1839 in Rockingham Co., NC. Sarah (Sally) ROBERTS was born about 1823 in Rockingham Co., NC. She died in Osage Co., MO. Martin JOYCE and Sarah (Sally) ROBERTS had the following children:
i. Martha Sally JOYCE.
ii. Eliza J. JOYCE.
iii. James M. JOYCE was born about 1842 in Henry Co., VA. He died on 9 Apr 1862 in Harrisburg, PA.
iv. Nancy JOYCE was born about 1843 in Henry Co., VA. She died in Osage Co., MO.
v. Lucinda H. JOYCE was born about 1847 in Henry Co., VA. She died in Osage Co., MO.
vi. William JOYCE.
vii. John II JOYCE.
viii. Thomas R. JOYCE was born about 1854 in Henry Co., VA. He died in Osage Co., MO.
ix. Lafayette JOYCE was born about 1855 in Henry Co., VA. He died on 15 Oct 1862 in Henry Co., VA.
x. Joseph Sidney JOYCE was born about 1858 in Henry Co., VA. He died in Osage Co., MO [probably]. He was married to Lethany DODD on 24 Dec 1829 in Rockingham Co., NC [probably]. Lethany DODD was born on 7 Sep 1803 in Rockingham Co., NC [probably]. She died on 6 Sep 1835 in Rockingham Co., NC. Martin JOYCE and Lethany DODD had the following known children:
i. Mary Ann JOYCE.
ii. Robert Alexander JOYCE.
iii. Caroline M. JOYCE was born about 1835 in Rockingham Co., NC.
iv. Jesse JOYCE was born in Rockingham Co., NC.

Robert married Martha Jane Roberts on 23 Jan 1858 in Matrimony Baptist Church, Price Twp, Rockingham Co., NC. (Martha Jane Roberts was born on 26 Oct 1836 in Price Township, Rockingham Co., N.C, died on 15 Jun 1906 in Stoneville, Rockingham Co., N.C. and was buried in Roberts Family Cemetery, Price Twp, Rockingham Co., NC.)