Joyce Baker
Parents
Margaret Merry
Margaret Merry
1567 - 1617
Richard Baker
Richard Baker
1578 - 1604
Spouse
Nicholas Butler
Nicholas Butler
1595 - 1671
Children
 

Timeline

1602

birth


Ashford, Kent, England ⇓
She had a brother Thomas, and two sisters, Joan and Mary. Thomas Baker in his will 26 May 1626 speaks of his "sister Joys Butler," and Nicholas Butler is a witness. She is mentioned in both her father and her grandfather Christopher Merry's will. Henry Vanner of Canterbury mentioned her in his will as "Cousin Joyce, daughter of Richard Baker" and married to "Nicholas Butler".
2 Sources ⇓
1602 Bartolomew Gosnold becomes the first European at Cape Cod.

1602


May 30
Age: 6m
1602 • A surprise attack by forces under the command of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, and his brother-in-law, Philip III of Spain, is repelled by the citizens of Geneva (This actually took place after midnight, in the early morning of December 12, but commemorations/celebrations on Fête de l'Escalade are usually held on December 11 or the closest weekend).

1637


Age: 35y
The New England Historical & Genealogical Register and ..., Volume 15

immigration


Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA ⇓
On board the ship "the Hercules." Fellow passengers included Edward Johnson and his wife Susan, whose son Edward Johnson Jr. married a Catherine Baker in 1650.
In 1630, will of Henry Vanner, Alderman of the City of Canterbury, mentions cousin Joyce wife of Nicholas Butler of Ashford, daughter of Richard Baker deceased, and her son Henry. Henry Vanner's wife, Ursula Rooke, had relations with the Butler family through her aunt's marriage John Baker, who was the uncle of Thomas Baker, married to Griselda.
5 Sources ⇓
1637 Scottish army officer Robert Monro publishes Monro, His Expedition With the Worthy Scots Regiment Called Mac-Keys in London, the first military history in English.
before

1657


Age: 55y
Joyce Baker - Dorchester Town Petition

event


Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA ⇓
Signed a petition along with other wives in Dorchester.
1 Source ⇓
1657 Christiaan Huygens writes the first book to be published on probability theory, De ratiociniis in ludo aleae ("On Reasoning in Games of Chance").

1679


Age: 77y

will


She mentions her grand-daughter "Hannah Chadduck."
(Hannah married James Chadwick.)
1 Source ⇓
1679 • The brigantine Le Griffon, commissioned by René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, is towed to the southern end of the Niagara River, to become the first ship to sail the upper Great Lakes.

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