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 • Copies are printed of the geographical map of East Asia created by Matteo Ricci, an Italian Jesuit stationed in Ming Dynasty Beijing, China, with Chinese-written labeling and map symbols.

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.
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1637 • The first English venture to China is attempted by captain John Weddell, who sails into port in Macau and Canton during the late Ming Dynasty with six ships. The voyages are for trade, which is dominated here by the Portuguese (at this time combined with the power of Spain). He brings 38,421 pairs of eyeglasses, perhaps the first recorded European-made eyeglasses to enter China.Brook, Timothy (1998). The Confusions of Pleasure: Commerce and Culture in Ming China p. 57. ISBN 0520221540.
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 Andreas Gryphius' drama Katharina von Georgien is published.

1679


Age: 77y

will


She mentions her grand-daughter "Hannah Chadduck."
(Hannah married James Chadwick.)
1 Source ⇓
1679 Armenia earthquake: A tremor with a magnitude of 7.0 takes place in the Yerevan region of the Persian Empire.

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