William JOYNER, Jr.

1719 - 1760  (41 years)

• Name	William JOYNER  [1]
  	LT. William Joiner was born in 1719 in East Haddam, CT., to William Joyner and Elizabeth (Eads/Edes), daughter of William Eads and Elizabeth. William and his brother Robert Joyner removed from East Haddam to the small village of Cornwall, Litchfield county, between 1738-40. On 14 June 1747, William Joiner married Sarah Dewey in Sheffield, Berkshire county, Mass., the daughter of Deacon Samuel Dewey and Rebecca Ashley. 1750 William Joiner and brother Robert Joiner were looking for new property and opportunities just north of Cornwall over the State line in the small village of Egremont, Mass. On October of 1757, William Joiner bought land in Egremont directly from the Indians which is recorded in the Hamden County Indian Deeds. William Joyner served in the 'French and Indian War' as a 'Lieutenant' officer for the British and American Militia from 1754-1760 in LT in Captain Zenas Huggins' Company, 1760. EGREMONT Town records and cemetery gravestones tell the death of our LT. William Joiner wounded in action, suffered gun shot wound, loss of blood, which left him weak, in a military campaign from Sept. to December of 1760 to Canada in Capt Zenas Huggins Company. Lt. Joiner returned to Egremont and died shortly thereafter. Joiner gravestone epitaph states he served with distinction as a military officer and is favorably mentioned with recognition from the Egremont community. He died on Monday, 15 December 1760, at age 42 years, in Egremont cemetery. His Epitaph found in town records but not available reads: "Here lies interred ye body of Lt. William Joyner who died December 15, 1760, in ye 42 year of his age. Our Gide is gone. We are left alone but on this stone we make our mou - Hail Happy Offspring do not Syth this Britain died for liberty." Posted on Find A Grave created by: Sally Joiner [1]
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	1719	East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Dec 1760	Egremont, Berkshire County, Massachusetts   [1]
  Burial	Town House Hill Cemetery, Egremont, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts   [1]
  Person ID	I32551	Main Tree
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2021

  
  

  Father	William JOYNER,   b. 11 Aug 1694   d. 29 Nov 1734, East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut (Age 40 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Elizabeth EADS,   b. 24 Sep 1689, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts d. 15 Apr 1741, East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut (Age 51 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	15 Jul 1718  [1, 2]
  Family ID	F20287	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah DEWEY,   b. 1722, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts d. Bef 1762, Egremont, Berkshire County, Massachusetts (Age 39 years)
  Marriage	14 Jun 1747	Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts   [1]
  Family ID	F20288	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2021

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1719 - East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut Death - 15 Dec 1760 - Egremont, Berkshire County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S02329] Find A Grave Website. [S10302] Ancestry.com: Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts 1630-1930.