{"id":105205,"date":"2025-11-13T09:11:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T14:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/?p=105205"},"modified":"2025-11-19T09:39:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T14:39:01","slug":"mayflower-descendants-the-mashpee-wampanoag-tribe-part-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/mayflower-descendants-the-mashpee-wampanoag-tribe-part-12.html","title":{"rendered":"Mayflower Descendants & the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (part 12)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction:<\/em><\/strong> In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on the genealogy of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, focusing on connections to the familial lines of Elthina Foster (Wixon) Joy. Melissa is a genealogist who has a website, americana-archives.com<\/a>, and a Facebook group, New England Family Genealogy and History<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Today I resume my series on \u201cMayflower Descendants & the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe,\u201d focusing on the familial lines of Elthina Foster (Wixon) Joy (1847-1934), a direct descendant of Mayflower<\/em> passengers Thomas Rogers, Joseph Rogers, Stephen Hopkins, and Constance Hopkins. She married Daniel Chase Joy, a direct descendant of Mayflower<\/em> passenger Edward Winslow.<\/p>\n

(Note: spelling for her name varies. Some records have Elthina while others have Elthinia.)<\/p>\n

Here is a photo of Elthina Foster (Wixon) Joy.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Elthina Foster (Wixon) Joy. Credit: Dennis Historical Society.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And here is a photo of her mother, Elthina (Wixon) Wixon (1822-1894), who married her cousin Ira Wixon.<\/p>\n

\"Photo:
Photo: Elthina (Wixon) Wixon. Credit: Dennis Historical Society.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While researching the Snow family I stumbled across the Pauline Wixon Derick Photo Album, part of the digital online collection with the Dennis Historical Society<\/a> in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. I have not located a photo of Elthina\u2019s husband.<\/p>\n

Below is a photo of Elthina with her sisters, all born to Ira and Elthina Wixon of Dennisport, Massachusetts. In this photo we see (left to right): Susan Emma, married David Jonthan Nikerson; Elthina Foster, married Daniel Chase Joy; Mary Rogers, married George Frederick Chase; and Lydia Doane, married Nehemiah Francis Joy, and 2nd Elisha F. Chase.<\/p>\n

\"Photo:
Photo: the Wixon sisters. Credit: Dennis Historical Society.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Both Elthina and her husband Daniel were members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS Church), renamed Community of Christ in 2001, which considers itself a continuation of the church established by Joseph Smith\u2019s father in 1830.<\/p>\n

Here is a photo of an RLDS group outing in 1910 at the RLDS Campground at Onset, Mass., \u201cCape Cod Folks.\u201d\u00a0 Front (left to right): Elthina (Wixon) Joy; Mary (Wixon) Chase; Jane Snow (mother of Mamie Baker); Sadie Joy. Standing (left to right): Sadie Joy (1st wife of Leonard Gage); Nathaniel H. Wixon; Ensign \u201cLinie\u201d Baker, husband of Mamie (Snow) Baker; Mamie (Snow) Baker; Edgar F. Wixon; Adelia (Hawes) Wixon; Charles P. Wixon; Sylvia (Rogers) Baker; Daniel Joy Sr.; Alpha Baker.<\/p>\n

\"Photo:
Photo: Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints group outing, 1910. Credit: Dennis Historical Society.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Below is a photo from the Pauline Wixon Derick Photo Album of an RLDS family reunion held in Warren Snow\u2019s Grove in Dennisport. The photo is undated. Featured in the photo is Joseph Smith III (1832-1914), the eldest surviving son of Joseph Smith (founder of the Latter Day Saint movement) and his wife Emma Hale Smith. Joseph is sitting in the center with a full white beard. He is a direct descendant of Mayflower<\/em> passengers John Howland, Elizabeth Tilley, Governor William Bradford, and William and Mary Brewster.<\/p>\n

\"Photo:
Photo: Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints reunion, unknown date. Credit: Dennis Historical Society.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Daniel Chase Joy and Elthina Foster Wixon were married in Harwich, Massachusetts, on 4 December 1866. Below is their matrimony notice published in the New Bedford Mercury<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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New Bedford Mercury (New Bedford, Massachusetts), 28 December 1866, page 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Before I continue, here is the lineage of Elthina Foster Wixon. Another aspect of her lineage is her Wampanoag heritage, which requires further research. The surnames include Nickerson, Wixon, Maker, Bearse, and Crowel\/Crowell. More on that in my next story. (Related stories are linked at the end of this article.)<\/p>\n

Mayflower<\/em><\/strong> Lineage:<\/strong><\/p>\n