Ancestry of
Hugh Hefner

Founder of Playboy Magazine

Joseph Joy

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• • 6th Great-grandfather of Hugh Hefner — 9th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 362 
  • Father:
  • Joseph Joy 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Prince   
  • Birth Date:
  • 30 Jul 1668 
  • Birth Location:
  • Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 29 Apr 1716 
  • Death Location:
  • Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Elizabeth Andrews
  • Marriage Date:
  • 22 May 1690 
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  • Child:

  Ruth Joy (Ahnentafel No:181 )

• Sources for Joseph Joy

  • ¹ Joy, James Richard, Thomas Joy and His Descendants: In the LInes of His Sons Samuel of Boston, Joseph of Hingham, Ephraim of . . ., New York: Printed for the Family (1900), 66-68.

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