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- From FindaGrave:
OF ENGLISH ANCESTRY
A BIOGRAPHY OF JOANNA FAUNCE PADDOCK, by Larry Overmire (7th great grandson), Aug. 2008:
Joanna Faunce was born in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, June 24, 1689, the sixth of seven children of Elder Thomas Faunce, Sr., and his wife Jane Nelson. Her grandparents John and Patience (Morton) Faunce immigated on the ship "Anne" in 1623.
On Oct. 15, 1712, at Plymouth, Massachusetts, 23-year-old Joanna married 25-year-old Ichabod Paddock, the son of Zachariah Paddock and Bethiah Hall. In the ensuing years, Joanna gave birth to nine children: Bethia, Priscilla, Jane, Joanna, Ephraim, Thomas, Zachariah, Patience, and James.
Ichabod and Joanna moved from Yarmouth to Middleboro in 1722. He was a distinguished elder and deacon of the Church of Plymouth.
Joanna died in Middleboro on May 4, 1758, at the age of 68 and was laid to rest in the Cemetery At the Green.
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