ROBERT DAYE (DAY)-Cambridge
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Robert DAYE (DAY) b. abt. August 1604 in England, d. 1648 in Hartford, CT, m. (1) Mary___;
(2) Editha Stebbins, d. October 24, 1688, sister to Deacon Edward Stebbins.
She m. (2) Deacon John Maynard, Hartford CT; d. 1657-8, will
dated January 23 1657-8, proved February24, 1657-8;
m. (3) Elizur Holyoke of Springfield, MA in 1658;
son of Edward and Prudence (Stockton) Holyoke; b. Tamworth, Stafford Co.,England,
d. February 6, 1676 in Springfield, MA
Robert and his first wife, Mary came from Ipswich, Co. Suffolk, England in April 1634
on the ship "Elizabeth" to Boston.
They settled first in Cambridge, MA. On May 6, 1635, he was admitted a freeman.
His first wife, Mary supposively died
before he moved to CT. Shortly after, about 1639, he moved
to Hartford, CT. His name is on a monument that was erected
to the memory of the first settlers in Hartford, CT.
His will was dated May 20, 1648, which is printed in
Trumbull?s Colonial Records of CT., I487; and inventory of
his estate was filed on October 14, 1648. Of descendants
of Robert Day in the male line, full account is printed by
Rev. George E. Day, of Northampton.
Robert's second wife was the mother of his children.
Children:
1 Thomas d. December 27, 1711, Springfield, MA;
m. Sarah Cooper
2 John d. 1730, Hartford, CT; m. Sarah Butler of Hartford, CT
3 Sarah m (1) Nathaniel Gunn; (2) Samuel Kellogg
4 Mary b. 1641 in Hartford, CT, d. October 7, 1725;
m.(1) Samuel Ely; (2) Thomas Stebbins;
(3) Deacon John Coleman
1 Thomas (Robert) d. December 27, 1711; moved back to Springfield, MA 1658;
m October 27, 1659 Sarah, dau. of Lieutenant Thomas Cooper, who was killed
when Springfield was burned by the Indians.
Thomas will was dated May 29, 1711 and proved March 25, 1712.
Sarah d. November 21, 1726.
Children:
5 Thomas b. March 23, 1662; m. Elizabeth Merrick.
6 Sarah b. June 14, 1664; m. John Burt.
7 Mary b. December 15, 1666; m. John Merrick.
8 John b. February 20, 1669, d. August 6, 1670
9 Samuel b. May 20, 1671, d. October 19, 1729;
m.Marah Dumbleton
10 John b. September 20, 1673; m. (1) Marah Smith; (2) Hannah (Marsh) Kent
11 Ebenezer b. February 18, 1676, d. June 12, 1676
12 Ebenezer b.September 5, 1677; m. Mercy Hitchcock
13 Jonathan b. August 8, 1680; m. Mercy Burt
14 Abigail b. 1683; m. (1) Samuel Warriner; (2) Thomas Miller
2 John (Robert) d. 1730, Hartford, CT; m. Sarah Butler,
of Hartford, CT; dau. of Thomas Butler and Sarah Stone.
His will was dated November 16, 1725 and proved May 6, 1730.
He owned shared in a grist or saw mill, which he bequeathed
to his son William. He left his house and lands in Hartford
to his wife, and after her decease it went to his son John.
He received the property from his stepfather John Maynard
as stated in his will. Also mention in the will are Editha,
his mother, Thomas, his brother and his sisters Sarah and Mary.
Sarah (Butler) Day was one of Thomas Butler's heirs in 1697
for his estate.
Children:
15 Joseph d. 1696 (died young)
16 John b. 1677, d. November 4, 1752; m. (1) Grace Spencer
of Hartford, CT on January 21, 1696, d. May 12, 1714 in
Colchester, CT; (2) Mary Hale d. November 2, 1749
17 Thomas d. 1724-5; m. Hannah Wilson
18 Mary m. William Clark on November 14, 1699 of Haddam, CT.
19 Maynard m. October 27, 1714, in Hartford, CT,
Elizabeth Marsh, b. July 13, 1683; dau. of Samuel and
Mary (Allison) Marsh
20 Sarah baptized September 19, 1686;
m. Jared (Garret) Spencer on June 10, 1708, Hartford CT
(Spencer was originally recorded as Spencer/Spenser)
21 James baptized April 5, 1690
22 William baptized April 24, 1692, d. November 25, 1768;
m. Elizabeth Andrews
23 Joseph baptized June 14, 1699, d. June 10, 1785, ae. 86;
m. March 24, 1737-8, (1) Deborah Andrews,
baptized March 26, 1698-9, d. December 11, 1755; dau.
of Nathaniel and Mary (Mason) Andrews; m. September 15, 173,
(2) Mary Butler, widow of Joseph Day, baptized June 13, 1708,
d. August 22, 1791, ae. 84; dau. of Samuel and Mary (Gilman) Butler.
Child: Jacob Seymour may have been the Jacob baptized
December 27, 1730, son of Deborah Andrews
24 Editha m. Ebenezer Moody
3 Sarah (Robert) m. on November 17, 1658 (
1) Nathaniel Gunn and settled in Branford, CT;
d. 1663; son of Jasper Gunn; (2) Samuel Kellogg of Hatfield, MA
on November 24, 1664; b. abt. 1635 in England;
d. January 17, 1711 in Hatfield, MA; came to America abt. 1652
(possibly settled first in Hartford, CT).
On September 19, 1677, the Indians attacked Hatfield, MA,
kidnapping seventeen people, who where the first white
people taken as captives to Canada. During the attacked,
Sarah and her baby, Joseph were killed and another son,
Samuel was taken captive to Canada.
The town of Hadley* was situated on both sides of the
Connecticut River, exposed to constant attacks from the Indians.
Because of this danger, the people of the west side of the
river, in 1667, sent a petition to the governor and council of
Massachusetts asking to be a separate society. It was granted
by the general court the following year and the new town was
named Hatfield*.
Children of Samuel and Sarah:
25 Samuel b. April 11, 1669, in Hadley*, d. August 24, 1708;
m. Hannah Dickinson of Hadley
Born in Hatfield*:
26 Nathaniel b. June 4, 1671; moved to Colchester, CT;
d. August 22, 1757
27 Ebenezer b. June 2, 1674
28 Joseph b. September 9, 1676, killed by Indians,
September 19, 1677.
4 Mary (Robert) b. 1641 in Hartford, CT, d. October 7, 1725;
m. on October 28, 1659 (1) Samuel Ely, probably b. at
Hartford, CT or Cambridge, MA, d. March 17, 1692 in
Springfield, MA, son of Nathaniel and Martha Ely;
m. on April 12, 1694 (2) Thomas Stebbins; m. December 16, 1696
in Springfield, MA (3) Deacon John Coleman, b. abt. 1635,
in England, d. January 2, 1711; made a freeman in CT, 1658
and in MA, 1672; will on file at Prob. office Northhampton, MA,
Vol. 3, P. 261--dated January 19, 1711
Children of Samuel and Mary (had sixteen children, between
1660-1686, ten of their children died in infancy or early
youth.):
29 child b. and d. 1660, Springfield, MA
30 Samuel (1) b. March 1 1662, d. March 22, 1662
31 Joseph b. August 20, 1663
32 Samuel (2) b. November 4, 1664, d. February 18, 1665
33 Mary (1) b. March 29, 1667, d. April 19, 1667
34 Samuel (3) b. May 9, 1668
35 Nathaniel (1) b. January 18, 1670, d. March 16, 1671
36 Jonathan (1) b. July 1, 1672, July 10, 1672
37 Nathaniel (2) d. at the age of fifteen
38 Jonathan (2) b. January 24, 1676, d. February "following"
39 Martha b. October 28, 1677, d. November25, 1677
40 John b. January 28, 1678, Springfield, MA,
d. January 15, 1758, West Springfield, MA.; m. Mercy Bliss
41 Mary (2) b. June 20, 1681, d. December 21, 1681
42 Jonathan (3) b. Januray 21, 1683
43Mary (3) b. February 29,1684
44 Ruth b. 1688
All were born in Springfield, MA
9 Samuel (Thomas, Robert) b. May 20, 1671,
d. October 19, 1729; m.Marah Dumbleton on July 22, 1697;
d. May 17, 1759, dau. of John and Lydia (Leonard) Dumbleton.
Children:
45 Samuel b. October 8,1698; m. Martha Stebbins
46 Josiah b. March 10, 1701, d. January 15, 1770;
m. (1) Elizabeth Bliss
47 Mary b. September 10, 1703, d. October 24, 1703
48 Lydia b. August 2, 1706; m. Miles Morgan
49 Thomas b. August 19,1708; m. Abigail Parsons
50 Mary b. March 19, 1711; m. Hezekiah Day
51 Abigail b. March 17, 1713; m. Timothy Woodbridge
52 Aaron b. August 11, 1715;
m. (1) Sybil Munson; (2) Susannah Stanley
16 John (John, Robert) b. 1677,
d. November 4, 1752 (October17, 1754), Colchester, CT ;
m. (1) Grace Spencer of Hartford, CT on January 21, 1696;
b. July 27, 1674, d. May 12, 1714 in Colchester, CT;
dau. of Samuel Spencer and Hannah (Willey) Hungerford-Blackford;
m. (2) Mary Hale on March 2, 1715; b. June 13, 1675,
d. November 2, 1749; dau. of Samuel and Ruth (Edwards) Hale.
He moved to Colchester, CT, abt. 1701-02
Children: (all by his first wife, the first three were born
in Hartford, CT)
53 Lydia b. April 11, 1698, baptized April 17, 1698;
m. Joseph Fuller
54 Mary b. August 14, 1699, bp August 20, 1699;
m. Jonathan Northam on December 20, 1722, in Colchester,CT
55 John b. June 6, 1701, bp June 8, 1701; m. August 20, 1725,
in Colchester, CT, Sarah Loomis
(was originally recorded as Loomis/Lomis/Lomas)
Born in Colchester, CT
56 Joseph b. September 27, 1702, (according to one source,
bp. Feb. 21, 1702-3) m. April 1, 1729, in Colchester, CT,
Esther Hungerford
57 Benjamin b. February 7, 1704; m March 6, 1729, in
Colchester, CT, Margaret Foote
58 Editha b. September 10, 1705; m. December 11, 1729,
Colchester, CT, Daivid Bigelow (Bigloe)
59 Daniel b. March 9, 1709, d. 1712; unmarried
60 David b. July 18, 1710; m. Hannah Kellogg and/or
Hannah (____) Elliot
61 Abraham b. March 17, 1712, d. March 18, 1792;
m. November 20, 1740, in Colchester, CT, Irene Foote
62 Isaac b. May 17, 1713; m. July 3, 1740, in Colchester, CT,
Ann Foote (Foot)
63 Daniel d. 1746
17 Thomas (John, Robert) m. Hannah Willson (Wilson) on
September 21, 1698 in Hartford, CT; baptized March 12, 1676,
dau. of John Willson (Wilson) & Lydia Cole
m. (2) Nathaniel Dickinson.
Children:
64 Thomas b. June 8, 1699, baptized June 8, 1699,
d. before 1732: m. Eliza
65 Hannah baptized February 2, 1700-1; m. Thomas Barnes on
May 19, 1726 in Farmington
66 John baptized August 20, 1704; m. Eunice Turner
67 Nathaniel baptized July 3, 1715; m. (1) Thankful Clesson;
m. (2) Experience Birge
68 Mehitable m. Amos Field
22 William (John, Robert) baptized April 24, 1692,
d. November 25, 1768; m. Elizabeth Andrews April 18, 1717;
who d. November 23, 1772, dau. of Samuel Andrews & Elizabeth
Spencer.
Children:
69 William baptized March 30, 1718, d. October 21, 1758 in the
Army 70 Samuel baptized March 13, 1719-20; m. Hannah Ashley
71 Elizabeth baptized May 12, 1723, d. December 7, 1778 ae. 57
Will of Elizabeth Day dated November 10, 1772 prob. (____) not
probated gives to Samuel, Joseph and Jerusha (children of her
brother, Samuel).
25 Samuel (Sarah, Robert) b. April 11, 1669, in Hadley*,
d. August 24, 1708; m. Hannah Dickinson of Hadley in 1690,
b. 1666, d. August 3, 1745; dau. of Nathaniel and Hannah
Dickerson. Her grandfather, Nathaniel Dickerson, came
to Wethersfield from England in 1637 and was one of the
founders of Hadley in 1659; d. June 16, 1676. Will of Hannah,
dated Colchester, April, 18, 1745, mentions the children
listed below. Proved January 7, 1745-6. Samuel was taken
captive by the Indians, September 19, 1677, and was taken to
Canada. He remained a prisoner there until May 2, 1678, when
he and the others were rescued by two men of Hatfield,
Benjamin Waite and Justin Stockwell. They were brought to
Albany, May 22, 1678 and then to Hatfield. Samuel and
Hannah moved to Colchester in 1701, he became one of the
founders of that town.
Children:
72 Samuel b. May 18, 1694
73 Joseph b. June 18, 1696
74 Hannah b. September 11, 1699
75 Eunice b. August 3, 1701; m. Benjamin Quiterfield on
July 11, 1728
All born in Hatfield
46 Josiah (Samuel, Thomas, Robert) b. March 10, 1701,
d. January 15, 1770; m. February 25, 1731 (1) Elizabeth Bliss;
b. February 11, 1704, d. August 25, 1739, ae. 35; dau. of
Peletiah and Elizabeth (Hitchcock) Bliss;
m. December 24, 1748, (2) Hannah Ingraham. He resided in
West Springfield, MA.
Children of Josiah and Elizabeth:
76 Moses, b. January 7, 1732, d. January 27, 1742
77 Gideon, b. September 17, 1733; m. December 9, 1762,
Elizabeth Duncan
78 Elizabeth, b. January 31, 1736; m. Seth S. Coburn
79 Aaron, b. June 2, 1738; m. Eunice Bliss
52 Aaron (Samuel, Thomas, Robert), b. August 11, 1715, in
Springfield, MA, d. September 9, 1778, ae. 63, Springfield, MA;
m. September 3, 1741, (1) Sybil Munson, b. March 22 1719-20,
d. October 31, 1742; dau. of Theophilus and Esther (Mix) Munson;
m. September 18, 1745, (2) Susannah Stanley, b. June 26, 1717,
in Hartford, CT, d. April 1, 1805, ae. 68; dau. of Nathaniel
and Anna (Whiting) Stanley. He had a B.A. Yale, 1738;
Steward of Yale College, 1739-47.
Children of Aaron and Susannah:
80 Mary, b. August 15, 1746, baptized August 24, 1746, d. 1826;
m. Samuel Curtis, of Springfield, MA
81 William, b. May 25, 1748; m. Lois Ives
82 Thomas Stanley, baptized May 19, 1751, d. October 12, 1837,
in West Avon; m. December 21, 1774, Ruth Newell,
b. March 2, 1755, d. October 12, 1840, in West Avon; dau.
of Josiah and Mary (Upson) Newell
83 Horace, baptized April 21, 1754, d. Autumn 1812;
m. December 26, 1781, Mary Furguson, d. Autumn 1812;
Resided Springfield and Berlin (Kensington)
84 Abigail, baptized April 18, 1756, d. January 23, 1827;
m. Whiting Stanley, of Crambridge, MA
85 Susa, baptized September 28, 1760, d. September 10, 1799
61 Abraham (John, John, Robert) b. March 17, 1712 in Colchester,
CT, d. March 18, 1792, ae. 80; m. November 20, 1740,
Irene Foote, d. Augst 7, 1809. They lived in Colchester, CT.
Children:
86 Ephraim, b. July 10, 1741
87 Ezra, b. April 22, 1743
88 Nehemiah, b. March 5, 1745, d. July 5, 1818;
m. Dimmie/Dimis/Demis Kilborn
89 Abraham, b. September 20, 1747
90 Elisha, b. January 30, 1749
91 Lucy, b. May 14, 1752
91 Elijah, December 1, 1754
92 Irene, b. March 7, 1757
93 Sarah, b. March 26, 1759
94 Oliver, b. September 12, 1761
66 John (Thomas, John, Robert) baptized August 20, 1704;
m. October 11, 1727, Eunice Turner; poss. M. (2) Sarah Robinson.
Children:
95 Thomas, baptized December 22, 1728
96 Sarah, baptized February 14, 1730-1
97 Eunice, baptized September 9, 1733
98 Mary, baptized February 15, 1735-6
These four children are named in a will of Sarah Bird, widow of
Jonathan Smith(?) and Thomas Bird, dated March 29, 1737,
listed as her grandchildren.
70 Samuel (William, John, Robert) baptized March 13, 1719-20,
d. December 6, 1778, ae. 59; m. January 19, 1748-9,
Hannah Ashley, baptized October 13, 1717,
d. September 18, 1799, ae. 82; dau. of Joseph Ashley and Mary
(Steele) Goodrich.
Children:
99 Samuel, baptized January 22, 1748-9, died young
100 Jerusha, d. September 10, 1799, ae 49
101 Hannah, baptized December 22, 1751, d. October 9, 1797,
ae. 46
102 Samuel, baptized March 18, 1753
103 Joseph, baptized December 4, 1757; m. Rhoda Steele
104 Infant, d. January 4, 1761
105 Sarah, d. June 2, 1765
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