1679: John, the son of Jno & Abigaill Day, was borne 11:8:79

John Day and Ruth Puffer were married December 12, 1706

Ruth Day, daughter of John and Ruth Day, was born October 1, 1707

John Day, son of John and Ruth Day, was born March 1, 1708-9

Daniel Day, who keeps the public house a mile or two out of the street, is the son of John Day, who was born in Sutton, Jan. 12, 1749. This John Day, the father of Daniel [Christopher Baldwin meant John], was a native of Wrentham, and was one of the settlers of Sutton. He had a brother by the name of Daniel who came to Sutton about the same time [continued below]

Caleb Day, son of John and Ruth Day, was born April 9, 1711

Israel Day, son of John and Ruth Day, was born November 2, 1713

Ebenezer Day, son of John and Ruth Day, was born June 28, 1716

Children: Dorothy Day, born Apr. 18, 1747 & married Josiah Ellis Jan. 7, 1768; Ebenezer Day, born Mar 27, 1749; Ruth Day, born Apr. 24, 1751; Bathsheba Day, born Mar. 27, 1754 & married Nathan Blake, Jr. May 1, 1777; Hannah Day, born Feb. 26, 1758 & married Adin Holbrook Feb. 2, 1780; Enos Day, born July 30, 1760; Kezia Day, born Aug. 10, 1763 & married Joseph Brown Feb. 9, 1786; Sabra Day, born Feb. 11, 1766 & died Sept. 2, 1840

In Memory of Mr. Ebenezer Day Who died January 12th, 1776 In the 60th year of his age [North Keene Cemetery]
In Memory of Mrs. Bathsheba Day Relict of Mr. Ebenezer Day Who died Sep 5th 1798 In the 73 of her age

Hannah Day, daughter of John and Ruth Day, was born May 14, 1718

Daniel Day, son of John and Ruth Day, was born Dec. 6, 1720

This Daniel had a son, Daniel, Jun., who was in the Army at Roxbury and Cambridge in 1775 and was distinguished as a good marksman. he owned a large Pennsylvania rifle and a British officer coming within reach, tho' adjudged to be half a mile distant, he levelled his piece and shot him dead. He was wounded in the batle at the White Plains by a musket shot. The ball entered his wrist and went beneath the skin almost to the elbow joint. The ball was not taken out and he, failing to keep out of the water, took a violent cold and died of the lockjaw [Doctor Jeremy Stimson's diary: 1776: Oct'r 31. Drest the Wounded none Dangerious Except one Daniel Day of Capt. Woodburys Comp. Coll. Holmans Regt. who Died Nov'r 7th with the Cramp ]. A soldier from Sutton, who knew him, happening to call at the house where he died an hour previous, recognised him, and with true soldier feeling dug his grave and had his body as decently interred as circumstances would permit. He was buried by the roadside at Horseneck and Capt. Josiah Hall, now living in Sutton, says he could point out the place of the grave. Daniel Day, Jr., was born Nov. 16, 1755. His mother had three children at one birth; their names were Moses, Aaron and Miriam

Ichabod Day, son of John and Ruth Day, was born Aug. 27, 1723

[Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County claims that Joseph Day, ancestor of Joseph Walter Day, of Uxbridge, Massachusetts, was born circa 1730 as the youngest son of John Day and Ruth Puffer . This relationship is incorrect as on April 23, 1759: Joseph Day, aged 22, was among the return of men enlisted in Col. Whiting's Regiment for the Invasion of Canada . I believe that he confused him with the John and Ruth Day who had a son Joseph born in North Yarmouth on October 25, 1735]

Ruth Day and John Hill were married November 15, 1733

Caleb Day and Bethiah Ware were married January 24, 1737-8

Children: Esther Day, born Nov. 26, 1739; Bethiah Day, born Sept. 10, 1743; Benjamin Day, twin, born Feb. 18, 1747-8; Joseph Day, twin, born Feb. 18, 1747-8; Jesse Day, born Oct. 11, 1751

I Martha Markham of Wrentham in the County of Norfolk & Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged 62 years do testify that Jesse Day late of said Wrentham & the husband of Mary Day now his widow was my father. The said Mary is my Step mother. My father departed this life on the fifteenth day of October 1824 & I was present & saw my father married Jany 5th 1809. They were married by the Revd Elisha Fisk. Norfolk SS} May 17, 1853

1809. January 5th Mr. Jesse Day of Wrentham & Miss Mary Clark of Medfield were married by Rev. Elisha Fisk

I Sally Blake of Wrentham in the County of Norfolk & Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged Sixty Eight years do testify that Mary Day of said Wrentham is now the widow of Jesse Day, who was a soldier of the Revolution, as I have always understood. Norfolk ss} August 3, 1853

On this 17th day of may AD 1853 Mary Day now resident in Wrentham aged 87 years declares that she is the widow of Jesse Day late of Wrentham, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war in Capt. Oliver Pond's Company & Col. Reeds Regiment Eight months as a private in 1775. He also served in Capt. Samuel Fisher's Company in Col. Wheelocks Regiment, also in Capt. Lovell's Company, also in Capt. N. Heath's Company in Col. Reed's Regiment

In 1738 John Day of Wrentham, conveyed land in Sutton to Stephen Hall

Israel Day and Maria Heaton were married May 23, 1739

Children: Abigail Day, born Aug. 2, & died Aug. 9, 1740; Jonathan Day, born Jan. 21, 1741-2; Kezia Day, born Mar. 4, 1743-4; Daniel Day, born June 24, 1747

In 1742 John Day of Wrentham, conveyed land in Sutton to John Day of Sutton

John Day married Abial Chapman March 19, 1745

Children: Dorcas Day, born July 27, 1746; John Day, born January 12, 1749; Stephen Day, born May 28, 1751;Ruth Day, born August 27, 1754 & died April 28, 1755

Stephen Day, son of John Day of Keene, died August 17, 1775 by sickness contracted in the army

On the Eighth day of August, 1832 Daniel Day, a resident of Keene in the county of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire, aged sixty nine years last Jany, declared

that the first of July, 1780 he enlisted at Keene for 6 months, mustered at Winchester, marched to Springfield, MA, then Litchfield, CT and finally to West Point, where he was enrolled in the Company commanded by Lieut Benjamin Ellis of Col. Henry Dearborn's Regiment. They marched to New Jersey & were at Orengetown English Neighbourhood & Hackensack, then back to Orangetown & was there when Major Andrew was executed & when Arnold escaped from West Point. They then marched back to West Point and he helped build huts on Robinson's Farm for the Winter Quarters the last of December

Ichabod Day and Elizabeth Davis were married November 23, 1749

Children: Elizabath Day, born Oct. 14, 1750; Amos Day, born Apr. 13, 1752; Asa Day, born Feb. 10, 1754; Robert Day, born Oct. 11, 1755; Hannah Day, born July 17, 1757; John Day, born July 25, 1760 & died Sept. 4, 1775; Orion Day, born Aug. 5, 1762; David Day, born Feb. 9, 1764 & died May 16, 1765; Olive Day, born Mar. 1, 1768

Ichabod Day, died November 3, 1769 in his 47th y

On the seventh day of April 1818, I Robert Day a Citizen of the United States, of Wrentham in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, declare that I enlisted in Capt. Oliver Pond's Company of Col. Read's Regt as a Soldier and marched to Roxbury in May 1775. I continued in said Company for Eight months. I again enlisted on Jany 1, 1776 in said Company & Regiment, then being the 13th Regt of Mass Line, for the term of one year. I marched to the state of New York and served out the term there and in New Jersey, being discharged at Peekskill in December. I am now sixty two years of age, infirm, and in reduced circumstances and stand in need of the assistance of my Country for support

Edward Warren Day of Washington, DC, born May 2, 1857 in Brooklyn, NY, graduated LeRoy academy in 1875, printer, newspaper correspondent, employed past 13 years upon staff of US Congressional Record, etc.; son of Edward Parsons Day, born June 15, 1822 in Richmond, NY, graduated Geneva, NY, college school teacher, printer, editor of America's Own, author of Day Grammar & Day's Collacon; son of Warren Day, born October 1, 1789 in Sharon, VT, Congregational Minister, graduated Dartmouth College, etc.; son of Orion Day, born August 5, 1762 in Wrentham, MA, enlisted at age of 17 in Capt. Josiah Richard's company in Col. Gill's regiment to do duty in RI, re-enlisted in Capt. Samuel Holden's co., 1780, was wounded, and though from his lameness he ought to have a pension, "as much as some," lost his "drum, musket," and all his household goods by fire, etc.; son of Ichabod Day, died in Wrentham November 3, 1769 from an overdose of tansy taken by mistake

[Searching through the Revolutionary War pension applications, there is none found for Orion Day. The only document in any files is one found in the application of Joseph Tiffany which is dated Stoughton, Apriel 15: 1780 and is a pay order for Joseph Tiffany signed by Orion Day

Daniel Day married Susanna Hutchinson May 14, 1752

Children: Sarah Day, born April 8, 1753 & married William Duncan June 22, 1779; Daniel Day; Susanna Day, born September 19, 1757; Molly Day, born February 14, 1761 & married Ezra Batcheller January 15, 1789; Lydia Day, born April 27, 1763 & married Dennis Thayer December 27, 1792; Moses Day, Aaron Day & Miriam Day, triplets born September 11, 1765

Hannah Day, daughter of John and Ruth Day, died October 30, 1755

John Day died April 2, 1758, in his 79th y

Ruth Day, widow of John, died March 17, 1768

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