 1710 - 1808 (97 years)
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| Name |
Day, Benjamin |
| Born |
27 Oct 1710 |
Springfield,Hampden,MA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
10 May 1808 |
West Springfield,Hampden,MA |
| Buried |
Park St. Cemetery,West Springfield,Hampden,MA |
| Notes |
- BIRTH: Springfield Vital Records, 1:64 (FHL #185414).
MAR #1: Springfield Vital Records, Marriages, 2:45 (FHL #185146). This is a mar intention; actual mar rec not found.
MAR #2: Thomas W. Baldwin, comp, VITAL RECORDS OF DEERFIELD (Boston, 1920), 178 (FHL #873741 item 3). Intentions were filed at Springfield, 13 Oct 1770 (Springfield Vital Records, Marriages, 2:185 [FHL #185416]). Wife was called Lucy "Sheldon," but she was apparently the widow of Abner Sheldon and dau of Thomas Bardwell. Abner Sheldon and Lucy Bardwell were married at Deerfield, 19 Mar 1745 (Baldwin, VITAL RECORDS OF DEERFIELD, 228). They had a dau Lucy Sheldon whom Benjamin called "daughter-in-law" [stepdaughter] in his own will, below.
DEATH: VITAL RECORDS OF WEST SPRINGFIELD, 2 vols. (Boston, 1944-45), 2:216 (FHL #974.426/W1 V2n). Also see the will of Benjamin Day of West Springfield, 24 Sep 1800, proved 7 Jun 1808, Hampshire Co. Probate, 25:217 (FHL #879197).
BUR: Ibid.
OCC: Gentleman, farmer, militia officer (French and Indian Wars), statesman.
~LDS ORDINANCES
BEPS1,2: IGI
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| Person ID |
I4661 |
Our Generations Ancestors |
| Last Modified |
2 Jan 2000 |
| Father |
Day, John, b. 10 Sep 1673, Springfield,Hampden,MA , d. 21 Nov 1752, Springfield,Hampden,MA (Age 79 years) |
| Mother |
Smith, Marah, b. 30 Jul 1676, Hadley,Hampshire,MA , d. 28 Feb 1742, Springfield,Hampden,MA (Age 65 years) |
| Married |
(int) 13 Feb 1696/1697 |
Springfield,Hampden,MA |
| Family ID |
F1965 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Morgan, Eunice, b. 24 Jun 1716, Springfield,Hampden,MA , d. 25 Jan 1765, Springfield,Hampden,MA (Age 48 years) |
| Married |
(int) 9 Oct 1742 |
Springfield,Hampden,MA |
| Children |
| | 1. Day, Benjamin, c. 28 Aug 1743, 1st Cong'l Church,West Springfield,Hampden,MA , d. 25 Sep 1746, Springfield,Hampden,MA (Age ~ 3 years) |
| | 2. Day, Eunice, b. 1 Jun 1745, Springfield,Hampden,MA |
| | 3. Day, Benjamin, b. 23 Feb 1746/1747, Springfield,Hampden,MA , d. 23 Apr 1794, West Springfield,Hampden,MA (Age 47 years) |
| + | 4. Day, Daniel, b. 8 Jul 1749, Springfield,Hampden,MA , d. 19 Aug 1825, West Springfield,Hampden,MA (Age 76 years) |
| | 5. Day, Robert, b. 16 Aug 1751, Springfield,Hampden,MA , d. 29 Aug 1751, Springfield,Hampden,MA (Age 0 years) |
| | 6. Day, Mahlah, b. 31 Jul 1752, Springfield,Hampden,MA , d. 18 Sep 1754, Springfield,Hampden,MA (Age 2 years) |
| | 7. Day, Heman, b. 27 Jan 1755, Springfield,Hampden,MA , d. 9 Jan 1837, West Springfield,Hampden,MA (Age 81 years) |
| | 8. Day, Mahlah, b. 30 Jun 1757, Springfield,Hampden,MA , d. 4 Feb 1816, West Springfield,Hampden,MA (Age 58 years) |
| | 9. Day, Lydia, b. 1 Nov 1759, Springfield,Hampden,MA , d. 15 May 1853, West Springfield,Hampden,MA (Age 93 years) |
| | 10. Day, Clarissa, b. 18 Jun 1764, Springfield,Hampden,MA , d. 4 Jun 1850, South Hadley,Hampshire,MA (Age 85 years) |
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| Family ID |
F1949 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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