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Day, William

Male 1715 - 1797  (81 years)


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  • Name Day, William  
    Born 23 Oct 1715  Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 22 Mar 1797  Sheffield,Berkshire,MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Barnard Cemetery,Sheffield,Berkshire,MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • BIRTH: Springfield Vital Records, 1:70 (FHL #185414).
      MAR #1: William's 1st wife was Polly Day according to Thomas B. Warren, "Springfield Families" (typescript, 1935; Conn. Valley Historical Museum, Springfield, Mass.), 237 (FHL #014787). They are presumably the William Day and Mary Day married at Boston, Polly being a nickname for Mary (BOSTON MARRIAGES FROM 1700 TO 1751, 28th Report Boston Record Commissioners [Boston, 1898; repr Baltimore, 1977], 343 [FHL #974.461 V2b]).
      MAR #2: "Westfield Marriage Records as obtained from the Files at City Hall" (typescript, 1937), unpaginated (FHL #974.426/W2 V2wm).
      MAR #3: No mar rec found. Gravestone inscription in Barnard Cemetery, Sheffield, Mass., calls her "Rhoda Day, wife of Captain William Day." See Cynthia T. Hoogs, comp, SHEFFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS (Great Barrington, MA, 1987), 4 (FHL #974.41/S3 V3h). A monument erected to the memory of William Day by his grandson, James Day, in the Springfield City Cemetery states that Rhoda, wife of Capt. William Day, was the daughter of Major John Hubbell of Litchfield, Conn. She died 25 Jul 1795 at Sheffield, aged 47. The monument also states that the remains of William and Rhoda were removed to the Springfield Cemetery. Monument was viewed by Clifford Stott on 29 June 2000.
      DEATH: From gravestone inscriptions cited above.
      BUR: See above.

      ~LDS ORDINANCES
      BEPS1,2: IGI
    Person ID I4687  Our Generations Ancestors
    Last Modified 11 Oct 2004 

    Father Day, John,   b. 10 Sep 1673, Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Nov 1752, Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Smith, Marah,   b. 30 Jul 1676, Hadley,Hampshire,MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Feb 1742, Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Married (int) 13 Feb 1696/1697  Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1965  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Hubbell, Rhoda 
    Family ID F1983  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Day, Mary 
    Married 1 Nov 1747  Boston,Suffolk,MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1981  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Ingersol, Eunice 
    Married 24 Jan 1760  Westfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1982  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart