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Day, Benjamin

Male 1710 - 1808  (97 years)


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  • Name Day, Benjamin  
    Birth 27 Oct 1710  Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 10 May 1808  West Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Park St. Cemetery,West Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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
    Person ID I4661  Our Generations Ancestors
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2000 

    Father Day, John,   b. 10 Sep 1673, Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 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 locationd. 28 Feb 1742, Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Marriage (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 Morgan, Eunice,   b. 24 Jun 1716, Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jan 1765, Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years) 
    Marriage (int) 9 Oct 1742  Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Day, Benjamin,   c. 28 Aug 1743, 1st Cong'l Church,West Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Sep 1746, Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 3 years)
     2. Day, Eunice,   b. 1 Jun 1745, Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Day, Benjamin,   b. 23 Feb 1746/1747, Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Apr 1794, West Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years)
    +4. Day, Daniel,   b. 8 Jul 1749, Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Aug 1825, West Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     5. Day, Robert,   b. 16 Aug 1751, Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Aug 1751, Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     6. Day, Mahlah,   b. 31 Jul 1752, Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Sep 1754, Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 2 years)
     7. Day, Heman,   b. 27 Jan 1755, Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jan 1837, West Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     8. Day, Mahlah,   b. 30 Jun 1757, Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Feb 1816, West Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
     9. Day, Lydia,   b. 1 Nov 1759, Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 May 1853, West Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years)
     10. Day, Clarissa,   b. 18 Jun 1764, Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jun 1850, South Hadley,Hampshire,MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    Family ID F1949  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Bardwell, Lucy 
    Marriage 31 Oct 1770  Deerfield,Franklin,MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1964  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart