Silas Day

Generation: 1

Silas Day was born on 28 Jan 1739 in Newark, Essex County, NJ (son of Captain Samuel Day and Elizabeth Day); died on 31 Mar 1763 in Morristown, Morris County, NJ.

Silas married Phebe Condict on 27 Jun 1759 in New Jersey. Phebe (daughter of Peter Condit, Jr. and Phebe Dodd) was born on 25 Jun 1740 in Mendham, Morris County, NJ; died on 6 Jul 1829 in Morristown, Morris County, NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Generation: 2

Captain Samuel Day was born on 17 Jul 1715 in Newark, Essex County, NJ (son of Samuel Day and Abigail Carter); died on 25 Mar 1777 in Morristown, Morris County, NJ; was buried in First Presbyterian Church cemetery, Morristown, Morris County, NJ.

Other Events:

_MILT: Capt.

Notes:

Samuel served as an Ensign in Captain Thompson's Company of minutemen in 1775, as a wagon-master. He was later made Captain. He died of smallpox. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Morristown, NJ.

Samuel married Elizabeth Day about 1738. Elizabeth was born in December 1715; died on 22 Apr 1761 in Morristown, Morris County, NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth Day was born in December 1715; died on 22 Apr 1761 in Morristown, Morris County, NJ.

Children:

1. Silas Day was born on 28 Jan 1739 in Newark, Essex County, NJ; died on 31 Mar 1763 in Morristown, Morris County, NJ.
Elizabeth Day was born on 25 Apr 1741 in Newark, Essex County, NJ.
Ezekiel Day was born on 25 Jul 1743 in Newark, Essex County, NJ; died on 3 Jan 1777 in Morristown, Morris County, NJ.
Phebe Day was born on 25 Jul 1743 in Newark, Essex County, NJ; died on 19 Jun 1785; was buried in First Presbyterian Church cemetery, Morristown, Morris County, NJ.
David Day was born on 18 Nov 1746 in Newark, Essex County, NJ; died in in Morristown, Morris County, NJ.
Jeduthan Day was born on 28 Jan 1748 in Paradise, Gloucester County, NJ; died on 9 Nov 1815 in Morristown, Morris County, NJ.
Robert (Robard) Day was born on 10 Jul 1750 in Newark, Essex County, NJ; died on 7 Oct 1778.
Abraham Day was born on 7 Apr 1753 in Essex County, NJ; died in in Ohio.
Samuel Day was born on 7 Apr 1753 in Essex County, NJ; died on 12 Aug 1796 in Morristown, Morris County, NJ.
Jared Day was born on 13 Feb 1755 in Essex County, NJ.
Jehiel Day was born on 22 Jan 1758.

Generation: 3

4.	Samuel Day was born in 1669 in Newark, Essex County, NJ (son of George Day and Mary Riggs); died in 1715 in Morristown, Morris County, NJ. Samuel married Abigail Carter about 1709. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abigail Carter

Children:

David Day was born in 1710 in Newark, Essex County, NJ; died on 29 Jun 1754 in New Providence, Union County, NJ.
2. Captain Samuel Day was born on 17 Jul 1715 in Newark, Essex County, NJ; died on 25 Mar 1777 in Morristown, Morris County, NJ; was buried in First Presbyterian Church cemetery, Morristown, Morris County, NJ.

Generation: 4

George Day was born in 1640 in Derby, New Haven County, CT; died in 1684 in Newark, Essex County, NJ.

Notes:

The Day family were early settlers of Morris Co. NJ having gone there from Newark, NJ. The first members of the family came from England and formed part of the Milford and Hanford colonies of CT. From CT a small band of colonists moved into NJ about the middle of the 17th century and found the city of Newark. The ancestors of Silas Day were among those early settlers of Newark.

George married Mary Riggs in 1665 in Derby, New Haven County, CT. Mary (daughter of Edward Riggs, Jr. and Elizabeth Rose) was born about 1644 in Derby, New Haven County, CT; died in 1712 in Newark, Essex County, NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary Riggs was born about 1644 in Derby, New Haven County, CT (daughter of Edward Riggs, Jr. and Elizabeth Rose); died in 1712 in Newark, Essex County, NJ.

Children:

George Day, Jr. was born in 1667 in Newark, Essex County, NJ; died about 1720.
Paul Day was born in 1668 in Milford, New Haven County, CT; died on 19 Nov 1712 in Newark, Essex County, NJ.
4. Samuel Day was born in 1669 in Newark, Essex County, NJ; died in 1715 in Morristown, Morris County, NJ.