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Miriam Day

Miriam Day

Female 1718 - 1791  (73 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Miriam Day was born on 4 Mar 1718 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA (daughter of Ebenezer Day and Mercy (Mary) Hitchcock); died on 7 Aug 1791 in West Springfield, Hampden County, MA; was buried in Aug 1791 in West Springfield, Hampden County, MA.

    Notes:

    Miriam's gravestone record is in the Old Burying Ground (Back road Cemetery).

    Miriam married Deacon Reuben Leonard on 22 Nov 1739 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA. Reuben (son of Josiah Leonard and Ruth Allen) was born on 25 Nov 1716 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; died on 23 Aug 1805 in West Springfield, Hampden County, MA; was buried in Aug 1805 in West Springfield, Hampden County, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Patience Leonard was christened on 26 Oct 1740 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA.
    2. Miriam Leonard was born on 13 Oct 1740 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; was christened on 21 Dec 1740 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; died on 4 Jul 1760 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA.
    3. Reuben Leonard, Jr. was born in 1742; was christened on 6 Mar 1742 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; died on 26 Mar 1830 in West Springfield, Hampden County, MA.
    4. Abner Leonard was born on 13 Feb 1744 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; died on 3 Mar 1793 in West Springfield, Hampden County, MA.
    5. Enoch Leonard was born on 29 Jul 1747 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; died in YOUNG.
    6. Josiah Leonard was born on 27 Mar 1750 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; died on 9 Nov 1817 in Kingsboro, Fulton County, NY.
    7. Elias Leonard was born on 24 Jul 1753 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; died on 1 Sep 1831 in Medina, Medina County, OH.
    8. Timothy Leonard was born on 24 Jul 1753 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; died on 12 Apr 1814 in Albany, Albany County, NY.
    9. Enoch Leonard was born on 14 Dec 1755 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA.
    10. Sybil Leonard was born on 20 Jun 1758 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA.
    11. Thaddeus Leonard was born on 2 Nov 1762 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; died on 5 Sep 1842.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Ebenezer Day was born on 5 Sep 1677 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA (son of Thomas Day and Sarah Cooper); died on 1 Sep 1765 in West Springfield, Hampden County, MA; was buried in Old Meadow cemetery, West Springfield, Hampden County, MA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: N118-ZX
    • Death: 1 Sep 1763, Springfield, Hampden County, MA

    Notes:

    Another source gives his date of death as 01-Sep-1763.

    Ebenezer married Mercy (Mary) Hitchcock on 18 Apr 1700 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA. Mercy (daughter of Captain Luke Hitchcock and Sarah Ruth Burt) was born on 2 Jan 1681 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; died on 29 Sep 1761 in West Springfield, Hampden County, MA; was buried in Old Meadow cemetery, West Springfield, Hampden County, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mercy (Mary) Hitchcock was born on 2 Jan 1681 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA (daughter of Captain Luke Hitchcock and Sarah Ruth Burt); died on 29 Sep 1761 in West Springfield, Hampden County, MA; was buried in Old Meadow cemetery, West Springfield, Hampden County, MA.

    Other Events:

    • Birth: 1 Feb 1681, Springfield, Hampden County, MA
    • Death: 19 Sep 1761
    • Death: 18 Sep 1774, Springfield, Hampden County, MA

    Children:
    1. Ebenezer D. Day, Jr. was born on 23 Oct 1701 in West Springfield, Hampden County, MA; died on 4 Sep 1763 in West Springfield, Hampden County, MA; was buried in West Springfield, Hampden County, MA.
    2. Mercy Day was born on 4 Nov 1703 in West Springfield, Hampden County, MA; died on 8 Aug 1771.
    3. Luke Day was born on 2 Jul 1706 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; died on 14 Jan 1792 in West Springfield, Hampden County, MA.
    4. Sarah Day was born on 3 Nov 1709 in West Springfield, Hampden County, MA.
    5. Thankful Day was born on 24 Dec 1711 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; died on 13 Feb 1756 in West Springfield, Hampden County, MA.
    6. Timothy Day was born on 15 Jun 1714 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; died on 24 Jun 1714 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA.
    7. Editha Day was born on 20 Aug 1715 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; died on 4 Feb 1797 in West Springfield, Hampden County, MA; was buried in Park Street cemetery, West Springfield, MA.
    8. 1. Miriam Day was born on 4 Mar 1718 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; died on 7 Aug 1791 in West Springfield, Hampden County, MA; was buried in Aug 1791 in West Springfield, Hampden County, MA.
    9. Deborah Day was born on 26 Nov 1718 in Colchester, New London County, CT.
    10. Timothy Day was born on 5 Sep 1720 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; died on 29 Sep 1797 in Deerfield, Franklin County, MA; was buried in Park Street cemetery, West Springfield, MA.
    11. Caleb Day was born on 15 Sep 1723 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; died in 1798-1799.
    12. Elinor (Eleanor) Day was born on 10 Dec 1725 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Thomas Day was born in 1637 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA (son of Robert Day and Editha Stebbins); died on 27 Dec 1711 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 1J3N-WT

    Notes:

    In 1658 Thomas moved to Springfield, Mass. where he married Sarah. Sarah was a daughter of Lieutenant Thomas Cooper who was slain when the town of Springfield, Mass. was burnt by the Indians. Thomas' will was dated 29-May-1711 and was proved 25-Mar-1712.

    Thomas married Sarah Cooper on 27 Oct 1659 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA. Sarah (daughter of Lieut. Thomas Cooper, Jr. and Sarah (Mary) Slye) was born in 1640 in Windsor, Hartford County, CT; died on 21 Nov 1726 in West Springfield, Hampden County, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Sarah Cooper was born in 1640 in Windsor, Hartford County, CT (daughter of Lieut. Thomas Cooper, Jr. and Sarah (Mary) Slye); died on 21 Nov 1726 in West Springfield, Hampden County, MA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 9N1R-T8
    • Birth: 1642, Windsor, Hartford County, CT

    Notes:

    Sarah was the daughter of Lieutenant Thomas Cooper who was slain when the town of Springfield was burnt by Indians. Another source gives her year of birth as 1640 in Hartford, CT.

    Children:
    1. Thomas Day, Jr. was born on 23 Mar 1662 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; died on 14 Jan 1729 in Colchester, New London County, CT.
    2. Sarah Day was born on 14 Jun 1664 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; died on 29 Apr 1713 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA.
    3. Mary Day was born on 15 Dec 1666 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; died on 29 Apr 1713 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA.
    4. John Day was born on 20 Feb 1668 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; died on 6 Aug 1670 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA.
    5. Samuel Day was born on 20 May 1671 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; died on 19 Oct 1729 in West Springfield, Hampden County, MA; was buried in Old Meadow cemetery, West Springfield, Hampden County, MA.
    6. Major John Day was born on 20 Sep 1673 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; died on 20 Nov 1752 in West Springfield, Hampden County, MA; was buried in Old Meadow cemetery, West Springfield, Hampden County, MA.
    7. Ebenezer Day was born on 18 Feb 1676 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; died on 12 Jun 1676 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA.
    8. 2. Ebenezer Day was born on 5 Sep 1677 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; died on 1 Sep 1765 in West Springfield, Hampden County, MA; was buried in Old Meadow cemetery, West Springfield, Hampden County, MA.
    9. Jonathan Day was born on 8 Aug 1680 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; died on 10 Jul 1712 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA.
    10. Abigail Day was born in 1683 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; died on 6 Oct 1747 in West Springfield, Hampden County, MA; was buried in Old Meadow cemetery, West Springfield, Hampden County, MA.

  3. 6.  Captain Luke Hitchcock was born on 5 Jun 1655 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, CT; was christened in in Amherst, Hampshire County, MA (son of Captain Luke Hitchcock, Sr. and Elizabeth Gibbons); died on 24 Jan 1727 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; was buried in 1727 in Pine Street cemetery, Springfield, Hampden County, MA.

    Other Events:

    • _MILT: Captain, King Philip's War

    Luke married Sarah Ruth Burt on 14 Feb 1676/1677 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA. Sarah (daughter of Deacon Jonathan Burt and Elizabeth Lobdell) was born on 4 Sep 1656 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; died on 9 Nov 1746 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; was buried in Springfield, Hampden County, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Sarah Ruth Burt was born on 4 Sep 1656 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA (daughter of Deacon Jonathan Burt and Elizabeth Lobdell); died on 9 Nov 1746 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; was buried in Springfield, Hampden County, MA.

    Other Events:

    • Death: 9 Feb 1712, Springfield, Hampden County, MA

    Children:
    1. Sarah Hitchcock was born on 1 Apr 1678 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; died on 5 Feb 1733 in Glastonbury, Hartford County, CT.
    2. Elizabeth Hitchcock was born on 19 Mar 1680 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; died on 28 Mar 1756 in Longmeadow, Hampden County, MA.
    3. 3. Mercy (Mary) Hitchcock was born on 2 Jan 1681 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; died on 29 Sep 1761 in West Springfield, Hampden County, MA; was buried in Old Meadow cemetery, West Springfield, Hampden County, MA.
    4. Hannah Hitchcock was born on 18 Mar 1684 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; died on 24 May 1756 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA.
    5. Thankful Hitchcock was born on 18 Oct 1686 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, CT; died on 5 Dec 1773 in Suffield, Hartford County, CT.
    6. Mary Mercy Hitchcock was born on 21 Oct 1688 in Longmeadow, Hampden County, MA; died on 18 Sep 1774 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; was buried in Sep 1774.
    7. Luke Hitchcock, III was born on 13 Jul 1691 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; died on 6 Apr 1752 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA.
    8. Jonathan Hitchcock was born on 4 Sep 1693 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, CT; died on 16 Sep 1693 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, CT.
    9. Captain Ebenezer Hitchcock was born on 20 Aug 1694 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, CT; died on 18 Jan 1776 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA.
    10. Jonathan Hitchcock was born on 24 Jun 1696 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, CT; died on 8 Apr 1697 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, CT.
    11. Pelatiah Hitchcock was born on 16 Jul 1698 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, CT; died on 31 Mar 1776 in Brookfield, Worcester County, MA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Robert Day was born on 31 Jul 1604 in Kilburn, Yorkshire, England (son of Richard Day and Anna Kirby); died on 4 Sep 1648 in Hartford, Hartford County, CT.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 8WB7-VL
    • Birth: 31 Jul 1604, South Kirby, Yorkshire, England
    • Will: 29 May 1648, Hartford, Hartford County, CT

    Notes:

    Robert (30) and his wife Mary (28) sailed on the ELIZABETH of IPSWICH, Mr. William Andrews, Master. Oath of Freemanship/Allegiance 6 May 1735 Massachusetts Bay Colony, MA.
    The second photo is that of the ADVENTURERS' BOULDER plaque (1935), located at the corner of Main and Arch Streets in Hartford, CT. The plaque states "In memory of the courageous adventurers who inspired and directed by Thomas Hooker journeyed through the wilderness from Newton (Cambridge) in the Massachusetts Bay to Suckiaug (Hartford) - October, 1635. Robert Day's name is inscribed on this plaque as one of Hartford's founders.

    HISTORY OF ROBERT DAY:

    Robert and Mary emigrated from Ipswich, England to Boston in April 1634 aboard the ship Elizabeth, which was commanded by William ANDREWS, Master. They bought a house on the west side of Garden St., Cambridge, Mass. in 1635 (Cambridge was then called Newtown). Mary died shortly after her arrival to Cambridge. Robert moved to Hartford, Conn. around 1639 where he was an original settler and proprietor of Hartford, his home lot #5 was on the road from Centinel Hill to the North Meadow, near the junction of what is now Main and Village Streets. It is believed that the reason Robert DAY moved to Hartford was that he was following a pastor Thomas HOOKER (1586-1647), who had recently emigrated from England.

    From 1626 to 1629, HOOKER, an English Puritan pastor and preacher, had aroused church officials at his church of St. Mary at Chelmsford, Essex, England, with his popular sermons of Puritan ideas. In 1629 Archbishop LAUD took measures to suppress church lectureships, which were an innovation of Puritanism. HOOKER was eventually placed under bond and cited to appear before the Court of High Commission, but he forfeited his bond and fled to Holland in 1630. There he met Congregational emigres and came under the influence of the Calvinist theologian William AMES. In the meantime, more of his parishioners from Chelmsford had emigrated to Massachusetts, and in 1633, HOOKER followed them to New England. In 1634, HOOKER was ordained pastor at Newtowne, now Cambridge, Mass., of a company of Puritans. Robert was made a "freeman" on May 6, 1635 which shows he belonged to some church. He was chosen viewer of chimneys and ladders. Pastor HOOKER, in 1636, led his congregation of about 100 emigrants from Cambridge and founded what is now Hartford, Connecticut. HOOKER was pastor of the Hartford church until his death on July 7, 1647. HOOKER through his piety, zeal and wisdom was unquestionably one of the foremost of colonial clergymen. Robert's name ppears on a monument erected in Hartford to the memory of the first settlers there.

    Robert remarried Editha STEBBINS in 1635. Editha was born circa 1613 in Ipswich, England and was the daughter of William and Mary STEBBINS. Editha's brother was Deacon Edward STEBBINS of Hartford. Robert's four children Thomas, Sarah, Mary and John were born by Editha. Robert died on September 4, 1648 at Hartford, Connecticut. After Robert's death, Editha remarried John MAYNARD of Hartford, Conn. John died without issue shortly after leaving all his property, which was considerable, to his wife's children, "provided they carried themselves well towards their mother." Editha married a third time in 1658 a Elizur HOLYOKE of Springfield, Massachusetts, grandfather of President Holyoke of Harvard College. Elizur died February 6, 1676. Editha died October 24, 1688 in Hartford, Conn. Robert's Will was dated May 20, 1648. Robert's "inventory" was deemed to be 142 pounds, 13 shillings, 6 pence. The following is a copy of the Will and Inventory of ROBERT DAY. (It is verbatim, notice some spelling mistakes).

    COPY OF THE WILL AND INVENTORY OF ROBERT DAY - Colony Records, vol. 1, pp. 255,6, dated May 20th, 1648. Will also printed in Trumbull's Colonial Records of Connecticut, I, 487. "The will of Robert Day hee being sick and weake, yet in perfect memory: doth order and dispose of his estate to his wife and children, in the manner following: I give vnto my beloued wife Edatha Day my now dwelling howse and howsing thereto adioyning, howse Lott, Allso all my Land whereof I stand possessed, or that of right doth belong vnto mee, lying in Hartford, during the tearme of her naturall life: And at the end of her life, my will is that the said howse and land shall bee deuided in an equall proportion: my will allso is that all my howsehold stuff, and Cattle and other moueable goods shall bee my wiues to bring vp my children: And in case my wife should bee married to another man, then my surviers of my will shall haue power if they thinke good to take security for the bringing vp of the children, and for so much estate as shall bee thought meete by them, and to this my last Will and Testament I make my wife my Executrix, and I doe desire my Deare Brethren Mr. Tailecoate, Willterton, and Stebbing, to take care of and Assist my wife in the ordering her selfe and my children, and I give them power to doe what in their Judgements may bee for the best, to bring vp my Children and dispose of them, and that I leaue, for theire good: And to this my last will I sett to my hand the day aboue written." Robert Day, Edward Stebbing, Wallter Gaylerd

    AN INVENTORY OF THE GOODS OF ROBERT DAY DECEASED - 14th October, 1648

    In the Chamber. Impr. one Bedstead; one feather bed, and feather Boulster and flock boulster: 2 pillowes, & bedcase 07 00 00
    & Curtaines.
    Item: 2 blankitts, one red & yellow Couerlitt:
    Item: 1 chest 10s: 1 Box 3s: 1 desck box 3s: 00 16 00
    Item: 1 table 5s: 1 Cubberd 5s and Chaiers 00 16 00
    Item: 3 paier of sheetes 02 00 00
    Item: 6 table napkins 12s: 1 table cloth 5s 00 17 00
    Item: 6 pillow beeres 01 10 00
    Item: the wearing Clothes with 3 skinns 05 00 00
    Item: in Linnen yearne and Cotton wool yearne 01 10 00
    Item: 2 Cushins 6s: 1 paire of Bellowes 3s 00 09 00
    Item: 1 Little Baskitt 12d: 1 warming pann 6s 00 07 00

    In the Hall: Item: 1 Brass Kettle 02 10 00
    Item: 1 Little kettle 12s: 1 little brass kettle 00 15 00
    Item: 1 brass possnet (a) 4s: 1 brass pott 16s:
    1 Iron pott 14s 01 14 00
    Item: 1 brass Chaffin dish 3s: one skimer 00 05 06
    Item: 7 pewter dishes, and some broken pewter:
    1 saser: 2 pewter potts: 1 Candlestick:
    1 salte: 1 small bottle: 6 ockumy (b) spoons,
    2 porringers and 4 old spoones 01 10 00
    Item: 1 Lattin (c) dripping pann: 1 spitt, 1 pistoll:
    1 smoothing Iron 00 10 00
    Item: in earthen ware, and wooden ware 00 10 00
    Item: 1 muskitt Bandleers (d) and sword 01 00 00
    Item: 1 table and 2 Chaires 00 05 00

    In the sellar, Item: in tubbs and Tables and formes 01 00 00

    In ye little chamber: Item: one flockbed, 2 blankitts: 1 Couerlitt, 1 feather boulster, 2 feather pillowes, 2 bedsteads 04 12 00
    Item: 3 hogsheads, 2 Linnen wheeles, 1 woolen wheele, one Barrill. 00 19 00
    Item: 1 table, 1 wheele, 1 hatchett 00 05 00
    Item: in working tooles 01 08 00
    Item: 1 leather Bottle 2s: VId: 1 paire of tongs: fier pann, grid Iron: frying pann, one trammell 00 15 00
    Item: in Bookes, and Sackes, and Ladders 01 00 00
    Item: One Cow: 1 3 yeare ould heifer: one 2 yeare old heifer, with some hay to winter them 14 10 00
    Item: 2 hoggs 3 L 03 00 00
    Item: in seuerall sortes of Corne with some hemp and flax 15 00 00
    Item: the dwelling howse and out howsing, howse lott and Garden. 45 00 00
    Item: about 6 Akers of meadow, in severall parcells with vpland 26 00 00
    Summa Totalis 142:13:06

    John Tailecoate, Gregory Willterton, Edward Stebbing

    INVENTORY DEFINITIONS: (a) Posnet - a little basin or skillet, (b) Ochimy - (alchemy) a mixed base metal (c) Latten - tin, iron plate covered with tin, (d) Bandoleers - a large leathern belt, thrown over the right shoulder, and hanging under the left arm; worn by ancient musketeers for sustaining their fire arms, and their musket charges, which being put into little wooden cases, and coated with leather, were hung to the number of twelve to each bandoleer -

    Webster. SOURCES:
    1. George E. Day, "Genealogical Register of the Descendants in the Male Line of Robert Day, of Hartford, Conn., Who died in the Year 1648", Second Edition, Northampton: Printed by J. & L. Metcalf, 1848, pages 7-10).
    2. "The Encyclopaedia Britannica". Volume II, Fourteenth Edition, 1929, page 729.
    3. "The Encyclopedia Americana, International Edition". Volume 14, page 362.
    4. "Geneaology, Central New York:. Vol II, page 666.
    5. Leonard F. Day, "Genealogical Register of Robert Day of Hartford, Conn." Pine Hill Press, Freeman, South Dakota, 1972, page ix.
    6. "Colony Records", Volume 1, pp. 255-56.


    FROM IPSWICH, ENGLAND TO HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT

    We do not know exactly why ROBERT DAY and his wife Mary left their home and families in England to join the new settlement in Massachusetts but we are told (David Roth's Connecticut) that between 1630 and 1642 over twenty thousand Puritans in some two hundred ships crossed the Atlantic to New England to escape the religious repression of James I as continued by Charles I. On arrival they instituted their own forms of repression, however, including exclusion of differing faiths, so we may assume Robert and Mary were Puritan Calvinist refugees as was their pastor, Thomas Hooker, who had emigrated earlier. They sailed on April 10, 1634, from Ipswich, Suffolk, England, to Boston, MA, on the "Elizabeth" and settled in Newtown on the north bank of the Charles river on the future site of Harvard University. Their emigration was apparently not a wholesale movement of an entire parish, however, as examination of the list of passengers on the "Elizabeth" discloses that only Robert Day, William Blumfield and John Bernard were on both the voyage from Ipswich to Boston and the trip from Newtown to Hartford. Robert's wife, Mary, apparently died soon after arrival and Robert may have returned to England as LDS (Mormon) genealogical data available on Internet shows him marrying Editha Stebbing in Stanshead Abbot, Hereford, England, No date is shown, so actual records were probably not examined. In fact, LDS records also show several different places for the marriage, including Massachusetts and Hartford, CT. The move to what became Hartford was in June, 1636 and their oldest child was born in 1636 so the marriage could hardly have occurred in Hartford.The manifest of the "Hopewell", which sailed to New England 4/3/1635 lists Robert Day, aged 30 unaccompanied. The Rev. George E. Day, in his lengthy genealogy of 1848 states this individual was from Ipswich, was made freeman 6/2/1641 and was still living in 1681. No record has been located regarding the passage to this country of our Robert's second wife, Editha.

    Robert Day was made "freeman" May 6, 1635. This, in colonial days, required one to own property worth 200 pounds, to be a member in good standing of a church and to swear to abide by and uphold the laws. He was then recognized as a voter and a citizen.

    According to Weaver's Hartford, Thomas Hooker became involved in a theological controversy with the Reverend John Cotton of the Boston church over the relative priorities of faith and good works and the new group decided to move on. Roth, however, ascribes the move to a desire for better land and the "restlessness" of Hooker, who had arrived in Boston in September, 1633. The Newtown leaders investigated several sites assigned to the Massachusetts Bay Colony but none was satisfactory and in July, 1635, six Newtown men journeyed to the Connecticut River valley to a place the Indians called "Sukiaug". Nearby, people from Dorchester were beginning the settlement which would become Windsor and to the south John Oldham had already begun what would become Wethersfield. The Indians were peaceful and apparently willing to exchange possession of the land for trade in furs and corn.

    The Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford placed an "ADVENTURER'S BOULDER" on 10/15/1935 at the corner of Main and Arch Streets with a brass plaque bearing the names of the twenty five "Courageous Adventurers who, inspired and directed by Thomas Hooker, journeyed through the wilderness from Newtown (Cambridge) in the Massachusetts Bay to Suckiaug (Hartford) October, 1635." Robert Day is listed as one of the twenty five. During the summer of 1635 the Newtown people were able to sell out to a new group of Englishmen led by the Reverend Thomas Shepard and the new community set up by Shepard's group was, in February, 1636, by decree of the Massachusetts General Court, renamed "Cambridge". In the meantime, various groups had gone to Sukiaug to make preparations, including surveying home lots, building and digging shelters and erecting a crude palisade for protection. The final move from Newtown on the Charles to Newtown on the Connecticut started May 31, 1636, when some 100 men, plus women and children, together with about 160 head of cattle, made the long journey and occupied the land designated for them.

    "First Puritan Settlers" describes the exodus thus: "In June, 1636, the Reverend Thomas Hooker, Mr. Samuel Stone and about 100 others of all ages and sexes started through the wilderness, guided only by a compass, to Hartford - with no covers but the heavens and no lodging but the ground, and subsisted on the milk of the cows which they drove with their other cattle, numbering 160 in all. They carried their packs upon their backs, and their arms for protection in their hands. Mrs. Hooker was so feeble in health that she was carried the whole journey upon a litter and they reached Newtown (Hartford) in about two weeks." Each head of family erected living quarters and then all joined in building a meeting house, 36 by 23 feet. This soon proved too small and in 1638 was replaced and given to Thomas Hooker for use as a barn. One man, George Wyllys, reputedly one of the wealthiest men in New England, had a lot four times the size of the largest of the others, bounded by the present Main, Charter Oak, Governor and Wyllys Streets. Here he had a nine room house built, described as the most elegant in New England. The first court was formed in 1636 to try Henry Stiles for selling a gun to an Indian.

    All structures were, of course, made of wood and, due to the constant danger of fire, immediately after the organization of the town a law was passed requiring all chimneys to be cleansed by the owners once each month, and a penalty was provided for non-compliance. First Puritan Settlers continues: "For several years a committee of respectable men was appointed to see that all house-holders fully obeyed the law. It was also a law that each house-holder should provide a ladder for his house which reached within two feet of the top of the chimney. This law also came within the duties of the viewers of chimneys. At the time these laws were in force, men were selected to fill every office, high or low, with a single eye to the fact that the men who held the offices should be of such standing in society, as the men should honor their offices and not the offices the holders of them."

    ROBERT DAY had home lot #5, near what is now the junction of Main and Village Streets. He was chosen "viewer of chimneys and ladders". His wife, Mary, had died soon after arrival in this country and he was remarried to Edatha (Editha, Edetha) Stebbing, sister of Deacon Edward Stebbing. In 1636/7 the name "Newtown" was formally changed to "Hartford" after the English home of the Reverend Samuel Stone, who shared spiritual leadership of the little flock with Thomas Hooker.

    ROBERT DAY died September 4, 1648, apparently after a long illness. His will, dated May 20, 1648, is in Connecticut Probate Records, vol.1, Hartford District, page 487:

    The will of Robert Day, hee being sick and weake, yet in perfect memory: doth order and dispose of his estate to his wife and children, in the manner following:

    I give unto my beloved wife, Edatha (Stebbing) Day my now dwelling howse and howsing thereto adjoining, howse lot. Allso all my land whereof I stand possessed, or that right doth belong to mee, lying in Hartford, during the terme of her naturall life: and at the end of her life, my will is that the said howse and land shall bee devided in an equall proportion: My will allso is that all my howsehold stuff, and Cattle and other moveable goods shall bee my wives to bring up my children: And in case my wife should bee married to another man, then my survivors of my will shall have power if they thinke good to take security for the bringing up of the children, and for so much estate as shall bee thought meete by them, and to this my last will and Testament I make my wife Executrix, and I doe desire my Deare Brethren, Msrs. Tailecoate (Talcott), Wilerton (Wilburton) and Stebbing, to take charge of and assist my wife in the ordering her selfe and my children, and I give them power to doe what in their Judgements may bee for the best, to bring up my Children and dispose of them, and that I leave for theire good. And to this my will I sett to my hand the day above written.

    Signed: Robert Day
    Witness: Edward Stebbing, Walter Gaylord

    The three "Deare Brethren" signed "An inventory of the Goods of Robert Day deceased" on 10/14/1648 which is interesting in its reflection of the lifestyle of the early pioneers:

    In the chamber: one bedstead, one feather bed, feather bolster and flock bolster, 2 pillows, bedcase and curtains, 2 blankets, one coverlet, 1 chest, 1 box, 1 desk box, 1 table, cupboard and chairs, 3 pairs of sheets, 6 table napkins, 1 tablecloth, 6 "pillow beeres", wearing clothes with 3 skins, linen and cotton wool yarn, 2 cushions, 1 pair of bellows, 1 little basket, 1 warming pan and working tools.

    In the hall: 1 brass kettle, 1 little kettle, 1 little brass kettle, 1 brass possnett (a little basin or skillet) 1 brass pot, 1 iron pot, 1 chafing dish, 1 skimmer, 7 pewter dishes (and some broken pewter), 1 saucer, 2 pewter pots, 1 candle stick, 1 salt, 1 small bottle, 6 spoons,2 porringers, 4 old spoons, 1 Lattin (tin or tin plate) dripping pan, 1 spit, 1 pistol, 1 smoothing iron, earthen and wooden ware, 1 musket Bandoleer and sword, 1 table and 2 chairs.

    In the cellar: tubs, tables and "formes".

    In "ye little chamber": 1 flockbed, 2 blankets, 1 coverlet, 1 feather bolster, 2 feather pillows, 2 bedsteads, 3 hogsheads, 2 linen wheels, 1 woolen wheel, 1 barrel, 1 table, 1 wheele, 1 hatchet, 1 leather bottle, 1 pair tongs, fire pan, grid iron, frying pan, 1 "trammell", books, sacks and ladders, 1 cow, 1 three year old heifer, 1 two year old heifer and "some hay to winter them", 2 hogs, several sorts of corn with some hemp and flax, dwelling house and out housing, house lot and garden, about 6 acres of meadow in several parcels with upland.

    The estate of Robert Day was inventoried at ¹142-13-06. His wife subsequently married John Maynard, who died in 1657/8 leaving the bulk of his estate to his stepson [36]John Day. The wife later married Elizur Holyoke and a grandson became president of Harvard University. It is not known where Robert Day was buried but many years later an obelisk was erected in the cemetery behind the Center Church in Hartford. The names of all the founders of Hartford, including Robert Day, appear on this monument.

    Robert married Editha Stebbins in 1636 in Middlesex, Cambridge, MA. Editha (daughter of Deacon William Stebbins and Mary) was born in 1613 in Woodham, Essex, England; died on 24 Oct 1688 in Hartford, Hartford County, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Editha Stebbins was born in 1613 in Woodham, Essex, England (daughter of Deacon William Stebbins and Mary); died on 24 Oct 1688 in Hartford, Hartford County, CT.

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    • Reference Number: 8WB7-WR

    Notes:

    Editha was a sister of Deacon Edward Stebbing. She lived in Springfield after her third marriage.

    Children:
    1. 4. Thomas Day was born in 1637 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA; died on 27 Dec 1711 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA.
    2. Sarah Day was born in 1640 in Hartford, Hartford County, CT; died on 19 Sep 1677 in Hatfield, Hampshire County, MA.
    3. Mary Day was born on 28 Oct 1641 in Hartford, Hartford County, CT; died on 17 Oct 1725 in Hatfield, Hampshire County, MA.
    4. John Day was born in 1645 in Hartford, Hartford County, CT; died on 29 Apr 1730 in Hartford, Hartford County, CT; was buried on 5 May 1730 in Ancient Burial Grounds, Hartford, CT.

  3. 10.  Lieut. Thomas Cooper, Jr. was born on 31 Aug 1620 in Hingham, Norfolkshire, England (son of Thomas (Cowper) Cooper, Sr. and Rebecca Ann Bosworth); died on 5 Oct 1675 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA.

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    • Reference Number: 2RN9-75
    • _MILT: Lieut.
    • Death: 16 Aug 1698, Rehoboth, Bristol County, MA
    • Death: 27 Dec 1711

    Notes:

    Thomas was killed when the town was burnt by the Indians. Another source gives his place of birth as Bowden Parva, Northamptonshire, England. The same source gives his date of death as 05-Oct-1675 in Springfield, MA. Another source gives his date of death as 16-Aug-1698 in Rehoboth, MA.

    Thomas married Sarah (Mary) Slye in 1636 in Boston, Suffolk County, MA. Sarah (daughter of George Slye and Deborah Gardner) was born on 29 Oct 1615 in Lapworth, Warwickshire, England; died on 8 May 1688 in Northampton, Hampshire County, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Sarah (Mary) Slye was born on 29 Oct 1615 in Lapworth, Warwickshire, England (daughter of George Slye and Deborah Gardner); died on 8 May 1688 in Northampton, Hampshire County, MA.

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    • Reference Number: 2RN9-8B
    • Baptism: 29 Nov 1615, Lapworth Parish, Warwickshire, England
    • Death: 18 Sep 1700, Rehoboth, Bristol County, MA

    Notes:

    Another source gives her date of death as 08-May-1688 in Northampton, MA.

    Children:
    1. 5. Sarah Cooper was born in 1640 in Windsor, Hartford County, CT; died on 21 Nov 1726 in West Springfield, Hampden County, MA.
    2. Timothy Cooper was born on 26 May 1644 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; died in Sep 1679 in New Jersey.
    3. Thomas Cooper, Jr. was born on 3 Jul 1646 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; died in Sep 1722 in Middletown, Middlesex County, CT.
    4. Elizabeth Cooper was born on 23 Feb 1647 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; died about 1679.
    5. Mary Cooper was born on 15 Nov 1651 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, MA; died on 29 Aug 1742 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; was buried in Sep 1742 in Longmeadow, Hampden County, MA.
    6. John Cooper was born on 12 Apr 1654 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; died on 7 May 1656 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA.
    7. child Cooper was born on 17 Apr 1656 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; died on 17 Apr 1656 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA.
    8. Rebecca Cooper was born on 15 May 1657 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; died on 20 Mar 1679 in Northampton, Hampshire County, MA.
    9. John Cooper was born on 9 Apr 1658/1659 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; died on 19 Sep 1677.
    10. Elizabeth Cooper was born on 8 Aug 1662 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, MA; died on 8 Feb 1744 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, MA.
    11. Deborah Cooper was born on 21 Sep 1664 in Attleboro, Bristol County, MA; died on 5 Mar 1729 in Attleboro, Bristol County, MA.
    12. Samuel Cooper was born on 9 Aug 1669 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, MA; died on 17 Nov 1748.
    13. Rachel Cooper was born on 6 Aug 1671 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, MA; died on 9 Jul 1694 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, MA.
    14. Judith Cooper was born on 11 Sep 1673 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, MA; died on 16 Oct 1750 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, MA.

  5. 12.  Captain Luke Hitchcock, Sr. was born in 1615-1616 in Fanny Compton, Warwickshire, England; was christened in in Melksham, Wiltshire, England (son of John Hiscockes and Mary Franklin); died on 1 Nov 1659 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, CT.

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    • Death: 17 Nov 1659, Wethersfield, Hartford County, CT

    Notes:

    Luke resided at New Haven CT in 1644; at Wethersfield CT in 1646. His will was dated 17-Oct-1659 and witnessed by Thomas Coleman and Thomas Welles. Inventory taken 24-Nov-1659 by John Russell, John Hubbard and Thomas Welles.

    Luke married Elizabeth Gibbons in Jan 1642 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, CT. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Gibbons and Elizabeth Pierpoint) was born in 1617 in Fenny Compton, Warwickshire, England; was christened on 8 Feb 1629; died on 25 Apr 1696 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; was buried in Apr 1696 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Elizabeth Gibbons was born in 1617 in Fenny Compton, Warwickshire, England; was christened on 8 Feb 1629 (daughter of Thomas Gibbons and Elizabeth Pierpoint); died on 25 Apr 1696 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; was buried in Apr 1696 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA.

    Notes:

    Elizabeth went with her 3rd husband Joseph Baldwin to live in Milford, CT. When widowed the third time, she returned to Springfield to live with a son.

    Children:
    1. Deacon John Hitchcock was born on 27 Sep 1642 in New Haven, New Haven County, CT; died on 9 Feb 1711/1712 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; was buried on 9 Feb 1712 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA.
    2. Hannah Hitchcock was born in 1645 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, CT; died on 31 Aug 1733 in Hadley, Hampshire County, MA; was buried in Sep 1733 in Old Hadley cemetery, Hadley, Hampshire County, MA.
    3. 6. Captain Luke Hitchcock was born on 5 Jun 1655 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, CT; was christened in in Amherst, Hampshire County, MA; died on 24 Jan 1727 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; was buried in 1727 in Pine Street cemetery, Springfield, Hampden County, MA.

  7. 14.  Deacon Jonathan Burt was born on 23 Jan 1624 in Haberton, Devonshire, England (son of Henry M. Burt, Jr. and Eulalia Marche); died on 19 Oct 1715 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; was buried on 19 Oct 1715 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA.

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    • Reference Number: 9GNT-RQ
    • Baptism: 23 Jan 1624, Haberton, Devonshire, England

    Jonathan married Elizabeth Lobdell on 19 Oct 1651 in Boston, Suffolk County, MA. Elizabeth (daughter of Nicholas Lobdell and Jane) was born on 21 Aug 1631 in Northam, Devonshire, England; died on 11 Nov 1684 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; was buried in Springfield, Hampden County, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  Elizabeth Lobdell was born on 21 Aug 1631 in Northam, Devonshire, England (daughter of Nicholas Lobdell and Jane); died on 11 Nov 1684 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; was buried in Springfield, Hampden County, MA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: FVZ5-M6
    • Baptism: 21 Aug 1632, Northam, Devonshire, England

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Burt was born on 29 Oct 1652 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; died on 24 Oct 1683 in Suffield, Hartford County, CT.
    2. Jonathan Burt was born on 12 Jul 1654 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; died on 19 Jun 1707 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; was buried in June 1707 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA.
    3. 7. Sarah Ruth Burt was born on 4 Sep 1656 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; died on 9 Nov 1746 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; was buried in Springfield, Hampden County, MA.
    4. John Burt was born on 24 Aug 1658 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; died on 29 Jan 1712 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA.
    5. Mercy Burt was born on 7 Jun 1661 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; died on 2 Sep 1683 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; was buried in Sep 1683 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA.
    6. Henry Burt was born on 11 Dec 1663 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; died on 11 Dec 1748 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; was buried in Dec 1748 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA.
    7. son Burt was born on 11 Oct 1665 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA; died on 11 Oct 1665.