 1704 - 1777 (73 years)
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| Name |
Benjamin Day |
| Title |
Captain |
| Born |
7 Feb 1704 |
Colchester, New London County, CT  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Reference Number |
1J3S-T2 |
| _MILT |
Capt. 3rd Conn. Company 1750 [2] |
| _MILT |
Capt. in Col. Trumbull's Regt. [2] |
| _MILT |
Lieut. in the Colonial Militia in 1747 [2, 3] |
| Died |
22 Dec 1777 |
Colchester, New London County, CT [4] |
| Buried |
Westchester cemetery, Colchester, New London County, CT [5] |
| Person ID |
I2567 |
Day Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
19 Aug 2014 |
| Father |
John Day, Jr., b. 24 Sep 1676, Colchester, New London County, CT , d. 2 Nov 1752, Colchester, New London County, CT (Age 76 years) |
| Mother |
Grace Spencer, b. 27 Jul 1674, East Haddam, Middlesex County, CT , d. 12 May 1714, Colchester, New London County, CT (Age 39 years) |
| Married |
21 Jan 1696 |
Hartford, Hartford County, CT [1] |
| Family ID |
F781 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Margaret Foote, b. 13 May 1711, Colchester, New London County, CT , d. Apr 1801, Colchester, New London County, CT (Age 89 years) |
| Married |
6 Mar 1729 |
Colchester, New London County, CT [6] |
| Children |
| | 1. Ann (Anna) Day, b. 27 Feb 1730, Colchester, New London County, CT , d. 1804, Stockbridge, Berkshire County, MA (Age 73 years) |
| | 2. Benjamin Day, Jr., b. 13 Sep 1731, Colchester, New London County, CT , d. 26 Jan 1811, Royalton, Windsor County, VT (Age 79 years) |
| | 3. Adonijah Day, b. 16 Jul 1733, Colchester, New London County, CT , d. 1 Oct 1799, Ellington, Tolland County, CT (Age 66 years) |
| | 4. Asa Day, b. 16 May 1735, Colchester, New London County, CT , d. 26 May 1735, Colchester, New London County, CT (Age 0 years) |
| | 5. Asa Day, b. 1 Jun 1736, Colchester, New London County, CT , d. 13 Jun 1736, Colchester, New London County, CT (Age 0 years) |
| + | 6. Margaret Day, b. 27 Oct 1737, Colchester, New London County, CT , d. 30 Oct 1811, Hebron Township, Tolland County, CT (Age 74 years) |
| + | 7. Aaron Day, b. 14 Sep 1740, Colchester, New London County, CT , d. Spencertown, Columbia County, NY |
| | 8. Amasa Day, b. 21 Apr 1742, Colchester, New London County, CT , d. 17 Oct 1816, Stockbridge, Berkshire County, MA (Age 74 years) |
| + | 9. Lydia Day, b. 21 Apr 1744, Colchester, New London County, CT , d. 15 Dec 1813, Winhall, Bennington County, VT (Age 69 years) |
| | 10. Daniel Day, b. 21 Jul 1747, Colchester, New London County, CT , d. 14 Jul 1835, Lima, Livingston County, NY (Age 87 years) |
| | 11. David Day, b. 4 Aug 1749, Colchester, New London County, CT , d. Spencertown, Columbia County, NY |
| | 12. Editha Day, b. 5 Jan 1752, Colchester, New London County, CT , d. 23 Dec 1838, Marlborough, Hartford County, CT (Age 86 years) |
| | 13. Russell S. Day, b. 16 Sep 1756, Colchester, New London County, CT , d. 16 Dec 1829, Winhall Township, Bennington County, VT (Age 73 years) |
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| Family ID |
F815 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Event Map |
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 | Buried - - Westchester cemetery, Colchester, New London County, CT |
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| Notes |
- Benjamin served as a Lieut. from Colchester in 1747. He next served as a Capt. in the 3rd Conn. Company in 1750. Finally he served as a Capt. in Col. Trumbull's Regt. in the defense of Fort William Henry and Fort Edward.
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| Sources |
- [S1] Fern Gunter, 920 Dixie St., Mt. Home, AR 72653 USA, 11 (Reliability: 3).
- [S13] Dayworld.ged.
- [S583] Genealogical Register of the Family of Alfred Day and Lydia Calkins Day, The.
- [S16] Robert N. Arrol, MD, 18 (Reliability: 3).
- [S855] Westchester cemetery, Cemetery Road, Colchester, CT.
- [S50] Robert D. Reynolds, 7269 E. Euclid Dr., Englewood, CO 80111, May17,1996 (Reliability: 3).
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