Person:John Day (116)
Maj. John Day
b.4 Apr 1672 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
d.21 Nov 1752 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 27 Oct 1659
  1. Thomas Day1661/62 - 1729
  2. Sarah Day1664 - 1716
  3. Mary Day1666 - 1723
  4. John Day1668/69 - 1670
  5. Samuel Day1671 - 1729
  6. Maj. John Day1672 - 1752
  7. Ebenezer Day1675 - 1676
  8. Ebenezer Day1677 -
  9. Jonathan Day1680 - 1712
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Maj. John Day1672 - 1752
  • W.  Mary SmithAbt 1676 - 1742
m. 10 Mar 1696/97
  1. Sarah Day1708 - Abt 1763
  2. Rebecca Day1713 - 1769
  3. Elizabeth Day1717/18 - 1803
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Facts and Events
Name Maj. John Day
Gender Male
Birth[1] 4 Apr 1672 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 10 Mar 1696/97 Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United Statesto Mary Smith
Other? 1697 West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United Statesand Joseph Ashley were named fence viewers for the north side of the Aguam
Residence[4] Aft 1697 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United Stateson his 15-acre farm
Other? 1700 West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United Stateswas constable
Other? 1703/04 West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United Stateswas fence viewer
Other? 1708/09 West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United Stateswas assessor
Occupation? 1711 West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United Statesmiller
Other[5] 1710/11 West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United StatesHe, Ebenezer Parsons and Issac Frost were granted permission to set up a grist mill
Other[6] Mar 1712 about 24 acres in several parcels in the will of his father, Thomas Day
Other? 1713 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United Stateswas selectman for the first of nine times
Other? 1719 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United Stateswas selectman
Other[7] 31 Mar 1719 was on the committee that laid out a highway
Other? 18 Nov 1719 West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United StatesHe was repaid by town two shillings for mending the pound on the west side of the Great River Other
Other[8] 18 Nov 1719 West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United StatesWas repaid by town 15 shillings and 2 pence for rum used in Sarah Stevenson's sickness the previous spring
Other? 1723 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United Stateswas selectman
Other? Bet 1727 and 1729 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United Stateswas selectman
Other? 1732 was Springfield's Representative/Deputy to the General Court
Other? 1732 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United Stateswas selectman
Other? Bet 1736 and 1737 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United Stateswas selectman
Will[9] 7 Jan 1746 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Property? 20 Nov 1752 West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United StatesHe owned more than 300 acres at his death
Death[2] 21 Nov 1752 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Burial[3] Aft 21 Nov 1752 West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United StatesOld Meadow Cemetery
Probate[10] 9 Jan 1753 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Other? Here Lies Interr'd the Body of Major John Day who Departed this Life Nove'r the 20th AD 1752 in the 80 Year of his Age (Gravestone)
References
  1. ↑ An unsourced site had him born at Gloucester on this date or 20 Sept 73 -- but either that info is wrong or this is the wrong John Day since there is no evidence his parents lived there
  2. ↑ John, Major, Nov. 21, 1752 - Springfield VR
  3. ↑ A group of Day graves is on the left and to the rear, maybe this is among them.
  4. ↑ The center of what was the 15-acre farm of Major John Day was around what is now 516 Main St. The farm was on both sides of Main Street and ran from the Great River on the east to the Minister’s 3rd Division Lot – later Union St – on the west. Day Street is toward the North end of the farm and Major Day’s house was on the east side of Main St. where the Immaculate Conception Church was later built. The farm remained in the Day family for over 160 years until finally being subdivided into streets and house lots in the 1870’s.
  5. ↑ John was granted permission in the town meeting of 1710-11 to set up a grist mill, with Ebenezer Parsons and Issac Frost, on the Aguam River. They were given a grant of the stream and 10 acres on the Northeast side of the river at the end of the great hill with the provision that if they deserted the operation, the grant was returned to the town.
  6. ↑ I do give to my son John Day my upper lot in ye Neck containing two acres more or less and one third part of my land in Asquenunseck aforesaid, the whole being twenty three acres and also one fourth part of my land at the place called the World's End aforesaid . . . And whereas I have twenty six acres of land granted to me on the south side of Agawam River, I do give the same to my two sons Samuel and John Day.
  7. ↑ John Day and the selectmen (including his uncle Samuel): “have laid out a high way from the highway that goeth from the Great River to Aggowem River which way is judged highly necessary in order for outlet to the Commons on South side of Aggowam River which way is to begin at the Westerly corner of the great field from hence to the Falls at the cart way across Aggowan River Ten Rods in width and beyond the river side way is to be Twenty Rod Wide by Aggowan River side to extend to the Commons beyond the old sawmill which stands on the southerly side of Aggowan River. Including the Common Cart Way up the hill beyond the flats: and from the top of the side hill there is a highway of Ten Rods wide going from the top of the hill unto the top of the hill beyond Benjamin Leonards to the Commons the side way was laid out in the fore part of the day. Whereas there hath been complaints made to the Select men for want of convenient high ways on the West side of the great river: We the subscribers having inspected the places proposed to be needful and necessary for high ways to be laid out for use of the town… ”
  8. ↑ On November 18, 1719, the town: voted and allowed that there be paid to John Day out of the town treasury the sum of 15 shillings and two pence . . . for rum used in Sarah Stevenson's sickness last Spring at his expense.
  9. ↑ Upon his death, his farm was divided into two pieces. The 9-acre section on the west side of Main Street was willed to his son, Colonel Benjamin Day, and the 6 acre section, where his house was, was willed to his son, Hezekiah Day. He also mentions his daughter Sarah and her two older children in his will. - The Ashley genealogy, A history of the descendants of Robert Ashley of Springfield, Massachusetts (OpenLibrary.org), by Francis Bacon Trowbridge ... Published 1896 by For the author in New Haven, p 38
  10. ↑ The Ashley genealogy, A history of the descendants of Robert Ashley of Springfield, Massachusetts (OpenLibrary.org), by Francis Bacon Trowbridge ... Published 1896 by For the author in New Haven, p 38 citing Hampshire County Probate Records, vol 8, p 15
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