John Day and Mary Gaylord

Town Records

Name:    Ebenez <Moody>
Gender:    Male
Christening Place:    HADLEY, HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS
Birth Date:    23 Oct 1675
Father's Name:    Samll Moody
Mother's Name:    Sarah Moody

Source: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQH-MGS : 10 February 2018), Ebenez , 23 Oct 1675; citing , p 7; FHL microfilm 186,152.

Name:    Ebenezer Moodey
Event Type:    Death
Death Date:    11 Nov 1757
Death Place:    South Hadley, Massachusetts

Name:    Editha Moodey
Event Type:    Death
Death Date:    19 Aug 1757
Death Place:    South Hadley, Massachusetts
Spouse Name:    Ebenezar Moodey

Source: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).

Windsor
Gaylord
Mary, d. [Walter &. Mary], b. Mar. 19, 1650

Wethersfield
Hale
Mary, d. Sam[ue]ll & Mary, b. Apr. 29, 1649

Hartford
Day
Maynard, of Hartford, m. Elizabeth Marsh, Oct. 27, 1714, at Hatfield

Source: Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928.

Name:    Grace Spencer
Gender:    Female
Birth Date:    27 Jul 1674
Birth Place:    Haddam
Parent:    Samuel

Name:    Garrard Spencer
[Garrard Spenser]
Gender:    Male
Birth Date:    15 Jan 1682
Birth Place:    Hartford
Parent:    Garrard
Parent:    Hannah

Source: Ancestry.com. Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.

Name:    Tho Day
[Thomas Day]
Marriage Date:    21 Sep 1698
Marriage Place:    Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Spouse:    Hannah Wilson

Name:    John Day
Marriage Date:    21 Jan 1696
Marriage Place:    Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Spouse:    Grace Spencer

Name:    Maynard Day
Marriage Date:    27 Oct 1714
Marriage Place:    Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Residence Place:    Hartford
Spouse:    Elizabeth Marsh

Name:    Sarah Day
Gender:    Female
Marriage Date:    10 Jun 1708
Marriage Place:    Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Spouse:    Garret Spencer
Parent Name:    John

Source: Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.

Name:    Day
Death Date:    12 May 1714
Death Place:    Colchester, Connecticut, USA
Spouse:    John
Note: Text reads, "----, w. John, d. May 12, 1714" - This would have been Grace (Spencer) Day. MB

Name:    Mary Day
Death Date:    1 Nov 1749
Death Place:    Colchester, Connecticut, USA
Spouse:    John

Source: Ancestry.com. Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.

Name:    John Day
Birth Date:    abt 1678
Age at Death:    76
Death Date:    17 Oct 1754
Death Place:    Colchester, Connecticut
Gender:    Male
FHL Film Number:    3327

Name:    Jared Spencer
Birth Date:    abt 1682
Age at Death:    72
Death Date:    13 Jun 1754
Death Place:    Connecticut
Gender:    Male
FHL Film Number:    3349

Source: Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772–1934." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records.

Probate Records

Name:    Joseph Day
Location:    Hartford
Date of Will:    11 Aug 1697
Page:    15
Full Text:    Invt. œ21-11-00. Taken 11 August, 1697, by Joseph Wadsworth & Aaron Cooke.Court Record, Page 133--(Vol. V): Invt. exhibited by John Day, a brother of the Decd. This Court grant Adms. to John Day upon the Estate of Joseph Day, Decd.Page 56--(Vol. VI) 1st September, 1698: John Day, who was by this Court appointed Adms., is now ordered to pay the Debts, œ18-16-06, & the remainder, œ2-14-06, this Court allow him for his pains in the Adms. of sd. Estate.
Source:    A DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS.1695 to 1700.

Source: Ancestry.com. Hartford, Connecticut Probate Records, 1639-1700 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, Hartford District, 1635-1700. Vol. I. n.p., 1906.

Name:    Thomas Day
Location:    Hartford
Date of Will:    23 Jan 1724
Page:    114-15-16
Full Text:    Page 114-15-16 Invt. œ319-08-06. Taken 23 January, 1724-5, by Nathaniel Goodwin, Aaron Cooke and James Church. Court Record, Page 65--20 January, 1724-5: Adms. granted to Hannah Day, widow. Page 165--3 October, 1727: Hannah Day exhibited an account of her Adms., which this Court accepts, orders recorded and filed. See File: To all people to whome these presents shall come: Nathaniel Dickinson of Hatfield, John Day of Hartford, and Thomas Barnes of Farmington, in their several and respective rights send greeting: Whereas, the estate of Thomas Day and Thomas Day, Jr., both late of Hartford decd., doth of right descend and belong to the following persons, viz., to sd. Nathaniel Dickinson in right of his wife Hannah Dickinson (late relict of the aforesd. Thomas Day the elder), her right of dower or thirds, and also the sum of œ21-00-07, a debt due to her the sd. Hannah Dickinson on the estate aforesd.; and to John Day did of right belong a double portion and the sum of œ16; and to Thomas Barnes and Hannah his wife, in right of the sd. Hannah, did belong one single share now due œ72-19-10; and unto Mehetabell Day doth belong one whole single share, being œ44-05-00; and unto Nathaniel Day, a minor, doth of right belong the whole single share also, the sum of œ44-00-05. Know ye therefore that for the full and final settlement of sd. estate, they have each and every of them agreed for themselves, or those whome they represent, that the aforesd. estate shall be and are hereby divided, set out and apportioned in manner aforesd. In witness whereof the parties to these presents have hereunto set their hands and seals this 28th day of February, 1732-3. Nathaniel Dickinson, ls. Hannah X Dickinson, ls. John Day, ls. Thomas Barnes. Page 84 (Vol. XI) 28 February, 1732-3: Agreement exhibited and accepted by the Court.
Source:    A DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS. 1723 to 1729.

Source: Ancestry.com. Hartford, Connecticut Probate Records, 1700-1729 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, Hartford District, 1700-1729. Vol. II. n.p., 1906.

Click the link to view images of the probate records of Thomas Day (and Thomas Day Jr.)

Name:    John Day
Location:    Hartford
Date of Will:    29 Apr 1730
Page:    53
Full Text:    Page 53 Invt. œ820-18-10. Taken 29 April, 1730, by Joseph Barnard, Ozias Goodwin and Samuel Edwards. Will dated 16 November, 1725. I, John Day of Hartford, do make this my last will and testament: I give to my wife two cowes, with a full 1-3 part of the remainder of my moveable estate, as also all my right in the mill; and after her decease I give it to my son William and his heirs. I give to my son John Day 40 shillings, to be paid out of my weaving tackling. I do confirm to my several sons the deeds of gift I have formerly made to them of my lands, to them and their heirs. I give to my son William and to his heirs my 3-acre lott in the Long Meadow. I give to my son Joseph my loom with all the appurtenances thereto belonging. All the rest of my moveable estate not before given I give to my daughters, equally to be divided among them, only my daughter Sarah shall have the value of œ4 more in them than either of her sisters. And I appoint my wife Sarah to be sole executrix. It being before omitted, I add: I give to my wife the use of 1-2 of my house during her widowhood, and 1-2 the cellar, the houseing to be on the south part. Signed and sealed and declared in presence of John Day, ls. Timothy Woodbridge, Joseph Wadsworth, Jonathan Olcott. Court Record, Page 19--5 May, 1730: Will proven and inventory exhibited.
Source:    A DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS. 1729 to 1732.

Source: Ancestry.com. Hartford, Connecticut Probate Records, 1729-1750 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, Hartford District, 1729-1750. Vol. III. n.p., 1906.

Will of Ebenezer Moody (for a larger view, right click on the image and select "Open image in new tab"):
Will of Ebenezer Moody, part 1 of 2

Source: Probate Records, 1660-1916; Index, 1660-1971; Author: Massachusetts. Probate Court (Hampshire County); Probate Place: Hampshire, Massachusetts, Notes: Probate Records, Vol 8-9, 1753-1761. Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Massachusetts County, District and Probate Courts.

Will of Widow Elizabeth (Andrews) Day (for a larger view, right click on the image and select "Open image in new tab"):
Cover page of Elizabeth (Andrews) Day's will

Cover page of Elizabeth (Andrews) Day's will

Reverse of Elizabeth (Andrews) Day's will

Source: Author: Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut); Probate Place: Hartford, Connecticut; Notes: Probate Packets, Darton-Deming, Clarissa, 1641-1880; Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Connecticut County, District and Probate Courts.

Will of Mary (Butler) Day (for a larger view, right click on the image and select "Open image in new tab"): Cover page of Mary (Butler) Day's will

Plinius Moody's The Moody Family

CAPT. EBENEZER MOODY, son of Samuel Moodie of Hadley, Mass, b. 23 Oct 1675 in Hadley, md. abt. 1702 to EDITHA KELLOGG 67. (I have been unable to obtain the record of this marriage or to ascertain of a certainty to what branch of the Kellogg family she belonged. Her Christian name was Editha and the testimony among her descendants, some of whom till the present time, in one unbroken line, occupied the same homestead on which they settled and even the same house in which she and her husband died, is undisputed, that her maiden name was Kellogg. She was b. 1683 as appears from her age recorded on her gravestone.)

Besides, an ancient chest, which from the curious carved work upon it was evidently designed as part of the marriage dower, is still carefully preserved; this bears deeply engraved upon it the letters E.K. and the family in whose possession it is said, that `Capt. Daniel Moody', who died in 1828 used to say that the chest belonged to his grandmother whose name was Kellogg before marriage.

To this may be added the fact that a old account book in my possession which belonged to her son, Ebenezer show by the number of charges against the Kellogg name compared with the amount against others, that there was an intimacy between the families. So also, among many things of the kind, the following, taken from the `Proprietors Book';

March 18, 1728-9 voted that they grant Liberty to Capt. Ebenezer Moody to join his first choice or division of land lying on Bachelders River up to Nathll Kellogg, Senr his first choice" "upon condition that sd Ebenezer Moody grant a high way through his first choice", etc.

In my own mind scarcely a doubt remains that she was a Kellogg and yet it would be pleasing to be able to state more definitely respecting her. It is beyond dispute, that her son Joseph married into the Kellogg family, of this fact too, I have found no public record except as preserved among his descendants, and there are many omissions in the Hadley records of a similar kind, as elsewhere. With this the matter might rest were it not that the Probate Records of Lieut. Joseph Kellogg's estate who seems to have been about the only one of the name in this vicinity having children of a corresponding age, mentions no Editha. Samuel Kellogg of Hatfield, however, according to records of the `Day Family,' 24 Nov 1664 a grand daughter of Robert Day and his wife Editha (Stebbins). She having died Sep 19, 1677; he md. Sarah Root, now as no children are recorded of this marriage, and as his estate did not go to Probate, it is quite possible that of this second marriage there may have been a child, named Editha, being the name of the grandmother and thus supplying the defect. Yet we would not affirm. As the older brother John, married at Guilford, Conn. Perhaps she was of the Kellogg family in vicinity at Norwalk, Conn.

Ebenezer Moody remained on the homestead in Hadley, somewhat above twenty years after marriage or until the planting of the Colony on the south side of Holyoke, at a place then called the South Precinct of Hadley.

He was proprietor of the first division of lands there in 1719-20 also shared in the subsequent divisions.

His land on the south side of Mt. Holyoke as appears from the 'Proprietors Book' was assigned thus:

Homelot: 9 acres, 24 rods, 7 feet
Meadow: 4 acres 92 rods
1st choice in 5000 acre divis 22 acres 141 rods
2nd choice in 5000 acre divis 22 acres 141 rods
1st choice in 5000 acre divis 18 acres 47 rods
2nd choice in 4000 acre divis (Homelot)12 acres 76 rods allowing 120 rods for a rood (Meadow) 5 acres-
134 rods
1st choice in 3000 acre divis (Homelot) 11acres 65 rods (Meadow) 2 acres 52 rods
2nd choice in 3000 acre divis 13 acres 117 rods
1st choice in 2500 acre divis 11acres 70 rods laid out to his heirs
2nd choice in 2500 acre divis 11 acres 70 rods
Total = 143 acres 69 rods 7 feet

By purchases made of the proprietors this amount was considerably increased.(The terms `Homelot', `Meadow', etc. must be understood as designating what fell to him as his share of a Homelot, etc. Many of the proprietors did not settle upon the land, thus named, but exchanged property with others. The country was then a wilderness, and the divisions being made regularly, it not infrequently happened that one's `Homelot' or `Meadow' would fall to him where a settlement would not be practicable.)

Though peculiarly exposed to attacks from the Indians in that Mountain with only a narrow pass where it abuts upon the Connecticut River and a distance of a full seven miles separate them from the Parent Colony, he left the uncomfortable estate he then occupied, which he soon after gave to his eldest son, and with a few others began the settlement of what is now called South Hadley. His house was here built in June of 1729 and it is recorded on the Town Book in Hadley that `Ebenezer Smith was accidentally killed at the raising. (This Ebenezer Smith was a brother of Chileab Smith who married Sarah Moody, daughter of Captain Ebenezer Moody)

He was the father and founder of the Hamlet in South Hadley, called `Moody-Corner' which name, the village still bears. (Being in the north-east corner of the then inhabited part of the town and settled entirely by his descendants with the exception of one family, it was thus named. On account of it's proximity to a part since set off from South Hadley and incorporated in the town of Granby many mistakes have occurred in print giving the Village a wrong position. (see Nash Family, etc.) It lies wholly in South Hadley.)

His house stood a few feet from the fork of the roads at the foot of the hill and the South side; it was unfortunately burned about the year 1744 as appears from the account book of Dr. Richard Crouch at that time practicing physician in Hadley. Tradition affirms that a female servant perished in the flames.

He removed and lived with his son Daniel who together about the time, built a large dwelling, well deserving, the name Mansion, on the south side of Bachelders Brook. The house is yet standing being on the brow of the hill south-west from the bridge. It is one of the largest, and excepting the first meeting house which has since been converted into a dwelling, one of the oldest houses in South Hadley. It is still in good repair and in nothing changed from the ancient form exception of a wing running west, the old lean to having been removed about 1826.

He built and tended a grist mill the same being the first mill of the kind on the south side of Mt. Holyoke in that Precinct. This he did contrary to the opinion of some who at that time affirmed `there would never be inhabitants enough in the Precinct to support a mill! (Unlike the prediction was the result. Rebuilt twice afterwards by his descendants it was the mill for the inhabitants of the place in a large circuit till 1848 when it was converted into a paper mill, which has since been destroyed by fire.)

And it is worthy of note that his house which he carefully located on a north and south line had its main front door opening towards the mill it being the center of business while another door was built in the end adjoining the road which might perhaps the better to accommodate visitors.

He was Moderator of the first Town Meeting, held in that Precinct (March 12, 1733) and was ever a prominent actor in matters pertaining to the town, especially to that precinct and parish. He held the office of Captain in the Militia, which in those perilous times was responsible trust, but the date of his commission has not been found. During the first years of residence there, he with others of the settlers attended worship on the Sabbath in Hadley, a distant from 7 to 9 miles. The journey was performed on horseback generally, though sometimes on foot. The family starting in their every day apparel would stop at `Fort River Bridge' a little out from the center of the town and having changed their dusty garments, would pass the short distance remaining clad in their best attire. As they were exposed to attacks from the Indians, the families went armed and marshaled under leaders. It was indeed the Church Militant.

In 1733, a meeting house, without a steeple or bell, yet sufficiently commodious for the inhabitants, who could then meet at the sound of the conch (The shell was blown a long while by John Lane who was paid for his services, it being a part of his duties as Sexton to convene the people. The same shell is yet preserved in the town as an ancient relic) and who worshipped after the Puritan faith. Ebenezer Moody was appointed to advise in regard to the bigness of the pews and Aug 10th of the same year he was appointed chairman of the committee who acted in the settlement of Rev. Grindal Rowson Oct 3, 1733. (Rev. Grindal Rowson was a grandson of Edward Rowson, Secretary of Colony of Massachusetts Bay from 1650 to 1686)

It was one of the first acts of this committee to secure by vote of the precinct a grant of land for the use of the ministry on condition that a "good orthodox minister" should be settled among them; this land was at time of his settlement assigned to Mr. Rowson.

Years after when different persons had voted his removal, we find the name of Ebenezer Moody at the head of a protest with the names of fourteen others among whom were his two Nephews John and Samuel Moody, his Nephew Joseph Kellogg, and his son in law, Nehemiah Dickinson and at their request it was inserted on record that they dissent from the above vote concerning Mr. Rowson.

Whatever, the dislike these measures it seems were more dissent that of the men who to prevent his preaching forcibly ejected him from the meeting house.

At the age of 72, Capt. Ebenezer Moody began to dispose of his large estate. The farm in Hadley where he had formally lived, he made over to his son, Ebenezer. The deed is in my possession. It bears date, "Feb 3rd 1748" and conveys
all and singular, my housing, buildings, orchards and lands, both meadow lands, homelot lands, or woodlands, etc. that are lying or being situated within the bounds of the first Precinct of Hadley excepting only my meadow lands in Hoconumfield and one woodlot in the commons before sold.

A similar deed given the same day and year to his son David transmitted in another branch of the family conveys
all and singular my right of lands on which I now live in the second Precinct of Hadley that layeth on the south side of Bachelders River with the dwelling house thereon saving only to myself and wife suitable & convenient house room & seller room during our lives, all so one third part of my Crank lot in sd precinct so called, allso one third part of that parcel of land called the Great Meadow lot, allso the whole of my first half in the four thousand acres division in sd precinct and after my decd one third part of my grist mill & right to the stream." (Hampshire SS. Springfield, Aug. 27, 1760. Received and recorded in book No 2, page 356 & Examined per Edward Pynchon, Regr)

Being now in the 82d year of his age, he disposed of the remainder of his property in form as follows.

"The 22d day of March 1757
In the name of God: Amen.
I Ebenezer Moodey of South Hadley in the County of Hampshire in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England being sick and weak in body out of perfect mind and memory, thanks be given unto God therefor, calling unto mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed unto all men once to die to make and ordain this my last Will & Testament.
That is to say: Principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul to the hands of God that gave it and my body, I recommend to the Earth to be buried in a decent and Christian burial at the discression of my Executor not doubting that at the Resurrection I shall receive it, the same again by the mighty Power of God.
And as touching my worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this world, I give, demise & dispose of the same in the following manner & form.
My just debts and funeral charges to be first paid, I give and bequeath unto Editha my well beloved wife one third part of my personal Estate to be at her dispose forever, and the use and improvement of one third part of my Real Estate during the term of her natural life; two drafts or parcels of land thereinafter given to my sons Joseph and Josiah and a piece of land to Daniel, my son & my right in undivided lands only excepted & of which my wife is to have no part.
I give and bequeath to my son Ebenezer, twelve shillings, which with what he hath already received is his part.
I give to my sons Joseph, Daniel & Josiah all my right in common or undivided lands lying in South Hadley to be equally divided among them: and furthermore, I give to my said sons all my personal estate except what I have already given to my wife as aforesaid and the movables or utensils belonging to the house and cash or security for money & also I give to my sons Joseph & Josiah the two drafts or parcels of land which I laid out in the 3000 acre division to be equally divided between them two & also, I give to my son Daniel a lot or parcel of land which I bought of Moses White.
I give to my daughters Mary & Sarah each of them four pounds, I give to my daughters Editha & Miriam – each of them two pounds thirteen shillings & sixpence.
The rest of my estate both money and movables, I give to my children Joseph, Daniel, Mary, Sarah, Editha, and Miriam to be equally divided among them and I do Will and appoint my sons Joseph and Daniel Executors of this my last Will & Testament and I do hereby utterly disallow all other Testaments or Wills by me in any ways before made ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my Last Will and Testament.
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal the day and date before written.
Signed, sealed, published, pronounced & declared by the sd Ebenezer Moodey to be his last Will and Testament in presence of us subscribers who also subscribed in his presence.
James Patrick Ebenezer Morgan Daniel Nash."

The above Will was proved Feb 14, 1758, and is recorded in the Probate Records for Hampshire County at Northampton, Mass.

CAPT. EBENEZER MOODY, d. 11 Nov 1757, aged 82.
MRS. EDITHA MOODY, d. 19 Aug 1757, aged 74.

His wife for whom he had made provision in the above Will, it appears did not survive him. They were buried in the grave yard at South Hadley, a short distance, west of the gate where slabs of re- sand-stone are erected to their memory, inscriptions plainly legible. This is the oldest grave of the descendants of Mr. John Moodie and excepting of his wife, and of the wife of his brother Samuel, it is the oldest grave of the name, I have found with memento of the place.

The births of their children are on the Hadley Records ending with Daniel. As he removed to the South Precinct, the dates of the rest were not recorded, but from inscriptions on grave stones where the rest were buried, I have been able to restore the years of their births respectively."

Source: Moody, Plinius, The Moody Family, or Records of the Descendants of Mr. John Moody of Hartford, Connecticut, 1856, organized and recorded By Theodore L. Moody And Maxine Bull Moody, Nov 1991.

Chapin's Glastenbury for Two Hundred Years

(2) Samuel, Jr., married (1) Ruth, daughter of Thomas Edwards, in 1679, and had,
Samuel, b. — died unmarried.
Mary, b. m. John Day of Colchester.†
Ruth, b Dec. 1, 1681, m. Thomas, son of Eleazer Kimberley.

† The question, who Mary Hale married, is left by the Records in no small doubt. The following facts seem to prove, that the view taken in the text, is the true one. By deed dated 1719, G. L. R. II. 143, Thomas Kimberly and Ruth Hale his wife, and John Day, and Mary his wife, sell land to Jonathan Hale, which they owned in common, and seem to have inherited of their father. In G. L. R., V. S, Jonathan and Benjamin Hale release lands of their brother Samuel, to John and Mary Day, and the following, children of Thomas Kimberly, Samuel K., Jeremiah and Ruth Goodrich, Jeduthan and Mary Smith, Elizabeth K., Daniel and Sarah House, and Anne Kimberley. This would seem to indicate that the relationship was to the Kimberleys. On p. Vol. V. G. L. R., John and Mary Day, sell land to her brother Samuel Kimberly, which Mary had inherited from her grandfather, Thomas Edwards.

Amidst this uncertainty all we can be sure of, is, that Mary Hale and Mary Day were granddaughters of Thomas Edwards, while Mary Hale was, and Mary Day seems to have been sister of Thomas Kimberley. Samuel Kimberley may have married a sister of John Day, which would justify all the language.

Source: Chapin, Alonzo Bowen, Glastenbury for Two Hundred Years: A Centennial Discourse, May 18th, A. D. 1853, Hartford, CT: Press of Case, Tiffany and Company, 1853, pgs. 166-7.

Goodwin's Genealogical Notes

THIRD GENERATION,

VI.

Samuel Spencer, of Millington Society, East-Haddam, Conn., was twice married. 1. To Hannah Blachford, [or Blachfleld,] widow of Peter Blachford,* deceased, of Haddam, formerly of New-London, Conn., alias Hannah Hungerford, widow of Thomas Hungerford,† deceased, of New-London, Conn., and daughter of Isaac Willey, of New-London, 1673. She died about 1681. 2. To Mirriam Willey, widow of John Willey, deceased, of Haddam, formerly of New-London, and daughter of Miles Moore, of that town, 1689. Mr. John Willey died May 2, 1688.
Mr. Samuel Spencer died August 7, 1705.
His widow, Mrs. Mirriam Spencer, alias Willey, died ----.

Children, — by his first wife,
46 Grace, born July 27, 1674.
47 John, born September 17, 1676.
48 Isaac, born January 8, 1678.
49 Hannah, born 1680.

Children, — by his second wife, — none.

* Peter Blachfield died at Haddam. September 1, 1671, aged 46. The children of Peter and Hannah Blachford were Joanna, born 1667, at New-London, Peter, born 1669, at New- London, settled in Salem, West-Jersey. Mary, born 1671, at Haddam.
East-Haddam Records, Book 1, p. 40. Feb. 7, 1703-4. By deed of this date, Peter Blachfield, now living in Salem, West-Jersey, only son and heir of Peter Blachfield, late of Haddam, dec, from love and good affection that I have and bear to my two brothers-in-law, John Spencer and Isaac Spencer, living in Haddam, east side, conveys to said John and Isaac, certain lands in Haddam, that did belong to his father. Peter Blachfield, late of said Haddam, deceased.
Old Haddam Records, Book 2, p. 184. January 4, 1718. By deed of this date, John Spencer, of Haddam. east side, conveys to his brother Isaac Spencer, land laid out, or to be laid out on the right of the estate of Peter Blachford, and warrants against the claim of our sister, Hannah Ross, (or Rose,) whose maiden name was Hannah Hungerford.
Old Haddam Records,"Book 2, p. 197. April, 1719. By deed of this date, Hannah Ross, (or Rose,) of the plantation of the Narragansetts, in Rhode-Island, conveys land in Haddam, to John Spencer, of Haddam, that did belong to her brother, Peter Blachford, dec.
Old Haddam Records, Book 2, page 224. May 1, 1727. By writing of this date, Isaac Spencer gives notice that he has taken possession of a lot of land In Haddam, that was laid out on the right of his brother, Peter Blachford, deceased.

t Thomas Hungerford was twice married. 1. To -- --. 2. To Hannah Willey, daughter of Isaac Willey, of New-London, about 1658. After the death of Mr. Hungerford, she was married to -- Blachfield, (or Blachford,) of New-London, but who removed to Haddam in 1669. Thomas Hungerford died at New-London in 1663. His children were Thomas, born about 1648 ; Sarah, born about 1654, married Lewis Hughes, of Lyme; and by
his second wife, Hannah, born May 1, 1659, married Mr. Ross, ( Rose.) of Rhode-Island.
Hartford County Court and Probate Records, Book 3, page 6. Court July 9, 1663. The Inventory of Thomas Hungerford, of New London, was exhibited into Court, and Isaac Willey and Peter Blachford are appointed by this Court to husband the state, and pay debts that appear to be due from the state, and take care of the children, until the Court see cause to come to a distribution of the state.
Same Book, page 15. Court, May 10, 1664. This Court accepts the account of the payment of debts to the creditors of Thomas Hungerford, and do order that the estate be thus divided :
To the relict the whole estate, she paying these portions, viz., To Thomas Hungerford, 7 pounds : to Sarah Hungerford, 4 pounds, and to Hannah Hungerford, 4 pounds,— the son to be paid at 21, and the daughters at 18.

FOURTH GENERATION.
46.
Grace Spencer was married to John Day, of Hartford, Conn., but after about 1701, of Colchester, Conn., January, 21, 1696. [After her death, Mr. Day was married to Mary Hale, daughter of Samuel Hale, jun., of Glastenbury, Conn., and of Mary his wife, daughter of Samuel Wells, of that town, about 1716. She died November 2, 1749, aged 74.]
Mrs. Grace Day died May 12, 1714, in her 40th year.
Mr. John Day died November 4, 1752, aged 75.

Children, — by his first wife.
50 Lydia, born April 11, 1698, at Hartford. Married Joseph Fuller, of Kent, Conn.
51 Mary, born August 14, 1699, at Hartford. Married Jonathan Northam, of Colchester, December 20, 1722.
52 John, born June 6, 1701, at Hartford. Married Sarah Loomis, of Colchester, August 20, 1725.
53 Joseph, born September 27, 1702, at Colchester. Married Esther Hungerford, April 1, 1729.
54 Benjamin, born February 7, 1704, at Colchester. Married Margaret Foote, daughter of Ephraim Foote, of Colchester, March 6, 1729.
65 Editha, born September 10, 1705, at Colchester. Married David Bigelow, of Colchester, December 11, 1729.
56 Daniel, born March 9, 1709, at Colchester. Died in 1712.
57 David, born July 18, 1710, at Colchester. Married Hannah Kellogg, of Colchester.
58 Abraham, bom March 17, 1712, at Colchester. Married Irene Foote, daughter of Ephraim Foote, of Colchester, November 20, 1740.
59 Isaac, born May 17, 1713, at Colchester. Married Ann Foote, daughter of Nathaniel Foote, jun., of Colchester, July 3, 1740.
60 Daniel, born Died unmarried, about 1746.

Source: Goodwin, Nathaniel, Genealogical Notes: Or Contributions to the Family History of Some of the First Settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts, Hartford, CT: F. A. Brown, 1856, p. 202.

Cutter's Genealogical and Personal Memoirs

DAY
This family is said to be of Welsh origin, and the name is said to be a place name, from the river Dee in Wales. In 1592 arms were confirmed to William Day, B. D., provost of Eton College and the Dean of Windsor. He was said to be descended from the Dees of Wales, viz., being younger son of Richard Day, who was the son of Nicholas Day, the son of John Dee (called by the English Daye). He was the son of Morgan Dee, younger brother to Richard Dee, Welshman. There were at least eight immigrants of the name to New England; Robert, of Cambridge, mentioned below; Robert, of Ipswich; Nathaniel, of Ipswich; Stephen, of Cambridge; Wentworth, of Boston; Ralph, of Dedham; Matthew, of Cambridge; Anthony, of Gloucester.

(I) Robert Day, immigrant ancestor of this branch of the family, was born in England and came to New England on the ship "Hopewell" in April 1634. He settled first at Cambridge and was admitted a freeman, May 6, 1635. He went to Hartford, Connecticut, no doubt with Rev. Mr. Hooker's company, and was a resident there in 1639. His name is on the monument erected to the memory of the founders of that city. His will was dated May 20, 1648, and inventory of the estate was filed October 14, 1648. He married Editha Stebbins, sister of Deacon Edward Stebbins, of Hartford. She married (second) Deacon John Maynard, and (third) in 1658, Elizur Holyoke, of Springfield, where she died October 24, 1688. Children: Thomas, of Springfield; John. mentioned below; Sarah, killed with her son Joseph by the Indians, September 19, 1677; Mary.

(II) John, son of Robert Day, married Sarah Maynard, of Hartford. His will was dated November 16, 1725, when he was "advanced in years," and proved May 6, 1730. He owned a share in a grist or saw mill, which he bequeathed to his son William. Children: Joseph, died 1696; John, mentioned below; Thomas; Mary; Maynard; Sarah, baptized September 19, 1686; William, baptized April 24, 1692; Joseph, baptized June 14, 1699.

(III) John (2), son of John (1) Day, was born in 1677, died November 4, 1752, aged seventy-five. He removed to Colchester, Connecticut, about 1701-02. He married (first) January 21, 1696. Grace Spencer, of Hartford, who died May 12, 1714, in Colchester. He married (second) Mary ----, who died November 2, 1749, aged seventy-four. Children, all by first wife, the first three born in Hartford: Lydia, born April 11, 1698; Mary, August 14, 1699; John, June 6, 1701. Born in Colchester: Joseph, September 27, 1702; Benjamin, February 7, 1704; Editha, September 10, 1705; Daniel, March 9, 1709, died 1712; David, July 18, 1710; Abraham, mentioned below; Isaac, May 17, 1713; Daniel.

Source: Cutter, William Richard, New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial, Vol. 2, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913, p. 696.

Gravestones

Gravestone of John Day (son of John and Mary), Colchester Burying Ground, Colchester, New London, Connecticut (Photo credit: K Carlini (KC) - Find A Grave):
Gravestone of John Day (son of John and Mary)

Gravestone of Ebenezer Moody, Evergreen Cemetery, South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts (Click here to view photo by the moo, findagrave.com).
Inscription:
"In Memory of
Capt EBENEZER
MOOD[EY who]
Died No[vember]
Ye 11th 1757 [in ye]
82nd year of his Age

Know then this truth
Enough for man to know
Virtue alone is
Hapiness bleow"

Gravestone of Editha (Day?) Moody, Evergreen Cemetery, South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts (Click here to view photo by the moo, findagrave.com).
Inscription:
"In Memory of
Mrs EDITHA
Wife of
Capt. EBENEZER
MOODEY, died
August ye 19th
1757 in her 75th year

Hope Humbly then
With Trembling
Pinions Soar, wait ye
Great Teacher Death
& God Adore"

Gravestone of Jared Spencer, Town Hill Cemetery, New Hartford, Litchfield, Connecticut (Photo credit: P Welch, findagrave.com):