Eunice Day

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• Baptism: 9 Sep 1733, Hartford, Hartford County, CT

John married Eunice Turner on 11 Oct 1727 in Hartford, Hartford County, CT. Eunice was born about 1706. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: MWRJ-S7

Thomas married Hannah Wilson on 21 Sep 1698 in Hartford, Hartford County, CT. Hannah (daughter of Richard Seymour and Lydia Cole) was born on 12 Mar 1676 in Hartford, Hartford County, CT; was christened on 12 Mar 1676 in Hartford, Hartford County, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: MWRJ-TD

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• Reference Number: 1J3P-7J
• Will: 16 Nov 1725

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John owned a share in a grist or saw mill, which he bequeathed to his son William Day.

A copy of John's will follows. LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF JOHN DAY, Hartford. - Inv. 820-18-10 lbs, taken 29 April 1730, by Joseph BARNARD, Ozias GOODWIN and Samuel EDWARDS. Will dated 16 November 1725.
"In the name of God, Amen. I, John Day of Hartford, being advanced in years and weak in body, not knowing the day of my death, and being willing to set my house in order, I do ordain and make this to be my last will and testament, hereby making void all former wills by me made or declared. Impri. I give my soule to God who I hope hath redeemed it by the precious blood of his Son, Jesus Christ. Item. After my debts and funeral charges are discharged out of my moveable estate, I give to my loving wife two cows, with a third 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: Item. I give to my son John forty shillings to be paid out of my [wearing or weaving.] - 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. Item. I give to my son William and to his heirs my three acre lot in the Long meadow. I give to my son Joseph my teame, with all the appurtenances thereunto belonging. Item. 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 four pounds more than either of her sisters. And I do hereby nominate and appoint my loving wife Sarah to be sole Executrix of this my last Will. It being before omitted, I add, I give to my wife the use of half my house during her widowhood, and half cellar, the housing to be on the south part."
Signed by John Day and sealed and declared in the presence of John ??, Jr.
Witness: Timothy WOODBRIDGE, Joseph WADSWORTH, Jonathan OLCOTT.

Lot #199 of the 4th tier of lots east of the Connecticut river, were owned by John DAY. Another division of lots west of the river and south of the little river were also owned by John DAY. District file, 6 July 1690; In the estate of Thomas BUTLER, Jr., of Wethersfield; To the widow; to Joseph; to John; to Edward CADWELL; to John DAY; to Thomas CADWELL; to John PORTER; to Margaret and Hope BUTLER, survivors, 30 acres of lands. SOURCE: 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, page 61.

John married Mary Gaylord in 1671 in Hartford, Hartford County, CT. Mary (daughter of Walter Gaylord and Mary Stebbins) was born on 19 Mar 1651 in Hartford, Hartford County, CT; died on 23 Jan 1696 in Windsor, Hartford County, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 1J3P-8P
• Baptism: 19 Mar 1651, Windsor, Hartford County, CT

Richard married Lydia Cole. Lydia (daughter of John Cole and Anne (Mrs. Cole)) was born in 1652 in Farmington, Hartford County, CT; died in 1732. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: RPQB-BL

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Another source gives her date of death as 05-May-1718 in Hartford, CT.