Delphia Elizabeth Day

Brief Life History of Delphia Elizabeth

When Delphia Elizabeth Day was born in 1770, in Surry, North Carolina, United States, her father, Larkin Day, was 30 and her mother, Delphia Roberts, was 26. She married John Pennell in 1796, in Surry, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Burke, North Carolina, United States in 1850. She died in 1855, in Alexander, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 85.

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Family Time Line

John Pennell
1770–1850
Delphia Elizabeth Day
1770–1855
Marriage: 1796
Thomas Pennell
1801–1835
Larkin Pennell
1818–1891
Moses Paul Pennell "Pinion"
1803–1880
William H. "Willie" Pennell
1804–
Alexander Pennell
1805–1869
Younger Pennell
1806–1900
Mary Pennell
1812–
Hannah Pennell
1813–1860
Wesley Pennell
1815–1901

Sources (4)

  • Elizabeth Penley in household of Sarah Penley, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Find a grave
  • Purnell in entry for Wesley Purnell and Elizabeth Livingston, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "

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World Events (8)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

North Carolina is the 12th state.

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name from Middle English day(e), dey(e) ‘dairyman or dairymaid’. Originally used only of women, it was later used of men with the sense ‘man in charge of the dairy cattle’. This is probably the most common source of the surname.

English: from the Middle English personal name Day(e) or Dey. In western England this is probably a pet form of David , but in northern England and perhaps elsewhere also it is a late Middle English variant of Daw, a pet form of Ralph (see Daw , Dakin ).

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Deaghaidh (see O'Dea ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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