When Benjamin Day was born about 1743, in Bucks, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, his father, Christopher Day, was 21 and his mother, Sarah Bray, was 21. He married Mary Hill on 19 September 1786. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died in 1791, at the age of 49.
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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.
Possible Related NamesSource: Bucks County Pennsylvania Abstracts of Wills (two volumes) Repository: Family History Library; Salt Lake City, Utah Call No. 974.821P2b Will Book 5 p. 212 Testator: Sarah Day, relict of Chris …
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