Joseph Day

Male8 September 1724–

Brief Life History of Joseph

When Joseph Day was born on 8 September 1724, in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Joseph Day Jr, was 26 and his mother, Jane Boyd, was 24. He married Martha Merchant on 17 April 1744, in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died in his hometown.

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Joseph Day
1724–
Martha Merchant
1725–
Marriage: 17 April 1744
Joseph Day
1744–

Sources (4)

  • Birth, Early Vital Records of Massachusetts to the end of 1849
  • Joseph Day, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
  • Joseph Day, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"

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  • Marriage
    17 April 1744Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
  • Children (1)

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    Siblings (9)

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    World Events (6)

    1776

    Age 52

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

    1776 · The Declaration to the King

    Age 52

    """At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""""""

    1786 · Shays' Rebellion

    Age 62

    Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

    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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