John Day
Submitted by Crafty
pedrosis@hotmail.com

Will the real John Day please stand up !!!! The original Day settler to
Jeddore, Nova Scotia was a chap names John Day.  We know he died at age
94 on May 22, 1828 in Jeddore, Nova Scotia. This would make his date of
birth approx 1734.

There are several "theories" as to his origins but none have been
verified.  Some say he came from Bergen County, N.J. but that has pretty
much proven to be incorrect.  More likely he came from South Carolina
but DID HE??  Who were his parents, who was his spouse and mother of his
children? When and where was he born?

If anybody can come up with some verifiable facts on this gentlemen, a
great many people would be very thankful.  The following is the
information we have on his children.

Generation No. 1

 1.  JOHN (1)1 DAY was born Abt. 1734, and died May 22, 1828.

        Children of JOHN (1) DAY are:
        i.      FRANCIS2 DAY.
        ii.     PETER (1) DAY.
 
        iii.    ELIZABETH (1) DAY, b. Abt. 1770; m. HENRY (1) SITEMAN, December
24, 1791, St. George's, Halifax (little Dutch church).
 
        iv.     JOHN (2) DAY, b. Abt. 1777, jEDDORE; d. Abt. 1850, JEDDORE; m.
RACHEL BAKER, May 21, 1801, St.Pauls, Halifax, N.S..
 
        v.      BENJAMIN (1) DAY, b. Abt. 1778; m. ELIZABETH (DUKES) DOOKS,
December 19, 1805, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
 
        vi.     MARY (1) DAY, b. Abt. 1780; m. PETER MCGRATH, November 05, 1805,
St. Paul's, Halifax.
 
        vii.    MARGARET (1) DAY, b. Abt. 1781; d. 1812; m. JOHN HENRY (2) MYERS,
December 08, 1806, St. Paul's, Halifax.
 
        viii.   NANCY (1) DAY, b. Abt. 1782; d. 1822; m. LAWRENCE BLAKENEY,
October 17, 1802, St. Paul's, Halifax.
 
        ix.     CATHERINE A. DAY, b. Abt. 1790; d. September 28, 1866, Jeddore,
Nova Scotia; m. (1) ANDREW BLAKENEY, August 29, 1808, St. Paul's,
Halifax; m. (2) WILLIAM FAULKNER, December 30, 1817, St. Paul's,
Halifax.
 
        x.      WILLIAM DAY, b. 1795, Head of Jeddore; m. (1) AGNES HARPELL,
September 21, 1815, St. Paul's, Halifax; m. (2) ANN MOSHER, Abt.
December 26, 1849; m. (3) MARY GILCHRIST MYERS, December 24, 1855,
Jeddore, Nova Scotia.

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