The Day Family

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The Day Family

Source: J. Percy Crayon, Rockaway Records of Morris County, N. J. Families, (Rockaway, N.J., Rockaway Publishing Co., 1902)

The DAY family was among the early settlers of Morris County previous to 1730, and like many others came from Newark, NJ, and were descendants of the founders of Newark of the Milford and Banford colonies of Connecticut, and former emigrants from England.

George DAY, married Mary, a daughter of Edward RIGGS and wife Elizabeth, also from the Milford Colony. He died before 1685, and his widow married (2) Anthony OLIFF, of Newark. Children: Paul, married Phebe, daughter of Thomas BROWN, died 1712. George was twice married and died about 1720. Samuel, died about 1715, had wife Abigail, a son John and a posthumous son Samuel, who was born at Newark July 15, 1715, O. S. married (1) Elizabeth ____, born Dec. 1715, died Apr. 22, 1861. (2) Oct. 12, 1761, Zervia WINES, who was born 1720, died Dec. 21, 1776. He died at Morristown Mar. 25, 1777.

Children: Silas, born Jan. 28, 1739, was a cooper by trade, married Phebe CONDICT, daughter of Peter, June 27, 1759. He died at Morristown Mar. 31, 1763. She married (2) Maj. Henry AXTELL Jan. 7, 1764, and died July 6, 1829, aged 89 years. Maj. AXTELL died Apr. 6, 1818, aged 80 years. Elizabeth, born Apr. 25, 1741, no records of marriage or death, probably died young. Ezekiel, born July 25, 1743, had wife Mary who died Jan. 12, 1774, aged 29 years; (2) Mar. 23, 1774, Joanna BRIDGE. She married (2) Nathan REEVE, May 19, 1778. Ezekiel died Jan. 3, 1777. Phebe, twin, born July 25, 1743, married Silas CONDICT, son of Peter, Apr. 10, 1760, died July 16, 1762, aged 19, had one child, Elizabeth, who was baptized Sept. 19, 1762, who married James COOK Nov. 25, 1781, died June 19, 1785, aged 22. Silas Condict, born Mar. 7, 1738, married (2) Abigail BYRAM Mar. 16, 1763, who died Feb. 15, 1823. He died Sept. 16, 1801. David, born Nov. 18, 1746, married Deborah, daughter of Benj. HALSEY July 6, 1769. She was born Nov. 6, 1747, died May 21, 1790. Jeduthan, born Jan. 28, 1748, married (1) Phebe, widow of Isiah WINES, Oct. 17, 1774. She died Mar. 2, 1777, aged 27 years. (2) Mar. 15, 1779, Anne (LUDLOW) CRANE, daughter of Anthony. He died Nov. 9, 1815. Robard or Robert, born July 10, 1750, married Esther WINES, widow of Ebenezer, May 18, 1777, had one child, Robert, born Aug. 13, 1778. Robard died Oct. 7, 1778. Samuel, born Apr. 7, 1753, had wife Anna at Mendham, NJ, 1779, died at Morristown Aug. 12, 1796. Abraham, twin, born Apr. 7, 1753, married (1) Sarah COE, daughter of Thomas, Sept. 7, 1774; (2) Deborah WINES, daughter of Isiah Apr. 14, 1777. Went to Ohio. Jared, born Feb. 13, 1755, married Mary GILDERSLEEVE Mar. 3, 1781. Had twin daughters, Anna, who married Jonathan DAYTON, of Basking Ridge, NJ, and son the Hon. Wm. L. DAYTON; Elizabeth, died at Basking Ridge 1786. Jehiel, born Jan. 22, 1758, married at Mendham 1779, removed to Springfield, Ohio, and died there after 1819.

Children of Silas and wife Phebe: Rebecca, baptized Jan. 18, 1761; Jonathan, baptized Mar. 2, 1762, at Morristown.

Children of Ezekiel and wife Mary: Phebe, baptized Sept. 6, 1767, died Jan. 1, 1772; Elizabeth, baptized June 1, 1769; Abigail, born Sept. 1, 1772, died Sept. 17, 1781, aged 9. By wife Joanna: John, born Jan. 15, 1775. He settled at the head of Green Pond, NJ, and had children: Catharine, born Oct. 9, 1811, married Richard J. VREELAND, died Mar. 28, 1879. He was born June 15, 1810, died at Dover, Nov. 30, 1892. David, born 1813, was found dead near Green Pond Jan. 7, 1888, and one other brother who lived at Mead's Basin. Nathan Reeve, married (1) Ruth GOBLE Feb. 18, 1768, had children: Elizabeth, Jonathan, Phebe, Nathan, Samuel. By second wife, Joanna DAY; Samuel (2), born Oct. 26, 1779, died Oct. 1, 1781; Nathan (2), born Jan. 3, 1782, died Nov. 25, 1782; Ezekiel, born Aug. 16, 1784; William, born Dec. 3, 1786; a child died Jan. 8, 1791. He died Aug. 9, 1807, aged 62 years.

Children of David and Deborah: Silas, born Oct. 9, 1770, died July 8, 1776; David Jr., born July 7, 1773, married (1) Miss HALLECK, of Long Island, had three children: (2) Mary HOPPACK, of Morristown, had six children. Elizabeth, born Nov. 13, 1775, never married; Sarah, born Dec. 29, 1778, never married; Joseph, born Apr. 28, 1781, married Phebe ARNOLD, removed to Louisville, KY’ Anna, born Jan. 28, 1783; Benjamin, born Nov. 23, 1785, died Oct. 5, 1797; Ezra Halsey, born Apr. 29, 1788. Married Mary CAREY, of Mendham, had children: Elias, Joseph and Joanna. Nancy, married ____ HARRIMAN, of Elizabeth. No children.

Children of Jeduthan and wife Phebe: Silas, born July 29, 1776, died Apr. 9, 1777. Wife, Anna (LUDLOW) CRANE, born at Long Island, died at Canisteer, NJ, May 9, 1838. The LUDLOWs were an old English family. Gabriel (1), son of Thomas, was baptized Aug. 27, 1634. His son Gabriel (2) was born at Cary Castle Nov. 2, 1663, and his son, Gabriel (3), emigrated to New York, married Sarah, daughter of Rev. Joseph HANMER, of Trinity Church, had thirteen children, the progenitors of the LUDLOWs in New York and Long Islan. His son Anthony, married Sophia HUDSON, a descendant of Hendrick HUDSON, and with children: Mary, who married Elias HEDGES, and Anna, who married (1) ____ CRANE; (2) Jeduthan DAY, came to Morristown where the widow married Jacob DOTY. Phebe, born Dec. 22, 1780, died Mar. 25, 1803; Silas (2) born July 23, 1783, married Susannah BREESE, daughter of Azariah BRIES (as written) and Susannah GILDERSLEEVE, the daughter of Zopher and Desire, Nov. 2, 1803. She was born Aug. 12, 1782, died July 28, 1847, married (2) Margaret MORTIMER 1850, who died at Wilmington, Del., Dec. 1880. He died at Stockholm Apr. 6, 1867, buried at Oak Ridge. Amzi, born Sept. 29, 1787, died Oct. 21, 1794; Anne Ludlow, born Jan. 12, 1792, married (1) 1810 Thomas ESTILL; (2) 1842 John KEELER. Elizabeth, born Mar. 1795, never married, died at Canisteer March 6, 1880; Christian DeWint, born Apr. 28, 1798, married (1) Sarah Maria WOODS, daughter of Ahijah, July 12, 1828. She was born Jan. 11, 1811, died Apr. 20, 1855; (2) Catharine McKENNEY Oct. 18, 1857, died Feb. 21, 1872, aged 61 years, buried at Oak Ridge; (3) Anne EDGE July 25, 1880. He died July 25, 1882, buried at Canisteer.

Children of Samuel, Jr., and wife Anna: Phebe, born Oct. 22, 1779, married as second wife Dr. Ebenezer H. PIERSON Sept. 18, 1805, removed to Cincinnati, Ohio; Susannah, born Feb. 6, 1786, married Kitchel BRIDGE Mar. 4, 1804. He was born Sept. 21, 1769, died Apr. 9, 1845. Samuel, born Nov. 5, 1784, married Jane, daughter of Benj. BEACH, Aug. 9, 1806, had ten children, died Apr. 24, 1826. She was born Mar. 26, 1789, died June 10, 1852; Ira, born July 21, 1788; Mahlon, born Aug. 27, 1790, was lost at sea in ship "Artic" Sept. 27, 1854.

Children of David, Jr., and first wife: David Halleck, lived in Paterson, NJ, and died there; Charles; Martha, married ____ HART, of Kentucky. Second wife Mary: James, lived at Wilkes-Barre, PA, died there; William, married ____ SMITH, of Morristown, removed to Missouri, died there; Schuyler, died in childhood; Emily, married ____ PRESTON, removed to New York State; Julia, married James BAYLES, had children: James, Lewis, George and Henrietta. Phebe, married Rev. Mr. TROTTER, living at Michigan.

Children of Silas and wife Susannah: Amzi, born, July 4, 1805, died Feb. 28, 1809; Phebe, born July 27, 1807, married James GRIMSTEAD May 2, 1833, who died Mar. 16, 1862; Susan Breese, born July 27, 1810, married (1) William BENJAMIN Mar. 10, 1838. He was born May 16, 1806, died Dec. 16, 1863, had children: Mary Augusta, born Dec. 29, 1838; Martha E., born Apr. 15, 1841, died Nov. 10, 1845; William, Jr., born Aug. 3, 1843, died Nov. 9, 1845; Emma Cordelia, born June 1, 1845, died Jan. 8, 1880; Caroline Amanda, born Apr. 20, 1849, married Ryerson LANCE; Phebe Ann, born Feb. 25, 1849, died Mar. 2, 1856; Charles Augustus, twin, born Feb. 25, 1849; Francis Ludlow, born July 9, 1850. She married (2) Martin WILSON, and died near Deckertown, NJ, Sept. 24, 1900.

Elias Hudson, born Aug. 20, 1812, married (1) Margaret SMITH; (2) Nora Grimstead Dec. 11, 1862, died at Brooklyn July 4, 1885, buried at Oak Ridge; Jeduthan, born Dec. 14, 1814, married in New Orleans, lived in Illinois, had a large family; Azariah Breese, born Apr. 6, 1816, died Apr. 21, 1818; Anthony Ludlow, born Dec. 25, 1818, married Elizabeth, daughter of David and Sarah (CARD) STRAIT, May 3, 1846. She was born Jan. 19, 1825. He died at Brooklyn Dec. 28, 1898, buried at Oak Ridge; Elizabeth S., born Feb. 3, 1821, married Nathan DOANE, living in California; Silas Brandt, born July 17, 1823, married Ruth, daughter of Richard BLOOM, Sept. 29, 1855, living at West Milford, NJ; Lot Gildersleeve, born Feb. 15, 1826, died Mar. 25, 1827, at Basking Ridge; Mary Amanda, born Sept. 19, 1829, married Sidney FORD, Jr., Nov. 25, 1865.

Children of Christian D. and wife Sarah: Ezra Halsey, born May 25, 1829, married Margaret, daughter of William and Margaret (DOUGHERTY) BOYD, July 25, 1850. She was born Aug. 19, 1828. He died 1898, buried at Canisteer. Amsy Morris, born Mar. 20, 1831, died Sept. 13, 1839; Susan Maria, born Jan. 1, 1833, married Gabriel EATON July 18, 1855, died June 11, 1856; Nancy Elizabeth, born Sept. 24, 1834, married Horace F. WALLACE Dec. 31, 1852; Cynthia Ann, born Aug. 9, 1836, died Mar. 2, 1858, buried at Oak Ridge; Jeduthan, born Nov. 15, 1838, died Sept. 18, 1839; Albert DeWitt, born Aug. 8, 1840, married Mary, daughter of Robert BRIEN, Oct. 24, 1869, died Mar. 27, 1887. She died Dec. 16, 1880. Mary Frances, born Apr. 14, 1844, married Albert MOORE May 19, 1866; Ira Woods, born June 19, 1846, married (1) Hattie M. HOLLY, daughter of William, Mar. 15, 1873. She was born June 4, 1855, died Apr. 28, 1884. (2) Sarah Jane, daughter of Sylvester and Catharine (CRILL) CARD, Dec. 25, 1884. He died 1895. James Lindsley, born Sept. 18, 1849, married Mary E. PADDICK Oct. 15, 1870, died July 17, 1874, had one child, James Edgar, born Sept. 19, 1871; Edward Wilmer, born Aug. 4, 1851.

Children of Ezra H. and wife Margaret: Anna Martha, born Dec. 4, 1850, married Isariah PARKER, Jr., had seven children. He was born May 30, 1850, drowned in the Walkill, near Deckertown, NJ, Aug. 7, 1900; Sarah Augusta, born Oct. 6, 1852, married Cortland L., son of William J. and Jemima (COLE) WINTERS, May 17, 1881. He was born Sept. 4, 1853. Jeduthan Augustus, born Dec. 19, 1854, went West; Cynthia Evaline, born Apr. 20, 1857, married William H. WINTERS Mar. 1879, died Apr. 21, 1885. He was born May 16, 1854. William Irthur, born Feb. 18, 1859, married Sarah Ann, daughter of John E. STICKLE, Apr. 12, 1879. She was born May 22, 1858, living at Boonton. Mary Catharine, born Feb. 8, 1861; Emma Cordelia, born June 3, 1866, and George, living at home.

Children of Anthony LUDLOW and wife Elizabeth, all resident at Brooklyn: Judson Francis, born July 14, 1847, married Annie, daughter of William and Elizabeth (POST) ECKHART, Nov. 12, 1872; Alfred Ludlow, born Apr. 23, 1850, married Augusta, daughter of William and Jane (McCORMICK) ALLEN, Nov. 12, 1874. She was born Dec. 21, 1852. Edgar Arthur, born Mar. 9, 1853, married Mary F. M. TAYLOR Nov. 7, 1879, physician in Brooklyn; Susan Breese, born June 26, 1856; Mary Frances, born Sept. 8, 1862; Elizabeth Stella, born Aug. 14, 1865.

Children of Judson F. and Annie: Charles Frederick, born Feb. 4, 1874; George Anthony, born May 25, 1876; Mat Elizabeth, born Sept. 13, 1878; Robert Ernest, born Feb. 27, 1889; Grace Edna, born Apr. 10, 1891.

Children of Alfred L. and Augusta: Frank Arthur, born Aug. 18, 1876; Jennie Eta, born June 24, 1878; Raymond Merrill, born July 22, 1880; Bertha Lulu, born Aug. 26, 1884.

Children of Edgar A. and Mary: Alice Minot, born Feb. 14, 1881; Florence Elizabeth, born Feb. 7, 1883, died while on a visit to New Foundland, Feb. 22, 1899, buried at Oak Ridge.

Children of Silas B. and Ruth: Frank Warren, born May 23, 1858, died Dec. 23, 1858; Susan, born Mar. 7, 1860, married George WHRITNOR; Sarah Elizabeth, born June 21, 1862, died July 10, 1863; Charles Whitfield, born May 20, 1865; William B., born Mar. 26, 1867, died Nov. 24, 1881.

Transcribed by John Cresseveur (1949-2003)