Anthony Day

NOTE: His parentage is neither inferred nor confirmed by a legitimate source. The Day surname was common in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. Perhaps two 1st cousins or uncles also named Anthony Day were born before him per FamilySearch: Search Results.

FAG ID 33650961

There is conflicting information about the year of Anthony Day's birth but he made oath June 20, 1695 that he was eighty; therefore he was born about 1615.

Anthony Day sailed from Gravesend, England, July 6, 1635 on the Paule of London, Leonard Betts, Master, bound to Virginia. After arriving in Virginia in 1635 we find that he migrated north to Gloucester, MA that same year. Before 1645 Anthony Day is Proprietor of Gloucester. Original settler Leominster, MA and later at Salem and Ipswich.

Anthony Day married April 23, 1650 to Susannah her maiden name is shown as Matchett and also Ring. Anthony Day defended Susannah's good name in court. She was a servant to William Vinson, who slandered her.

Anthony Day's death is shown as April 23, 1707; but as his administer gave bond on May 13, 1708 he may have died in the latter year.

Compilation of Ancestry.com Database

For Susannah's Honor

In 1649 Anthony found himself embroiled in litigation concerning his wife to be, Susanna Matchett. Susanna was a bond servant of William Vinson of Gloucester. Anthony had entered into a marriage contract with Susanna. But prior to the marriage, Vinson, for some unknown reasons, made some disparaging remarks about his maidservant for which Anthony decided to take him to court.Anthony went to the Clerk of write in Gloucester to obtain a warrant against Vinson. Unfortunately, Reverend Blymann, Pastor of the First Parish Church of Gloucester, got wind of the controversy and decided to intercede. Quarterly Court records record that the Reverend Blynmann confronted

Anthony, laid hold of the warrant , tore it to shreds and threw it in the fire. When the Clerk of Write refused to issue Anthony a second warrant Anthony decided to take Blynmann to court as well.Concerning this incident the Quarterly Court Records of Essex County, Salem Court Adjourned November 7, 1649 read: "Anthony Day of Gloster vs. Mr. Blinman, the pastor there, for tearing a warrant he had taken out against William Vinson and throwing it in the fire, and the Clerk of Write there refused to grant him another warrant. Mr. Blinmann answered that he did it to stop proceeding and have the matter healed privately. He was astonished for his rash act." Anthony prevailed in his court action and a second warrant was issued against Vinson. Later that year (1649) Vinson appeared in Salem Court to defend himself. The record reads: Note: "William Vinson of Glostar, being accused by Anthony Day of reproaching his servant Susan Matchett, to whom Anthony was Contracted, saying she was not virtuous, etc., confessed and was discharged." Thus Anthony was successful in vindicating the good name of his wife to be. Anthony and Susanna were married circa 1649/1650.

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The following information does not assure a date of arrival in Massachusetts: Previously entered phrases in quotes below were entered by someone else:
"There is a record of Anthony Day arriving" in April or Jul 1635 from London, England "in the New World" aboard the "Paul of London" (Ship-master Acklin). "He is on the ship with Dorothy Day (Dunham) age 17 - his sister." This information comes from Packrat-Pro with complete information about the ship name arriving at St Christopher's. An arrival here may be his initial port at what's also called Saint Kitts, officially Saint Christopher's aka Saint Kitt's Island SE of Puerto Rico. (See Zoom Earth).
To date, no ship record shows when he arrived in Massachusetts either from Saint Christopher island or from anywhere else.
On Ancestry.com, there is an Anthony Day arriving in Virginia, but the data provides provides no useful information. While it's possible he arrived in Virginia and made his way to Massachusetts, it is implausible The data Ancestry cites comes from page 600 in the physical copyright 1988 book by Peter Coldham titled English Public Records of Those Who Took Ship to the Americas for Political, Religious, and Economic Reasons; of Those Who Were Deported for Vagrancy, Roguery, or Non-Conformity; and of Those Who Were Sold to Labour in the New Colonies. Baltimore, Maryland, USA: Genealogical Publishing Company.
(Ken Shelley, 29 July 2023)

Sailed from London July 1635 on ship Paule; settled in Worcester! Anthony info found in Tower printed history.

Anthony Day is noted in the Salem Quarterly Court Records and Files, as cited in the Essex Antiquarian Vol 6 p. 160 & 161. In the Court session held on the 11th day of the 7th month of 1649, Anthony Day is first charged by Mr. Blinman "the pastor there for tearing of a warrant he had taken forth against William Vinson and throwing it in the fire. He answered that he did it to stop proceedings and have the matter healed privately. he was admonished for his 'rash act.'"

Later in the record, William Vionson of Gloucester, "being accused by Anthony Day of reproaching his servant Susan Matchett, unto whom Day was contracted, saying she was not virtuous, etc., confessed and was discharged."[6]

Citations

• 6. Perley, Sidney. The Essex Antiquarian. (Salem, Massachusetts: Sidney Perley), Vol 6 p 160-161, 1902

Links

• http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Anthony_Day_%281%29
• http://www.bitwise.net/~srday/Anthony-Day.htm
• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=33650961
• http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2627.htm#...

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Anthony Day sailed from Gravesend, England, July 6, 1635 on the Paule of London, Leonard Betts, Master, bound to Virginia. After arriving in Virginia in 1635 we find that he migrated north to Gloucester, MA that same year. Before 1645 Anthony Day is Proprietor of Gloucester. Original settler Leominster, MA and later at Salem and Ipswich.

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see this link below: http://home.myfairpoint.net/ddillaby/day.html

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https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Anthony_Day_%281%29

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there is a record of Anthony Day coming in 1635 to the New World on the Paul. he is on the ship with Dorothy Day (Dunham) age 17 - his sister. http://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/shipnamesD.htm

https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Anthony_Day_%281%29

http://news.rootsweb.com/th/read/DAY/2008-02/1202863392

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Day-674

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http://www.iment.com/maida/familytree/day/dayvitalgl.htm

http://gw.geneanet.org/tdowling?lang=en&p=anthony&n=day

Anthony Day sailed from Gravesend England to the New World on July 6, 1635 on The Paule of London.

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Origins Anthony Day, of Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, is often said to have been born about 1616.[2] That date appears to be based on his stated age at time of death.[3] Reported age at time of death was often often exaggerated, however, and court records suggest that he was more likely born between between 1624 and 1627.[4] The latter dates are now more generally accepted.[5]

Anthony Day is sometimes said to have been born in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, presumably based on the report of Raymond Meyers Tingley.[6] Tingley, however, gives no sources, and is known to have been "creative" in his reporting.[7]

Many poorly documented or undocumented reports give varying names for Anthony's parents, including Anthony Day and Marie Long of Ipswich, Suffolk, England and David and Elizabeth Day of Glamorgan. Neither is supported by reference to original records.[8]

Immigration Many accounts report that Anthony left England in 1635.[9] These accounts most likely are based on a List of Passengers bound for Virginia, published in 1850,[10] and a speculative leap that assumes the Anthony Day going to Virginia somehow made his way to Massachusetts, as if there were only one Anthony Day who came to the American Colonies during this time period. As Cutter notes, however, there is nothing to connect the Anthony Day sailing to Virginia in 1635 with Anthony Day of Gloucester, Massachusetts.[11] Furthermore, in 1635, Anthony would have been no more than 10 years of age, not the 22 years reported for the Virginia immigrant. Even if Anthony were actually born in 1616, he would have been 19, not 22. If the Anthony who sailed to Virginia did migrate to Massachusetts, then that migration needs to be documented, not assumed.

Anthony Day was in Gloucester, Massachusetts before 1645, when he sold property to John Pearce.[12]

Marriage On 11 September 1649 Anthony Day appeared in Court in defence of the good name of his intended wife, Susanna Matchett.[13] Anthony and Susanna were married after that date, although exactly when and where has not been documented by reference to original records.[14]

Anthony and Susanna apparently moved to Exeter, New Hampshire, where Anthony worked for Edward Gilman, owner of the first sawmill there.[15] Exeter is likely where Anthony and Susannah's first two sons, Thomas Day and Timothy Day, were born. Their other children, John Day, Ezekial Day, Ezekial Day, Nathaniel Day, Elizabeth Day, Samuel Day, and Joseph Day, were all born in Gloucester.

Return to Gloucester By 1657, Anthony and Susanna were back in Gloucester.[16] Anthony may have worked as a ship's carpenter, as that was his occupation in 1663.[17] In 1660 he became a Deputy Constable,[18] a position he held for several years,[19] and in 1662 he apparently was doing well enough to purchase property.[20] In a somewhat ironic twist, he also began to testify in court regarding the immoral behaviour of first, on 3 September 1682, a neighbour charged with "uncleanness before marriage"; then, on 30 September 1682, when his own son and daughter-in-law were charged with fornication before marriage.[21] Anthony also received an additional six acres of land on 27 February 1688 when the Town held a lottery for it's citizens.[22]

While Anthony apparently continued to work as a ship's carpenter,[23] he also seemed to be farming the land he owned,[24] perhaps with the help of his sons. As he became older, he and Susannah began to distribute some of that land to younger sons.[25] Eventually, in 1705, his son Joseph received the remainder in return for caring for Anthony and Susannah "in their old age".[26]

Death Anthony Day died 23 April 1707, in Gloucester, Massachusetts. He was said to be "in his 91st y", although that is likely an exaggeration.[27] His wife Susannah lived a good ten years longer, dying on 10 December 1717.

Sources "Anthony Day", I.D. No. 3840. Genealogy of Maine and New Brunswick Families, Mike Walton and Maggie Decker. accessed 28 July 2016 Babson, John J. History of the town of Gloucester, Cape Ann: including the town of Rockport. (Gloucester Mass.: Procter Bros., 1860)

Cutter, William Richard . Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Boston and eastern Massachusetts. Volume I. (New York : Lewis Historical Publishing Company. 1909) Day Association. Day Genealogy - Green Book. (Furbush-Roberts Printing Co. Inc 435 Odlin Road, Bangor Maine 1967.), p. 7 Originally published as "A record of the descendants of Jacob Day and an incomplete record of Anthony Day" (Warren Press, Boston, MA. 1916) Historian Committee, Freeland Jones, Karen Walker, et al. Day Genealogy 1989 Red Book (Twin City Printery) Little, George Thomas, ed; Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine. Volume 4. (New York, Lewis : Historical Pub. Co. 1909) Noyes, Sybil; Charles Thornton Libby; and Walter Goodwin Davis. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. (Portland, Maine: Southworth Press, 1928-1939) Person:Anthony Day (1), WeRelate.org. accessed 28 July 2016 Roberts, Gary Boyd. Ancestors of American Presidents. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009), pp. 37-38 Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862), 2:25

Vital Records of Gloucester, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts.: Essex Institute, 1917) Anthony Day (1617-1707) on Find A Grave: Memorial #33650961 retrieved 21 October 2018 (Caution has no sources for information, no photograph, no record of place of burial, but does have "information" that is known to be wrong.) Footnotes ↑ Roberts, Gary Boyd; Ancestors of American Presidents ↑ Cutter, Genealogical and personal memoirs", Vol. 1, pl 142; and Day Association. Day Genealogy - Green Book are only two of many early such reports. ↑ Vital Records of Gloucester, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 Vol. 3 (Deaths), p. 111 ↑ Massachusetts (Colony). Quarterly Courts (Essex County). Records and files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts. (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1911-1925, 1975), 1649-1682 See especially, 1660 Sep 25-Ipswich-2, (age ca 36); 1663 Mar 31-Ipwsich-3, (age ca 37); 1664 Sep 27-Ipswich-3, (age ca 40); 1667 Jun 25-Salem-3, (age ca 43) ↑ Roberts, Gary Boyd; Ancestors of American Presidents Noyes, et al, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, p. 189 ↑ Tingley, Raymon Meyers. Some ancestral lines: being a record of some of the ancestors of Guilford Solon Tingley and his wife Martha Pamelia Meyers. (Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle Publishing Co., 1935), p. 85 ↑ See Category: Raymon Meyers Tingley Fraud for information about problems with Tingley. ↑ Anthony Day and Marie Longe of Ipswich, Suffolk England had a son Anthony, christened 27 Nov 1603 at St Mary Stoke, Ipswich, Suffolk, England (See: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," index, FamilySearch). This Anthony Day is too old to be the Anthony Day of Gloucester, Massachusetts. The assertion that Anthony is the son of David Day of Glamorgan, Wales and wife Elizabeth, has so far found no support in actual records. (See: Glamorgan baptism index. (Glamorgan Family History Society, 2005), available in the Family History Library on CD. Glamorgan, Wales. Glamorgan Parish Registers, 1558-1900: Index.FamilySearch.org Glamorganshire, Wales. Parish Registers, 1538-1912: Index. FamilySearch.org ↑ Day Association. Day Genealogy - Green Book, p. 7 Historian Committee, Day Genealogy 1989 Red Book//, p. 1 ↑ "Passengers for Virginia 6 July 1635", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society), Vol. 4, p. 16 (1850) ↑ Cutter, Genealogical and personal memoirs, Vol. 1, pp. 142-3 ↑ Babson, John J. Notes and Additions to the History of Gloucester: Part First. Early Settlers. (Gloucester, Mass.: M.V.B. Perley, 1876), 17-18, 85, 1876 See Also: Little, Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine. Vol. 4, p. 2121 ↑ Massachusetts (Colony). Quarterly Courts (Essex County). Records and files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts. (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1911-1925, 1975), 1649-1682 ↑ Some accounts say Anthony and Susannah were married 23 April 1650 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts (See, for example: Day Association. Day Genealogy - Green Book, p. 7; and Historian Committee, Day Genealogy 1989 Red Book, p. 1), but so far supporting evidence seems to be elusive. ↑ Massachusetts (Colony). Quarterly Courts (Essex County). Records and files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts. (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1911-1925, 1975)--, 1649-1682 ↑ In 1657, Anthony bought property from Charles Glover. See: Cutter, Genealogical and personal memoirs, Vol 1, p. 142 ↑ Massachusetts (Colony). Quarterly Courts (Essex County). Records and files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts. (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1911-1925, 1975), 1649-1682 ↑ Tilley, Risbrough Hammett, and Eben Putnam. Genealogical quarterly magazine. (Salem, Mass: Eben Putnam), Vol. III, p. 88 ↑ Massachusetts (Colony). Quarterly Courts (Essex County). Records and files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts. (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1911-1925, 1975), 1649-1682 ↑ Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (NEHGS, 1999-2011), Vol V, p. 37 ↑ Massachusetts (Colony). Quarterly Courts (Essex County). Records and files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts. (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1911-1925, 1975), 1649-1682 ↑ Babson, John J. Notes and Additions to the History of Gloucester: Part First. Early Settlers. (Gloucester, Mass.: M.V.B. Perley, 1876), 17-18, 85 ↑ Essex County (Massachusetts). Register of Deeds. Deeds, 1639-1866; index to deeds, 1640-1879 (Essex County, Massachusetts). (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971), Vol. 20, p. 34 ↑ A List of The heads and Estates of the free holds and other Inhabitants of glocester the 27th of April 1693, in The Essex Genealogist (Massachusetts). (Lynnfield, Massachusetts: Essex Society of Genealogists), Vol. 27, p. 180 (2007) ↑ Essex County (Massachusetts). Register of Deeds. Deeds, 1639-1866; index to deeds, 1640-1879 (Essex County, Massachusetts). (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971), Vol 14, p. 40, and Vol. 20, p. 34 ↑ Essex County (Massachusetts). Register of Deeds. Deeds, 1639-1866; index to deeds, 1640-1879 (Essex County, Massachusetts). (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971), Vol. 41, p. 78 ↑ Vital Records of Gloucester, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 Vol. 3 (Deaths), p. 111 Cutter, Genealogical and personal memoirs, Vol. 1, pg. 142 Day Association. Day Genealogy - Green Book, p. 7 Acknowledgments Thanks to Cliff Cobb for starting this profile WikiTree profile Day-674 created through the import of Lent_Vise_2011-05-11aa.ged on May 26, 2011 by Bryan Sypniewski. WikiTree profile Day-996 created through the import of mike_walton_2011.ged on Aug 20, 2011 by Mike Walton.

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Anthony Day was born about 1616/17, probably in England or Wales. At age 19, he was one of the passengers on the ship "Paule," and Leonard Betts is the master, which sailed from London, England July 16, 1635 bound for Virginia. He had a certificate of conformity to the Church of England, issued by the minister at Gravesend.

Where he landed and where he spent the first ten years of his residence in America are not know, but the records of Gloucester, Massachusetts, show that Anthony Day sold land to John Pearce about the year 1645. He also purchased a house and lot of Edward Marshall in that town in 1657 in the "Poles."

In 1650, Anthony Day married Susanna Matchett, who survived him ten years, dying December 10, 1717, aged ninety-three. Anthony died in Gloucester, Massachusetts, April 23, 1707, at the age of ninety. Their children all believed to be born in Gloucester.

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