• From Anderson's "Great Migration" Project (doc attached)

Robert Day apparently came to New England without a wife, that he was married by about 1638, and that Moses Pengry and his brother apparently came to New England about 1640, suggesting that Robert Day had married a woman from an Ipswich family other than Pengry. In the absence of further evidence, we remain agnostic on the identity of the wife of Robert Day.

Notes

• Some say Pengry, but others explain that references to "brother" between Moses Pengry and Robert Day is not strong enough proof and could be that at this time men whose children married each other were often called brothers. [1, 2]

    Hannah _____, was who was living in Ipswich on 19 March 1663[/4] [ILR 4:439], but deceased before 18 December 1684 [ELR 7:13].  Married by 1638 in Ipswich MA to Robert Day (1605-1683)

Children

1. Hannah was b. about 1638 (deposed 26 November 1675 "aged about thirty-seven years" [EQC 6:85]); Married by 1657 Robert Lord (eldest known child b. Ipswich 26 December 1657)
2. John b. say 1640; m. Ipswich 20 April 1664 Sarah Pengry.
3. Thomas b. say 1647; m. Ipswich 20 October 1672 Ann Woodward.
4. Sarah b. about 1651 (deposed 21 April 1670 "aged nineteen years" [EQC 4:242]); m. Ipswich 17 June 1674 David Fiske.
5. James by 1653 (admitted a freeman on 31 March 1674 [EQC 5:288]); m. by 1684 Susanna _____ (eldest known child b. Ipswich 17 January 1684[/5?]). (The wife of James was possibly Susanna, daughter of John Ayers of Ipswich [NEHGR 17:309-10].)

  Sources

1. Hammatt, Abraham, (Heritage Books)
2.  Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn, Jr.; Melinde Lutz Sanborn, (NEHGS)

Links

•  http://www.owingsstone.com/getperson.php?personID=I3286&tree=owingsstone