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About Capt. Samuel E. Day
1. Samuel's son Herbert's death certificate lists his father's birth place as Norton, MA. His son Charles' death certificate lists his father's birth place as Medway, MA. His son Billings death certificate lists his father's birth place as Mansfield, MA. All military records show Samuel as being from Mansfield, MA.
2. Massachusetts Revolutionary War muster records show Samuel Day, from Mansfield MA, enlisted as a Private in the 7th company of the Bristol County regiment, under Capt. Samuel White, in April, 1775, "which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775 from Mansfield to Roxbury."
Subsequent muster records show him serving in Capt. Moses Knapp's company.
3. January 1778 muster records show him still serving under Capt. Moses Knapp, by then with the rank of Corporal.
4. February 1780 muster records describe him as re-enlisting subsequent to Sept.1779 as part of Col. Wm. Shepard's regiment, and being 22 yrs old, 5'7" tall, fair skinned with light hair, from Mansfield. He is noted as having been"promoted", probably to Sergeant.
5. December 1780 muster records show him promoted to "Ensign", which was the lowest rank of commissioned officer in the Continental Army, and note that his previous rank was Sergeant. He was still serving under Col Wm. Shepard.
6. Although no further muster records are found as yet showing his promotion to Captain, by the end of his military service he was apparently a captain, as documented on his marriage record in 1794 and his death record in 1812.
7. Samuel DAY Samuel, Capt., and Sally Bates, both of M., Jan. 1, 1794. Marriage Mansfield, MA. "by the Rev. Roland Green"
8. Samuel, Capt. DAY Samuel [Capt. P. R. 1.], h. Sally, Oct. 19, 1812. Death Mansfield, MA
(Information on marriage and death from New England Historic Genealogical Society, MA Vital Records to 1850.)
9. Pension #W1571, according to DAR database
10. Children listed on Geni.com tree are those documented by records from the New England Historic Genealogical Society databases, MA Vital Records to 1850. Unable to verify numerous other children listed on FamilySearch tree for Samuel and Sally.
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Capt. Samuel E. Day's Timeline
| 1757 |
1757
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Bristol County, MA, United States
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| 1794 |
October 10, 1794
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Mansfield, Bristol, MA, United States
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| 1796 |
January 27, 1796
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Mansfield, Bristol, MA, United States
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| 1797 |
March 24, 1797
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Mansfield, Bristol, MA, United States
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| 1798 |
August 2, 1798
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S. Main Street, Mansfield, Massachusetts, United States
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| 1809 |
February 6, 1809
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Medway, Norfolk County, MA, United States
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| 1812 |
April 2, 1812
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Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States
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October 19, 1812
Age 55
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Mansfield, Bristol, MA, United States
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Medway, Norfolk, MA, United States
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