Peletiah Day (1748 - 1816)

Born 27 Mar 1748 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Curtis) Day — married 14 Oct 1773 in Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 21 Oct 1816 at age 68 in New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Origins

Pelatiah Day was born 27 March 1748 in Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, the son of Samuel Day and Sarah Lurvey.^[1][2][3]

Peletiah had moved to New Salem, Franklin County, Massachusetts by 22 April 1764, when he was admitted to full Communion in the Church there.^[4]

A charming story is reported in the "New Salem Sesquicentennial":

On a Monday night in the summer of 1801 the house of Paletiah Day was destroyed by fire. On Wednesday, fifty of his neighbors went to his wood lot, timber for a new house was hewn, and the shingles made; on Thursday the frame was raised; on Friday the shingles were put on, the walls were enclosed and the floor of the kitchen was laid; on Saturday he moved into his new house with such furniture as his neighbors were able to give him; on Saturday evening one hundred and twenty-one of his neighbors and friends came to congratulate him, and all of the matrons and maidens and the men and boys took part in the festive dance."^[5]

Marriages and Children

Peletiah married Hannah Curtis^[2][3] on 14 October 1773, most likely in Boxford, Essex County, Massachusetts. The marriage is registered in Boxford, where Hannah was born, ^[6] and in New Salem, Franklin County, Massachusetts, where Peletiah lived.^[7]

Peletiah and Hannah are said to be the parents of eight children:^[2]

• Samuel, b. August 26, 1774 (baptized 9 October 1774^[8])
  
• Pelatiah,
  
• Gideon, b. November 17, 1779 (baptized 21 March 1780^[8])
  
• James,
  
• Hannah, b. January 27, 1782. m. November 30. 1797, Eliphlet Townsend of Canada, d. September 5, 1829.
  
• Polly, b. June 9, 1784. m. July 3, 1804, Henry Laurence of Laurenceville, Township of Stukely Province of Quebec, She d. Dec. 19, 1848.
  
• Abner, b. March 3, 1792.
  
• Amos, b. d. Unmarried (baptized 5 July 1795^[8])

Peletiah married twice after Hannah died. His second wife was a woman whose last name (at time of marriage) was Stacey. His third wife was a woman named Mary Marvin, who died in 1845 at the age of 85.^[2][3]

Military Service

Peletiah served in the Massachusetts militia in 1778 during the American Revolutionary War.^[9][10][3]

Death and Burial

Peletiah died 21 October 1816 in New Salem, Franklin County, Massachusetts. ^[2][11]

Sources

1. ↑ The Massachusetts Vital Records Project, Early Vital Records of Massachusetts From 1600 to 1850, Vital Records of Gloucester, Massachusetts, Births, p. 206.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Day, John Alphonso. Descendants of Anthony Day of Gloucester, Mass., 1645, Albany NY, 1902, p.2
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Daughters of the American Revolution. Genealogical Research System, Day, Peletiah, Ancestor #: A135027
4. ↑ Lederer, Inez Stevens, First Congregational Church. New Salem, Mass. church records : admissions and dismissions, 1743-1833. (ms 1956) p. 4.
5. ↑ Report of the Addresses and Proceedings of the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town of New Salem, at New Salem on Thursday, Aug. 20tb, 1903, p31
6. ↑ The Massachusetts Vital Records Project, Early Vital Records of Massachusetts From 1600 to 1850, Vital Records of Boxford, Massachusetts, Marriages, p. 133,
7. ↑ Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), New Salem, Births, Marriages and Deaths Image 118 of 192 on Anestry.com
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2} Vital Records of New Salem, Massachusetts from 1600 to 1850', Births, p. 16
9. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War: A compilation from the archives. (Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States: Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Wright and Potter Printing, 1896-1908) Vol. 4, p. 528.
   Day, Peletiah. Private, Capt. Joseph Slarrow's co., Col. Ezra Wood's regt.; enlisted July 12, 1778, discharged Jan. 11, 1779; service 6 mos., at Peekskill; roll dated Leverett; also Lieut. Nathaniel Sartwell's co., Col. Wood's regt.; pay roll for July, 1778; service 19 days;also Capt. Slarrow's co., Col. Wood's regt.; pay rolls for Aug.-Dec. 1778
10. ↑ "Massachusetts, Cowells Company of Militia, 1776 (Folder 55) - Wood´s Regiment of Militia, 1778-1779 (Folder 90)", in United States. War Department. Revolutionary War rolls 1775-1783. (Washington [District of Columbia]: The National Archives, 1957)
11. ↑ "Peletiah Day", Find A Grave: Memorial #173422769, Created by Round Tuit 2 Dec 2016, accessed 22 Nov 2021.
    Has photograph of grave stone in style consistent with time of death; inscription gives date of death and age at time of death.

See also:

• Person:Peletiah Day (8), WeRelate.org

• Peletiah Day LKKM-N17, FamilySearch Family Tree