Margaret (Robinson) Day (1690 - 1780)

Born 9 Jun 1690 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Plymouth (Massachusetts)

Ancestors

Wife of Benjamin Day — married 16 Dec 1714 in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 19 Jun 1780 at age 90 in Killingly, Windham, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Margaret Robinson, daughter of George Robinson and Elizabeth Guild, was born 9 June 1690 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts.^[1]

Marriage

Margaret married Benjamin Day, in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, possibly on 16 December 1714.^[2]

Confusion of Margaret Robinson and Mary Robinson

Margaret is often confused with her sister Mary as the wife of Benjamin Day. The confusion seems to arise because of differences in two different transcriptions of the original Town Records, probably difficult to read at the time of transcription(s). The transcriptions available in Attleboro, probably the earlier transcription, lists Margaret as the wife of Benjamin Day and the mother of his children.^[3] The transcriptions published in 1934 lists Mary as the wife of Benjamin Day and the mother of his children.^[4]

Separating Margaret Robinson and Mary Robinson

While the transcription of Attleboro Vital Records published in 1934 show Mary Robinson as the wife of Benjamin Day, the listing is not supported by a cross-reference listing of Benjamin Day as the husband of Mary Robinson. Rather, Mary Robinson is listed as marrying Elihu Warfield on 16 December 1714. That listing is supported by the cross-referenced listing for Elihu Warfield, said to have married Mary Robinson on 16 December 1714.^[5]

Similarly, The handwritten transcription of Attleboro's Vital records from the Town Office show Elihu Warfield as marrying Mary Robinson on 16 December 1714.^[6]

Elihu Warfield and his wife Mary moved to Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, where their daughters Mary and Elizabeth were born, and where Mary died in 1717.^[7]

Margaret Day is named as a daughter of her father George Robinson in his will, dated 17 September 1724, indicating that Margaret is still living and the daughter who married Benjamin Day. Mary Warfield is not named in the will, having pre-deceased her father. However, her husband, Elihu Warfield is named as George Robinson's son-in-law, with his daughters Elizabeth and Mary.^[8]

Life and Death after Marriage

The children of Benjamin and Margaret Day, all born in Attleboro, were:
Hannah Day, 3 February 1715
Mary Day, 28 Dec 17__
Jonathan Day, 13 April 1720
Bridgett Day, 28 May 172_
Rachel Day, 29 Sep 172_
Leah Day , 17 Nov 1727
Margaret Day, 23 Apr 1730
Martha Day, 23 Oct __^[9]

Margaret Day is said to have died and been buried in Killingly, Wyndham, Connecticut.^[10]

Sources

• Ancestral File Number: 2TV9-ST

• Arnold, James N. Vital record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896. (Providence, RI: Narragansett Historial Publishing Co., 1897)

• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988. (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011)

• Vital records of Attleborough, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1934).

Footnotes

1. ↑ Vital record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896, "Births", p. 731
2. ↑ "Attleboro, Births, Marriage Intentions, Marriages, Burials and Deaths, 1694-1890", Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, p. 30 (Ancestry.com image 30 of 342, 1 Jul 2016)
3. ↑ "Attleboro, Births, Marriage Intentions, Marriages, Burials and Deaths, 1694-1890", Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, p. 30 (Ancestry.com image 30 of 342, 1 Jul 2016)
4. ↑ Vital Records of Attleborogh, Massachusetts, "Marriages", p 394 for Benjamin Day; "Births", pp. 94, 95, and 96 for Bridget, Hannah, Jonathan, Leah, Margaret, Martha, and Rachel
5. ↑ Vital Records of Attleborogh, Massachusetts, Marriages, p 394 (for Benjamin Day and Mary Robinson); p. 542 (for Mary Robinson and Elihu Wharfield, with no other listing for either Mary or Margaret); p. 600 (for Elihu Wharfield and Mary Robinson)
6. ↑ "Attleboro, Births, Marriage Intentions, Marriages, Burials and Deaths, 1694-1890", Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, p. 11 (Ancestry.com image 33 of 342, 3 Jul 2016)
7. ↑ Vital Records of Mendon, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. (Boston, MA: Wright & Potter, 1920), page 512, Mendon Deaths.
8. ↑ Rounds, H. L. Peters, compiler. Abstracts of Bristol County, Massachusetts Probate Records, 1687-1745. (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1987). Vol V, pp. 109-110, citing 4:447 with note "page numbering error"
9. ↑ "Attleboro, Births, Marriage Intentions, Marriages, Burials and Deaths, 1694-1890", Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, p. 30 (Ancestry.com image 30 of 342, 1 Jul 2016)
   The same dates are reported in Vital Records of Attleborogh, Massachusetts, "Births", pp. 94, 95, and 96.
   Note: The incomplete dates suggest the original record, from which the transcription was made, was in very poor condition.
10. ↑ Margaret Mary Robinson Day, Memorial# 54702299, Created by: Noname, 9 June 2010, Find A Grave. Accessed 4 July 2016
    NOTE: There is no photograph and no documentation for information provided, and the creator has simply combined the names of Margaret and her sister Mary as means of "resolving" the conflicting information regarding the name of Benjamin's wife.