Day (Willin) Willian
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Day (Willin) Willian (abt. 1766 - 1852)

Day Willian formerly Willin aka Willing
Born about in Somerset County, Marylandmap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 14 Jul 1790 in New Castle County, Delawaremap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 86 in Hart County, Kentucky, USAmap
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Biography

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Day (Willin) Willian was a Maryland colonist.
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Day (Willin) Willian migrated from Delaware to Kentucky.
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1776 Project
Day (Willin) Willian served with Maryland Line during the American Revolution.
Day was born about 1766 to William and Nancy Willin, and passed away in 1852.[1]
He was apparently young when his father passed away:
In 1784, in Orphan's Court Proceedings, William Cambridge, George Pollitt and William Pollit acknowledged themselves to owe Day Willin 100 pounds for William Cambridge to teach Day Willin the trade of house carpenter and joiner.

Marriage

14 Jul 1790: (Mrs.) Nancy Berry, daughter of William Morris married Day Willin. Sureties Day Willin (groom) and Levi Beauchamp posted marriage bond on 14 Jul 1790. [2][3]
(Nancy was the widow of John Berry in 1790.)

American Revolution

POW
Day served in Continental Line during the American Revolution. [4][5] He was captured by the British and imprisoned in the Old Jersey Prison Ship[6] at Wallabout Bay in Brooklyn, New York.[7][8][9]


The Jersey Prison Ship
As moored at Wallabout about 1782
List of 8000 Revolutionary War Prisoners Onboard The Old Jersey
This list of names was copied from the papers of the British War Department. There is nothing to indicate what became of any of these prisoners, whether they died, escaped, or were exchanged. The list seems to have been carelessly kept, and is full of obvious mistakes in spelling the names. This list of prisoners is the only one that could be found in the British War Department.
Among the names on this list are:
The HMS Jersey was a 60-gun fourth-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment of dimensions at Plymouth Dockyard, and launched on 14 June 1736. She fought in several skirmishes and was seriously damaged on more than one occasion. In March 1771, the aging Jersey was hulked and converted to a hospital ship in Wallabout Bay, New York, which would later become the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
View of a British prison ship
during the American Revolution
From 1776 to 1783, the British forces occupying New York City used the Jersey and other decommissioned warships anchored just offshore to hold those soldiers, sailors and civilians they had captured in battle or arrested (many for refusing to swear an oath of allegiance to the British Crown). Some 11,000 prisoners died aboard the prison ships over the course of the war, many from disease or malnutrition. The HMS Jersey became notorious and earned the nickname "Hell" for its inhumane conditions and the obscenely high death rate of its prisoners.

Residence

  • 1784: Somerset County, Maryland - Day Willin owed 100 pounds in Orphan's Bond
  • 1790: New Castle County, Delaware - Marriage
  • 1797: Greensburg, Green County, Kentucky - granted Tavern Bond
  • 1800: Washingtoni County, Kentucky - Tax List
  • c1829: Sangamon County, Illinois - lived with son John Willin for one to two years before returning to Kentucky
  • 1850: Hart County, Kentucky - Day Willin, 82, in household of son John Willin.
Memorial for Day Willin

Death and Burial

Day Willin's death was recorded on 6 Aug 1852 in Hart County, Kentucky, at age 85, according to Kentucky Vital Statistics. His parents were reported to be William and Nancy Willin.[1]
Day is buried in the Gaddie Family Cemetery, on Gaddie Cemetery Road, Magnolia, Hart County, Kentucky. [4][5]

Research Notes

For many years the wife of Day Willin was thought to be Nancy Beauchamp. More recently, documents related to both Nancy and Day have revealed her to be the daughter of William Morris.

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kentucky Vital Statistics - Deaths for 1852 (at Ancestry.com) - Ancestry Sharing Link
  2. Delaware Marriage Records, 1744-1912 (at Ancestry.com) - Ancestry Sharing Link
  3. Kent County Delaware Marriage References and Family Relationships, 1680-1800
  4. 4.0 4.1 US Department of Veterans Affairs - Nationwide Gravesite Locator; entry for Day Willin
  5. 5.0 5.1 U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 (at Ancestry.com)
  6. HMS Jersey in Wikipedia.com
  7. American Prisoners of the Revolution: Names of 8000 Men
  8. Dandridge, Danske, Project Gutenberg's American Prisoners of the Revolution (free ebook)
  9. 8000 Revolutionary War Prisoners Onboard The Old Jersey - American Heritage Magazine Vol. 21, #5 (Aug 1970) and Vol. 31, #3 (April/May 1980)
  • Probate record for William Morris, 12 May 1794, Murderkill Hundred, Kent County, Delaware. Kent County Guardian Accounts, McBride to Savin, 1739-1856, pages 68-69 (Day Willin listed as husband of Nancy Morris)
  • 1830 US Census: Sangamon County, Illinois; male, age 60-69, in household of John Willin
  • 1850 US Census: Hart County, Kentucky; Day Willin (82, MD), farmer, in household of John Willin (49, KY), farmer; family #409; roll: 204; page: 204a; Line Number: 3; Ancestry Sharing Link; Ancestry Record 8054 #15697015




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