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John Palatiah Day 1720 – 1776 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1720

Birth Location: Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: aft 11 Mar 1776

Death Location: Tazwell County, Virginia, United States

Father: Thomas Day

Mother: Margaret Davis

Spouse(s): Mary Travis

Children(s): Patty Day, David Day, Joshua Day

John Palatiah Day was born in 1720 in Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom, the child of Thomas O Day and Margaret Mary Davis. John Palatiah Day married Mary Elizabeth Angelica Travis, and had children including Patty Day, David Day, Joshua Day. John Palatiah Day passed away in 1776 in Tazwell County, Virginia, United States.

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Biography

  • John Palatiah Day was born in 1720 in Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom, the child of Thomas O Day and Margaret Mary Davis.
  • John Palatiah Day married Mary Elizabeth Angelica Travis, and had children including Patty Day, David Day, Joshua Day.
  • John Palatiah Day passed away in 1776 in Tazwell County, Virginia, United States.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

John Day's Ancestors

Self
John Day
1720 – 1776
Birth Place: Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Thomas O Day
1701 – 1752
Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Co., Virginia, USA
Margaret (Mary) Davis
1700 – 1730
Isle of Wight, Warrosquyoake, British Colonial America, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Capt (James II "Andrew " Day, Militia) Captain
1679 – 1725
Bacons Castle, Surry Co., Virginia, USA
Juliana ("Julia or Camilla") Norsworthy
1682 – 1721
Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Co., Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
Capt. Day
1655 – 1701
Mary Thompson
1656 – 1712
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Day
1621 – 1657
Mary Bennett
1623 – 1701

John Day's Descendants

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John (Palatiah) Day (1720 – aft 11 Mar 1776) m. Mary (Elizabeth Angelica) Travis (1712 – 1 November 1760)
  1. 1. Patty Day (1739 – )
  2. 2. David Day (1742 – )
  3. 3. Joshua Day (30 Jun 1742 – 1785) m. Lucy (Ann) Gibson (1739 – 1818)
    1. 1. John Daye (28 Jun 1760 – 16 Jul 1837) m. Rebecca Howe (11 Oct 1765 – 17 Mar 1856)
      1. 1. Anna* DAY (3 Mar 1799 – abt 1871) m. James Gilmore (1798 – 09 Sep 1862)
        1. 1. Elizabeth Gilmore (1818 – 1852)
        2. 2. George Gilmore (1819 – )
        3. 3. Rebecca (Becky) Gilmore (15 January 1819 – 27 June 1897)
        4. 4. Rebecca (Mary Polly) Gilmore (15 January 1819 – 27 June 1897)
        5. 5. Jane Gilmore (March 1820 – 1861)
        6. 6. William (Samuel) Gilmore (7 Aug 1820 – 28 Nov 1891) m. Jane (A.) Gillespie (abt 1819 – Aft. Jun 1880)
        7. 7. Jane Gilmore (1822 – May 1903)
        8. 8. Daniel (B) Gilmore (1827 – 1867)
        9. 9. James (Oldfield) Gilmore (1845 – )

John Day's Timeline

2 Records

1720
1720
Birth of John Palatiah Day in Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom
Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom
1776
aft 11 Mar 1776
Age 56
Death of John Palatiah Day in Tazwell County, Virginia, United States
Tazwell County, Virginia, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1720
    Event Place: Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: aft 11 Mar 1776
    Event Place: Tazwell County, Virginia, United States
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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