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DAY, Nathaniel Jr.

DAY, Nathaniel Jr.

Male 1748 - 1810  (62 years)   Has 7 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name DAY, Nathaniel  [1, 2, 3
    Suffix Jr. 
    Birth 1748  Bucks County, Pennnsylvania Colony, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Residence-Neighbor From 1774 to 1785  Botetourt County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    on 68 acres on both sides of the Greenbrier River, surveyed in 1774, 
    • Role: Neighbor
      This was adjacent to land his brother, Nathaniel DAY Jr., had surveyed, 300 acres in 1769 and an additional 100 acres in 1774. In 1778 this area became Greenbriar County, VA. Later in 1863 Greenbriar County was included in the new state of West Virginia. This location was probably in the vicinity of present day Lewisburg, West Virginia.
    Death 1810  Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Age 62 years 
    Person ID I4791  Cochrane Genealogy
    Last Modified 28 Jun 2022 

    Father DAY, Nathaniel Sr.,   b. 1716, Bucks County, Pennnsylvania Colony, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1754, Bucks County, Pennnsylvania Colony, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years) 
    Mother WYLIE, Mary Susan,   b. 1718, Bucks County, Pennnsylvania Colony, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1756 (Age 38 years) 
    Family ID F1908  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family BURTON, Ruth,   b. Abt 1753, Bucks County, Pennnsylvania Colony, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 14 Jan 1808  Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 60 years and 1 month - She : ~ 55 years and 1 month. 
    Family ID F2119  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2019 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1748 - Bucks County, Pennnsylvania Colony, UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence-Neighbor - on 68 acres on both sides of the Greenbrier River, surveyed in 1774, - From 1774 to 1785 - Botetourt County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 14 Jan 1808 - Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1810 - Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
    1. [S1082] Payne, Joe, Internet - Christopher Day, (http://www.joepayne.org/aol/christop.htm), 4 Nov 2017, accessed 23 October 2017).

    2. [S1179] Zack F. Taylor Jr., Research Report - Christopher Day, 20 Mar 2019, p. 2.

    3. [S1427] Judy Parsons Smith, editor, Book - Windows Into Our Past, Vol. 1, (https://issuu.com/judyparsonssmith/docs/volume1: 1995), 15 Jan 2021, p 47-49. accessed 15 January 2021.
      Windows Into Our Past, Vol 1
      Windows Into Our Past, Vol 1


    4. [S1185] Military Records - Revolutionary War - Pensions (Fold3), (Fold3. https://www.fold3.com/title/467/revolutionary-war-pensions : 2008.), 30 Mar 2019, (https://www.fold3.com/title/467/revolutionary-war-pensions : accessed 30 March 2019); John Day, Pension #S.3252, Roll 0773.
      Revolutionary War Records - John Day I
      Revolutionary War Records - John Day I


    5. [S1517] Mary B. Kegley and F. B. Kegley, Book - Early Adventures on the Western Waters (VA & WV), (Orange, Virginia: Green Publishers, Inc., 1980.), 28 Jun 2022, p 19.


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