Abigail DAY

22 Apr 1661 - 15 Jun 1725

  • BIRTH: 22 Apr 1661, Dedham, Suffolk, MA [1392]
  • CHRISTENING: Apr 1661, Dedham, Suffolk, MA [1393]
  • DEATH: 15 Jun 1725, Needham, Suffolk, MA [1395]
Father: Ralph DAY
Mother: Abigail CRAFTS

Family 1 : John SMITH
  • MARRIAGE: 21 Dec 1677, Dedham, Suffolk, MA [5707]
  1.  Abigail SMITH
  2.  John SMITH
  3.  Christopher SMITH
  4.  Abigail SMITH
  5.  Jonathan SMITH
  6.  Joshua SMITH
  7.  Caleb SMITH
  8.  Moses SMITH
  9.  Aaron SMITH
  10. +Samuel SMITH


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 _Ralph DAY ______|
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|--Abigail DAY 
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|                  _Griffin CRAFTS _|
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|_Abigail CRAFTS _|
                  |                  __
                  |_Alice __________|
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[1396] Ancestry of Zipporah Smith from a GEDCOM at RootsWeb by Helen S. Ullmann [hsullman@comcast.net].

"Genealogy of the Fairbanks Family in America"
Fairbanks, Lorenzo Sayles
Boston, MA; 1897; p32
"Abigail Day, b. April 20, 1661; m. John Smith, Dec. 21, 1677."

"The Correct Ancestry of Ebenezer Smith"
Judith Miner Hine Luedemann
Connecticut Nutmegger, v23, pp68-76 (1990)
"John Smith (Christopher), born 19 November 1655; died 7 October 1722 at Needham, Mass.;
married 21 October 1677 Abigail Day, born 22 April 1661 at Dedham, daughter of Ralph Day
(Ralph Day's first wife was Susan Fairbanks by whom he had five children; Abigail was his
only child by (2) Abigail Crafts Ruggles who married (3) Edward Adams) and (2) widow
Abigail Crafts Ruggles, daughter of Griffin Crafts and widow of John Ruggles; died 15 June
1725 at Needham, 'w of John'."

"Colonial Families of the United States of America"
Mackenzie, George Norbury
Baltimore, MD; 1912; v3, p500.
"John Smith, b. in Dedham, Mass., 19th Nov. 1655; d. 1722, between 26th Sept.
and 5th Nov.; m. 21st Dec. 1677, Abigail Day, b. 22d Apr. 1661, d. after
1722, dau. of Ralph Day, by his wife Abigail (Craft) Ruggles, widow of John
Ruggles, and dau. of Lieut. Griffin Craft, of Roxbury, Mass."

"American Marriage Records Before 1699"
William Montgomery Clemens
Pompton Lakes, NJ, 1926
"Abigail DAY, John Smith, 21 October 1677, Dedham, Mass."

"New England Marriages Before 1700"
Clarence A. Torrey, Baltimore, MD, 1985
(as found on NEHGS CD-ROM, Boston, 2001)
"SMITH, John & Abigail DAY (1661-); 21 Dec 1677; Dedham"

[1392] [S105] The Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths and Intentions of Marriage inthe Town of Dedham

  • PAGE: 8

[1393] [S107] The Record of Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths and Admissions...Dismissals... Town of Dedham.. . Epitaphs

  • PAGE: 36
  • NOTE:

    [1394] This record actually says 14d 2m 1661, but she was born on 22 April.

[1395] [S106] "Vital Records of Needham, Massachusetts"

  • PAGE: 153

[5707] [S105] The Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths and Intentions of Marriage inthe Town of Dedham

  • PAGE: 17

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