Ralph DAY

ABT 1625 - 28 Nov 1677

• BIRTH: ABT 1625, England
• DEATH: 28 Nov 1677, Dedham, Suffolk, MA [1527] [1528]

• MARRIAGE: 12 Oct 1647, Dedham, Suffolk, MA [5748]

1.  Elizabeth DAY
2.  Mary DAY
3.  Susan DAY
4.  John DAY
5.  Ralph DAY

• MARRIAGE: 15 Nov 1659, Dedham, Suffolk, MA [5713]

1. +Abigail DAY

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[1530] Ancestry of Zipporah Smith from a GEDCOM at RootsWeb by Helen S. Ullmann [hsullman@comcast.net].

"The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England"
Anderson, Robert Charles
New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, MA; 1995
http://NewEnglandAncestors.org/
"(CRAFTS) ABIGAIL, b. Roxbury 8 March 1634;
m. (1) Roxbury 24 January 1650 John Ruggles;
m. (2) Dedham 15 November 1659 Ralph Day [DeVR 1:127];
m. (3) Dedham 7 December 1678 Edward Adams [DeVR 1:17]."

"The Crafts Family"
James M. Crafts and William F. Crafts
Northampton, MA; 1893
"His widow Abigail married second husband, Ralph Day in Dedham. Mass., 15 Nov.,
1659 (his second wife). He was made Freeman 1645, married first wife Susan,
daughter of Jonathan Fairbank in Dedham 12 Oct., 1647. She had four children
(for which see Dedham records) and died 8 July, 1659. By his second marriage to
Abigail Ruggles, Ralph Day had one child (as given below). He died in Dedham 28
Nov., 1677."

"Genealogy of the Fairbanks Family in America"
Fairbanks, Lorenzo Sayles
Boston, MA; 1897; p32
"Susan, married, "12 of 8 mo. 1647", Ralph Day of Dedham, a mason.
She died July 8, 1659. He married 2ndly, Nov. 15, 1659, Abigail, daughter
of Griffith Craft of Roxbury and widow of John Ruggles. Ralph Day died
Nov. 28, 1677."

"Pioneers of Massachusetts"
Pope, Charles Henry
Boston, MA; 1900
p135, "Day, Dea; Ralph... mason... beat the drum for meetings..."

"A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England"
James Savage
Pub. Boston, 1860-1862
Repub. Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1998
v2 p26: "DAY, RALPH, Dedham, freem. 1645, d. 28 Oct. 1677, in his will of 12 Sept.
preced. w. Abigail, wh. was d. of Daniel Pond, and ch. John, Ralph, Mary, wh. was
w. of John Paine, Abigail, and s.-in-law John Ruggles, are nam. But his first w.
was Susan, d. of Jonathan Fairbanks, wh. in 1668 ment. her four ch. in his will,
and they are found in Dedham ch. rec. to be Elizabeth bapt. 3 July 1648, tak. with
the town rec. that shows Mary, b. 9 Nov. 1649; Susan, 1652; and John, 15 Apr. 1654;
while the next is found Abigail, d. of Ralph and Abigail, Apr. 1661."

"New England Marriages Before 1700"
Clarence A. Torrey, Baltimore, MD, 1985
(as found on NEHGS CD-ROM, Boston, 2001)
"DAY, Ralph (-1677) & 1/wf Susan FAIRBANKS (-1659); 12 Oct 1647; Dedham"

[1527] [S105] The Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths and Intentions of Marriage inthe Town of Dedham

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[1528] [S116] History of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles of Roxbury, Mass.

• PAGE: 332
  
• NOTE:

  [1529] Abstract of will of Ralph Day, dated 12 Sep. 1677, proved 1 Feb.1677[/8], mentions son-in-law John Ruggles, wife Abigail, sons John,Ralph, daughter Mary wife of John Payn and daughter Abigail, citingSuffolk Co. Probate 6:218.

[5748] [S105] The Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths and Intentions of Marriage inthe Town of Dedham

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[5713] [S105] The Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths and Intentions of Marriage inthe Town of Dedham

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