Time Line Thursday Robert Day of England my 8th Great Grandfather

Tribute to founders of Hartford

Time Line of Robert Day

1603 James V1 of Scotland becomes the king of England

1604 Robert born in Ipswich, Co. Suffolk, England to unknown parents

bef 1634 marries Mary last name unknown in England

1634 April emigrated with Mary from England to Boston aboard the ship Elizabeth.

1635 Buys house on west side of Garden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts

1634/ 1635 wife Mary dies in Cambridge, Massachusetts

1639 Robert moves to Hartford, Conn where he is one of the original settlers and proprietor of Hartford, his home is on lot #5 .

While Connecticut was first explored by the Dutch , the first permanent settlement were made by English Puritans from Massachusetts, starting in 1633. From the first, Connecticut enjoyed a great measure of political independence, proclaiming in its Fundamental Orders of 1639 a democratic principle of government based on the will of the people. These Fundamental Orders are said to have been the first written Constitution of a democratic government; that’s why Connecticut today is nicknamed "The Constitution State."Agriculture and trade were primary activities of 17th century colonists, but because of limited land Connecticut people quickly turned to manufacturing.

1635 06 May Robert was made a " freeman" which shows he belonged to some church. He was chosen viewer of chimneys and ladders.

1635 Robert marries Editha Stebbins.

1636 son Thomas is born in Hartford

1638 son John is born in Hartford my 7th great grandfather

1640 daughter Sarah is born in Hartford

1642 daughter Mary is born in Hartford. Interesting note on Mary. She is a descendant on my mother's side. Her 3rd husband was John Coleman my 8th great grandfather on my father's side. She is my great aunt 7x on mother's side of family.

Tombstone of daughter Mary Day

1648 September 04 Robert passes away at the age of 44 years.

Thanks for stopping by to visit me on Time Line Thursday. I hope that you stop back real soon. Grace

Amanuensis Monday Post 03 Hartford Memorial Includes My Robert Day

Genea-blogger John Newmark (who writes the TransylvanianDutch blog) started his own Monday blog theme many months ago called Amanuensis Monday.

What does "amanuensis" mean?John offers this definition:"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."

I have been working on my ancestor Robert Day born about 1604 In Ipswich, Co, Suffolk, England and died 04 September 1648 at Hartford, Connecticut. Robert first married Mary last name not known in England. Robert and Mary emigrated from Ipswich, England to Boston in April 1634 aboard the ship Elizabeth. Mary died in 1634 in Cambidge Massachusetts at the age of 29. Robert remarried Editha Stibbins in 1635. They had four children Thomas, Sarah, Mary and John. I am a descendant of John. Robert Day is my 8th Great Grandfather.

A picture of this memorial will be added to my family notebook on Robert Day for future generations to see.

For today's posting I am sharing a memorial in Hartford Connecuit in memory of the courageous Adventures who traveled with Thomas Hooker

The memorial is as is

In memory of the courageous

Adventurers

who inspired and directed by

Thomas Hooker journeyed through the

wilderness from the Newtown ( Cambridge )

in the Massachusetts Bay to

Suckiauc ( Hartford) October 1635

Mathew Allyn William Lewis

John Barnard Mathew Marvin

William Butler James Olmsted

Clement Chaplin William Pantry

Nicholas Clarke Thomas Scott

Robert Day Thomas Stanley

Edward Elmer Timothy Stanley

Nathaniel Ely Edward Stebbins

Richard Goodman John Steele

William Goodman John Stone

Stephen Hart John Talcott

William Krusly Richard Webb

William Westwood

From the Society of the Descendants

of the founders of Hartford

to the people of Hartford

October 15 1935

This was found on http://www.ancestry.com/. I am searching the sites of Hartford Connecuit memorials to find exactly where this plaque came be found. http://hartford.omaxfield.com/monuments.html has many different memorials pictured.

Thanks for stopping by.. Grace