Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
NameWilliam DAY 
Birth23 Oct 1715, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts
Death22 Mar 1797, Sheffield, Massachusetts6334
BurialSpringfield Cemetery
MemoSection 2
FatherCapt. John DAY (1673-1752)
MotherMary SMITH (~1677-1742)
Spouses
Death25 Jul 1795, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts6334
Memoage 47
BurialSpringfield Cemetery
MemoSection 2
Notes for William DAY
[side 1] In Memory of Capt. William Day born in Springfield Oct. 23rd 1715 died in Sheffield March 22nd 1797 Aged 82 years
The Action Represented here was fought during the French War about the year 1760 by Capt Wm Day [A naval battle is depicted on the panel below]
[side 2] In Memory of Mrs Rhoda Day, wife of Capt. William Day daughter of Major John Hubbell of Litchfield, Conn. died July 25, 1795 at Sheffield aged 47 years
[on panel below]
Capt. Wm Day Sailed in Command of a Frigate with a picked crew, encountered a fleet of five French Ships in the Bay of Biscay. The admiral's ship Larger than his own was considerably in advance of the others. He engaged and captured her, before the others came up. And neither vessel being much injured he divided his force with the captured ship, and the others coming he attacked them with such spirit that they all surrendered, and he brought them all safe into Plymouth.… Capt. Wm Day soon after the war returned from the sea and settled in Sheffield, Mass. where he died. He was an active Patriot in the Revolution. He lived and enjoyed the esteem and respect of his friends and neighbors. His remains with those of his wife were removed from Sheffield and placed under this monument. The monument is placed here by his grandson Thomas D. Day of St. Louis.
The Action Represented here was fought during the French War about the year 1760 by Capt Wm Day [A naval battle is depicted on the panel below]
[side 2] In Memory of Mrs Rhoda Day, wife of Capt. William Day daughter of Major John Hubbell of Litchfield, Conn. died July 25, 1795 at Sheffield aged 47 years
[on panel below]
Capt. Wm Day Sailed in Command of a Frigate with a picked crew, encountered a fleet of five French Ships in the Bay of Biscay. The admiral's ship Larger than his own was considerably in advance of the others. He engaged and captured her, before the others came up. And neither vessel being much injured he divided his force with the captured ship, and the others coming he attacked them with such spirit that they all surrendered, and he brought them all safe into Plymouth.… Capt. Wm Day soon after the war returned from the sea and settled in Sheffield, Mass. where he died. He was an active Patriot in the Revolution. He lived and enjoyed the esteem and respect of his friends and neighbors. His remains with those of his wife were removed from Sheffield and placed under this monument. The monument is placed here by his grandson Thomas D. Day of St. Louis.