On This Day - July 31st

On This Day...

1604 - Birth: Robert Day, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

1648 - Birth: Thomas Stebbins, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts

1721 - Alternate Death: Mary Foote, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut

1722 - Birth: Daniel Morgan, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts

1752 - Birth: Mahala Day, West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts

1850 - Birth: George Washington Gates, Mississippi

1855 - Death: James Colton Bliss,

1865 - Birth: Frances Eugenia Dark, Meriwether County, Georgia

1869 - Death: Elizabeth McMurray,

1912 - Death: India M. Sandel,

1918 - Death: Fannie Land,

1933 - Birth: Robert Lawrence Williams, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

1985 - Death: Omar Holt Williams, Denham Springs, Livingston Parish, Louisiana

1604, my earliest immigrant ancestor, Robert Day was born.  Mr. Day became prominent in the Hartford, Connecticut area circa 1635.

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