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Alfred Ely Beach

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Benjamin Day

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• • Great-grandfather of Alfred Ely Beach — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 12 
  • Father:
  • Benjamin Day 
  • Mother:
  • Eunice Morgan   
  • Birth Date:
  • 23 Feb 1746 
  • Birth Location:
  • Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 25 Apr 1794 
  • Death Location:
  • West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Park Street Cemetery, West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Sarah Dwight
  • Marriage Date:
  • 16 Jul 1772 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Henry Day (Ahnentafel No:6 )

• Sources for Benjamin Day

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 02/08/2025).
  • ² Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, FHL No 4375672, Image 108, Marriage of Benjamin Day and Sarah Dwight.
  • ³ Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, FHL No 4375670, Image 332, Birth record for Benjamin Day.
  • ⁴ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Springfield, Vol. 1, p. 598, Birth record for son Henry Day.
  • ⁵ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, West Springfield, Vol. 2, p. 216, Death record for Benjamin Day.
  • ⁶ Jones, Emma C. Brewster, The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907: A Record of the Descendants of William Brewster of the "Mayflower" . . ., Vol. 1, New York: The Grafton Press Genealogical Publishers (1908), 322.