Ancestry of
Amelia Earhart
Aviation Pioneer
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- 3rd Great-grandfather of Amelia Earhart — 6th Generation
- Ahnentafel No:
- 54
- Father:
- Benjamin Day
- Mother:
- Margaret Foote
- Birth Date:
- 14 Sep 1740
- Birth Location:
- Colchester, New London, Connecticut
- Christening Date:
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- Death Date:
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- Burial Date:
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- Spouse Name:
- Abigail Cahoon
- Marriage Date:
- BEF 21 Jun 1776
- Marriage Location:
- Child:
Ruth Day (Ahnentafel No:27 )
- Notes:
There is some question as to whether Aaron Day had a second wife named Mary, let alone that she was the mother of all his children. More evidence is needed to help resolve the issue.
Aaron Day
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Sources for Aaron Day
- 1 Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Colchester, p. 52, Birth record for Aaron Day.
- 2 New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 1903, Vol. 34, p. 20.
- 3 Day, George Edward, A Genealogical Register of the Descendants in the Male Line of Robert Day, of Hartford . . ., 2nd Ed., Northampton: Printed by J. and L. Metcalf (1848), 64, 68.
- 4 Foote, Abram W., Foote Family Comprising the Genealogy and History of Nathaniel Foote of Wethersfield, Conn. and his Descendants, Vol. 1, Rutland, Vermont: Marble City Press - The Tuttle Company (1907), 34.
- 5 Roberts, Gary Boyd, "#58 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: Elizabeth Boyd Roberts: A Genealogical Tribute with 50 New . . .", (accessed 07/06/2017).
- 6 Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 490.
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