Ralph Day (Dedham)

Ralph Day was an early settler and selectman in Dedham, Massachusetts.[1][2][3] Day emigrated from England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630.[2][3]

Until a bell was hung in 1652, Day beat the drum to call worshipers to the First Church and Parish in Dedham.[4][5] Day married Susan Fairbanks, the daughter of Jonathan Fairbanks[2][3] on October 12, 1647.[6]

He was also the ancestor of Fred Holland Day.[2]

  1. ^ Worthington 1827, p. 79–81.
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  4. ^ Worthington 1827, p. 11.
  5. ^ Hanson 1976, p. 50.
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