Martha Day
(1779–1806)
BIRTH
September 24, 1779
PLACE
New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
NAME
Martha Sherman
DEATH
April 4, 1806
PLACE
New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
FAMILY
FATHER
Roger Sherman
(1721-1793)
MOTHER
Rebecca Minot Prescott
(1743-1813)
SISTER
Sarah Sherman Hoar
(1783-1866)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
NOT YET RESEARCHED
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AWARDS
Martha Sherman Day was born in New Haven in 1779, a daughter of Roger Sherman and Rebecca Prescott. She married Jeremiah Day in January 1805, before he became president of Yale. Their son Sherman Day was born in February 1806 and later worked as a historian and engineer. Martha died on 4 April 1806, aged twenty-six, according to the published Day genealogy. She should be distinguished from Jeremiah’s daughter Martha, born in 1813 during his second marriage.
EARLY LIFE
The exact date and place of Martha Day’s birth have not been established in the source used for this entry. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Martha Day is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Martha Day died on Apr 4, 1806, in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Martha Sherman Day was born in New Haven in 1779, a daughter of Roger Sherman and Rebecca Prescott. She married Jeremiah Day in January 1805, before he became president of Yale. Their son Sherman Day was born in February 1806 and later worked as a historian and engineer. Martha died on 4 April 1806, aged twenty-six, according to the published Day genealogy. She should be distinguished from Jeremiah’s daughter Martha, born in 1813 during his second marriage. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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