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Born 1737 in Colchester, Connecticut to Thomas Day (1689- 1772) and Mary Wells (b.1702), Jeremiah Day graduated from Yale College in 1756 and lived most of his life in the Litchfield, Connecticut area. Day was married three times, first in 1763 to Sarah Mills (d. 25 Aug 1767); then in 1770 to Lucy Wood (d. 16 Aug 1771) and finally in 1772 to Abigail Noble (1740-1810), and had six children by his three wives. An early 20th century Day Family genealogy describes Reverend Jeremiah Day as, "six feet in height; his frame was large though he was never corpulent. In mid-life he possessed uncommon physical strength, and walked erect; He had mild blue eyes, and his countenance was open, and expressive of the benignity of his disposition (all biographical information from The Family of the Rev. Jeremiah Day of New Preston To January 1, 1900 A Genealogical Appendix to the Chronicles of the Day Family(The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., New Haven, 1900), pp. 7 - 9, no.53).
Day's calling in the ministry did not begin in earnest until the death of his first wife, Sarah, in 1767. Upon his graduation from Yale College in 1756, Day taught school intermittently in Sharon, Connecticut and studied Divinity only briefly. In January 1763, Day's brother died leaving Jeremiah a sizeable property on Sharon Mountain. This inheritance allowed Day to marry Sarah Mills and adopt the life of a gentleman farmer, as well as civic duties in Litchfield. Not only was Day a town selectman, but in October 1766 and May 1767, he was a deputy to the General Assembly of Connecticut.
With the death of Sarah in August 1767, Day renewed his theological studies under Rev. Cotton Mather Smith. He began three years of itinerant preaching, and was ordained pastor by the Litchfield Consociation in January 1770. Subsequently, Day made two additional trips preaching after he was ordained. The first began Fall 1788 and was comprised of western Vermont. The second, begun in the fall six years later, was a more extensive journey south to New York and Pennsylvania along the Delaware and Susquehanna River Valleys and lasted nine weeks covering 600 miles. Day was invited to preach at the Yale College Commencement of 1791, as well as to preach the election sermon for the second Governor Trumbull, which he declined. Day was Moderator of the General Association in 1801 and twice preached the annual sermon before that group, as well as editing Connecticut Evangelical Magazine from its establishment in 1800 until his death in 1806.
Reuben Moulthrop (1763-1814) was born in East Haven, Connecticut and painted many prominent residents of the greater New Haven area, as well as Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania. Moulthrop began his career making wax portraits, and ultimately owned a wax works museum and travelling exhibition.
Day's calling in the ministry did not begin in earnest until the death of his first wife, Sarah, in 1767. Upon his graduation from Yale College in 1756, Day taught school intermittently in Sharon, Connecticut and studied Divinity only briefly. In January 1763, Day's brother died leaving Jeremiah a sizeable property on Sharon Mountain. This inheritance allowed Day to marry Sarah Mills and adopt the life of a gentleman farmer, as well as civic duties in Litchfield. Not only was Day a town selectman, but in October 1766 and May 1767, he was a deputy to the General Assembly of Connecticut.
With the death of Sarah in August 1767, Day renewed his theological studies under Rev. Cotton Mather Smith. He began three years of itinerant preaching, and was ordained pastor by the Litchfield Consociation in January 1770. Subsequently, Day made two additional trips preaching after he was ordained. The first began Fall 1788 and was comprised of western Vermont. The second, begun in the fall six years later, was a more extensive journey south to New York and Pennsylvania along the Delaware and Susquehanna River Valleys and lasted nine weeks covering 600 miles. Day was invited to preach at the Yale College Commencement of 1791, as well as to preach the election sermon for the second Governor Trumbull, which he declined. Day was Moderator of the General Association in 1801 and twice preached the annual sermon before that group, as well as editing Connecticut Evangelical Magazine from its establishment in 1800 until his death in 1806.
Reuben Moulthrop (1763-1814) was born in East Haven, Connecticut and painted many prominent residents of the greater New Haven area, as well as Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania. Moulthrop began his career making wax portraits, and ultimately owned a wax works museum and travelling exhibition.