The Day family from Ilkeston, Derbyshire and Eastwood, Nottinghamshire |
Links: Nottinghamshire Family History Society Ilkeston & District Local History Society (check out Publications and Stephen Flinders' Ilkeston Familes, including much on Day, Flamstead, Courtby and others) I have been researching the Day family for a friend since 2001 and have found it extremely interesting. I must thank James Drew for his help during this time. Over a period of months we managed jointly to piece together quite a few generations of milling Days from Eastwood, Notts and then their origins in Ilkeston, Derbyshire. More recently James has contrubuted some information from the Manor Court Rolls of Ilkeston. If anyone has any connections with this family please email me and I would be pleased to share information. Or you can email James Nicholas Day of Ilkeston The earliest Day on the tree is Nicholas Day of Ilkeston born unknown who married Agnes. He died in 1544 and left a will dated 1543 in which he named two sons: John Day d 1557 Robert Day d 1579 and a daughter Margaret Day. John Day married Joan and they had three children: Nicholas, Agnes and Elizabeth. However, John's will of 1557 does not mention a son Nicholas, so we have assumed that he died prior to 1557. Robert Day married ? not known. He had the following children (according to his Will), but we have been unable to find baptisms: Nicholas Day/Daie, Yeoman married Margery will dated 26.2.1611 bur 28.2.1611 Ilkeston Richard Day died 1583 Kynsaye Day m before 1579 Joan Day died after 1579 John Day died after 1579 According to the will of Robert Day, dated 27.4.1579, Nicholas, his son was already married with two children (including a daugher Ann). Nicholas Day was a yeoman and owned land close to the present-day Ilkeston Fire station and a piece of meadow called Straw's bridge. Nicholas married Margery unknown and they had the following children: William Day, Yeoman, b abt 1585? m 5.12.1605 to Anna Flamstead (daughter of John Flamstead of Hallam Hall) d 1652 Ann Day b before 1579 m Robert Flamsted, Collier Agnes Day m bef 1611 to John Hardware John Day d before 1611 Catherine Day m bef 1611 to Richard Trewman, Blacksmith The Ilkeston manor Court Rolls mention a Nicholas Day of this period as a servant of Thomas Bachelor in 1597 and a Baker and Brewer in 1600. They also mention a son of Nicholas Day called John in 1601. He is not mentioned in the will of 1611 so it is presumed that he died. In 1605 Nicholas Day is mentioned as a taylor. John and Robert Flamstead are also mentioned alongside Nicholas in these court rolls. DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM DAY OF ILKESTON William Day of Ilkestson, Derbyshire married Ann/Anna Flamstead on 5th December, 1605 at St. Mary's Ilkeston 1. Ann Flamstead's family were land owners in the Ilkeston area of some considerable standing during this period. Their ancestral seat is at Little Hallam Hall at Little Hallam on the edge of Ilkeston although none have lived there since the 18th century. William and Ann had the following children all baptised at Ilkeston; Nicholas Day bp 9.3.1605 Ilkeston bur 19.3.1605 Elizabeth Day bp 30.8.1607 Ilkeston John Day bp 29.3.1610 Ilkeston - Most likely father of William Day, miller of Newmanleys, below m ? Anna Day bp 5.9.1613 Ilkeston bur 24.12.1624 Ilkeston William Day bp 19.3.1616 Ilkseston ?m 17.9.1631 Snenton to Alis Blankley? On 13th June, 1612, William Day bought Newmanleys Mill, at Eastwood Nottinghamshire for �110 from George Strelley Esq. and Francis Strelley, Gent., brothers i. There is a gap in the information we have at present from that point until William Day, miller of Newmanleys, married Sarah Clay on February, 3rd 1667 at the home of her mother Elizabeth Clay at Sutton in Ashfield 2. This was a Quaker marriage. This William is probably the grandson of the original purchaser, but it was not known whether his father was the John or William above. However, James found a clue in the Ilkeston manor Court Rolls; 1652 " William Day and his wife Ann and John Day his son and heir" This, being the year that William died suggests that John was his sole heir and therefore would have left the mill to him, who in turn would have left it to his son William. The Court Rolls also mention that in 1653 "John Daye gent, son is of William Daye deseaced is of full age and heir to the moiety of his lands" Of course, not having a will we can never be 100% sure that mill did not go sideways to a brother first!! . William Day and Sarah Clay had four known children; John Day miller of Newmanleys born 16th December, 1677 Eastwood m 13.6.1718 at Codnor Breach to Hannah Bennil Katherine Day born 28th September 1679 Eastwood m 14.12.1721 to Thomas Bennil Elizabeth Day born 14th February 1682 Eastwood m 11.11.1713 Greasley to John Dawes (husbandman of neighbouring Newthorpe farm) William Day miller of Trowell born 1st November, 1683 Eastwood m 12.2.1721 to Dorothy Briggs bur 7.8.1754 (will dated 1754 left mill to his son William) William died in 1719 and his Admon was granted to his son John Day as sole beneficiary of the estate. John had married Hannah Bennil, only a year earlier in 1718 (his intention to marry was logged at the Codnor Breach Quaker meeting on 13th June 1718). John and Hannah had only three children; Sarah Day born 8th May, 1719 William Day, Miller of Eastwood, born 2nd July, 1720 m1 17.6.1749 at Duffield to Hannah Allen (died 1750) m2 18.6.1753 at Calvedon to Elizabeth Cooke bur 12.11.1764 Eastwood (will dated sep 1762) John Day born 29th November 1722 (died an infant 1 year later) John Day died on 23rd October, 1722 and was buried at Codnor Breach. He died intestate and his Admon was granted to his widow Hannah as next of kin. His son William was only a child of 2 and it is most likely that the mill was 'looked after' by John's younger brother William miller of Trowell, (born 1683). Hannah remarried on 24th September, 1731 to Samuel Woodhouse. John's brother, William died on 7th August, 1754 aged 70 and was buried at Codnor. It now appears that there were two mills; Newmanleys, owned by John born 1677 and one in Trowell owned by William, his brother (as mentioned above).In his will he was named 'William of Trowell, miller' and he left his mill to his son William in his will of 1754. In turn, this son William, who made his will in 1789, was 'William of Trowell, yeoman'. He left all his lands in Stanton by Dale to his only son John. No mill was mentioned. Does this mean he had sold on his mill and concentrated on farming? Or do we have the wrong person? Meanwhile William Day, son of John, born 1720 was now of age and had inherited Newmanley's mill. He married Hannah Allen in 1749 at Duffield. They had one daughter; Hannah Day bp 28.3.1750 Eastwood Unfortunatley her mother Hannah died in childbirth and Hannah herself died later that year in November. William then married Elizabeth Cooke on 18th June, 1753 at Calverton. They had the following children all baptized and buried at Eastwood 3; William Day bp 1.7.1753 (died 1759) Mary Day bp 9.2.1755 (died 1759) John Day, miller of Newmanleys, bp 27.7.1757 m 6.3.1786 At Duffield to Ann Skavington bur 29.12.1823 Eastwood (will dated Aug 1823) Thomas Day bur 1760 Thomas Day bp 21.4.1761 (died 1761) John, being the only surviving son, was left Newmanleys Mill in William's will dated 1764. John was only seven years old at the time, so the will provided for his education by way of a tuition bond. It stipulated that �163 was to be put into a trust and administered by his mother Elizabeth until he was 21. He eventually took over the mill, presumably when he came of age. John married Ann Skavington, and according to John's will dated 1823, they had the following children; Mary Day born abt 1791 m 1811 to John Weston, millwright Ann Day born abt 1795 William Day, miller/yeoman born abt 1795 m 25.10.1818 Notts St Mary to Sarah Barker d 1826 Eastwood (will dated Ayg 1826) Millicent Day born abt 1805 William Day inherited the mill from his father John in 1823. William had married Sarah Barker in October 1818 at St. Mary's Nottingham and they had the following children; Julia Day, born in 1819 m 9.12.1835 to William Waters, corn miller Ann Day bp 11.7.1820 Eastwood m 1838 Basford to Joseph Widdowson, framesmith John Day, miller bp 30.6.1822 Eastwood m abt 1843 Southwell to Isabella Cullen d after 1871 Elizabeth Day bp 4.7.1824 William Day, Draper, bp 3.7.1826 Ilkeston m 30.10.1860 Woollaton to Elizabeth Hill d 5.4.1879 Nether Edge, Sheffield William Day, miller of Newmanleys died in 1826 and left the mill to his son John in his will of the same year. After William died, his widow, Sarah remarried Thomas Hopkins, a farmer in 1834, thus giving up her right to her legacy. John Day who had married Isabella died sometime after 1871 but the mill was sold to John Bentley in 1860. In 1861 Isabella and her children were living with her father John Cullen at Rolleston. John Day cannot be found. But in 1871 the family are together at Birkenhead, where Isabella died in 1876. i Copy of Conveyance of Sale of Newmanleys Mill 1 Ilkeston Parish Records 2 Quaker Registers 1632-1836/7 3 Eastwood Parish Records NEW! SEE the DAY Family tree on pdf back to top |
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