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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOGRAPHY
Burt, ancestor of a large progeny prom- bridge. Theophilus Goodyear, third son
inent at Springfield and throughout the
nation. Edmund Day, youngest child of
Timothy and Sarah Day, born January
17, 1767, in West Springfield, where he
made his home and died September 2,
1831. He married, January 16, 1794, Bede
Hitchcock, born 1767, third daughter of
Jacob and Phebe (Ives) Hitchcock, descended
from Matthias Hitchcock, the
pioneer, through Nathaniel, Nathaniel,
Caleb, and Jacob. Julius Day, second son
of Edmund and Bede Day, born May 10,
1797, in Springfield, and lived there. He
married, January 15, 1824, Lois Goodyear,
born August 17, 1794, only daughter of
Austin and Susanna (Pardee) Goodyear
of Hampden and West Springfield. The
Goodyear family, famous in the production
of rubber wares, is descended from
Stephen Goodyear, who was forty-third
on the list of freemen at New Haven
in 1638, was a large landowner in 1641,
and was one of the London merchants
who fostered the New Haven colony, and
died in England in 1658. From 1643 to
1658 he was deputy governor of the col-
ony. His first wife, Mary, was lost on the
"phantom ship" which sailed from New
Haven and was never heard of again. In
1648 he married Margaret, widow of Cap-
tain George Lamberton, commander of
the "phantom ship." Lieutenant John
Goodyear, son of Stephen and Mary, born
March 8, 1650, in New Haven, died there
January 14, 1702. He married, June 26,
1683, Abigail Gibbard, born August 18,
1660, daughter of William and Ann
(Tapp) Gibbard. Their fourth son, Theophilus
Goodyear, born 1698 in New
Haven, died there April 22, 1757. He
married, December 16, 1725, Esther
Sperry, born 1703, granddaughter of Rich-
ard Sperry of New Haven, proprietor of
"Sperry's Farms" in what is now Wood-
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of Theophilus and Esther, born May 29,
1731. was a soldier of the Revolution. He
married Sarah Munson, born March 18,
1732, died December i, 1775, daughter of
Joel and Mary (Morris) Munson of New
Haven. Their third son, Austin Goodyear,
was born April 23, 1759, in Hamden,
and married, in April, 1790, Susanna
Pardee, who was born February 7, 1760.
Their daughter, Lois Goodyear, became
the wife of Julius Day, as previously
related.
Edmund Day, third son of Julius and
Lois Day, born December 12, 1831, in
West Springfield. He married, June 18,
1863, Annie E. Melcher, daughter of William
and Susan (Brown) Melcher of
Springfield. Annie E. Day, senior daughter
of Edmund and Annie E. Day, became
the wife of Henry C. Edgerton, as above
stated.
TERRILL, Moses Weld,
Manufacturer.
The grandson and namesake of an efficient
business man of Middlefield, Con-
necticut, Mr. Terrill was trained in busi-
ness methods, and is following in the footsteps
of those who went before him, managing
a large business enterprise with
profit. He is a descendant of an old New
England family, which has been traced
back several centuries in England. The
name is of French origin and was derived
from a village not far from Paris, where
Ralf de Tirel had his castle at the beginning
of the eleventh century. He was
descended from Charlemagne and Alfred
the Great of England. Sir Walter Tyr-
rell went with William the Conqueror to
England in 1066, and was prominent in
the battle of Hastings in that year. From
him the English families are descended.