A genealogical register of the descendants in the ... - Stephen Haynes

PREFACE.
It is now two hundred years since Robert Day, one of the
early settlers of Hartford, and the ancestor of those whose names
are recorded in the following pages, was gathered to his fathers.
In presenting therefore to his numerous living descendants, on the
second centennial
anniversary of his death, this enlarged edition of
their Family Register, the intention has been to render it a commemorative
offering. Scattered as they already are, and every year
becoming more widely separated, it has been the hope of the compiler
in laboring to preserve the memory of their Puritan lineage,
that this Register, borne with them as they leave their fathers' sepulchres,
will
ever remind them of the obligation they are under, as
descendants of the early settlers of New England, to cherish the
virtues of their Pilgrim ancestors, and in testimony of their descent
to uphold and support wherever they may dwell, freedom, laic,
learning and religion.
The small edition of this Register, printed at New Haven in
1840, was not only soon exhausted, but was found to contain, what
indeed with the information then had it was impossible to avoid,
some serious errors.
These, with a considerable number of smaller
mistakes, have been corrected and important additions made, by
which the number of names is nearly doubled. Still, it is not expected
that the present edition will be found entirely free from
error. In consequence of the great variety of sources from which
information of the kind is gathered, and the defective accuracy of
many informants, perfect correctness is probably out of the question.
No means, however, have been left unemployed to approximate
to it as nearly as possible.
Where the genealogy of any branch has not been followed out,
or where dates are wanting, no further information could, be obtained.
There are some families of whom their nearest surviving relatives
have wholly lost sight. The compiler would respectfully request
the aid of the family in supplying the deficiencies which exist.
Although he does not expect to issue another edition of the Register, it
is not impossible that a supplement contaniing additions and corrections
may herealtcr be printed.
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