Day Coat of Arms / Day Family Crest

Day Family Crest / Day Coat of Arms

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Where did the Irish Day family come from? What is the Irish coat of arms/family crest? When did the Day family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the history of the family name?Individual scribes in the Ireland during the Middle Ages would often record a person's name various ways. How the name was recorded depended on what that particular scribe believed the proper spelling for the name pronounced to him was. Spelling variations revealed in the search for the origin of the Day family name include Day, Dea, O'Dea and others.
First found in county Clare where they were seated from very ancient times.
The 19th century saw a great wave of Irish migrating out of their homeland in a great measure due to the oppressive imperial policies of the English government and landowners. Many of these Irish families sailed to North America aboard overcrowded passenger ships. By far, the largest influx of Irish immigrants to North America occured with Great Potato Famine during the late 1840s. These particular immigrants were instrumental in creation of the United States and Canada as major industrial nations because the many essential elements such as the roadways, canals, bridges, and railways required an enormous quantity of cheap labor, which these poor immigrants provided. Later generations of Irish in these countries also went on to make valuable contributions in such fields as the arts, commerce, politics, and education. Extensive research into immigration and passenger lists has revealed many early immigrants bearing the name Day: Stephen Day who became a prominent merchant in Virginia soon after arriving in 1638. Another Stephen Daye (1594-1668), was the first printer in New England, and produced the first book printed in the English colonies.
Suggested Readings for the name Day
Day unto Day: A Study of the Day Family in America by Margery Frances Day Hanson.
Descendants of Christopher Day of Bucks County, Pennsylvania by James Edward Day.
Some noteworthy people of the name Day
Edmund Ezra Day (1883-1951), American economist and educator, president of Cornell University (1937-1949)
William Rufus Day (1849-1923), American diplomat, jurist, and politician, Secretary of State (1898) and Supreme Court justice (1903-1922)
Clarence Shepard Day Jr. (1874-1935), American writer
J Edward Day (1914-1996), American administrator, Postmaster General (1961-1963), who oversaw the introduction of ZIP codes
William R. Day, American secretary of state
Dorothy Day (1897-1980), American writer and radical social reformer
Stockwell Day (b. 1950), Canadian politician
Alan Day, Economist
Raymond Day, Cabinet Minister
James Day, author
John Day (1522-1584), English printer
John Day, English dramatist
Sir Judson Graham Day (b. 1933), British business executive
Sir Robin Day (b. 1923), English journalist and broadcaster
Thomas Day (1748-1789), English writer and barrister

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