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Rev. John Day

  
Rev. John Day, father of Judge Robert Day.
Portrait by John Hunter.
From [Day, 1938]. See full size.

Rev. John Day.
He mar 1737 to Lucy Fitzgerald [descendant of Connor O'Brien, 3rd Earl of Thomond and Edward I].
See notes on her family on p.91 and p.92 of [Diary of Judge Robert Day, 1807-1813].
See her ancestry under DAY in [Foster's Royal Descents].
Rev. John and Lucy had issue:

1. Rev. Edward Day,
   Archdeacon of Ardfert 1782-1808,
   had issue:
   1. Lucy Day, mar 1796 to Rev. William Godfrey and had issue.
   2. Rev. Edward Day, mar 1802 to Harriet Rowan.

   
   

2. John Day,
   Mayor of Cork,
   mar Margaret Hewson,
   had issue:
   1. Rev. John Day, born 1770.
      See [Ardfert and Aghadoe Clergy, p.137].
      He mar 1798 to Arabella Godfrey [descendant of Edward III].
      Rector of Kiltallagh, Co.Kerry, 1809-1817.
      They had issue:
      1. Agnes Day,
         born 1800.
         She mar 1817 to James Butler [born 1780] and had issue.

   
   

3. Judge Robert Day,
   Hon. Justice Robert Day, Bob, judge, MP,
   born 1 July 1746, NOT 1745.