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![Show Contents]() Daye History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
The Daye surname seems to have come from a few sources: it was an occupational name for a dairy maid in some parts of England and Scotland; it was a derivation from David; and in some cases the name came from the word eye (d'eye). The same source claims that name was could have been an occupational name as in 'the deye' or 'day,' a maid, a dairy-maid. 1 Over in Normandy pre-Conquest times, we found "St. John de Day, near St. Lo, in the Cotentin [Peninsula.] " 2 This peninsula is now known as Cherbourg Peninsula. Early Origins of the Daye familyThe surname Daye was first found in Somerset where one of the first records of the name was Leofgife oa Dagean c. 1055. Godiua Daia was listed c. 1095 in Suffolk and Aluric Dai was listed in the Pipe Rolls for Buckinghamshire in 1196. A few years later, Ralph Deie was among those listed in the Register of the Freemen of Leicester in 1211. 3 The Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379 list the following: Willelmus Dey; Ricardus Dey; and Thomas le Dey. 1 Early History of the Daye familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Daye research. Another 53 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1269, 1277, 1379, 1501, 1522, 1529, 1537, 1538, 1549, 1552, 1553, 1556, 1574, 1582, 1584, 1596, 1605, 1607, 1610, 1638, 1639, 1649, 1668, 1673, 1683, 1767 and 1797 are included under the topic Early Daye History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Daye Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Day, Dea, Dey, Daye, Deie and others. Early Notables of the Daye familyNotables of this surname at this time include: - John Day (Daye) (c. 1522-1584), was an English Protestant printer. He was "one of the earliest of English musical typographers, began printing about 1549 in Holborn, a little above the Conduit. He aft...
- Stephen Day (Daye) (c. 1610-1668), English settler to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1639 became the first working printer in the American colonies operating a press associated with Harvard College f...
Daye RankingIn the United States, the name Daye is the 6,326th most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 4  Migration of the Daye family to Ireland
Some of the Daye family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 63 words (4 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Daye Settlers in United States in the 16th Century- Stephen Daye (1594-1668), was the first printer in New England, and produced the first book printed in the English colonies
Daye Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Mr. Stephen Daye, British settler traveling aboard the ship "John of London" arriving in Boston, Massachuetts in 1638 with his sons 5
Daye Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Andrew Daye, who landed in New York, NY in 1811 6
| Daye migration to Australia | + |
Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include: Daye Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century- George Phillips Daye, aged 28, who arrived in South Australia in 1854 aboard the ship "Lord of the Isles" 7
| Contemporary Notables of the name Daye (post 1700) | + |
- Gage Daye (b. 1989), American basketball guard
- Daryl Daye (b. 1963), American football coach and former player, current Defensive Coordinator at Northwestern State University
- Irene Daye (1918-1971), American jazz singer
- Darren Keefe Daye (b. 1960), retired American professional NBA basketball player
- Austin Darren Daye (b. 1988), American professional NBA basketball player
- Gabrielle Daye (1911-2005), English television actress, known for her work on 10 Rillington Place (1971), Bless Me Father (1978) and In Celebration (1975)
- Delmore W. "Buddy" Daye, Canadian boxer from Nova Scotia, active in the 1950s and 1960s, Canadian Junior Lightweight Boxing Champion in 1964
- Joseph Daye (b. 1990), Australian rules footballer for Gold Coast
| Historic Events for the Daye family | + |
- Mr. Prosper Daye (1893-1914), Canadian Driver from Alberta, Canada who worked in the Hillcrest Coal Mine, Alberta, Canada and died in the mine collapse 8
- Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
- The Norman People and Their Existing Descendants in the British Dominions and the United States Of America. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1975. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-0636-X)
- Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- Pilgrim Ship's of 1600's. Retrieved October 6th 2021 from https://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/shiplist.htm
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
- South Australian Register Monday 14th August 1854. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) Lord of the Isles 1854. Retrieved http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/australia/jamesfernie1854.shtml
- List Of Miners - Hillcrest Mine Disaster Data. (Retrieved 2014, June 24) . Retrieved from http://www.hillcrestminedisaster.com/data/index.php?title=List_Of_Miners
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