I Day

Craftsmen Candidates ... an alternative to GAWP5*:

1st Tier Craftsman

Isaac Day b 1771, Ipswich – Westford, MA deeds 1800 to 1817, housewright and carpenter, d 1856.

2nd Tier Craftsman (due to dates)

Isaac S Day b 1787, Manchester – 1837 and 1838 deeds, Manchester, MA, cabinet maker - d 1872

Additional 2nd Tier Craftmen (due to a] distance from Beverly, MA / W Raymond and b] use of an 'I' instead of a 'J' at a relatively late 1790's date.)

Isaac (ME), John (MA), John (NH), Jonathan (CT), Jacob (NH), Jacob (ME), Joseph (NH)

*GAWP5's entry, James Day of Gloucester (~1732 - 1805), was presented as a candidate as he was the period merchant that was close to W Raymond in Beverly, MA.

I Day

Craftsmen-based candidates are presented as an alternative to GAWP5's merchant-based candidate, James Day.

1st tier craftsmen

Isaac Day b 1771, Ipswich – m Lucy Dutton in Westford, MA 1796, multiple deeds 1800 to 1817 Westford, MA,

housewright and carpenter, d 1856. (His parents Thomas and Lizabeth stayed in Ipswich.)

2nd tier craftsmen (dating)

Isaac S Day b 1787, Manchester, MA, deeds with a cabinet maker trade were limited to 1837 and 1838, Manchester, MA, d 1872.

his son, Isaac Jr., was a yeoman

m Lucretia Worthen in 1826

2nd tier craftsmen (location further from Beverly, MA)

Isaac Day 1813 deed, Rome, ME, carpenter

2nd tier craftsmen (location further from Beverly, MA and use of an 'I' instead of a 'J' at a relatively late 1790's date.)

John Day 1804 deed, Winchenden, MA, carpenter

Jonathan Day 1807 court document, Woodstock, CT, housewright

Jacob Day 1821 deed, Charlestown, NH, carpenter b 1781 to 1790

John Day 1790 deed, Peterborough, NH, cabinet maker

Joseph Day 1826 deed, Chester, NH, cabinet maker, m Lucretia 1826, b date ?

Jacob Day 1800 deed, Lovell, ME, carpenter and joiner

In considering a craftsman-based candidate, the question needs to be asked ... are there a number of I Day planes that share common design features? I.E. Did I Day make some of the planes or are the I Day marked planes just a random collection? It is hoped that the reporting of additional I Day planes will help in this assessment.

Isaac Day, (Ipswich) and Westford, MA, 1st tier candidate. 1800 deed, Westford, MA, housewright.

Isaac Day, Westford, MA. Photo courtesy of MarilynD, Find a Grave entry for Isaac Day (1771 - 1856).

I Day Planes

I Day 30" birch jointer, small mark, heavy round chamfers, rounded top wedge, decorative tote.

I Day beech smoother, small mark, heavy round chamfers, angled top wedge. (The smoother wedge style is later than the jointer wedge style.) The heavy round body chamfers, the body end chamfers and stops and the wedge abutment cheek chamfers match between the jointer and the smoother.

I Day fruitwood 11" rabbet, small mark, flat chamfers. The heavy flat chamfers of this rabbet do not match those of the above jointer and smoother, but the chamfer stops which are a simple turnout, do match. The birch wedge matches the wedge style shown in GAWP5, but the two molders mentioned in GAWP5 have flutes, which this rabbet does not have.