
Eunice Day (Holyoke)
Eunice Day was the mother of 11 children with Joel Day. Joel and Eunice are first cousins with the same last name Day. Joel and 5 of the sons fought in the Revolutionary War. Robert died (August 27 1777) and is buried in Ticonderoga New York. He was not a soldier but rather was bringing supplies and food to the fort with a group. He was ambushed and killed. Edward died that same year of 1777 while in Troy New York. He was hurt in a skirmish and died a few days later of an illness (October 25). The Daughters of the American Revolution chapter in Holyoke called themselves the Eunice Day Chapter. If existed from October 21 1922 (chartered February 12 1923) to the 1980s. It merged with the South Hadley chapter in the 1990s and was called the Dolly Woodbridge – Eunice Day Chapter.
Day family gravestone in Holyoke
| name | born | died | burial | |
| father | Joel Day | Elmwood | ||
| mother | Eunice Day | Elmwood | ||
| 1st | Joel Day | 1751 | 1830 | Elmwood |
| 2nd | Tryphena Day | 1753 | 1803 | Ashley in West Springfield |
| 3rd | Jedediah Day | 1755 | 1839 | Elmwood |
| 4th | Edward Day | 1759 | 1777 | Elmwood |
| 5th | Eli Day | 1761 | 1833 | Smiths Ferry in Holyoke |
| 6th | Robert Day | 1764 | 1777 | Elmwood |
| 7th | James Day | 1768 | 1841 | North Cemetery in Gill |
| 8th | Alexander Day | 1769 | 1848 | Elmwood |
| 9th | Eunice Day | 1770 | 1844 | Elmwood |
| 10th | Lucy Day | 1774 | 1842 | Elmwood |
