Benjamin Day - Fredericksburg, VA - American Revolutionary War Veteran Graves on Waymarking.com

The grave of Major Benjamin Day is located at the Masonic Burying Ground in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The brochure at the cemetery shows him to be at Grave No. 4.

The Masonic Burying Ground covers approximate one-half an acre; bought and enclosed by the Fredericksburg Lodge of Masons for members and their families.

From the Library of Virginia Digital Collection, Survey Report on the Masonic Cemetery:

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Major Benjamin Day was twice Mayor of Fredericksburg, warden and vestryman in Saint George’s Church. He was a real philanthropist. He served in the Revolutionary War as side de camp to General Woodford and Lord Stirling. He was adjutant Second Virginia Regiment in 1777.

He was an enthusiastic Mason and was one of the seven Grand Masters for the Grand Lodge of Virginia, furnished by Fredericksburg Lodge, having been elected to that office, November 27, 1797.

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Location type: Single Grave Date of Birth: 24 Sep 1752 Date of Death: 16 Feb 1821 Cause of death: Died Later Grave Marker Text: In memory of Benjamin Day Born, in London 24th day September 1752 and died in Fredericksburg 16th of February, 1821 “He removed to this county early in life and took an active part in the Revolution, having served with credit as an officer of the American Army. A great portion of his time since has been devoted to the public in discharging the duties of magistrate, in which he was un- commonly zealous and useful. The Male Charity School of Fredericksburg is chiefly indebted to him for its origin in 1796, and for its prosperity to his unremitted attention in the principal management of its concerns, over which he presided until the time of his death.” Ranks: Major

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