While at the library today working on my forthcoming 700-900 page, tenth book, titled, An Early Industry of Household Wares: The Red Earthenware of Salem Village, South Danvers, Peabody and Salem Massachusetts, I decided to try and look into the history of this eighteenth century red earthenware jar owned by Historic New England. The jar is inscribed “May ye 8 JD hur jug -1739 / price 2s 6d / give me to make / with your hand and I will / fill it if I can / Made by John Day, Pownal, Me.”: https://www.historicnewengland.org/explore/collections-access/capobject/?gusn=2394.
There is no previous documented history of this jar, although I suspect it was made by a Salem, Massachusetts trained potter, who relocated to Cumberland County, Maine about 1730. Based on the information I found, I feel "John Day" was John Day (or Daye) Jr. (1671-1770), who was born in Salem, Massachusetts in 1671. His grandfather, Robert Nathaniel Day (1605-1683) was born in England, migrating to New England in 1635, and living in Ipswich, Massachusetts by 1637.
Furthermore, Day Jr. was living in Freeport, Cumberland County, Maine by 1730, although Pownal was actually settled in 1680, and incorporated on May 3, 1808 from a portion of Freeport.
There is no indication where Day Jr. was taught the potter's trade, although I suspect he may have learned it from one of the Quaker family's living in the Salem and South Danvers (Peabody), Massachusetts area. Day Jr. died in North Yarmouth (Freeport), Maine in 1770.
For more information - see my seventh book, titled, From One Town Came Many: The Red Earthenware Industry of Ancient North Yarmouth, Maine: https://historicbeverly.net/product/94597/
Red Earthenware Jar Made in Pownal, Cumberland County, Maine in 1739
Inscribed and Dated "1739"
Stands 10" Tall
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Photo Courtesy: Historic New England
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