Ephraim Day was the son of Abraham and Irena Foote, and was born on July 10, 1741, in Colchester, Connecticut.  He was only 14 years old when he fought as a soldier in the French and Indian War.  In 1754, he sailed up the St. Lawrence River with General Amherst and his troops, to fight against the French in this conflict, which ended French claims to Canada.  Ephraim also served during the Revolutionary War from Stafford, Connecticut as a sergeant for two days during the Lexington Alarm of April 19, 1775. 

Ephraim Day married Sarah Ackley in Colchester, Connecticut in 1762. Ephraim and Sarah moved to Stafford, Connecticut shortly after 1764. They moved again to Winhall, Vermont, between 1782 and 1784, where Ephraim worked as a farmer and Deacon in the church.  Ephraim and Sarah were some of the first inhabitants of Winhall, and their son Salmon Day was the first child born in the newly formed town.  While living in Winhall, they were the neighbors of Asa Beebe and his family.  Ephraim and Sarah were the parents of Sarah Day, who would marry Asa Beebe in 1790.

Ephraim’s wife Sarah died in Winhall between 1820 and 1825. Following her death, Ephraim moved to Parma with his son Flavius Day, and his family. Flavius had purchased 60 acres of land in the Hoosic area from Benjamin Barrett in June 1820, for $1,600.  Flavius was also one of the six trustees of the First Congregational Society of Parma and Greece founded with the building of the church (next to Hoosic Cemetery, where Manitou Road is presently) in 1824.  Ephraim Day died on August 23, 1825, and is buried in Hoosic Cemetery with his son Flavius and daughter-in-law Persa Brooks.  Ephraim’s grave is the oldest known veteran’s grave in the town of Parma.