Stephen Daye

In 1638 he is recorded as being a locksmith by profession who was under financial contract to Reverend Joseph or Joss Glover to repay the loan of £51 for ship transportation for himself and his household and the cost of purchasing iron cooking utensils.

Glover died on the ship John of London during the voyage, but Daye was legally bound to fulfill his contract, which is believed to require him to set up and work the printing press with the aid of his sons and stepson in Cambridge.

A 1639 broadsheet of the Oath of a Freeman was one of the first two items printed at the press, by either Daye or Matthew, though no copies survive.

[3] Because the Psalms were translated for communal singing, the book served as one of the symbols of religious freedom for people in the colonies.

Following the United States' entry into World War II, the Stephen Daye Press closed in December 1942.