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John Thomas Fay Jr. (1756 - 1839)

John Thomas Fay Jr.
Born in Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts Baymap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of , , , , , , , , , , , and
Husband of — married 16 Dec 1779 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , , , , , , , , and
Died at age 83 in Nelson, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United Statesmap
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Contents

Biography

Birth

John was born at Southborough, Massachusetts, on 23 May 1756. the son of John Fay and Thankful Taylor.[1]

Marriage

John Fay married Levinah Brigham at Marlborough, Massachusetts, on 16 Dec 1779.[2]

American Revolution

1776 Project
Private John Fay Jr. served with Worcester County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.
SAR insignia
John Fay Jr. is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 157021
Rank: Private

John was a Private in American Revolution, serving during the Lexington Alarm, with Capt Josiah Fay Minute Men, as well as Capt Jonathan Ward. [3]

Death

He passed away in 1839.

Sources

  1. ↑ Vital records of Southborough, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 - https://archive.org/stream/vitalrecordsofso00sout_0#page/n71/mode/2up
  2. ↑ Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 (Worcester, 1908), 230, http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Marlborough/Images/Marlborough_M230.shtml
  3. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed Sep 2020), "Record of John Fay", Ancestor # A039516.
  • Revolutionary War Patriot record by Claude Bernard Davis: Massachusetts In The Revolution, Vol. V, page 577
  • Genealogical Notes & Anecdotes, Fowler Mallett, 1953


Acknowledgements

  • First-hand information as remembered by Elizabeth Pease, Monday, June 9, 2014.




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