Hercules Warren Fay (1841 - 1899)

Born 17 Mar 1841 in Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Johnston) Fay — married 17 Jun 1869 in New York City, New York, United States

Died 28 Jan 1899 at age 57 in Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Hercules Warren Fay was born on 17 Mar 1841 in Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, son of Josiah Fay (1797 - 1869) and Mary Waterman (Warren) Fay (1799 - 1867).

Married Elizabeth Johnston, 17 June 1869.

They had 4 children:

1. Elisabeth Mary Warren
2. Johnston Richard John
3. Harold John Warren
4. Thornton Oliver Maurice

Elizabeth passed away of typhoid fever in November of 1879, and Hercules did not remarry.

He was an ordained priest.

Hercules died on 28 Jan 1899 in Westborough aged 57.

Sources

• Fay, Orlin P Fay Genealogy: John Fay of Marlborough and his Descendants (Higginson Book Co, Salem, Massachusetts, 199-) pg. 31. Accessed via Rootsweb.
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCHQ-F3P : 15 January 2020), Hercules Warren Fay, 1841.
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4G7-55G : 10 November 2020), Hercules Warren Fay, 17 Mar 1841; citing Birth, Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009543.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD9Z-9Y8 : 22 December 2020), Hercules W Fay in household of David Warren, Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "Massachusetts State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ4N-V8Q : 11 March 2018), Hercules W Fay in household of Josiah Fay, Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 953,964.
• "Massachusetts State Census, 1865", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQCM-FXP : 22 February 2021), Hercules W Fay in entry for Josiah W Fay, 1865.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDQF-3C8 : 29 May 2021), Hurcules W Fay, 1870.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHFW-XGY : 14 January 2022), Hercules W. Fay, Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
• "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4NQ-PVJ : 2 March 2021), Hercules Warren Fay, 28 Jan 1899; citing Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, p 470 no 18, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 964,885.
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCMY-45J : 10 November 2020), Hercules Warren Fay, 28 Jan 1899; citing Death, Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004282170.
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