Susan (Shellman) Fay (abt. 1808 - 1887)

Born about 20 Feb 1808 in Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Howard Fay — married 5 Jul 1825 in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia

Descendants

Died 13 Jan 1887 at about age 78 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]

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Inscription: "SUSAN

his wife

Born in Savannah, Ga.

Feb 20, 1808

Died in Boston

Jan 13 1887"

3rd Great-grandmother of George W. Bush

NOTE: The headstone dod: is the 12th and place of death: "Boston"

But f-a-g has Brooklyn, NY...WRONG the death record states Massachusetts

Biography

Birth

Birth: :: Date: 20 FEB 1808

Place: Savannah, Dawson, Georgia, USA

Marriage

Georgia, County Marriages

Name Samuel Howard Fay

Event Date 05 Jul 1825

Event Place Chatham, Georgia, United States

Spouse's Name Susan Shellman

At the bottom right corner is:

"And the 50th year of the

Independence of the United States of America"

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Harriet did not marry James until 1859, so chances are the "Hannah E" age:20 IS Harriet E born Oct 1829...

1850 New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut

Age 20

Birth Year (Estimated) 1830

Birthplace Georgia

House Number 2276

Susan Fay F 42 Georgia

Anna M Fay F 22 Georgia

Hannah E Fay F 20 Georgia

Wm G Fay M 11 Georgia

Susan E Fay F 7 Georgia

Clara M Fay F 5 Massachusetts

John H Wilcox M 25 Georgia

Ann Loclann F 32 Ireland

Maria Dunn F 25 Ireland

Eliza Taffe F 17 Ireland

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1854 November the worst thing happened, one of her daughters died before she was a teenager.

Connecticut Deaths and Burials

Name Susan E. Fay

Gender Female

Death Date Nov 1854

Age 11

Birth Date 1843

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1870 P.O. New York, 15th Dist. New York

Age 42

Birth Year (Estimated) 1827-1828

Birthplace Georgia

Page Number 47

Susan Fay F 60 Georgia "Widow at home"

Anna W Fay F 42 Georgia

Clara Fay F 24 Massachusetts

Mary Lyons F 23 Ireland

Kate Torls F 17 Ireland

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1880 Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Address: 277 Woods Knoll Village

Age 72

Marital Status Widowed

Occupation Lady

Birth Year (Estimated) 1808

Birthplace Georgia, United States

Father's Birthplace Maryland,---Mother's Birthplace Virginia, United States

Sheet Letter C--Sheet Number 61--Person Number 3---Volume 1

Joseph S Fay Self M 67 Massachusetts, "Gentleman"

Sarah S Fay Wife F 67 Massachusetts Lady

Sarah B Fay Daughter F 24 Massachusetts, Lady

Susan Fay Sister-in-law F 72 Georgia Lady

Ann M Fay Niece F 52 Georgia, United States

Margeret Corkly Other F 25 Ireland

Bridget Heegan Other F 26 Ireland

Lilly Mahony Other F 30 Ireland

Jerehmiah Hogan Other M 22 Ireland

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Children

Listed on the 1850 census

1. Anna M Fay born 1828 Georgia
2. Hannah E Fay born 1830 Georgia (HARRIET)
3. Wm G Fay born 1839 Georgia
4. Susan E Fay born 1843 Georgia
5. Clara M Fay born 1845 Massachusetts

Death

Massachusetts Deaths

Name Susan Shellman Fay

Event Date 13 Jan 1887

Event Place Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Residence Place Falmouth, MA

Address Falmouth, MA

Gender Female

Age 78

Marital Status Widowed

Occupation

Birthplace Sarannak, GA

Birth Year (Estimated) 1809

Burial Place Boston, MA

Father's Name John

Father's Birthplace Frederickon, MD

Mother's Name Clarissa

Mother's Birthplace James River, VA

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Sources

• "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXJZ-773 : 17 October 2017), Samuel Howard Fay and Susan Shellman, 05 Jul 1825; citing Marriage, Chatham, Georgia, United States, county courthouses, Georgia; FHL microfilm 159,036.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M685-J4L : 12 April 2016), Hannah E Fay in household of Susan Fay, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; citing family 3287, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M869-QHM : 12 April 2016), Anna W Fay in household of Susan Fay, New York, United States; citing p. 47, family 268, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,508.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHDT-DG9 : 15 August 2017), Susan Fay in household of Joseph S Fay, Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district ED 4, sheet 61C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0519; FHL microfilm 1,254,519.

• FindAGrave Photo of headstone

• "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7ZT-LTT : 3 December 2014), Susan E. Fay, Nov 1854; citing , reference ; FHL microfilm 3,123.

• Georgia, Marriages, 1808-1967, Marriage record for Samuel Howard Fay and Susan Shellman, FamilySearch.org (Online Database).

• "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWQV-QX7 : 10 December 2014), Susan Shellman Fay, 13 Jan 1887; citing Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, v 384 p 13, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,236.

• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, SAR #32602, Application for Bertrand Fay, Ancestry.com (Online Database).

• Fay, Orlin P., Fay Genealogy: John Fay of Marlborough and his Descendants, Cleveland, Ohio: Press of J. B. Savage (1898), 103, Heritage Quest (Digital Library).

• Pierce, Edward Lillie, Major John Lillie, 1755-1801: The Lillie Family of Boston, 1663-1896, Cambridge: John Wilson and Son (1896), 109.

• Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States: Who Were Themselves Notable or Left Descendants Notable in American History, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 419, 434, 436, 443, 857.

• Famous Kin

• E. Jay Stith, Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 1, Ed. 1, (Release date: November 29, 1995), "CD-ROM," Tree #5156, Date of Import: Jan 16, 1999., (1995), "Electronic," Date of Import: Feb 2, 1999.

• Web Page Author: Brian Tompsett, Data Author: Funk&Wagnall's "The Presidents", Genealogy of the US Presidents, web page, (http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/presidents/, Version: 23 Apr 96), "Electronic."

• compiled by William Addams Reitwiesner, 1999, Ancestry of George W. Bush, web page, (http://hometown.aol.com/wreitwiesn/candidates2000/bush.html, as printed in Gary Boyd Roberts, Ancestors of American Presidents, First Authoritative Edition [Santa Clarita, Cal.: Boyer, 1995], pp. 121-130), "Electronic."

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