Birthdate year is approximate. Exact date, unknown.
The following is taken from the book, "History of Hardwick, Massachusetts, with a Genealogical Register, by Lucius R. Paige. Published 1893, by Houghton, Mifflin and Company.
John Fay, Sr. was born in England about 1648. He came to New England (USA) aboard the ship, Speedwell, which arrived at Boston June 27, 1656. John was only 8 years old. He became an inhabitant of Marlborough, where he married Mary, daughter of Thomas Brigham of Cambridge, by whom he had 4 children: John Fay (II,) David, Samuel and Mary.
On the breaking out of King Philip's war in 1675, he was in Marlborough, MA and was designated among others to defend the garrison house of William Kerley in case of attack. Like most of the settlers, he left the town soon after and repaired to a place of greater safety.
While in Watertown, to which he had retired, he buried his wife and one of his sons and on the 5th of July, 1678, he married Mrs. Susanna Morse, widow of Joseph Morse. John and Susanna had 4 children: David, Gershom, Ruth and Deliverance. Her maiden name was Shattuck, daughter of William Shattuck, of Watertown, Massachusetts.
After the return of peace, he came back to Marlborough, where he died. His exact burial place is unknown.
There is reasonable evidence that his father and a brother Michael had preceded him to America, altho' there is no documented record of the father (David) or Michael's birth or death. Reference is made in the early Town records of Sudbury Massachusetts that the father of John and Michael was David Fay "who came to America prior to 1656."
Son- Samuel Fay b. 1673 d. 1723
The following is taken from the book, "History of Hardwick, Massachusetts, with a Genealogical Register, by Lucius R. Paige. Published 1893, by Houghton, Mifflin and Company.
John Fay, Sr. was born in England about 1648. He came to New England (USA) aboard the ship, Speedwell, which arrived at Boston June 27, 1656. John was only 8 years old. He became an inhabitant of Marlborough, where he married Mary, daughter of Thomas Brigham of Cambridge, by whom he had 4 children: John Fay (II,) David, Samuel and Mary.
On the breaking out of King Philip's war in 1675, he was in Marlborough, MA and was designated among others to defend the garrison house of William Kerley in case of attack. Like most of the settlers, he left the town soon after and repaired to a place of greater safety.
While in Watertown, to which he had retired, he buried his wife and one of his sons and on the 5th of July, 1678, he married Mrs. Susanna Morse, widow of Joseph Morse. John and Susanna had 4 children: David, Gershom, Ruth and Deliverance. Her maiden name was Shattuck, daughter of William Shattuck, of Watertown, Massachusetts.
After the return of peace, he came back to Marlborough, where he died. His exact burial place is unknown.
There is reasonable evidence that his father and a brother Michael had preceded him to America, altho' there is no documented record of the father (David) or Michael's birth or death. Reference is made in the early Town records of Sudbury Massachusetts that the father of John and Michael was David Fay "who came to America prior to 1656."
Son- Samuel Fay b. 1673 d. 1723
Birthdate year is approximate. Exact date, unknown.
The following is taken from the book, "History of Hardwick, Massachusetts, with a Genealogical Register, by Lucius R. Paige. Published 1893, by Houghton, Mifflin and Company.
John Fay, Sr. was born in England about 1648. He came to New England (USA) aboard the ship, Speedwell, which arrived at Boston June 27, 1656. John was only 8 years old. He became an inhabitant of Marlborough, where he married Mary, daughter of Thomas Brigham of Cambridge, by whom he had 4 children: John Fay (II,) David, Samuel and Mary.
On the breaking out of King Philip's war in 1675, he was in Marlborough, MA and was designated among others to defend the garrison house of William Kerley in case of attack. Like most of the settlers, he left the town soon after and repaired to a place of greater safety.
While in Watertown, to which he had retired, he buried his wife and one of his sons and on the 5th of July, 1678, he married Mrs. Susanna Morse, widow of Joseph Morse. John and Susanna had 4 children: David, Gershom, Ruth and Deliverance. Her maiden name was Shattuck, daughter of William Shattuck, of Watertown, Massachusetts.
After the return of peace, he came back to Marlborough, where he died. His exact burial place is unknown.
There is reasonable evidence that his father and a brother Michael had preceded him to America, altho' there is no documented record of the father (David) or Michael's birth or death. Reference is made in the early Town records of Sudbury Massachusetts that the father of John and Michael was David Fay "who came to America prior to 1656."
Son- Samuel Fay b. 1673 d. 1723
The following is taken from the book, "History of Hardwick, Massachusetts, with a Genealogical Register, by Lucius R. Paige. Published 1893, by Houghton, Mifflin and Company.
John Fay, Sr. was born in England about 1648. He came to New England (USA) aboard the ship, Speedwell, which arrived at Boston June 27, 1656. John was only 8 years old. He became an inhabitant of Marlborough, where he married Mary, daughter of Thomas Brigham of Cambridge, by whom he had 4 children: John Fay (II,) David, Samuel and Mary.
On the breaking out of King Philip's war in 1675, he was in Marlborough, MA and was designated among others to defend the garrison house of William Kerley in case of attack. Like most of the settlers, he left the town soon after and repaired to a place of greater safety.
While in Watertown, to which he had retired, he buried his wife and one of his sons and on the 5th of July, 1678, he married Mrs. Susanna Morse, widow of Joseph Morse. John and Susanna had 4 children: David, Gershom, Ruth and Deliverance. Her maiden name was Shattuck, daughter of William Shattuck, of Watertown, Massachusetts.
After the return of peace, he came back to Marlborough, where he died. His exact burial place is unknown.
There is reasonable evidence that his father and a brother Michael had preceded him to America, altho' there is no documented record of the father (David) or Michael's birth or death. Reference is made in the early Town records of Sudbury Massachusetts that the father of John and Michael was David Fay "who came to America prior to 1656."
Son- Samuel Fay b. 1673 d. 1723
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Speedwell was sister ship of the Mayflower, but unable to make trip w/Mayflower due to leaks. Came to America, with John Fay (I) onboard, 36 yrs later.
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