John Fay m: Elizabeth Wellington.
John united with the church in Marlboro, Feb. 24, 1706. His wife, Elizabeth was received Nov. 9, 1699. When the first Congregational Church of Westboro was organized, Oct. 28, 1724, he was one of the original 13 members and was chosen as first Deacon, Oct. 12, 1727. His wife retained her church relations in Marlboro until July 25, 1725, she also was united in Westboro. Rev. Ebenezer Parkman was their first minister.
John Fay was a highly respectable man and filled several town offices before the division of the town and after Westboro was incorporated he became one of the most prominent men of the new town. At a town meeting held in Westboro.
He is said to have been one of the first settlers in that part of the township and to have built him a cabin in the hillside, accessible only on one side, the better to protect himself against the Indians. This place was in a manner preserved by his descendants and was denominated 'Their Ancestor's Fort' until about 1834.
Rev. Levi Lankton Fay of Moss Run, Ohio, under date of Dec. 19, 1883, writes of John Fay: "He secured his farm about one mile from this Fort and when there was danger he would flee to the Fort. Under such circumstatnces he cleared up his farm. I have often visited the spot where he made an underground room with a trap door as a security while farming, especiall if the Indians intercepted him from fleeing to the Fort, which on one occasion saved him from falling into their hands. Near this underground room stands the largest pear tree I ever saw. This tree was then a little sapling he found while clearing his farm. In my last visit to it in the summer of 1855 it was still standing, looking venerable by reason of its old age, but still bearing its delicious fruit."
He was a large land owner, which adjoined the town of Marlboro, and he was often chosen on committees to transact business for the church and his fellow citizens." [Fay Book (1898), p. 21]
More About John Fay II:
Elected: Selectman 1718-21, 1723, 1725-27, 1732-34, &1736
Fact 1: 1722, Elected Town Treasure of Westborough
Fact 2: Bet. 1718 - 1729, Town Clerk of Westborough
Military service: 1724, Commissioned Captian
Occupation: Also elected Assessor & Magistrate
He married first, Elizabeth Wellington, daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Sweetman) Wellington. John and Elizabeth had 10 children and when she died, he then married Levinah Brigham on December 16, 1729.
5th great-grandfather of Emma May (Stevens) Noland
John united with the church in Marlboro, Feb. 24, 1706. His wife, Elizabeth was received Nov. 9, 1699. When the first Congregational Church of Westboro was organized, Oct. 28, 1724, he was one of the original 13 members and was chosen as first Deacon, Oct. 12, 1727. His wife retained her church relations in Marlboro until July 25, 1725, she also was united in Westboro. Rev. Ebenezer Parkman was their first minister.
John Fay was a highly respectable man and filled several town offices before the division of the town and after Westboro was incorporated he became one of the most prominent men of the new town. At a town meeting held in Westboro.
He is said to have been one of the first settlers in that part of the township and to have built him a cabin in the hillside, accessible only on one side, the better to protect himself against the Indians. This place was in a manner preserved by his descendants and was denominated 'Their Ancestor's Fort' until about 1834.
Rev. Levi Lankton Fay of Moss Run, Ohio, under date of Dec. 19, 1883, writes of John Fay: "He secured his farm about one mile from this Fort and when there was danger he would flee to the Fort. Under such circumstatnces he cleared up his farm. I have often visited the spot where he made an underground room with a trap door as a security while farming, especiall if the Indians intercepted him from fleeing to the Fort, which on one occasion saved him from falling into their hands. Near this underground room stands the largest pear tree I ever saw. This tree was then a little sapling he found while clearing his farm. In my last visit to it in the summer of 1855 it was still standing, looking venerable by reason of its old age, but still bearing its delicious fruit."
He was a large land owner, which adjoined the town of Marlboro, and he was often chosen on committees to transact business for the church and his fellow citizens." [Fay Book (1898), p. 21]
More About John Fay II:
Elected: Selectman 1718-21, 1723, 1725-27, 1732-34, &1736
Fact 1: 1722, Elected Town Treasure of Westborough
Fact 2: Bet. 1718 - 1729, Town Clerk of Westborough
Military service: 1724, Commissioned Captian
Occupation: Also elected Assessor & Magistrate
He married first, Elizabeth Wellington, daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Sweetman) Wellington. John and Elizabeth had 10 children and when she died, he then married Levinah Brigham on December 16, 1729.
5th great-grandfather of Emma May (Stevens) Noland
John Fay m: Elizabeth Wellington.
John united with the church in Marlboro, Feb. 24, 1706. His wife, Elizabeth was received Nov. 9, 1699. When the first Congregational Church of Westboro was organized, Oct. 28, 1724, he was one of the original 13 members and was chosen as first Deacon, Oct. 12, 1727. His wife retained her church relations in Marlboro until July 25, 1725, she also was united in Westboro. Rev. Ebenezer Parkman was their first minister.
John Fay was a highly respectable man and filled several town offices before the division of the town and after Westboro was incorporated he became one of the most prominent men of the new town. At a town meeting held in Westboro.
He is said to have been one of the first settlers in that part of the township and to have built him a cabin in the hillside, accessible only on one side, the better to protect himself against the Indians. This place was in a manner preserved by his descendants and was denominated 'Their Ancestor's Fort' until about 1834.
Rev. Levi Lankton Fay of Moss Run, Ohio, under date of Dec. 19, 1883, writes of John Fay: "He secured his farm about one mile from this Fort and when there was danger he would flee to the Fort. Under such circumstatnces he cleared up his farm. I have often visited the spot where he made an underground room with a trap door as a security while farming, especiall if the Indians intercepted him from fleeing to the Fort, which on one occasion saved him from falling into their hands. Near this underground room stands the largest pear tree I ever saw. This tree was then a little sapling he found while clearing his farm. In my last visit to it in the summer of 1855 it was still standing, looking venerable by reason of its old age, but still bearing its delicious fruit."
He was a large land owner, which adjoined the town of Marlboro, and he was often chosen on committees to transact business for the church and his fellow citizens." [Fay Book (1898), p. 21]
More About John Fay II:
Elected: Selectman 1718-21, 1723, 1725-27, 1732-34, &1736
Fact 1: 1722, Elected Town Treasure of Westborough
Fact 2: Bet. 1718 - 1729, Town Clerk of Westborough
Military service: 1724, Commissioned Captian
Occupation: Also elected Assessor & Magistrate
He married first, Elizabeth Wellington, daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Sweetman) Wellington. John and Elizabeth had 10 children and when she died, he then married Levinah Brigham on December 16, 1729.
5th great-grandfather of Emma May (Stevens) Noland
John united with the church in Marlboro, Feb. 24, 1706. His wife, Elizabeth was received Nov. 9, 1699. When the first Congregational Church of Westboro was organized, Oct. 28, 1724, he was one of the original 13 members and was chosen as first Deacon, Oct. 12, 1727. His wife retained her church relations in Marlboro until July 25, 1725, she also was united in Westboro. Rev. Ebenezer Parkman was their first minister.
John Fay was a highly respectable man and filled several town offices before the division of the town and after Westboro was incorporated he became one of the most prominent men of the new town. At a town meeting held in Westboro.
He is said to have been one of the first settlers in that part of the township and to have built him a cabin in the hillside, accessible only on one side, the better to protect himself against the Indians. This place was in a manner preserved by his descendants and was denominated 'Their Ancestor's Fort' until about 1834.
Rev. Levi Lankton Fay of Moss Run, Ohio, under date of Dec. 19, 1883, writes of John Fay: "He secured his farm about one mile from this Fort and when there was danger he would flee to the Fort. Under such circumstatnces he cleared up his farm. I have often visited the spot where he made an underground room with a trap door as a security while farming, especiall if the Indians intercepted him from fleeing to the Fort, which on one occasion saved him from falling into their hands. Near this underground room stands the largest pear tree I ever saw. This tree was then a little sapling he found while clearing his farm. In my last visit to it in the summer of 1855 it was still standing, looking venerable by reason of its old age, but still bearing its delicious fruit."
He was a large land owner, which adjoined the town of Marlboro, and he was often chosen on committees to transact business for the church and his fellow citizens." [Fay Book (1898), p. 21]
More About John Fay II:
Elected: Selectman 1718-21, 1723, 1725-27, 1732-34, &1736
Fact 1: 1722, Elected Town Treasure of Westborough
Fact 2: Bet. 1718 - 1729, Town Clerk of Westborough
Military service: 1724, Commissioned Captian
Occupation: Also elected Assessor & Magistrate
He married first, Elizabeth Wellington, daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Sweetman) Wellington. John and Elizabeth had 10 children and when she died, he then married Levinah Brigham on December 16, 1729.
5th great-grandfather of Emma May (Stevens) Noland
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"HERE LYES BURIED
THE BODY OF
CAP. JOHN FAY WHO
DEPARTED THIS LIFE JAN
THE 5th 1747/8
IN THE 79th YEAR
OF HIS AGE"
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