Anna FAY (1828-1921)

1 Anna Marie FAY^1,2 (1828-1921) [13490]. Born 12 Mar 1828, Savannah, GA.¹ Died 2 Jul 1921.¹

From the Boston Daily Globe.

July 3, 1921 - "The funeral of Miss Ann [Anna] Fay, 93, who died Friday at her home, 6 Charles River sq. will be held this afternoon at 2:30 with services at the Church of the Advent.
Miss Fay was born in Savannah, Ga., and spent her early life in New York, coming to Boston more than 40 years ago. She was the granddaughter of the late Judge Samuel Prescott Phillips Fay, whose old home in Cambridge is now known as the Fay House, a part of Radcliffe. She is survived by a sister, Mrs. James Bush of Wellesley, and a brother, William Gaston Fay of Sharon, Conn.".

2 Samuel Howard FAY^3,4 (1804- ) [4362]. Born 21 Jul 1804.^3,4

4 Samuel Phillips Prescott FAY^3,4,5,6,7 (1778-1856) [4360]. Born 10 Jan 1778, Concord, MA.^3,4,5,6 Marr Harriet HOWARD 1801.⁴ Died 18 May 1856, Cambridge, MA.^4,6,8

From the History of Middlesex Co., Massachusetts compiled by D. Hamilton Hurd, 1890.

"Samuel Phillips Prescott Fay, son of Jonathan Fay, of Concord, was born in that own January 10, 1778, and graduated at Harvard in 1803, in the class with John Farrar, James Savage and Samuel Willard. He was admitted to the Middlesex bar in 1803 and first settled at Cambridgeport. He was a councilor in 1818-19, member of the Constitutional Convention of 1820, and an overseer of Harvard College from 1825 to 1852. On the 12th of May, 1821, he was appointed judge of Probate and afterwards lived in old Cambridge until his death, May 18, 1856."

From the Boston Evening Transcript (Boston, MA).

May 20, 1856 - "DEATH OF JUDGE FAY. The venerable Hon. Samuel Phillips Prescott Fay, of Cambridge, died in that city on Sunday last. The deceased was Judge of Probate for Middlesex County for a long term of years, and was a man universally respected and esteemed. He was the disciple of Dr. William E. Channing, Judge Story, Rev. Dr. Tuckerman, and other noted men, having graduated at Harvard in 1798. His age was 78.".

8 Jonathan FAY , Jr.^3,4,9 (aft1752-1811) [4358]. Born btw 21 Jan 1752 and 1754, Westboro, MA.^3,4 Marr Lucy PRESCOTT 6 Dec 1776.⁹ Died 1 Jun 1811, Concord, MA.^4,5,10

From History of the Town of Concord by Lemuel Shattuck, 1835.

"Jonathan Fay, son of Captain Johnathan Fay of Westborough, who was graduated at Harvard College in 1778, settled in Concord soon after, married Lucy Prescott, and died June 1, 1811, aged 59."

"Lucy Prescott b. April 24, 1757, dau. of Dr. Abel Prescott & his wife, Abigail Brigham of Concord, Mass. Lucy Prescott m. Dec. 6, 1776, Jonathan Fay, Esq., & settled in Concord, where he became distinguished in the profession of the law. He was Representative for Concord in the General Court from 1792 to 1796 inclusive. He was a student of Harvard College at the time it was removed to Concord to avoid the dangers incident to the war. He was the son of Captain Jonathan Fay of Westbrook, Mass., and born on Jan. 21, 1752; grad Harvard Coll. in 1778; read law and settled in Concord, Mass. (ancestors of the two Presidents of the United States, Bush.)"

Researchers note: Based on the Orlin P. Fay data, Jonathan was born January 21, 1754. Shattuck says January 21, 1752.

9 Lucy PRESCOTT^3,4,9 (1757-1792) [4359]. Born 24 Apr 1757.^3,4 Died 10 Oct 1792.¹¹

5 Harriet HOWARD^3,4,7 (1782-1847) [4361]. Born 1782.³ Died 28 Jul 1847, Cambridge, MA.¹²

3 Susan Montford SHELLMAN^3,13 (1808-1887) [4363]. Born 1808.³ Died 13 Jan 1887, Boston, MA.¹⁴

Sources

1	"Funeral notice of Anna Marie Fay in the Boston Daily Globe, July 3, 1921".

2	"1920 MA, Suffolk, Boston census".

3	"Information provided by Jeffery H. Lloyd".

4	"Fay Genealogy: John Fay of Marlborough and his Descendants by Orlin P. Fay, 1898".

5	"History of the Town of Concord by Lemuel Shattuck, 1835".

6	"History of Middlesex Co., Massachusetts compiled by D. Hamilton Hurd, 1890".

7	"Ancestors of George W. Bush *1946 (explanations) by William Addams Reitwiesner".

8	"Obituary of Judge Fay in the Boston Evening Transcript (Boston, MA), May 20, 1856".

9	"History of Concord, Massachusetts by Lemuel Shattuck, 1835".

10	"Massachusetts Town Death Records".

11	"1920 NY, Steuben, Corning census".

12	"Death notice of Mrs. Harriet Fay in the Daily Atlas (Boston, MA), August 5, 1847".

13	"Sons of the American Revolution Membership Application of Howard Fay".

14	"Death notice of Susan Fay in the New York Times, January 15, 1887".