See also

Henry FAY (1884- )

1 Henry Howard FAY , Jr1,2,3,4 (1884- ) [15060]. Born 12 Jul 1884, Woods Hole, MA.2,3 Marr Sara A. BIMM 22 Aug 1917, Woods Hole, MA.4,5

From Harvard's Military Record in the World War, 1921

"Fay, Henry Howard, Jr., c '03-'06. Entered officers Training Camp, Plattsburg, N.Y., May 1917; commissioned 2d lieutenant Field Artillery August 15; assigned to Headquarters COmpany , 101st Field Artillery, 26th Division, September 3; sailed for France September 9; promoted 1st lieutenant November 16; detailed to School for Balloon Observers, Valdahon, December 1917 to February 1918; adjutant 2nd Battalion, 101st Field Artillery, February 1 to July 4; invalided to hospital July 5; returned to United States October 10; discharged May 3, 1019. EngagementsL Chemin des Dames sector, LaReins sector.".

2 Henry Howard FAY1,2,6,7 (1848-1920) [15027]. Born 3 Oct 1848, Swampscott, MA.7 Marr Elizabeth Elliott SPOONER 11 Jan 1876.7 Died 14 Mar 1920, Boston, MA.1 Buried Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA.1

Henry's passport application reports that he was born October 13, 1848.

4 Joseph Story FAY8,9 (1812-1897) [9929]. Born 8 Dec 1812, Canbridge, MA.8,9 Marr Sara Smith BRYANT 22 Sep 1840, Boston, MA.8 Died 17 Jun 1897, Woods Holl, MA.8 Buried Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA.6

From History of Barnstable Co., Mass. edited by Simeon L. Deyo, 1890, we learn of Joseph's involvement with the Church of the Messiah at Woods Holl.

8 Samuel Phillips Prescott FAY8,10,11,12,13 (1778-1856) [4360]. Born 10 Jan 1778, Concord, MA.8,10,11,12 Marr Harriet HOWARD 1801.8 Died 18 May 1856, Cambridge, MA.8,12,14

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.".

9 Harriet HOWARD8,10,13 (1782-1847) [4361]. Born 1782.10 Died 28 Jul 1847, Cambridge, MA.15

5 Sara Smith BRYANT8 (1812-1887) [15025]. Born 21 Sep 1812.8 Died 6 Apr 1887.8

3 Elizabeth Elliott SPOONER2,7,16 (1851-1945) [15053]. Born 30 Oct 1851, Boston, MA.16 Died 3 Dec 1945, MA.16 Buried Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA.16

Sources

1"Find A Grave Memorial Record of Henry Howard Fay".
2"1900 MA, Suffolk, Boston census".
3"Harvard College Class of 1907".
4"The Fiftieth Anniversary Report of the Harvard Class of 1907".
5"The Harvard Graduate's Magazine, 1917-1918".
6"Obituary of Joseph Story Fay in the Boston Journal, June 17, 1897".
7"North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000".
8"Fay Genealogy: John Fay of Marlborough and his Descendants by Orlin P. Fay, 1898".
9"Department of State document dated June 6, 1870".
10"Information provided by Jeffery H. Lloyd".
11"History of the Town of Concord by Lemuel Shattuck, 1835".
12"History of Middlesex Co., Massachusetts compiled by D. Hamilton Hurd, 1890".
13"Ancestors of George W. Bush *1946 (explanations) by William Addams Reitwiesner".
14"Obituary of Judge Fay in the Boston Evening Transcript (Boston, MA), May 20, 1856".
15"Death notice of Mrs. Harriet Fay in the Daily Atlas (Boston, MA), August 5, 1847".
16"Find A Grave Memorial Record of Elizabeth Elliott Fay".