Orlin P. Fay 1898, Fay Genealogy: John Fay of Marlborough and his
Decendants.

IGI. 30 November 1669, Marlboro, Middlesex County.

Virkus, 5, 183 and 336.

Deacon of the first Congregational Church in Westborough,
Massachusetts.

McClernand Butler Crawford 2000, genealogy file at
http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/c/r/a/Mcclernand-B-Crawford/.
After the division of Marlborough, John became one of the most
prominent men and a major land owner in the new town of Westborough.
He was its first Town Clerk and also served as Selectman, Assessor,
and town Treasurer.


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IGI. Date given is 1694.

Orlin P. Fay 1898, Fay Genealogy: John Fay of Marlborough and his
Decendants. LDS Ancestral File gives date of birth 1652. He
embarked 30 May 1656 at Gravesend, England, on the ship Speedwell,
arriving Boston 27 June 1656, one of about five passengers destined
for Sudbury, Massachusetts. He subsequently left to join the
founders of the new plantation of Marlborough where in 1669 he is
recorded as a freeman with a wife and one child. 1671: among
petitioners for a grant of land (never granted?). 1675: proprietor
of Worcester, with 50 acres assigned lying along the county road to
Boston; he continued to live in Marlborough, in the southern part of
town later incorporated into Southborough (1727). 1684: one of
proprietors of the Ockoocangenesett Plantation purchased from the
Indians.

F.A. Virkus 1942, Compendium of American Genealogy, vol. 7, p. 850.
John Fay (1648-1690) was a Huguenot refugee from France to Wales.
Went to Massachusetts in the Speedwell in 1656. Lived Watertown,
later Sudbury, then Marlborough 1675.

G.H. Johnson 1913, One Branch of the Fay Family Tree; An Account of
the Ancestors and Descendants of William and Elisabeth Fay of
Westboro, Massachusetts, and Marietta, Ohio. There were 41
"Pasingers abord the Speedwell of London, Robert Lock, Master" which
left Gravesend 30 May 1656 and arrived Boston 27 June 1656. All 41,
including 8 year old John Fay, went to Sudbury, Massachusetts. John
was in Marlborough by 1671. He received a grant of 50 acres of land
in Worcester in 1675, but this may have lapsed as he never lived
there. The 1688 Marlborough tax list shows john ffay for 0£ 4s 4d
0f. On 18 April 1690 he became a freeman of the Commonwealth. There
were 56 grandchildren from his 8 children.

Watertown records also give the death of Mary Fay, daughter of John
and Mary Fay, on 2 August 1676.

Mary Fay Nelson, 9 October 1997. Believes that David Fay is the
father of this John Fay, but there are a number of David and John
Fays.
1) David Fay married 1616 in Penton Mewsey, Hampshire, England.
2) John Fay, son of David Fay, baptised in Penton Mewsey in 1651.
3) Various Fay families around Andover, Hampshire, England.
4) Wills, burials, and baptismals document four generations of Farys
in the Lord of Savernake's Estate Records, Collingsborn Ducis,
Wiltshire, England, about 11 miles from Penton Mewsey.

W.T. Brigham, History of the Brigham Family, LDS FHC microfilm
1033775, item #3. John Faye, Constable in Marlborough in 1668. Died
5 May 1690.

William Addams Reiwiesner, Ancestry of George W. Bush,
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~addams/presidential/bush.html, 18
August 2001. Married Cambridge, Massachusetts.

McClernand Butler Crawford 2000, genealogy file at
http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/c/r/a/Mcclernand-B-Crawford/.
The following Fays were in American before John Fay. No family
relationship to John is known.
1) Richard Fay, resident of Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1634.
2) Henry Fay of Newberry, Massachusetts, died 30 June 1655.
3) William Fay townsman in Boston, Massachusetts, 1643.
Sudbury, Massachusetts, records name the father of John and
Michael Fay as David Fay who came to America before 1656.
John owned land in Worcester, Massachusetts, but remained in
Marlborough until the Indian threat (King Phillips War) forced the
family to move to the security of Watertown, Massachusetts.

Estate inventoried by John Newton, Samuel Brigham and Isaa Amsden on
1 January 1691.


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Orlin P. Fay 1898, Fay Genealogy: John Fay of Marlborough and his
Decendants. First Brigham girl born in New England.

W.T. Brigham, History of the Brigham Family, LDS FHC microfilm
1033775, item #3. Probably born in Cambridge. Died 1676 in
Watertown.

G.H. Johnson 1913, One Branch of the Fay Family Tree; An Account of
the Ancestors and Descendants of William and Elisabeth Fay of
Westboro, Massachusetts, and Marietta, Ohio. Died 1676 in Watertown,
Middlesex County, Massachusetts, where the family had fled to avoid
the Indians.

William Addams Reiwiesner, Ancestry of George W. Bush,
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~addams/presidential/bush.html, 18
August 2001. Born Cambridge, Massachusetts. Died 2 August 1676.


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Virkus, 7, 850. 1668

1. 1. John FAY, (2) b. 30 Nov 1669, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; d. 5 Jan 1746/1747, Westborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
2. David FAY, (3) b. 15 Oct 1671, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; d. 28 Sep 1676, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
3. Samuel FAY b. 11 Oct 1673, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; d. 10 Nov 1732, Westborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
4. Mary FAY, (2) b. 10 Feb 1674/1675, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; d. 9 Nov 1751, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

McClernand Butler Crawford 2000, genealogy file at
http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/c/r/a/Mcclernand-B-Crawford/.
Sudbury, Massachusetts, records name the father of John and Michael
Fay as David Fay who came to America before 1656. There are no other
known records regarding David Fay.


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Virkus, 7, 850. Came to America in the Susan and Ellen which left
London 18 April 1635. Freeman in Cambridge 1636, constable and
juryman 1639, selectman 1640-1642.

G.H. Johnson 1913, One Branch of the Fay Family Tree; An Account of
the Ancestors and Descendants of William and Elisabeth Fay of
Westboro, Massachusetts, and Marietta, Ohio. Thomas emigrated in
1635, settling in Watertown, Massachusetts. He died leaving an
estate worth 449£ 4s 9p to his three sons and one daughter.

Orlin P. Fay 1898, Fay Genealogy: John Fay of Marlborough and his
Decendants. In New England, he settled in that part of Watertown
that became Cambridge at a later date.

W.T. Brigham, History of the Brigham Family, LDS FHC microfilm
1033775, item #3. Thomas Brigham probably born in England 1603, died
Cambridge, Massachusetts, 8 December 1653 (the 8th day of the 10th
month, i.e. December in the old calendar, not October as recorded in
other references). Probably buried in the old Burial Ground on the
south side of Cambridge Common.
Probably married in 1637.
8 April 1635: Thomas Brigham, age 32, named on a passenger list
of those to be taken to New England on the Suzan and Ellen, under
command of Mr. Edward Payne, Master.
Place of residence unknown, but he owned 13 acres in Watertown, on
the boundary of Newtown (later Cambridge), a village rather closer to
his property. This is now partially occupied by Radcliffe College at
the intersection of Brattle Street and Ash Street. In due course
additional land grants were received. Other land transactions exist
for Thomas Brigham including 180 acres in Shaw Shine, an area set off
from Cambridge in 1655 and later incorporated as Billerica.
18 April 1637: Made Freeman by General Court of the Massachusetts
Bay Company.
1 October 1639: Became Constable and joined with the Selectmen of
the town. Reappointed 8 November 1642.
8 June 1646 and 4 November 1646: Thomas Brigham 7 shillings 6
pence and 4 shillings, respectively, for violation of laws regarding
maintenance of hogs and oxen. Also 11 October 1647 and 12 January
1651 again fined. (Most of villagers were involved in violations.)
Will dated 7 December 1653, proved 3 October 1654 at County Court
held in Cambridge. Heirs include his wife (Mercy Brigham), eldest
son Thomas and four other children: John, Mary, Hannah, and Samuell.
Among overseers of the will is named William Towne. Value of estate
449 pounds 4 shillings 9 pence. The failure to record a deed of sale
of Thomas's Watertown property lead to a lawsuit by four surviving
children in 1695 to reclaim ownership.

W.L. Rubbles, Brigham Ancestry, pp. 1, 3 and 6. Reverend Thomas
Shepherd, preacher at Buttercrambe, Yorkshire, guided a party of
Yorkshire men to emigrate. They embarked on the Susan and Ellen in
London, 18 April 1635. Married in Massachusetts, but no record has
been found.

Emma Elisabeth Brigham 1927, The History of the Brigham Family, vol.
2. Settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on a homestead adjacent to
that of brother-in-law Simon Crosby.


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Orlin P. Fay 1898, Fay Genealogy: John Fay of Marlborough and his
Decendants.

W.T. Brigham, History of the Brigham Family, LDS FHC microfilm
1033775, item #3. Mercy Hurd, probably born in England, died
Marlboro, Massachusetts, 23 December 1693. She came to New England
with her sister (who is reputed to have married William Cutter) due
to persecution in England for (religious) nonconformity.

Emma Elisabeth Brigham 1927, The History of the Brigham Family, vol.
2. Married (3rd) William Hunt in October or November 1664.


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1. 3. Mary BRIGHAM b. Between 1638 and 1639, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; d. 2 Aug 1676, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
2. Thomas BRIGHAM, (6) b. Between 1640 and 1641, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; d. 25 Nov 1716, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
3. John BRIGHAM b. 9 Mar 1644/1645, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; d. 16 Sep 1728, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
4. Hannah BRIGHAM b. 9 Mar 1649/1650, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; d. 1719.
5. Samuel BRIGHAM b. 12 Jan 1652/1653, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; d. 24 Jul 1713, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

W.L. Rubbles, Brigham Ancestry, p. 3.

Emma Elisabeth Brigham 1927, The History of the Brigham Family, vol.
2. States there were ten children, but lists nine. Six children
resident in England named in will of brother Robert Brigham in 1640.
Also "Emm Brigham, daughter to my Sister Custance her son"?
Administration of estate granted to widow Custance Brigham 11 May
1621.


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W.L. Rubbles, Brigham Ancestry, p. 3.

Emma Elisabeth Brigham 1927, The History of the Brigham Family, vol.
2. Named in will of her father, her sister, and her brother-in-law
Robert Brigham who died 1640. Administrator of estate of husband
1621. Baptised 17 August 1578.


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1. Henry BRIGHAM, (2) b. Bef 27 Dec 1599.
2. Robert BRIGHAM b. Aft 1599, Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, England.
3. Emm(a) BRIGHAM b. Aft 1600.
4. Gilliam BRIGHAM b. Abt 1601, Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, England.
5. 6. Thomas BRIGHAM, (5) b. Abt 1603, Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, England; d. 8 Dec 1653, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
6. Margaret BRIGHAM b. Abt 1605, Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, England.
7. William BRIGHAM, (3) b. Abt 1607, Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, England.
8. Sebastian BRIGHAM b. Abt 1609, Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, England.
9. John BRIGHAM, (5) b. Abt 1611, Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, England.
10. Phillippa BRIGHAM b. Abt 1614, Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, England.

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