Jefferson County, NY Pioneers


PIONEER FAY FAMILY



1. SHEREBIAH FAY, born 1758 Worcester, Westboro, MA. After service in the Revolutionary War, he later bought 1000 acres in the town of Adams and settled there. He died in 1839 and was buried in Brookside Cemetery, Watertown.

Note: Additional information about Sherebiah Fay is available in the Fonda list of Jefferson County Revolutionary Veterans. For access to those files, click on the underlined words in this note. He is also on the list for the Southern Six Towns.

He married
ELEANOR (ELLEN) STANLEY who was born 1767 at Rindge, NH and died in 1834.

Children, FAY:

2 i SALLY FAY married LEWIS RIDER

3 ii HENRY FAY married ALMIRA SYKES

4 iii JOHN FAY married (1) MARY GAGE; (2) JULIA BENTON

5 iv NANCY FAY married THOMAS BAKER

6 v DANIEL FAY married REBECCA COOPER

7 vi CHAUNCEY H.FAY married JULIANNA TRACY

8 vii REBECCA FAY married SENECA AUSTIN

9 viii JULIA FAY


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