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1777

​On this day in history

While the battle of Bennington raged on, our relatives were preparing for the onslaught of blood and tears that was soon to engulf their position. Click the link below to see rare footage of our family as they got their minds straight and their nerves steeled.

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Thanks to the tireless work of researcher and historian Thomas John Kelsey (1962)

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https://www.youtube.com/shorts/A8Npz4U3Ycw

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John Fay  1648-1690  (42) - immigrated to America at age 8 coming from England

married: Susanna Shattuck 1644-1716 (One child was Gershom I)

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                   Gershom Fay I  1681-1720  (39)

                    married: Mary Brigham  1678-1721? (43?)  (One child was Gershom II)

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                              Gershom Fay II  1703-1784  (80)

                              married: Hannah Oaks  1707-1806 (99) (One child was Gershom III)

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                                        Gershom Fay III  1729-1780  (51)

                                         married: Dinah Newton  1718-1804 (86) (One child was John Sr.)

 

                                                 John Fay Sr.  1755-1837  (82)

                                                  married: Mehitable Brigham  1758-1844 (86) (One child was John Jr.)

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                                                            John Fay Jr.  1784-1813  (29)

                                                             married: Lucy Lilley  1782-1870 (88) (one child was Joel Sr.)

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                                                                     Joel Fay Sr.   1806-1885  (79)  (7 YO when his father died) (1st hand accounts)

                                                                      married: Rebecca Main  1828-1914 (86) (one child was Joel Jr.)

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                                                                               Joel Fay Jr.  1866-1920  (52)  (heard stories from both parents)

                                                                                married: Minnie May Babcock  1874-1946 (73) (one child was Claude)

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                                                                                         Claude W. Fay   1895-1976  (81)

                                                                                          married: Evelyn Schrader 1910-1998 (88) (two children were)

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                                                                               Marie E. Fay 1927-2002 (72) and Shirley P. Fay   1929-2025 (95)

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                                                                                                              Kenny, Gary and Donny Baldwin

                                                                                            Carol, Robert, David, Tommy and Mary Kelsey

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​Paul Revere's ride April 18th–19th 1775

Lucy and husband John  Jr.  know their son Joel Sr. Joel Sr. was 7 when his father was killed. His mother was 31 and John Jr. was 29. (FIRST-HAND)

So….. Joel Sr. has first hand knowledge and experience of John Fay Jr.  death.

Lucy lived with her son Joel Fay and moved from NY to PA. 

Joel Jr. was 20 when his father died.  Wold have got first hand accounts from his father.

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