Dear Fellow Researchers, This is an example of what I was talking about, skimpy data in Orlin P. Fay. Does anyone know what happened to this family? This is one of 4 Caleb FAY's in Orlin P. Fay. I can reconstruct some of the names, but there is a lack of dates in this line. From Orlin P. Fay's book John [Fay 4], Stephen 3, John 2, & 1. He was b. Dec. 23, 1734, d. in Bennington,Vt. Battle, Aug. 16, 1777, res. in Hardwick [MA], res. to B.[ennington,Vt], 1772, m, pub.[lished] Vt. 1772, d. in B.[ennington, Vt], Aug. 31 1777. 8 chil. 1. SUSANNA [(Fay) Burt 5], b. Dec. 4, 1758, m. Dec. 19, 1790, Leonard Burt, m. 2d, Timothy Follett. 5 chil. 1. Mary [Burt 6] 2. Susan [Burt 6] 3. Timothy [Burt 6] 4. Frances [Burt 6] 5. Sophia [Burt 6] 2. Nathan [Fay 5], b. Nov. 15, 1760, (592) Sk, 3. Caleb [Fay 5], b. Oct. 20, 1762. 4. HELEN [(FAY) Case. b. May 7, 1766, m. Bissel Case, Esq., Lawyer of Middlebury, Vt., 5 chil. 1, Sophia [Case 6] 2. Laura [Case 6] 3. Polly [/ Mary Case 6] 4. Hiram [Case 6] 5. Susan [Case 6] 5. John Fay 5], b. May 1, 1768 (600) Sk. 6. HENRY FISK [Fay 5], b. Aug. 26, 1770, m. Betsey Talcott. He was a lawyer of Burlington, Vt. 10 chil. 1. Harriet [Fay 6] 2. Henry [Fay 6] 3. Bestey [Fay 6] 4. Maria [Fay 6] 5. Jonathan [Fay 6] 6. David [Fay 6] 7. Nathan [Fay 6] 8. Laura Ann [Fay 6] 9. Mary [Fay 6] 10. Caroline [Fay 6] 7. Joseph [Fay 5], b. Sept. 5, 1772, d. Sept. 14, 1777. 8. Hiram [Fay 5], b. 1775, d. 1777. {Fay, Orlin P. FAY GENEALOGY: John FAY of Marlboro and His Descendants. Cleveland, Ohio: Press of J.B. Savage. 1898: 34] I think that some of these people may have died of smallpox in 1777. My ancestor was in Bennington, VT at that time and died of this disease. Sincerely, Mary (FAY) Nelson 9