Good morning, I do know that Asa also made it to adulthood. He was appointed Treasurer in 1828. He is among the 4 Fay's found among the early elected officials: 1827: Benejah Fay, Trustee 1828: Benejah Fay, Trustee Asa Fay, Treasurer 1831-1834: Benejah Fay, Treasurer 1867-1868: Jeremiah W Fay, Treasurer 1871-1876 J W Fay, Justice of Peace 1903: Allen Fay, Trustee 1908-1909 Allen Fay, Trustee I believe J W Fay is Jeremiah Wilcox. Allen Fay would have to be related through either Asa or Benejah Jr, since we know the names of Jeremiah's children. Least that is what i think. LMA Jim Shreve ----- Original Message ----- From: Mary F. Nelson To: Jim Shreve Cc: <FAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 07, 2000 10:19 AM Subject: Benajah Fay [OPF # 95]'s ancestry > You are in luck as Benajah Fay 4 [OPF # 95} is in Orlin P. Fay's book, > pages 182-183. However, only 3 of his children were listed, who may be the > only ones who attained adulthood. (My guess.) > > The entry reads: > (95) Sk > BENAJAH [Fay 4], b. Sturbridge [MA] July 28, 1773? d. 1862 in Parma > Township, Ohio, m. in Lewis Co., N.Y. Ruth Wilcox, b. 1781, d. Sept. 16, > 1831. He prob. m. 2nd Mrs. Rhoda Edwards, wid.[ow] of Lyman Rhodes, b. May > 10, 1798, d. Mar. 29, 1859. 4 chil. > 1. BENAJAH [Fay] JR. [5], b. 1806 in "York State," d. Parma, T.[ownship], > O.[hio] 1849 of cholera. He was 10 yrs old when he with his father went to > Ohio./page 182 > (with the family) to Cuyahoga Co. His youth was spent in P.[arma] > T.[ownship] where he was m. to Miss Lois Hodgeman, b. 1808. He first > settled in P.[arma] agerwards rem.[oved] to Brooklyn Township & res.[ided] > there until their death. She d. Nov. 27, 1877. 5 chil. > 1. ELI or ELY [Fay 6], b. P.[arma] T.[ownship], O.[hio], Apr. 22, > 1828 (Sk. 462), m. Mrs. Huldah Taylor. She d. Middleburg, O.[hio], > 1865. He m. 2d Apr. 4, 1866, Betsey E. Dunahm in Rockport O.[hio]. She ws > b. Spr. 2, 1842, in M.[iddleburg, Ohio], dau.[ghter] of Almond & Eunice > (Corbin ) D.[unham]. 1 son > 1. Ira E. [Fay 7], b., m. Ida West, > 2, 3, 4, & 5 not reported. > 2. Mabel [(Fay) Humphrey 6], b. P.[arma] O.[hio], (the 1st white chld > in the town) m. Dudley Humphrey. > 3. JEREMIAH W. [Fay 6], b. P.[arma, Ohio], Mar. 8, 1822, m. > Cleveland, O., Sept. 5, 1854, Mary A. Bradley, dau. of Alfred & Clarissa > (Briscoe) B.[radley], b. july 5, 1854, Rockport, O.[hio]. 5 chil. > 1. William N. [Fay 7] > 2. Edgar B. [Fay 7], b., m. Dora Hoffman. > 3. Alfred W. [Fay 7], b. m. Jennie E. Peck. > 4. Clarence [Fay 7] > 5. Albert W. [Fay 7], b., d. in infancy. > (Fay, Orlin P. FAY GENEALOGY: John Fay of Marlborough and His > Descendants. Published in Cleveland, Ohio: Press of J. B. Savage, 1898: > Pages 182-183.