Dear Sean, I think that your line of descent is as follows: John Fay Sr/1 [OPF #1] and Susanna (Shattuck) Morse-FAY-Brigham [OPF # 1-W2] Gershom Fay Sr 2 [OPF # 7] and Mary Brigham (dau. of John & Sarah Brigham) [OPF # 7-W1] Silas Fay Sr.3 [OPF # 5] and Hannah [?] [OPF # 5-W1] Silas Fay Jr. 4 [OPF # 27] and Anna Gleason [OPF # 27-W1] Thomas Fay Sr 5 [OPF # 27-2] and Sally Hooker [OPF # 27-2-W1] Thomas Fay Jr. 6 [OPF # 27-2-2] and Mary A. [?] [OPF # 27-2-2-W1] [possibly Clarissa /Clara Morse Andrews was 2nd wife?] Here is the entry from Orlin P. Fay, modified: ([OPF#] 27) SILAS [Fay Jr. 4]. -- Silas 3, Gershom 2, John 1. He was b. in Westboro, [MA], Nov. 14, 1747. d. Camden, Me., m. Princeton [MA/ME?], where he res. May 7, 1776, Anna Gleason, b. in P.[rinceton, MA/ME?], d. C.[amden], Me. 8 chil.[dren] b. P.[rinceton, MA/ME?] .....1. Silas [Fay III 5], b. June 1777 ([OPF # ] 76). .....2. THOMAS [Fay Sr. 5], m. Apr. 18, 1802, Sally Hooker. He was killed by a falling tree. 4 chil. ..........1. Ezra [Fay 6] ..........2. THOMAS [Fay Jr 6], m. Mary A., he had 3 chil. ...............1. Jane M. [Fay 7], b. June 3, 1837. ...............2. Martha A. [(Fay) Wilson 7], b. Apr. 13, 1840?, m. Gardner Wilson of Keene, N.H. ...............3. George Otis [Fay 7], b. Sept. 8, 1840. ..........3. Lorinda [Fay 6] ..........4. Mary [Fay 7] .....3. NANCY [(Fay) Hosmer 6], m. 1803, Capt. Nathaniel Hosmer of Camden, Me. 10 chil. ..........1. Nathaniel [Hosmer 7] ..........2. Franklin [Hosmer 7] ..........3. Joseph [Hosmer 7] ..........4. Jesse F. [Hosmer 7] ..........5. George [Hosmer 7] ..........6. Nancy [Hosmer 7] ..........7. Harriet [Hosmer 7] ..........8. Sophia [Hosmer 7] ..........9. ______[Hosmer 7] ..........10. _____[Hosmer 7] .....4 Jesse [Fay 6], b. Apr. 24, 1785 ([OPF # ] 96). .....5. TIMOTHY [Fay 6], b. Apr. 2, 1790, d. June 17, 1865, m. Oct. 13, 1816. Nancy Cobb, dau. of Samuel and Azubah (Newton) C.[obb], b. Sept. 25, 1795 in Princeton, d. Jan. 15, 1874 in Camden, Me. 5 chil. ..........1. Joseph Ward [Fay 7], b. June 4, 1819, d. young. [+] ..........2. Elizabeth D. [Fay 7], b. Apr. 6, 1824, res. C.[amden, Me.]. Not certain that she m. ..........3. James H. [Fay 7], b. Oct. 19, 1825, res. C.[amden, ME] ..........4. Sarah Adaline [Fay 7], b. Nov. 22, 1828. ..........5. Francis E. [Fay 7], b.Sept. 4, 1832, d. Unm. [+] /page 334 .....6. MARY [(Fay) Pendelton 6], m. Col. Arthur Pendelton. 5 chil. ..........1. George Fay [Pendelton 7], res. East Sumner, Me., and ..........Nos. 2, 3, 4, and 5. .....7. John [Fay 6], d. 1857? in Leominster [MA/ME?], m. Sophia Newton of Royalton [VT], rem. to Camden, Me., with his father prior to 1816, but ret. to Mass., where died, leaving no chil. [+] .....8. ACHSAH [(Fay) Davis 6], m. 1812, Col. John Gould Davis of Princeton [MA/ME] She d. in Brattleboro, Vt., age 92. 3 chil. ..........1. John D. [Davis 7] ..........2. Simeon C. [Davis 7] ..........3. a dau.[ghter Davis 7] (Fay, Orlin P. FAY GENEALOGY: John Fay of Marlboro and His Descendants. Cleveland, OH: Press of J.B. Savage, 1898: 334-335]. Looking at the material which you sent in in FAY-D-Digest V00 # 3 X-message 8 of Wed. Jan. 5, 2000, The above material is consistent with your data. Silas Fay Jr 6 was born in 1777, Thomas was born between him and Jesse Fay 6 born 1785. It is conceivable that there were other children who died early, or still born, or several miscarriages between the listed children. His older brother Silas Fay 6 had his first child in 1806, which gives a rough date for his marriage. Therefore your dates are compatible. Also the name of Thomas Fay Jr. 6's wife is Sally Hooker. It is possible that Thomas Fay Sr.5 married twice. Orlin P. Fay is a guide not a primary source. I would suggest that your Princeton might be Princeton, Maine rather than Mass, but I have no other reference on this family set at this time. I do have entries for Gershom 2 and John Fay 1. Your distant cousin, Mary (FAY) Nelson 9 ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com