Hi Mary and everyone else, Yes, I can provide some additional details and I hope others can as well, because I would like to learn more about this branch in connection with my search for George W Fay, who is my gr-grandfather and perhaps the son of William N Fay of Preston WI. Orlin Fay's entry appears to have some discrpencies from what I have found, which includes this: 1. The History of the Founding of Racine Wisconsin includes a discussion that I can post over the weekend perhaps, about Harrison K Fay and a partner purchasing a large tract of land near the rapids in Racine, and their speculation with this real estate. I have not checked the deeds but the only location that would fit this description would be along present day Rapids Drive on the Root River ( a terrific steelhead river) and likely at or near the site of the Horlick Dam, of the Horlicks of malted milk balls! This is a medium sized dam and is now abandoned, but it provided water power for malt production for many years. 2. I have previously posted the note about the church founding although that does not give a middle initial for that Harrison Fay. 3. Thus it appears to me that Harrison Fay spent some considerable time in Racine and had some money to engage in real estate speculation. If this is the same Harrison Fay, then I have also found: 1. Harrison owned large abutting tracts of land along with his wife and two other Fays in what is now Adams county Wisconsin. This is an area of intense logging of the virgin white pine forests during the middle 1800's. 2. I believe the description of "40 miles from racine" is inaccurate. There is nothing within 120 miles that would fit that description. There is a ghost town by the name of Preston Wisconsin about two miles west Friendship Wisconsin (named after Friendship, New York) in Adams county that was known as the "Pinery". The west border of present day Adams county is the Wisconsin River and is an area of major timber operations to this day, now primarily concentrating on paper production. This is the area where the large tracts of land were owned. There is also a posting somewhere at genforum referring to Big Bull Flats in Adams county. This is likely a description of a section of the river probably used to lauch timber rafts. There is also a William N Fay of Preston Wisconsin who was killed at the Battle of Vicksburg but I don't know what the connection might be. I'd really like to hear more about this family if anyone has any information. Bob Fay ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Mary F. Nelson" <mary.bob.nelson@worldnet.att.net> To: FAY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [FAY] Fay, Harrison K. (1808-?) Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 20:36:37 -0400 Dear Folks, In response to the X-message # 2, Volume 00, #45, concerning a Harrison Fay, I think that he may be Harrison K. Fay 5 [OPF # 69-13]. Here is his immediate family: 13. HARRISON K. [FAY 5], b. Sept. 10, 1808, m.[arried] Isabella Kingston, res.[ided] about 40 miles from Racine, Wis. at a place called "Big Bull Flats," near Wis. river, known as the Pineries, the lumber section. 8 chil.[dren] 1. Thomas Jefferson [Fay 6] 2. Adam [Fay 6], b. & d. Chicago [IL] 3. Maria [Fay 6] 4. Clarissa [Fay 6] 5. Aurelia H. [Fay 6] 6. Julia [Fay 6] 7.Sarah J. [Fay 6] 8. Lamira Verona [Fay 6] [Fay, Orlin P. FAY GENEALOGY: John Fay of Marlborough and His Descendants. Cleveland, Ohio: Press of J.B. Savage, 1898: 243] The father of Harrison K. Fay was Robert Fay 4b (OPF # 69) and his mother was Submit Rice, daughter of Jonathan Rice of Framingham, MA. Harrison was the youngest of 13 children. Some of his brothers lived in Elgin, IL for a time. Elgin, IL is to the west of Chicago, IL. Can anyone add any details to this family for us? Sincerely, Mary (FAY) Nelson 9 ============================== Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. http://pml.rootsweb.com/ Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com