Dear Folks, Tuesday night, I looked at the Marlborough Historical site which was provided to us by Bob Fay in Volume 00 Number 41 X-message # 1 with the site listing of "History of Marlborough". I was able to download the (tax) 1789 (assessment/invoice) and the (tax) Invoice of 1812 . These are primary documents as they were written by hand at the date stated. I have not had a chance to cross check the list against the Fay book, but I only saw one or two Fay's on either list. The Barns, Brigham, Chase, Gates, Goodnow/ Goodenow/ Goodenough, How/ Howe, Loring, Maynard, Morse, Moor/ Moore, and other families on these list are related to the FAY through marriages to FAY women or Fay grandchildren. This transcribed colonial record can probably be used with caution as primary documentation, if the original records are not available. These records indicate land divisions. The description of the construction of the minister's house is included and gives us some idea of early houses in Marlborough/ Marlboro, MA. Some of the early colonial problems of roaming herds of pigs/swine are indicated by the ordinances passed by the town Selectmen.. These records indicate the presence of our ancestors in this town, but do not give much information as to relationships between people. Only the wife of MR How, Mary How, is listed in a land grant. "Poll" in the first column indicates who was able to vote in Marlboro, MA that year. The "crossed L" means "pounds" and the "s'" means shillings. These are units of money and are not the number of people in the household. The 1789 material would have been just before the first Census of the United States (1790). The 1812 material would have been two years after the Third US Census (1810). Most of the FAYs were in other nearby towns or had moved to Vermont by the time of the American Revolution. Some of the FAY women were the wives of the sons, grandsons or great grandsons of the men listed in these documents. The COLONIAL RECORDS OF MARLBOROUGH MASS, which begin in the year 1656, are transcribed records. Whoever did the work tried to maintain the original spellings and superscripts. One needs to keep in mind that our John FAY SR came over to the American colonies in 1656 at the age of 8 years. Therefore, he will not appear in these early records except as a minor or indentured servant. However, over two thirds of the men in these colonial records are the fathers or grandfathers of FAY spouses. For example, William WARD was the grandfather of Increase WARD Jr, the husband of Ruth FAY Ward 2 (OPF # 5). Peter Bent the elder appears in these records. He is believed to have had John FAY Sr/1 in his household. The first document of the Petition of the inhabitants of Sudbury (MA) gives us a clue as to where the people of Marlborough were living before town of Marlborough MA was founded in May 1656. It also gives us a list of the original settlers of this "new" town. (John Fay SR/1, age of 8 years, arrived in June 1656.) I was also able to download the list of 1884-1887 of the Civil War Veterans of Marlborough MA Still Living. This is a transcribed list showing surname, given name, unit/service, amount received per month in pension, and who received the pension. When the names are different, one picks up either a widow or dependent person of the soldier. There was one Fay on this list (James C. Fay of the Co. C. Heavy Artillery.) Some of the other people are related to the FAY family through the female lines. I have not had time to check out the list yet. A word of caution about downloading and printing this stuff. You only need to press PRINT once per section, not on each page, to get a print of everything in that section of the above mentioned sections of the site. You will get a number of blank pages for each section as well. The Weeks Cemetery lists gives transcriptions of the gravestones in that Marlborough cemetery. Many of the stones/entries give relationships to others in the cemetery. Again, I have not had time to research whether any of these people are related to the FAY family by marriage. Sincerely, Mary (FAY) Nelson 9