Dear Cherryl, I hope this is your Francis Ball Fay. Here is what I have from Orlin P. Fay, Ahnentafal of OPF # 118: [1] Francis FAY 4 (OPF, 1898: 229-230; 237) [2] Aaron FAY 3 (OPF # 10)(OPF, 1898: 229-230) [3] Eunice BRADISH Fay (OPF # 10-W2) (OPF, 1898: 229-230) [4] David FAY Sr. 2 (OPF # 7)(OPF, 1898: 19; 227) [5] Sarah LASKIN Fay (OPF # 7-W1)(OPF, 1898: 227) [8] John FAY Sr/1 (OPF #1)(OPF, 1898L 13-15;16;19) [9] Mary BRIGHAM Fay (OPF #1-W1)(OPF, 1898: 14-15; 16; 19)(WITB #3)(WITB, 1907: 63-64) [10] John LASKIN (OPF, 1898: 227) [11] Joanna HALE Laskin (OPF, 1898: 227) [18] Thomas BRIGHAM Sr.(OPF, 1898: 14-15; 19)(WITB #1)(WITB, 1907: 33-59) [19] Mercy HURD BRIGHAM-Rice-Hunt (WITB # 1-W1)(WITB, 1907: 33; 51-54)(OPF, 1898: 14-15; 19) [Note Hyphenated names reflect the order of marriage and capitalized name reflects the spouse closes to the person being charted] (OPF # 118) Francis [Fay 4], b. Southboro, [MA] Oct. 13, 1760, d. Nov. 27, 1830, m. Feb. 22, 1781, Visa Ball, dau. of Jonas & Mollie Ball, res. S.[outhboro, Ma] 7 chil. 1. Sally [(Fay) Newton 5], b. Feb. 22, 1782, m. Jan. 11, 1799, Stephen Newton of S.[outhboro, MA] 2. Dexter [Fay 5], b. June 16, 1784, (420) SK. 3. Stillman [Fay 5], b. July 16, 1786, d. Young [+] 4. Jonas [Fay 5], b. Oct. 20, 1789, d. young [+] 5. Francis Ball [Fay 5], b. June 12, 1796 (423) Sk. 6. Russell [Fay 5], b. Oct. 12, 1796., d. young [+] 7. Sullivan [Fay 5], b. Mar. 12, 1799 (425) Sk. (OPF, 1898: 237) [Note Visa Ball may be Louvisa, Luvisa, or Lovisa Ball.] (OPF # 423) FRANCIS BALL [Fay Jr. 5], b. Southboro [MA], June 12, 1793, d. Oct. 6, 1876, m. Nov. 10, 1819, Nancy Brigham, dau. of Edmund & Bulah (Hawes?) B.[righam], b. May 10, 1796. res. Chelsea. 4 chil. 1. Franklin Brigham [Fay 5], b. Jan. 24, 1821 Sk. (1397) 2. Norman Warren [Fay 5], b. Apr. 23, 1825, d. S.[outhboro, MA] Apr. 23, 1826. 3. Henry Gregg [Fay ], b. Apr. 25, (1399) Eugene Francis [Fay 5], b. Mar. 10, 1840, m. may 28, 1872, Elizabeth H. Robbins of Walpole, Mass. (Fay, Orlin P. (1898); 292) 345 Nancy [(BRIGHAM) Fay]6, daughter of Edward 5 and Beulah (Hawes) Brigham; born in Petersham, Mass., 10 May, 1796; died in Lancaster, Mass. 29 May, 1883; married 10, Nov. 1819, Hon. Francis B. [Fay], son of Francis Fay; born in Southboro, Mass., 12 June, 1793; died in Chelsea Mass., 6 Oct., 1876. Mr. Fay removed from Southboro to Boston and thence to Chelsea about 1809, and became the first mayor of Chelsea when it was incorporated as a city. Children (Fay): i. Hon. Franklin Brigham [Fay] 7, b. in Southboro [MA], 24 Jan. 1821; d. in Chelsea [MA] 20 mar. 1904; m. (1) Rebecca [Bridges], daughter of Judge William Bridges; m. (2) Mrs. Lucy P. Atwood. Mr. Fay was in the Legislature as Representative in 1857, and Senator in 1867. Became Mayor of Chelsea in 1861, and served also in [18]'62 and '63. During the [Civi] war, he spent nearly all the time at the front aiding sick and wounded soldiers, and was known as the "war mayor'; was a delegate to the Convention which renominated Lincoln, and a Mass. elector in 1868. In 1880 was appointed general agent and secretary for the S.P.C.C., having previously been connected with the S.p.C.A. it would be impossible in a few words to state the invaluable service that he gave to the work of this society, but it will no be forgotten for a long time to come. His public service were numerous and varied, and he always gave of his best whenever called upon Ch: 1. Harry F. [Fay 8], res. Brooklin [MA] 2. Sibylk [(fay) Clark], m. James W. Clark; res. N.Y. City ii Norman Warren [Fay], b. 23, Feb. 1825; d. 23 April 1826 iii Henry Gregg [Fay], b. 25, April 1831; m. Clara Pearce; res. Chestnut Hill, Boston Ch.: 1. Alice [Fay ]9 2. George F. [Fay] of Seattle Wash. iv Eugene Francis [Fay], b. 10 Mar. 1840; m. Elizabeth Robbins of Walpole, Mass res. s. p. Boston. [Brigham, W.I. Tyler. The History of the BRIGHAM Family: A Record of Several Thousand Descendants of Thomas Brigham The Emigrant , 1603-1653. New York: The Grafton Press; 1907: 298) [Note generational numbers in the Brigham Family book start with Thomas Brigham Sr.(1603-1653) and are one number greater than those in the Orlin P. Fay book, which starts with John Fay Sr.#1) Francis Ball Fay 5 was known as Col. Fay. He as a 2 and a half page sketch in Orlin P. Fay's book (1898: 293-296) Sincerely, Mary (Fay) Nelson 9