At 07:41 AM 2/13/00 -0500, Betty Ferguson wrote: >Can anyone identify Deliverance FAY who died in Westborough, MA 25 May >1823? Could this be Deliverance FAY born 15 Nov 1727 daughter of Samuel >FAY and Deliverance SHATTUCK, she would be 95 years old at time of >death. Mollie FAY daughter of Deliverance FAY has a Church Record at >the First Church in Westborough 3 Jul 1763. If this is Molly FAY born >23 Sep 1756 she would be 6 years old at the time. In 1763 did the >Church baptise 6 year old children? What other kind of record could it >be? If Delivevance FAY was not married at the time of Molly FAY's birth >would this birth show up in court records? Thanks for any help or >suggestions. Betty Ferguson ferguson@in.on.ca > > >From information shared with me by John Rinehart a few years ago, this Deliverance died 15 Nov 1754 in Westboro, MA. Is this not be correct? Sources: !BIRTH: Westborough Vital Records PAGE 38 !DEATH: Westborough Vital Records PAGE 235 She m. name unknown, only 1 dau. traced, Mary or Molly, b. 23 Sep 1756, m. in Westboro, 15 Feb 1776, Reuben Maynard, b. Shrewsbury, 16 Jul 1746, d. Feb 1813 He was probably her 2nd husband, as she was then called Molly Garfield. In the settlement of the estate the wid. was called Mary, and a dau. in 1878 said her mother was Molly Fay, a dau. of Deliverance Fay. They had 13 chil., b. "all around the lot." [Fay (1898), p. 175] Many of Deliverance's ancestors may be found in my Database of "Distant Cousins" linked from my webpage. URL in signature below. Any corrections or additions welcome. Robert Kline email: robertkline@bc.sympatico.ca 1079 Walalee Dr, Phone: 604-657-0134 Delta, BC, Canada, V4M 2L9 Web page: http://www3.bc.sympatico.ca/robertkline/