Robert W Fay wrote on Friday, December 29, 2000 9:53 PM | Hi everyone and as it's almost January, I'll try a post now. | | Is there any Huguenot history associated with this statement made by Orlin P Fay in "John Fay | of Marlborough and his Descendants" 1898 JB Savage Cleveland Ohio. He is apparently been | provided this information from other sources and is just repeating it. Here is the quote: | | "Antoine La Fay, a French Protestant minister born at Chattandun. He became Professor of | Phrology at Geneva in 1584, he wrote several theological works and a life of Beza in 1606. He | died in 1615. On Sunday July 25, 1593, Henry IV having abjured the Protestant faith conversed | with the Protestant Minister Anthony de la Fay and embraced him two or three times, repeating | to him the words "I have made myself Anathema for the sake of all like Moses and St Paul." | Guizot's History of France spells it Anthony de la Faye but probably they are one and the same | person." | | Is that a credible statement? We also seem to have some history in some branches of the Fay's | of Huguenot history but it is unsubstantiated at this point. Is there any history of the Fay's, | de Fay's, de la Faye's, etc as Huguenots? Are you sure the place in France is Chattandun? I cannot find a place with this name but can find two with a similar name, CHATEAUDUN. One of these is in Paris and the other in the Centre region in the present department of Eure-et-Loire. What is also interesting is that in the later place there was a Protestant Temple and the records comprising several registers covering the period 1591-1685 are in the departmental archives at Chartres. I suggest you write to the archives as I have found them to be very helpful. Again I can supply the address if you do not have it. They do not appear to be available through the LDS. This would also tie in with Henry IV as this was his area of France. There were also to my knowledge three other Protestant Temples in the area and they were at Vendome, Fredonniere and Mondoubleau. By a coincidence one of the members of the family that I am researching, LERPINIERE, was Pasteur at all three temples. There are several references to this area in a book by Raoul de Saint Venant "Dictionnaire topograhique, biographique, genealogique et heraldique de Vendomois et de l'arrondissment de Vendome. This book is available in the Paris genealogical library. There are, obviously, many references to the name in the Paris genealogical library and I can supply details of these if of interest once the location has been clarified. Strangely my cousin married a Fay but he was very Irish. Let me know if can be of further help. Roy Day

Thanks for the info Roy and Kaye, We can further research the location and try to get a better fix on that with more work. As far as the Fay's from Ireland, that is an interesting Huguenot related story and there are several unrelated Fays there. The surname Fay/Fahy/Fahey is derived from ancient Irish names like O'Faich, and that is one group in the south of Ireland and Galway in particular. There is also the Foy/Fee/Fay surname group and conceiveably that is derived from the de Foye that Kaye mentioned. The little I know of this group is that they are around Galway. Then there are the Norman Fay's of Meath. They are actually from France and came to Ireland under Henry II. Other members of the same French Fay family appear to have subsequently left France going to many places in the old and new world with the Huguenots. This is the group that is related to the Antoine de La Fay of my post. Thanks for all the information. Bob Fay Date forwarded: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 04:15:06 -0800 From: "Roy Day" <royday@dial.pipex.com> Subject: Re: [HWE] Antoine de La Fay, France ca.1600 Date sent: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 12:13:01 -0000 To: HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE-L@rootsweb.com Forwarded by: HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE-L@rootsweb.com > > Robert W Fay wrote on Friday, December 29, 2000 9:53 PM > > | Hi everyone and as it's almost January, I'll try a post now. > | > | Is there any Huguenot history associated with this statement made by Orlin > P Fay in "John Fay > | of Marlborough and his Descendants" 1898 JB Savage Cleveland Ohio. He is > apparently been > | provided this information from other sources and is just repeating it. > Here is the quote: > | > | "Antoine La Fay, a French Protestant minister born at Chattandun. He > became Professor of > | Phrology at Geneva in 1584, he wrote several theological works and a life > of Beza in 1606. He > | died in 1615. On Sunday July 25, 1593, Henry IV having abjured the > Protestant faith conversed > | with the Protestant Minister Anthony de la Fay and embraced him two or > three times, repeating > | to him the words "I have made myself Anathema for the sake of all like > Moses and St Paul." > | Guizot's History of France spells it Anthony de la Faye but probably they > are one and the same > | person." > | > | Is that a credible statement? We also seem to have some history in some > branches of the Fay's > | of Huguenot history but it is unsubstantiated at this point. Is there any > history of the Fay's, > | de Fay's, de la Faye's, etc as Huguenots? > > Are you sure the place in France is Chattandun? I cannot find a place with > this name but can find two with a similar name, CHATEAUDUN. One of these is > in Paris and the other in the Centre region in the present department of > Eure-et-Loire. What is also interesting is that in the later place there > was a Protestant Temple and the records comprising several registers > covering the period 1591-1685 are in the departmental archives at Chartres. > I suggest you write to the archives as I have found them to be very helpful. > Again I can supply the address if you do not have it. They do not appear to > be available through the LDS. > > This would also tie in with Henry IV as this was his area of France. There > were also to my knowledge three other Protestant Temples in the area and > they were at Vendome, Fredonniere and Mondoubleau. By a coincidence one of > the members of the family that I am researching, LERPINIERE, was Pasteur at > all three temples. > > There are several references to this area in a book by Raoul de Saint Venant > "Dictionnaire topograhique, biographique, genealogique et heraldique de > Vendomois et de l'arrondissment de Vendome. This book is available in the > Paris genealogical library. > > There are, obviously, many references to the name in the Paris genealogical > library and I can supply details of these if of interest once the location > has been clarified. > > Strangely my cousin married a Fay but he was very Irish. > > Let me know if can be of further help. > > Roy Day > > > > ==== HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe (if you are in list mode), > type and send only the word unsubscribe to: > Huguenots-Walloons-Europe-L-request@rootsweb.com > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > > Robert W Fay Sturtevant, Wisconsin USA Researching Fay (WI, NY) de Fay (Normandy, Ireland, England, France), Rose (IA, VA), de Rose(Normandy, Scotland), Deagan (WI, O H, Irela nd), Burritt (NY, CT) Visit the Fay websites at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~faywebsite/index.html http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~fayfamily/index.html Join us at the FAY Mail list at Rootsweb.com: Subscribe by sending an email with the single word subscribe on the subject line to: FAY-L-Request@rootsweb.com