Baptism information is from Vital Records of Holliston, Mass to the Year 1850 published in 1908. It is from the baptismal records of the Central Cemetery. Holliston, Mass, became part of South Framingham in the middle 1850's. Merchant from South Framingham transacts business in Boston, with residence in Natick.

Source: "Fay Genealogy - John Fay of Marlborough and his Descendants" by Orlin P. Fay, 1898, page 284.

Baptism: November 20, 1831, First Congregational Church

Laura Sophia Brigham is from the same Thomas Brigham Family that in 1669 had Mary Brigham marry John Fay. The Fay line in our family comes from John Fay's second marriage to Susanna Shattuck Morse in 1678. It is interesting to record that Laura Sophia's ancestor Thomas Brigham's (1640-1716) brother Samuel (1652-1713) was the progenitor of Peter Bent Brigham who left a sum of $1,000,000 which was not to be spent until 25 years after his death. By this time the fund had grown to $2,000,000 and was used to build the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, a world famous medical research hospital connected with Harvard Medical School in Boston, Mass.

Gilbert and Laura Grave Site, Natick, Mass

Generation No. 2

Brigham P. Fay's death certificate from the NH Vital Statistics Office who he was a stable foreman who died of multiple injuries from a railroad crossing accident. He died April 4, 1928, at age 70 years, 2 months, and 4 days which would make his date of birth February 4, 1858. Physician reporting death was George B. Magroth, Boston, Mass. Place of interment is Laconia, NH, date of interment, April 8, 1928, at the Bayside Cemetery. Undertaker was LH Wilkinson of Laconia, NH.

Based on The Brigham Family Book and the Fay Genealogy of John Fay of Marlborough and his Descendants his birth date is Jan 31, 1855, and he married Ida M. Hemenway of Wayland, Massachusetts. NH Vital Records for two of Brigham Park Fay children's birth show Ida M. Hemenway was born in Dover, NH.

Burial: Unknown, Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, NH, Lot 3/054

Occupation: Stable Foreman

NH Vital Statistics show Park Stone Fay's mother was Ida Harris born in Massachusetts. Ida Harris was 23 at his birth which agrees with age of Ida May Hemenway on the birth certificates of the other children. We think this is a transcription error.

Record from NH Vital Statistic Office show spelling of name Hemminway and Hemingway, and from the Brigham Family Book show spelling of name Hemenway which we are using here.

Ida and Brigham either separated or divorced. Source: Mildred Fay Rand

Ida May Hemenway

Birth Certificate for Ida May Hemmenway (name as shown here) b. October 26, 1860, shows father's name as Benj. Hemmenway born in Mass, Residence, Dover, Occupation shoemaker. His wife is shown as Annette M. Burley, born in Tamworth, NH.

Marriage Certificate for Benj. S. Hemmingway and Annette Burleigh (names as shown here) shows residence of groom and bride in Dover, New Hampshire. Age of groom 21 (calculated birth 1839 used here); age of bride 17 (calculate birth 1843 used here). Birthplace of groom Natick, Massachusetts; birthplace of bride Somersworth, New Hampshire [next to Tamworth, NH]. Married by Jas M. Buckley, Justice of the Peace Mar 8, 1860, place Dover, New Hampshire.

Death Certificate for a Benjamin S. Hemenway (name as shown here) shows place of death Tamworth, date of death August 13, 1889, at age 61 years 1 month 1 day (this calculates out to be July 12, 1828). Occupation is merchant, cause of death cancer of stomach. Father's name Wm. Hemenway birthplace of father Framingham, Massachusetts. Birthplace of unnamed mother Framingham, Massachusetts. Occupation of father farmer. Physician reporting death is James P. Bassett, Tamworth, New Hampshire. This data is not used as birth date is 11 years too early - 1828 vice 1839.

Source: NH Vital Statistics Research November 20, 2000

Benjamin Hemenway birth date is 29 April 1839 [year agrees with Marriage Certificate above], son of George Hemenway and Eliza Owens married April 2, 1829. Birth date of George Hemenway is 25 November 1807 son of Benjamin Stone Hemenway and Patience Hunt married November 3, 1795. [George Hemenway - who married Patience Hunt - birthday of 1772 in the "Ralph Hemmenway of Roxbury, Mass. 1634. and His Descendants" book is derived from his shown death on February 24, 1827 at age 55. This cannot be correct because his father was born 14 December 1771 and married Patience Hunt on November 3, 1795.] Birth date of Benjamin Stone Hemenway is 14 December 1771, son of Benjamin Hemenway and Lucy Stone [note here is the first appearance of the name 'Stone' which becomes Brigham Park Fay and Ida May Hemenway's first child, Park 'Stone' Fay's, middle name] married September 2, 1762. Birth date of Benjamin Hemenway is 28 October 1732, son of Ralph Hemenway and Sarah Haven married January 1, 1727. Birth date of Ralph Hemenway is 8 October 1699, son of Joshua Hemenway and Rebecca.

Other children of these couples were also derived from the same sources below.

Source of Birth date and Parents' First Name: http://members.tripod.com/~Silvie/HemBirths.html

Source of Marriage Date and Wife's Last Name: http://www.hemingway.net/mamar.htm

Burial: Unknown, Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, NH, Lot 3/054

Alfred Chase Fay

JOHN¹) was born April 21, 1867, and died 1940. He married HENRIETTA ELIZABETH MARTIN in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. She was born 1869, and died 1942.

Alfred and Harrison Fay tried to develop dyes during WW 1. One of them went blind as a result of their work. Source: Mildred Fay November 21, 2000.

Alfred graduated in 1893 from Harvard. He was a high school principal in Dover, NH; Chillicothe, OH; Framingham, MA (where son Eliot was born); and in Bridewater, MA (where son Robert was born).  Alfred was Headmaster of Bridgewater High
School.  After his divorce from Henrietta, she took charge of the children, and lost touch with the Fay family.  Source: Brad Fay April 17, 2001, email.

Possibly born in Germany and immigrated with parents. Lived, and perhaps born, in Chelsea, MA.

Henrietta Martin

Generation No. 3

Resided 34 years in Lakeport, New Hampshire and 14 years in Dover, New Hampshire. He worked for the railroad as head of a construction section gang in Dover. His wife Hattie filled in as cook on the work train.

Birthday shown as July 6, 1883, on grave stone, but NH Vital Records say July 5, 1883.

Shown as 1st child. Born when his parents lived in Gilford, NH.

Burial: Unknown, Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, NH, Lot 3/054

Cause of Death: Probable prostrate cancer

Occupation: Railroad construction worker for Boston and Main Railroad

Hattie E. Merrill in checkers with apron in 1905

Park Fay, also a carpenter like Hattie's father, George Merrill, preferred an independent status. Instead of joining George Merrill, he handled all the boats and work at Beaver Island. Park, Hattie, and their five children had a cottage near The Gulf on what was then called Mansfield's Point, where George Merrill laid the stone steps leading from the dock to the Fay's' house. In the side yard, a tent was built to hold the overflow of children and friends. It was the children's job to gather rocks from the lake for the stone mason, Mr. Zibley of Center Harbor, to build the living room fireplace.

Source: "Bear Island Reflections" published by Bear Island Conservation Association, Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire 1989.

Hattie filled in as cook on the railroad work train that Park Fay used to get to construction sites.

From New Hampshire Vital Records (as reported by Howard Merrill on December 29, 2000) her name is Harriette Edith Merrill b. June 25, 1885.

Burial: Unknown, Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, NH, Lot 3/054

Cause of Death: Heart Failure

Episcopal Minister who received his BA from Amherst and his DD from Harvard Divinity School. Buried in Mayflower Cemetery in Duxbury MA. He has a memorial stone in Nashua, NH. Cause of death: emphysema.

Burial: Unknown, Duxbury, Massachusetts

Graduated from Syracuse University around 1927, needing only three years to complete the degree. She taught in a Crescent City, FL public school for about two years. Around this time she campaigned for her father, Eaton D. Sargent, a Democrat who ran for the U.S. House and for Governor of New Hampshire. She was an avid amateur photographer and genealogist.

Cause of death: Complications from diabetes.

Burial: Unknown, Nashua, NH, Edgewood Cem.

Generation No. 4

Wilbur Fay handled the northeast route for ice deliveries and also delivered groceries from the Bear Island store on Lake Winnipesaukee.

According to Fred Bulkley, "Ice was cut from the lake in the winter, covered with sawdust and stored in the big ice house at the shore line. It was my job to haul the 300 pound blocks of ice from the ice house and saw them into 75 pound pieces which sold at 50 cents each, delivered. The ice route ran four days a week in the morning, along northwest Bear and Pine and to the Beaver Islands in the afternoon. The Merrills' nephew, Wilbur Fay, handled the northeast route and also delivered groceries from the store."

Source: "Bear Island Reflections" published by Bear Island Conservation Association, Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire 1989.

In the early 1940's, Wilbur bought the Ice House on Smith's Cove, and opened Fay's Boat Yard which is one of the largest on Lake Winnipesaukee today (Aug 2000).

Burial: Unknown, Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, NH, Lot 3/054

Burial: Unknown, Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, NH, Lot 3/055

Mildred Mirriam Fay in 1925 Laconia High School Graduation Picture - Senior Family Member in 2001 (See Mildred in1991 with husband Phillip C. Rand)

More About FRANK H. DESMOND:

Children of MILDRED FAY and FRANK DESMOND are:

16. i. FRANK¹¹ DESMOND, b. Private.

17. ii. RICHARD 'DICK' DESMOND, b.May 1, 1937; d. December 12, 2003, Boston, Massachusetts.

18. iii. DAVID DESMOND, b. Private.

 

10. LILLIAN¹⁰ FAY (PARK STONE⁹, BRIGHAM PARK⁸, GILBERT PARK⁷, PARK⁶, REUBEN⁵, REUBEN⁴, ROBERT³, DAVID², JOHN¹) was born January 13, 1909 in Lakeport , New Hampshire, and died September 1987 in Miami, Florida. She married JOHN D. SAWYER. He was born 1911, and died 1979 in Miami, Florida.

More About LILLIAN FAY:

More About JOHN D. SAWYER:

Children of LILLIAN FAY and JOHN SAWYER are:

19. i. BETSEY¹¹ SAWYER, b. Private.

20. ii. NANCY SAWYER, b. Private.

11. GILBERT PARK¹⁰ FAY (PARK STONE⁹, BRIGHAM PARK⁸, GILBERT PARK⁷, PARK⁶, REUBEN⁵, REUBEN⁴, ROBERT³, DAVID², JOHN¹) was born December 14, 1918 in Laconia , Belknap, New Hampshire, and died September 8, 1994 in Manchester, New Hampshire. He married THELMA VICTORIA GAMBLIN Private, daughter of JOHN GAMBLIN and LOTTIE SHARP. She was born Private.

Gilbert Park Fay in 1990

Notes for GILBERT PARK FAY:

Gilbert attended local schools in Lakeport and graduated from Laconia High School in 1936. He was a 1938 graduate of Wentworth Technical Institute of Boston and had been employed by New England Telephone Company for 33 years, retiring in 1980.

He was a World War 2 Army Air Corps veteran, having served in North Africa as a fighter aircraft mechanic. He was a member of the New England Telephone Pioneers, the Humane Masonic Lodge in Rochester, and the Warren Chapter Order of Eastern Star of Wolfeboro. He was also a volunteer for the Winter Special Olympics of New Hampshire, and an avid skier holding membership in the Worldwide "Over 70" Ski Club. He was a member of St. Andrew Episcopal Church of Manchester, New Hampshire.

Gilbert Fay was cremated and his ashes were scattered on Canon Mountain, New Hampshire, on the Lower Gary ski slope. He is remembered with a marker at the Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, New Hampshire.

Susan and Ken Barbi in 1994

More About GILBERT PARK FAY:

Children of GILBERT FAY and THELMA GAMBLIN are:

i. COLONEL USAF NC SUSAN JEAN¹¹ FAY, b. Private; m. COLONEL USAF KENNETH WAYNE BARBI, Private; b. Private.

21. ii. KAREN GAIL FAY, b. Private.

22. iii. JOHN GILBERT FAY, b. Private.

12. GEORGE BRIGHAM¹⁰ FAY (PARK STONE⁹, BRIGHAM PARK⁸, GILBERT PARK⁷, PARK⁶, REUBEN⁵, REUBEN⁴, ROBERT³, DAVID², JOHN¹) was born April 1, 1921, and died September 23, 1973 in Massachusetts. He married ANNIE RAND Private. She was born Private.

George Fay in Dover, NH

More About GEORGE BRIGHAM FAY:

Children of GEORGE FAY and ANNIE RAND are:

23. i. GEORGE PARK¹¹ FAY, b. Private.

ii. STEVEN FAY, b. Private; m. LISA MANKITA, Private; b. Private.

13. DR. ROBERT SARGENT¹⁰ FAY (ROBERT WOLCOTT⁹, ALFRED CHASE⁸, GILBERT PARK⁷, PARK⁶, REUBEN⁵, REUBEN⁴, ROBERT³, DAVID², JOHN¹) was born Private. He married GRACE ANN MORSE Private. She was born Private.

Children of ROBERT FAY and GRACE MORSE are:

24. i. WILLIAM BRADFORD¹¹ FAY, b. Private.

25. ii. ELIZABETH GRACE FAY, b. Private.

iii. HELEN SARGENT FAY, b. Private.

14. JANET-LEE¹¹ FAY (WILBUR MERRILL¹⁰, PARK STONE⁹, BRIGHAM PARK⁸, GILBERT PARK⁷, PARK⁶, REUBEN⁵, REUBEN⁴, ROBERT³, DAVID², JOHN¹) was born Private. She married ROGER HOFFMAN STANLEY Private. He was born Private.

Children of JANET-LEE FAY and ROGER STANLEY are:

i. DAVID FAY¹² STANLEY, b. Private.

ii. JENNIFER SUZANNE STANLEY, b. Private; m. LARRY DAVIS, Private; b. Private.

15. MERRILL P.¹¹ FAY (WILBUR MERRILL¹⁰, PARK STONE⁹, BRIGHAM PARK⁸, GILBERT PARK⁷, PARK⁶, REUBEN⁵, REUBEN⁴, ROBERT³, DAVID², JOHN¹) was born Private. He married (1) NAN TRACEY Private. She was born Private. He married (2) JUDY UNKNOWN Private. She was born Private.

Children of MERRILL FAY and NAN TRACEY are:

26. i. CAREY¹² FAY, b. Private.

27. ii. JEFF FAY, b. Private.

iii. WILLIAM 'WILL' M. FAY, b. Private; m. BETHANY L. BERGERON, Private; b. Private.

 

16. FRANK¹¹ DESMOND (MILDRED MIRRIAM¹⁰ FAY, PARK STONE⁹, BRIGHAM PARK⁸, GILBERT PARK⁷, PARK⁶, REUBEN⁵, REUBEN⁴, ROBERT³, DAVID², JOHN¹) was born Private. He married (1) NANCY HEDRICK Private. She was born Private. He married (2) NELLA FISCHER Private. She was born Private.

Children of FRANK DESMOND and NANCY HEDRICK are:

i. TERRY¹² DESMOND, b. Private; m. (1) UNKNOWN, Private; b. Private; m. (2) STEVE CHIARELLO, Private; b. Private.

28. ii. KATHY DESMOND, b. Private.

29. iii. DIANA DESMOND, b. Private.

17. RICHARD 'DICK'¹¹ DESMOND (MILDRED MIRRIAM¹⁰ FAY, PARK STONE⁹, BRIGHAM PARK⁸, GILBERT PARK⁷, PARK⁶, REUBEN⁵, REUBEN⁴, ROBERT³, DAVID², JOHN¹) was born May 1, 1937; and died December 12, 2003, in Boston Massachusetts. He married (1) SHERRIE LEE BUELL Private. She was born Private. He married (2) DOROTHY BICKFORD Private. She was born Private.

Children of RICHARD DESMOND and SHERRIE BUELL are:

30. i. TIM¹² DESMOND, b. Private.

ii. MARY BETH DESMOND, b. Private. She married JOHN B. WEBB, b. Private.

 

18. DAVID¹¹ DESMOND (MILDRED MIRRIAM¹⁰ FAY, PARK STONE⁹, BRIGHAM PARK⁸, GILBERT PARK⁷, PARK⁶, REUBEN⁵, REUBEN⁴, ROBERT³, DAVID², JOHN¹) was born Private. He married CINDY HANEY Private. She was born Private.

Children of DAVID DESMOND and CINDY HANEY are:

i. ASHLEY¹² DESMOND, b. Private.

ii. RACHEL FAY DESMOND, b. Private.

 

19. BETSEY¹¹ SAWYER (LILLIAN¹⁰ FAY, PARK STONE⁹, BRIGHAM PARK⁸, GILBERT PARK⁷, PARK⁶, REUBEN⁵, REUBEN⁴, ROBERT³, DAVID², JOHN¹) was born Private. She married (1) ED MAGOON Private. He was born Private. She married (2) WILLIAM SCEVOLA Private. He was born Private.

Children of BETSEY SAWYER and ED MAGOON are:

31. i. KEVIN JOHN¹² MAGOON, b. Private.

32. ii. SHAWN EDWARD MAGOON, b. Private.

33. iii. KEITH MAGOON, b. Private.

 

20. NANCY¹¹ SAWYER (LILLIAN¹⁰ FAY, PARK STONE⁹, BRIGHAM PARK⁸, GILBERT PARK⁷, PARK⁶, REUBEN⁵, REUBEN⁴, ROBERT³, DAVID², JOHN¹) was born Private. She married (1) PAUL MCNEESE Private. He was born Private. She married (2) ROGER MARSHUTZ Private. He was born Private.

Children of NANCY SAWYER and PAUL MCNEESE are:

34. i. GILLIAN¹² MCNEESE, b. Private.

35. ii. FAY MCNEESE, b. Private.

36. iii. TERENCE PETER MCNEESE, b. Private.

37. iv. JAMES ANDREW MCNEESE, b. Private.

v. KENDRA MCNEESE, b. December 27, 1964; d. April 14, 1971.

21. KAREN GAIL¹¹ FAY (GILBERT PARK¹⁰, PARK STONE⁹, BRIGHAM PARK⁸, GILBERT PARK⁷, PARK⁶, REUBEN⁵, REUBEN⁴, ROBERT³, DAVID², JOHN¹) was born Private. She married WILLIAM G. MCGONAGLE Private. He was born Private.

Children of KAREN FAY and WILLIAM MCGONAGLE are:

i. PATRICK RYAN¹² MCGONAGLE, b. Private.

ii. ALLISON FAY MCGONAGLE, b. Private.

 

22. JOHN GILBERT¹¹ FAY (GILBERT PARK¹⁰, PARK STONE⁹, BRIGHAM PARK⁸, GILBERT PARK⁷, PARK⁶, REUBEN⁵, REUBEN⁴, ROBERT³, DAVID², JOHN¹) was born Private. He married APRIL HEATHER FINAN Private. She was born Private.

Children of JOHN FAY and APRIL FINAN are:

i. HEATHER ANN¹² FAY, b. Private.

ii. ALEXA LAUREN FAY, b. Private.

 

23. GEORGE PARK¹¹ FAY (GEORGE BRIGHAM¹⁰, PARK STONE⁹, BRIGHAM PARK⁸, GILBERT PARK⁷, PARK⁶, REUBEN⁵, REUBEN⁴, ROBERT³, DAVID², JOHN¹) was born Private. He married LYN HOGAN SKLARZ Private. She was born Private.

Child of GEORGE FAY and LYN HOGAN SKLARZ is:

i. BRIGHAM PAIGE¹² FAY, b. Private.

 

24. WILLIAM BRADFORD¹¹ FAY (ROBERT SARGENT¹⁰, ROBERT WOLCOTT⁹, ALFRED CHASE⁸, GILBERT PARK⁷, PARK⁶, REUBEN⁵, REUBEN⁴, ROBERT³, DAVID², JOHN¹) was born Private. He married DIANE LISA BARDES Private. She was born Private.

Children of WILLIAM FAY and DIANE BARDES are:

i. ALLISON GRACE¹² FAY, b. Private.

ii. BRENDAN ROBERT FAY, b. Private.

 

25. ELIZABETH GRACE¹¹ FAY (ROBERT SARGENT¹⁰, ROBERT WOLCOTT⁹, ALFRED CHASE⁸, GILBERT PARK⁷, PARK⁶, REUBEN⁵, REUBEN⁴, ROBERT³, DAVID², JOHN¹) was born Private. She married DEREK MATTHEW RUSSELL Private. He was born Private.

Child of ELIZABETH FAY and DEREK RUSSELL is:

i. GILLIAN GRACE¹² RUSSELL, b. Private.

26. CAREY¹² FAY (MERRILL P.¹¹, WILBUR MERRILL¹⁰, PARK STONE⁹, BRIGHAM PARK⁸, GILBERT PARK⁷, PARK⁶, REUBEN⁵, REUBEN⁴, ROBERT³, DAVID², JOHN¹) was born Private. She married PAUL BLANDFORD Private. He was born Private.

Children of CAREY FAY and PAUL BLANDFORD are:

i. HEATHER FAY¹³ BLANDFORD, b. Private.

ii. RACHAEL ANNA BLANDFORD, b. Private.

 

27. JEFF¹² FAY (MERRILL P.¹¹, WILBUR MERRILL¹⁰, PARK STONE⁹, BRIGHAM PARK⁸, GILBERT PARK⁷, PARK⁶, REUBEN⁵, REUBEN⁴, ROBERT³, DAVID², JOHN¹) was born Private. He married PAMELA UNKNOWN Private. She was born Private.

Children of JEFF FAY and PAMELA UNKNOWN are:

i. STEVE¹³ FAY, b. Private.

ii. LILLIAN FAY, b. Private.

28. KATHY¹² DESMOND (FRANK¹¹, MILDRED MIRRIAM¹⁰ FAY, PARK STONE⁹, BRIGHAM PARK⁸, G