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Gershom Fay

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Marlborough, Plymouth Colony
Death: November 24, 1720 (39)
Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
Place of Burial: Old Common Cemetery, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Son of John Fay, "The Immigrant" and Susanna Brigham
Husband of Mary Fay
Father of Gershom Fay; Mary Smith; Susanna Fay; Sarah Billings; Silas Fay and 2 others
Brother of David Fay; Ruth Ward and Deliverance Shattuck (Fay)
Half brother of Susanna Newton; Hester Josselyn; Joseph Morse; Samuel Morse; Mary Barnard and 8 others

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About Gershom Fay

Link to grave http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=72023084

His wife Mary and friend Mary Goodnow were attached by Indians. Mary Fay succeeded in making it to the fort, however, Mary Goodnow, who was a cripple, could not escape. She was scalped and her body found within sight of the garrison. A company marched in pursuit--found the Indians--as well as little Mary Goodnow's scalp

Mary Fay was pregnant at the time and it is believed it caused her daughter to have a trembling disorder,


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Gershom Fay's Timeline

1681
October 19, 1681
Marlborough, Plymouth Colony
1703
September 17, 1703
Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA
1705
July 10, 1705
Massachusetts, United States
1707
November 18, 1707
Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
1710
October 2, 1710
Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
1713
August 12, 1713
Marlborough, Middlesex County, MA, United States
1716
June 26, 1716
Massachusetts, United States
1720
November 24, 1720
Age 39
Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
November 28, 1720
Age 39
Old Common Cemetery, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America