Pvt. James Fay

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Pvt. James Fay

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Westboro, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Death: May 04, 1778 (21)
Valley Forge, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States (Died in the Revolutionary War)
Immediate Family:

Son of Captain Benjamin Fay I and Martha Fay
Brother of Elizabeth Whitney (Fay); Martha Wood; Benjamin Fay, II; Ester Chamberlain; John Fay and 4 others
Half brother of Charles Fay and Joel Fay

Managed by: Mary Sanford Drexler
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About Pvt. James Fay

Valley Forge Muster Roll ID: MA27303

15th Massachusetts Regiment 4th Division Glover's Brigade Capt. Daniel Barnes Company

"The story is told of his mother's great grief when her son, James, enlisted as a soldier, saying she 'should never see him again.' To which he replied, 'If my grave is there, Mother, I must go to it, it will not come to me.' He died at Valley Forge or Ticonderoga a few months after enlisting."

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Pvt. James Fay's Timeline

1756
December 20, 1756
Westboro, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
1778
May 4, 1778
Age 21
Valley Forge, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States