The Fay Family: Betsy Fay 1761

THE FAY FAMILY PAGE

GENEALOGIES

Elizabeth Fay (August 2, 1761 - August 27, 1841)
And her Descendants

John Fay

John Fay (OPF #2)(11/10/1669 - 1/5/1747) son of John and Mary Brigham

James Fay (OPF #32) (12/27/1707 - 6/12/1777) son of John and Elizabeth Wellington

Daniel Fay (OPF #64) (10/21/1728 - 2/28/1815) son of James and Lydia Child

Elizabeth Fay (OPF page 26) (8/2/1761 - 8/27/1841) daughter of Daniel and Mary Crosby

S. G.Goodrich and Thomas G. Bradford, 1841
Fairfax, Franklin County, Vermont

images copyright � 2004 by Cartography Associates
used with permission

Contributed by

Tom Cook

Cook, Allen, Hunt, Fay: My Connection to John Fay of Marlborough

Photographs of the Old Stone House

With additions from

N. Ferguson
History of Hardwick, Massachusetts, Lucius R. Paige
Genealogy of the Name and Family of Hunt, T. B. Wyman, Jr.
census records, vital records, and other miscellaneous sources

Joseph Hunt, the husband of Betsy Fay, was the son of John Hunt and Mary Palmer. There is a short biography of John in the History of Hardwick:

HUNT, JOHN, s. of Isaac of Sudbury, grandson of Isaac of Concord, and great-grandson of William of Concord, the emigrant ancestor, b. 12 Feb. 1711, was one of the earliest inhabitants of Hk. (having previously res. a few years in Grafton), and by w. Mary had Samuel, b. 27 Sep. 1736; Moses, b. 18 Dec. 1738, d. 20 June 1747; Hannah, b. 22 Ap. 1741, m. Nathan Wheeler 1 July 1762; Aaron, b. 18 Mar. 1744; Mary, b. 13 Oct. 1746, m. James Wright 18 June 1766; John, b. 31 Jan. 1749-50; Moses, b. 28 Oct. 1756; Joseph, b. 8 Dec. 1759, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Daniel Fay, 16 May 1779, and rem. to Bennington. His w. Mary d. 2 Ap. 1765, a. 45, and he m. Patience Wright 25 Dec. 1765. JOHN the f. res three quarters of a mile northerly from the Common, at the place marked "Dr. Wardwell" on the R. Map, long famous as the Willis tavern-stand; here he kept a tavern and cultivated a farm. During the Revolutionary War, his house was frequented by soldiers on the march to and from the army; the small-pox was prevalent; and through fear of becoming infected, he went to a pest-house in New Braintree, was vaccinated, died 14 Feb. 1778, and was buried in an orchard at the angle of the N.Br. road, a few rods south of the former residence of Col. Stephen Fay.

Paige, Lucius R., History of Hardwick, Massachusetts. With a Genealogical Register, Boston: Houghton, 1883, page 401.

Daniel Fay Hunt, Sr. (1/29/1791 - 1/28/1872)
son of Joseph Hunt and Betsy Fay

DESCENDANTS OF ELIZABETH (BETSY) FAY AND JOSEPH HUNT

Betsy Fay and Joseph Hunt had ten children:

6 Charlotte Hunt b: 1803 d: 9/30/1843 ...+(1)Unknown Rugg ...+(2)William Grosvenor b: 1792 d: 11/4/1860 m. 9/5/1819 .....7 Thomas Grosvenor .....7 Livina Grosvenor .....7 Martha Grosvenor .....7 Elizabeth Grosvenor

There is no record of daughters in the census records; only of one son. Thomas, the son named here, has not been found in 1850.
[William married 6/25/1844 (2) Mary Anna Huggnis b: 1823]

6 Fanny Hunt

6 Joseph Hunt d: 4/28/1850 ...+Polly Wilkins .....7 Ira Hunt b: 1811 ........+Celia b: 1812 ..........8 Edwin W. Hunt b: 1840 ..........8 Emily M. Hunt b: 1/7/1835 .............+Edwin Sawyer m: 8/11/1858 ..........8 Sophronia Hunt b: 1842 ..........8 Adelia Hunt b: 1850 .....7 William Hunt b: 1820 ........+Jane b: 1821 ..........8 Polly U. Hunt b: 1842 .............+Edson O. Hunt b: 1839 ...............9 Lillian J. Hunt b: 1863 ...............9 Nelson J. Hunt b: 1865 ..........8 Nelson I. Hunt b: 1843 ..........8 Edrick Hunt b: 1845 ..........8 Herbert William Hunt b: 1847 .............+Ida V. b: 1855 .....7 Truman .....7 Ursula

6 Betsy Hunt ...+Benedict or Burnett Alford .....7 Barzilla L. Alford b: about 1816 d: 9/5/1852 ........+Sarah Case m: 10/18/1841 ..........8 Elbridge Alford b: 1844 ..........8 Marian Alford b: 1846 ..........8 Frank A. Alford born 2/1/1848 .............+Mary E. Alford b: 1859 ...............9 Bertha M. Alford b: 1877 ..........8 William B. Alford born 10/20/1851 .............+Mary Alford b: 1857 ...............9 Clyde C. Alford b: 1878 [Sarah Case Alford m. (2)Jonathan Hubbell b: 1815 m: about 1861]

6 Son Hunt died at birth or very young

6 Susan Hunt

6 Polly Hunt

6 John Palmer Hunt b: 1/8/1782-83 d: 5/14/1859 ...+Alice Wilkins .....7 Franklin Hunt b: 1812 ........+Lois b: 1814 ..........8 Edson O. Hunt b: 1838 .............+Polly U. Hunt b: 1842 ...............9 Lillian J. Hunt b: 1863 ...............9 Nelson J. Hunt b: 1865 .....7 Heman Hunt b: 4/23/1814 ........+Mahala Safford b: 1820 ..........8 Henry H. Hunt b: 1/25/1840 ..........8 Ella C. Hunt b: 4/1841 ..........8 Louisa C. Hunt b: 4/4/1845 ..........8 Rogene A. Hunt b: 4/21/1847 ..........8 John J. Hunt b: 11/13/1852 ..........8 George H. Hunt b: 12/27/1857 .....7 Joseph Hunt b: 1823 ........+Marie b: 1824 ..........8 Mary or Marie Hunt b: 1845 ..........8 Rogene Hunt ..........8 Florence Hunt b: 1859 ..........8 Lilly Hunt b: 1861 .....7 John P. Hunt ........+unknown Ellen Hunt .....7 Almira Hunt .....7 Louisa Hunt .....7 Susan Hunt .....7 Alice Hunt .....7 Diana Hunt .....7 Sarah Hunt

6 Daniel Fay Hunt I b:1/29/1791 d:1/28/1872 ...+(1)Abigail Batchelor b:4/5/1796 d:5/6/1852 m:11/25/1811

Daniel Fay Hunt and Abigail Batchelor had nine children:

.....7 Daniel Fay Hunt II b:6/11/1813 d:4/11/1905 ........+(1)Tryphosa Ann Greenman b:6/10/1818 d:4/11/1890 m:1838 ..........8 William Gardner Hunt b:5/24/1840 d:9/15/1901 .............+(1)Sarah Ann Allen b:1845 .............+(2)Margaret Allen b:1841 d:4/23/1876 m:about 1862 ...............9 Ida Hunt b:about 1863 ...............9 Olive Hunt b:about 1867 ...............9 Alice Hunt b:about 1869 ...............9 Franklin Hunt b:about 1874 ...............9 Margaret Hunt b:1875 ..........8 Daniel Wesley Hunt b:7/14/1841 d:7/9/1850 ..........8 Elnora A. Hunt b:6/7/1843 d:3/2/1934 m:2/11/1862 .............+George Ebenezer Allen b:8/11/1836 d:9/30/1913 ...............9 Edith May Allen b:12/25/1862 d:4/4/1934 ...............9 Millie A. Allen b:10/1867 d:Aft. 1934 ...............9 Leon Hunt Allen b:1/1871 d:4/10/1926 ..................+Grace Smith b:2/25/1878 d:3/3/1960 m:11/4/1897 ....................10 Arthur Louis Allen b:5/25/1898 d:7/17/1979 ........................+Margaret Emily Blekkenk ..........................b:10/4/1898 d:9/29/1975 m:10/17/1917 ..........................11 Margaret Mildred Allen ................................b:7/7/1918 d:8/11/1999 ..............................+Stillman Thomas Tsioheri'Son Cook .................................b:6/12/1917 d:2/26/1994 m:6/12/1937 ................................12 Living Cook ................................12 Living Cook ................................12 Living Cook ................................12 Living Cook ................................12 Andrew Woodrow Cook ......................................b:12/14/1946 d:5/25/1999 ..........................11 Arthur Louis Allen b:7/17/1923 ....................10 Charles J Allen b:1903 d:3/7/1978 ...............9 Daniel Fay Hunt Allen b:1876 d:1953 ...............9 Fred (George) Allen b:5/1880 d:Aft. 1934 ..........8 Ada Medora Hunt b:6/1845 d:5/16/1903 .............+William P. Harding b:7/1855 d:1928 m:1884 ...............9 Victor Harding b:1886 ..........8 Olive Rosalia Hunt b:7/19/1847 d:9/28/1865 ..........8 Fay Wesley Hunt b:2/28/1855 d:12/30/1855 ..........8 Burt Alanzo Hunt b:8/5/1856 d:10/23/1934 .............+(1)Jane Mead .............+(2)Margaret Canfield b:9/29/1856 d:1/14/1920 m:1882 ........+(2)Samantha Greenman b:1824 d:1905 m:1892 (D.F.Hunt II)

.....7 Sally Thwing Hunt b: 3/28/1816 d: 9/20/1846 ........+Stephen Wells m: 9/1841 ..........8 Sarah Wells b: 6/20/1842 d: 1906 .............+Eliphalet Lewis m: 12/12/1860 ..........8 Abigail A. Wells b: 1844 d: 1868

.....7 Aaron Batchellor Hunt b:4/8/1818 d:11/1/1898 ........+(1)Hannah Phillips d: 4/18/1863 m: 3/27/1861 ........+(2)Sarah M. Groat b: 9/9/1833 d: 3/9/1913 m: 1865 ..........8 Sarah Hunt ..........8 Fay Hunt b:1867 d:3/9/1870 ..........8 Mary Kate Hunt b:1868 .............+Charles M. Hood b:10/1863 ...............9 Dorothy Hood b:1891 ...............9 Robert N. Hood b:1893 ..........8 Abbie Hunt b:12/1869 d:3/8/1870

.....7 Charlotte Hunt b:10/20/1820 d:4/2/1853 ........+John Robinson m::1836 ..........8 Helen M. Robinson .............+Ephraim Stinbald ..........8 George Andrew Robinson ..........8 John Olson Robinson

.....7 Joel Hunt b:2/3/1823 d:3/12/1823

.....7 Betsy Hunt b:12/24/1824 d:10/7/1866 ........+Joseph Eleson b:11/12/1822 d:7/1/1886 m:12/15/1841 ..........8 Daniel Faye Eleson b:10/1/1842 d:5/22/1929 ..........8 Aaron B. Eleson b:7/9/1844 d:1873 ..........8 Betsy Eleson b:3/17/1845 d:1849 ..........8 Alice Adelia Eleson b:2/15/1852 ..........8 Julia Ann Eleson b:7/28/1856 d:5/7/1910 .............+(1)David George Hills b:11/23/1851 d:7/6/1880 m:7/27/1873 ...............9 Thomas Aaron Hills b:11/18/1874 d:5/14/1959 ..................+Ethel Ole Allen b:12/25/1885 d:1/25/1956 m:7/3/1901 ....................10 (Living) Hills ....................10 Gertrude May Hills b:12/22/1901 ....................10 Arthur Hills b:11/22/1904 d:11/1974 ....................10 Dolly Hills b:10/21/1905 d:12/25/1938 ........................+Ralph Perry b:6/20/1904 d:1/9/1974 m:8/19/1925 ..........................11 (Living) Perry ..........................11 Living Perry ..........................11 Living Perry ..........................11 Living Perry ..........................11 Living Perry ..........................11 Howard Ernest Perry ................................b:10/27/1927 d:12/24/1990 ..............................+Beth Joan O'Nele ................................b:2/18/1928 d:11/16/2000 m:3/6/1949 ................................12 line continues: Perry, Brighton ..........................11 Joyce Irene Perry ................................b:9/1/1929 d:2/20/1979 ..............................+Robert Lester ................................b:5/21/1922 d:2/20/1979 m:6/10/1950 ..........................11 Ronald Boyd Perry ................................b:8/28/1933 d:12/4/1998 ..............................+Living Barkalow ....................10 Viola Ethel Hills b:4/1/1908 d:3/13/1988 ........................+(Living) Perry ....................10 Thomas Aaron Hills b:7/31/1910 d:5/8/1993 ....................10 Harold R. Hills b:12/22/1913 d:4/2/1960 ...............9 Solon Hills b:2/21/1875 d:7/3/1877 .............+(2)Charles A. Wheeler b:8/1851 m:1/21/1882 (J.A.Eleson) ...............9 James H. Wheeler b:4/1887 ...............9 May Wheeler b:9/1890 ...............9 Julia A. Wheeler b:12/1892 ...............9 Alice Wheeler b:2/1895

.....7 Susan Pratt Hunt b:7/4/1827 d:10/19/1841

.....7 Hannah Batchelder Hunt b:1829 d:1901 ........+John H. Mears b:4/20/1829 m:11/20/1850 ..........8 Charles Henry Mears b:12/20/1851 ..........8 William Allen Mears b:7/6/1854 ..........8 Clara Louise Mears b:9/20/1859 ..........8 Fay Mears b:10/10/1861 ..........8 Chauncy Mears b:5/17/1866 d:1/11/1947 ..........8 Mira Louella Mears b:10/30/1869 d:7/20/1957 ..........8 John Mears b:4/7/1871 d:12/1/1890

.....7 Abigail Hunt b:5/21/1834 d:8/3/1866 ........+Lewis Phillips m::2/23/1858 ..........8 Daniel P. Phillips b:1859 ..........8 Marion Phillips b:1861

...+(2)Clarissa A. Dean b:2/28/1814 d:4/23/1891 m:9/23/1856 (D.F.Hunt I)

6 Elijah Hunt b: 7/30/1796 d: after 1871 ...+(1)Chloe M. Pratt m. 2/24/1816 ...+(2)Rhoda Hellyer b: 1796 m. 9/24/1820 .....7 Benjamin P. Hunt .....7 Chloe P. Hunt