Tabitha Convers

Thomas married Abigail Fay on 03 Nov 1737. Abigail (daughter of Samuel Fay and Tabitha Ward) was born on 19 Jan 1709 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died in 1750 in Killingly, Windham, Connecticut. [Group Sheet]

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His [Samuel Carter, Sr.] son Samuel was the founder of Thompson, Conn., and had numerous descendants. --page 12, "Family History in the Line of Joseph Convers of Bedford, Massachusetts.

Samuel married Dorcas before 1694. [Group Sheet]

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From "Some Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel Converse, Jr." page 36: "Abigail Fay was the daughter of Samuel and Tabitha (Ward) Fay and granddaughter of John Fay."

From "Some Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel Converse, Jr." page 37: "John Fay married, first, Mary, daughter of Thomas Brigham of Cambridge, by whom he had four children, including Samuel. ... Samuel Fay, born 11 October 1673; died previous to 1749; married, 16 May 1699, Tabitha Ward."

Samuel married Tabitha Ward on 16 May 1699. Tabitha (daughter of Increase Ward and Record) was born on 16 May 1675. [Group Sheet]

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From "Some Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel Converse, Jr." page 37: "Samuel Fay, born 11 October 1673; died previous to 1749; married, 16 May 1699, Tabitha Ward.
Tabitha Ward was born 16 May 1675, and was daughter of Increase and Record Ward, and granddaughter of William Ward."

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From "Some Ancestors and Decsendants of Samuel Converse, Jr." page 11: 5. Sergeant Samuel Convers, of Woburn Mass., youngest son of Deacon Edward Convers, was baptized 12 March 1637-8, in the First Church, Charleston, Mass.; born probably but a few days or weeks earlier, died 20 February 1669. He married, 8 June 1660, Judith Carter, daughter of Rev. Thomas and Mary (Parkhurst) Carter.

From "Some Ancestors and Decsendants of Samuel Converse, Jr." page 12-13: Samuel Convers was admitted freeman, 1666, and was Sergeant in the Woburn Train Band. He came to an untimely death by an accident in the corn mill which he inherited jointly with his brothers from his father, Deacon Edward Convers. The records of his death, on file at East Cambridge, ...


Records of Samuel's death show James Thompson was a nephew.

Samuel married Judith Carter on 08 Jun 1660. Judith (daughter of Thomas Carter and Mary Parkhurst) died in 1677. [Group Sheet]

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From "Some Ancestors and Decsendants of Samuel Converse, Jr." page 11: "He [Samuel Convers] married, 8 June 1660, Judith Carter daughter of Rev. Thomas and Mary (Parkhurst) Carter."

From "Some Ancestors and Decsendants of Samuel Converse, Jr." page 12: "Judith, wife of Samuel Convers, survived him, and married Giles Fifield, of Charlestown, 2 May 1672, and died 1677. Giles Fifield's will was proved 25 October 1676, in which he gives to his wife Judith "all she brought him." It also states, " I further give and bequeath unto Samuel Convers, and Abigail, his sister, as a Legaei of my love, to each of them ten shillings in silver, to be payed unto them by my executor." Judith Fifield's estate was appraised 3 October 1678."

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From "Some Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel Converse, Jr." page 36: "Abigail Fay was the daughter of Samuel and Tabitha (Ward) Fay and granddaughter of John Fay.
John Fay born in England about 1648; embarked at Gravesend, 30 May 1656, in Ship "Speedwell" of London, Robert Locke, master, and arrived in Boston June 27. As he was then but eight years old, he must have had parents or relatives in this country. He located first in Sudbury; was in Marlboro, Mass., 1669, where the births of his children are recorded; removed to Watertown, and returned to Marlboro, where he died 5 December 1690. On the breaking out of King Philip's War in 1675, he was in Marlboro and was designated amoog other to defend the garrison house of William Kerley in case of attack.

From "Some Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel Converse, Jr." page 37: "John Fay married, first, Mary, daughter of Thomas Brigham of Cambridge, by whom he had four children, including Samuel. John Fay married, second, 5 July 1678, Mrs. Susanna (Shattuck) Morse, widow of Joseph Morse, and eldest daughter of William Shattuck. By her he had four children. His grandson, Capt. Stephen Fay of Vermont (son of John, Jr.), was Captain of Militia and landlord of the historical Catamount Tavern at Bennington, Vt., and active in the Revolutionary War, rendering efficient service in a civil capacity. it is said that five of Capt. Stephen's sons were engaged in the Battle of Benningtion. The Fays were of French origin. During the persecution of the Huguenots, they fled to Wales, and from Wales the ancestor of the American family came to the colonies."

Mass. Archives Vol. 67: 277 -- John Fay is mentioned at a town meeting concerning the defense of Marlborough on 01.October.1675.

John married Mary Brigham. [Group Sheet]

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From "Some Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel Converse, Jr." page 37: "John Fay married, first, Mary, daughter of Thomas Brigham of Cambridge, by whom he had four children, including Samuel.

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From "Some Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel Converse, Jr." page 38: "Increase Ward of Marlboro. His farm was on the river, and he had a saw mill. He died 4 August 1690 aged 46. His wife died 26 July 1726. The Ward Genealogy above mentioned says that he was born 22 February 1644, and resided in that part of Marlborough which is now Northboro."

Increase married Record. Record died on 26 Jul 1726. [Group Sheet]