Mary Brigham1

F, #20217, b. circa 1638, d. Aug 2, 1676
Pedigree
Father*Thomas I. Brigham1 b. circa 1603, d. Dec 8, 1653
Mother*Mercy Hurd1 b. circa 1616, d. Dec 22, 1693

Family

John Fay b. circa 1648, d. Dec 5, 1690
Children

Chronological Events

Birth*circa 1638 Mary Brigham was born circa 1638 at Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.1 
 She was the daughter of Thomas I. Brigham and Mercy Hurd.1 
Marriage*circa 1668 Mary Brigham married John Fay circa 1668 at Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.1 
Death*Aug 2, 1676 Mary Brigham died on Aug 2, 1676 at Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.1 
Burial*Aug 3, 1676 She was buried on Aug 3, 1676 at Old Common Cemetery, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, Find A Grave Memorial# 72022167.2 
Book Excerpt* 
MARY, daughter of Thomas and Mercy (Hurd) Brigham; born probably in Cambridge, Mass., about 1638; died in Watertown, in 1676; married John Fay, the emigrant, who settled in Marlboro, Mass.,

Mary was the first Brigham born in America, and as such deserves special mention. Paige, in his History of Cambridge (pp. 501-2), a most thorough and painstaking work, chronicles that `Mary went to Sudbury and Marlboro with her mother, brothers and sister, when her father died, where she married John Fay of Marlboro.` And he cites evidence, as already indicated by a legal document (Mid. Prob. Recs., vii. 9), wherein, joining with other complainants, John Fay and Samuel Fay, children of Mary Fay of Marlboro, and heirs of Thomas Brigham, late of Cambridge began suit September 28, 1695, to recover certain lands in the possession of Samuel Hastings, who possessed also the Puritan Brigham homestead. John Fay Sr.`s wife was Mary, and there was no other Fay in Marlboro at that time of suitable age to be the father of said John, Jr, and Samuel Fay, parties to said suit. Paige was undoubtedly correct, and we must include in our genealogy of the Brighams the children of John and Samuel Fay, sons of Mary (Brigham) Fay. Both of them had large families, among them being sons who became the heads of numerous branches (see Fay Family). There was also a daughter, Mary Fay, who married Jonathan Brigham, her cousin, and a son of Thomas Brigham; they had 10 children, thus starting several male lines of Brighams. Hudson, in his Hist. of Marlboro, does not conflict with Paige`s position; and he adds that John Fay retired (with most other Marlboroites) during King Philip`s War, to Watertown, where he buried his wife Mary and a young son David, just coming five years.1
 

Citations

  1. [S802] Site - Ancestry.com, online at http://www.ancestry.com
  2. [S58] Gravestones - Death Cert, Find-A-Grave, BillionGraves, #79.