Dr. Jonas FAY

1737 - 1818  (81 years)

• Name	Jonas FAY  [1]
  	During the campaign at Fort Edward and lake George in 1756, Jonas Fay was clerk of Capt. Samuel Robinson's company, and was described as cordwainer. In 1761 he was noted on the town records as ensign. He studied medicine and practiced in Hardwick, Mass., for several years, and also taught school. About 1768 he removed to Bennington, Vt., where he became distinguished as a physician and politician. In 1772 he and his father were among the agents sent to Gov. Tyron of New York to explain the grounds of complaint of the Vermont settlers. In 1774 he was clerk to the convention that resolved to defend by force, Ethan Allen, Seth Warner, and others who were threatened as outlaws by the New York Assembly, and, as clerk, he certified their proceedings for publication. He served as surgeon in the expedition under Ethan Allen at the capture of Ticonderoga, and held the position under the Committee of the Massachusetts Congress who were sent to the lake in July, 1775, also appointed to muster the troops as they arrived for the defence of hat port. He was also surgeon in Col. Warner's regiment for a time. In January, 1776, he was clerk to the Convention at Dorset that petitioned to be allowed to serve the country as inhabitants of the New Hampshire Grants and not under New York; he was a member of the Westminster Convention of 1777 that declared Vermont a separate state; secretary of the Convention that formed the Constitution of the State in July, 1777; one of the Council of Safety then appointed; member of the State Council, 1778-1785; judge of Supreme Court in 1782; judge of probate, 1782-7; attended Continental Congress at Philadelphia as agent of Vermont, 1777, 1779, 1781, and 1782. He was able to draw with skill and ability the public papers of the day, and was the reputed author of many of them. In 1780, in collaboration with Ethan Allen, he prepared and published a pamphlet on the new Hampshire and New York controversy. Dr. Fay resided in Bennington except for a few years after 1800, which he spent in Charlotte and Pawlet. [1]
  Prefix	Dr.
  Birth	28 Jan 1737	Hardwick, Massachusetts   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Fact	Son of Stephen Fay and Ruth Child   [1]
  Death	6 Mar 1818	Bennington, Vermont   [1]
  Person ID	I92806	Main Tree
  Last Modified	29 Sep 2018

  
  

  Family 1	Lydia WARNER,   b. 3 Nov 1740, Hardwick, Massachusetts
  Marriage	20 Nov 1777  [1]
  Family ID	F38785	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Sep 2018

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah FASSETT
  Family ID	F38786	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Sep 2018

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 28 Jan 1737 - Hardwick, Massachusetts Death - 6 Mar 1818 - Bennington, Vermont  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S10016] Lucien C. Warner, The Descendants of Andrew Warner.