Harriet Fay

Harriet Eleanor Fay (October 29, 1829 - February 27, 1921) was the great-grandmother of U.S. President George H. W. Bush and great-great-grandmother of current President George W. Bush.

Fay was born in Savannah, Georgia, daughter of Samuel Howard Fay (Cambridge, Massachusetts, July 21, 1804 - Brooklyn, New York, August 16, 1847) and wife (m. Savannah, Georgia, July 5, 1825) Susan Shellman (Savannah, Georgia, February 20, 1808 - Brooklyn, New York, January 12, 1887, in 1860 living with her son in Orange, Essex Co., New Jersey. She married Rev. James Smith Bush on February 24, 1859, in Trinity Church, New York City. In 1860 she was living with her husband in Orange, Essex Co., New Jersey.
They had four children
# James Freeman BUSH, b. 15 Jun 1860, Essex Co., NJ
# Samuel Prescott BUSH, b. 4 Oct 1863, Ocean Co., NJ
# Harriet Montfort BUSH, b. 14 Nov 1871
# Eleanor Howard BUSH, b. 7 Nov 1873

Samuel was named after Harriet Fay's grandfather, Samuel Prescott Phillips Fay (January 10, 1778 - May 18, 1856).

Fay died in Boston, Massachusetts, aged 91.

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