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Vital Records of Westborough, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (1903), p. 201: Rice marriages ('Thomas and Mary Oakes, July 2, 1722. In Marlborough'; 'Mary wid. and Deac. John Fay, April 26, 1744'). Under RICE: 'Thomas and Mary Oakes, July 2, 1722. In Marlborough.' and 'Mary wid. and Deac. John Fay, April 26, 1744.'.
Image · dated 1722 and 1744 · source: Internet Archive (public-domain scan); vitalrecordsofwe01west.
How it is shown: Complete page as scanned; no crop, no retouch, no search highlight.
Keep in mind: Confirmed as printed. The record does not name the widow's first husband or her maiden name. That the 1744 bride is Mary (Holloway) Oak Rice rests on Parkman's diary of 26 Apr 1744 (the bride's grandson Jonathan Oake and her son George) and is Likely, not stated; the Fay Genealogy (1898) never names Mary Rice as a wife of John Fay, so the identification of the groom is Unconfirmed.
Evidence for
- Vital Records of Westborough, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Rice, 1903), Marriages, p. 201 (under RICE): 'Mary wid. and Deac. John Fay, April 26, 1744' · the original at Internet Archive