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{{Infobox University President
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| name =Eliphaz Fay
|name = Eliphaz Fay
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|order = Fourth
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|title = President of [[Colby College]]
|term_start = 1841
| university =Fourth President of [[Colby College]]
| term_start =1841
|term_end = 1843
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|predecessor = [[Robert Everett Pattison]]
| term_end =1843
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|successor = [[David Newton Sheldon]]
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|birth_date = {{birth date|1797|04|27}}
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|birth_place = [[Marlborough, Massachusetts]]
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| birth_date ={{birth date|1797|04|27}}
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|death_date = {{death date and age|1854|03|19|1797|04|27}}
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| birth_place =[[Marlborough, Massachusetts]]
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|death_place = [[Poughkeepsie, New York]]
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| death_date ={{death date and age|1854|03|19|1797|04|27}}
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|alma_mater = [[Brown University]]
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| death_place =[[Poughkeepsie, New York]]
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|spouse = {{marriage|Mary Helen Lee|1829}}
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| predecessor =[[Robert Everett Pattison]]
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| successor =[[David Newton Sheldon]]
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| alumnus =[[Brown University]]
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| religion =[[Baptist]]
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| spouse ={{marriage|Mary Helen Lee|1829|1854|reason=w}}
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'''Eliphaz Fay''' (April 27, 1797 &ndash; March 19, 1854) served as the fourth president of [[Colby College]] (then called the Waterville College) in Maine.<ref name="History of the Baptists in Maine ">{{cite book | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=vK7VAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA214&lpg=PA214&dq=eliphaz+fay+principal&source=bl&ots=Ibc13rOKq1&sig=izraxuQR594DI-G09OnRnUyaybI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=UlLDUZLbFeuA0AGahYG4Cg&ved=0CD0Q6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q=eliphaz%20fay%20principal&f=false | title=History of the Baptists in Maine | publisher=Marks Printing House | author=Burrage, Henry S | year=1904}}</ref>
'''Eliphaz Fay''' (April 27, 1797 &ndash; March 19, 1854) served as the fourth president of [[Colby College]] (then called the Waterville College) in Maine.<ref name="History of the Baptists in Maine ">{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924010411878 | page=[https://archive.org/details/cu31924010411878/page/n247 214] | title=History of the Baptists in Maine | publisher=Marks Printing House | author=Burrage, Henry S | year=1904}}</ref>


==Personal Life==
==Personal life==
Born to Solomon Fay, and Suzannah Morse, a schoolteacher in Marlborough, Massachusetts.<ref name="Descendants of Elder John Strong, Vol 2">{{cite web | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=GWJmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA963&lpg=PA963&dq=eliphaz+fay&source=bl&ots=DXWZk-IfdL&sig=e4zVyuggDrSYbxRJli0909nJlrc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=E0LDUaLnJ_e54AO77IAw&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=eliphaz%20fay&f=false | title=The History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong, of Northampton, Mass, Volume 2 | publisher=J. Munsell | date=1871 | accessdate=2013-06-20 | author=Dwight, Benjamin W}}</ref> Graduated from [[Brown University]] in 1821.<ref name=news>{{cite news | url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1913&dat=19200625&id=W2QgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZWYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2662,7676447 | title=Dr. Arthur Jeremiah Roberts, President of Colby College since 1908 | work=Lewiston Evening Journal | date=Jun 25, 1920 | accessdate=2013-06-25}}</ref> He married Mary Helen (Lee) on April 20, 1829.<ref name="Descendants of Elder John Strong, Vol 2" /> His children were Susan Mary, William Wirt, Henry Harrison, Caroline Louise.<ref name="Descendants of Elder John Strong, Vol 2" />
Fay was born to Solomon Fay, and Suzannah Morse, a schoolteacher in [[Marlborough, Massachusetts]].<ref name="Descendants of Elder John Strong, Vol 2">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GWJmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA963 | title=The History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong, of Northampton, Mass, Volume 2 | publisher=J. Munsell | year=1871 | access-date=2013-06-20 | author=Dwight, Benjamin W}}</ref> Graduated from [[Brown University]] in 1821.<ref name=news>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1913&dat=19200625&id=W2QgAAAAIBAJ&pg=2662,7676447 | title=Dr. Arthur Jeremiah Roberts, President of Colby College since 1908 | work=Lewiston Evening Journal | date=Jun 25, 1920 | access-date=2013-06-25}}</ref> He married Mary Helen (Lee) on April 20, 1829.<ref name="Descendants of Elder John Strong, Vol 2" /> His children were Susan Mary, William Wirt, Henry Harrison, Caroline Louise.<ref name="Descendants of Elder John Strong, Vol 2" />


==Work==
==Work==
Fay had a career as a lawyer.<ref name="History of the Baptists in Maine " /> In 1832 he was was the first principal of [[New Paltz Academy]].<ref name="History of the Baptists in Maine " /> From 1833-1834 he published the '''The Independence''', a newspaper in [[Poughkeepsie, New York]], which "advocate(d) the cause of Anti-Masonry, literature, science, temperance, morality and religion."
Fay had a career as a lawyer.<ref name="History of the Baptists in Maine " /> In 1832 he was the first principal of [[New Paltz Academy]].<ref name="History of the Baptists in Maine " /> From 1833-1834 he published ''The Independence'', a newspaper in [[Poughkeepsie, New York]], which "advocate(d) the cause of Anti-Masonry, literature, science, temperance, morality and religion."
Editor: Eliphaz Fay, 1832-1834.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/independence/oclc/191286509 |title=The independence (Newspaper, 1832) |publisher=[WorldCat.org] |date= |accessdate=2014-01-03}}</ref>
Editor: Eliphaz Fay, 1832-1834.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191286509 |title=The independence (Newspaper, 1832) |publisher=[WorldCat.org] |oclc=191286509 |access-date=2014-01-03}}</ref>


Elected President of [[Colby College]] in August 1841, after a year when the college had no president for the prior year. The enrollment was 76.<ref name=" Information of the Bureau of Education ">{{cite book | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=7NGcVXtoJFwC&pg=RA1-PA113&lpg=RA1-PA113&dq=eliphaz+fay&source=bl&ots=lc5zH7fkLY&sig=Z_ZsIpo2wG9CoyeH7VB4t213MQU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=E0LDUaLnJ_e54AO77IAw&ved=0CD8Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=eliphaz%20fay&f=false | title=Circulars of Information of the Bureau of Education | publisher=Government Printing Office | author=United States. Office of Education | year=1903}}</ref>
Elected President of [[Colby College]] in August 1841, after a year when the college had no president for the prior year. The enrollment was 76.<ref name=" Information of the Bureau of Education ">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7NGcVXtoJFwC&pg=RA1-PA113 | title=Circulars of Information of the Bureau of Education | publisher=Government Printing Office | author=United States. Office of Education | year=1903}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=O2sXAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false The Evening of Life, written by Chaplin, and republished several times]
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=O2sXAAAAYAAJ The Evening of Life, written by Chaplin, and republished several times]
*[http://www.mainememory.net/bin/Detail?ln=12580 Portrait of Chaplin]
*[http://www.mainememory.net/bin/Detail?ln=12580 Portrait of Chaplin]


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Latest revision as of 04:11, 15 March 2023

Eliphaz Fay
Fourth President of Colby College
In office
1841–1843
Preceded byRobert Everett Pattison
Succeeded byDavid Newton Sheldon
Personal details
Born(1797-04-27)April 27, 1797
Marlborough, Massachusetts
DiedMarch 19, 1854(1854-03-19) (aged 56)
Poughkeepsie, New York
Spouse
Mary Helen Lee
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(m. 1829)​
Alma materBrown University

Eliphaz Fay (April 27, 1797 – March 19, 1854) served as the fourth president of Colby College (then called the Waterville College) in Maine.[1]

Personal life

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Fay was born to Solomon Fay, and Suzannah Morse, a schoolteacher in Marlborough, Massachusetts.[2] Graduated from Brown University in 1821.[3] He married Mary Helen (Lee) on April 20, 1829.[2] His children were Susan Mary, William Wirt, Henry Harrison, Caroline Louise.[2]

Work

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Fay had a career as a lawyer.[1] In 1832 he was the first principal of New Paltz Academy.[1] From 1833-1834 he published The Independence, a newspaper in Poughkeepsie, New York, which "advocate(d) the cause of Anti-Masonry, literature, science, temperance, morality and religion." Editor: Eliphaz Fay, 1832-1834.[4]

Elected President of Colby College in August 1841, after a year when the college had no president for the prior year. The enrollment was 76.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Burrage, Henry S (1904). History of the Baptists in Maine. Marks Printing House. p. 214.
  2. ^ a b c Dwight, Benjamin W (1871). The History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong, of Northampton, Mass, Volume 2. J. Munsell. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
  3. ^ "Dr. Arthur Jeremiah Roberts, President of Colby College since 1908". Lewiston Evening Journal. Jun 25, 1920. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  4. ^ The independence (Newspaper, 1832). [WorldCat.org]. OCLC 191286509. Retrieved 2014-01-03.
  5. ^ United States. Office of Education (1903). Circulars of Information of the Bureau of Education. Government Printing Office.
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