The Fay Robinson Chapter was organized and named by Mrs. R. P. Perry and Mrs. A. L. Harris, June 14, 1898. Mrs. Perry was the organizing regent.

Mrs. R. P. Perry was a lineal descendant of Col. Moses Robinson and his wife, Mary Fay. Mary was a lineal descendant of the Fay men who fought in the Revolution. Names of Robinson and Fay men can be found in Bennington, Vt. church records and adjoining churchyard.

Revolutionary War Patriot's Grave Marked

On July 4, 1975, Fay Robinson Chapter marked the grave of John Greenslit, Revolutionary War patriot who was buried in Dellona Township, Wisconsin.  He enlisted in the Connecticut Militia at the age of 15, and served under Capt. Benjamin Durkee at Fort Trumbell, at Newton and Fort Griswold in Groton. He was discharged September 1, 1783.  John, who was born June 5, 1767, in Hampton, Windham County, Connecticut, to John and Sarah Burnham Greenslit, died, April 1, 1856. John married Salome Pitts in Ashford, Connecticut, on June 20, 1790, and they raised seven children: Permelia, Augustina, Betsy, Chester, John R., Stephen, and Henry.  Stephen and his family came to Dellona, Wisconsin, in 1854. John Greenslit, then 87 years of age, and living in Vermont, applied for bounty land and arrived in Dellona Township. The grave was located through work of the Wisconsin Sons of the American Revolution and the Wisconsin State Old Cemetery Society.   

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