Harriet Howard was born 27 March 1782 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Samuel Howard (c1757-1797) and Anna Lillie (1760-1804) and died 27 July 1847 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of unspecified causes. She married Samuel Prescott Phillips Fay (1778-1856) 31 July 1803 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Samuel Howard Fay (1804-1847) | 21 July 1804 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States | 16 August 1847 Brooklyn, New York, United States | Susan Shellman (1808-1887) |
| Richard Sullivan Fay (1806-1865) | |||
| Charles Fay (1808-1888) | |||
| Harriet Howard Fay (1810-1885) | 22 April 1810 Falmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States | 29 March 1885 Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States | William Henry Greenough (1795-1854) |
| Joseph Story Fay (1812-1897) | |||
| Maria Denny Fay (1820-1890) | |||
| Eliza Davis Fay (1825-1885) | |||
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