John Fairbanks Sr.

• BIRTH 3 May 1731 Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
• DEATH 9 Feb 1817 (aged 85) Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
• BURIAL Old Pleasant Street Cemetery, Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
• MEMORIAL ID 71604307

Born in Lancaster, Mass., May 4, 1731; removed to Athol after 1757. Served in the Colonial Wars as a soldier. See

Buried in the Old Pleasant Street Cemetery, Fairbank family stones straight in from the entrance to the cemetery and then slightly to the left three rows from the back. There is a very large pine tree beside the first stone. Relief's stone was sunken into the ground so much that I had to do a little digging to find all the words on the last line."

John Fairbank Sr.'s stone is on the left hand side of his wife Relief Fairbank. Mr John/Fairbank/died/Feb 9' 1817/in the 86' year/of his/age
No more my friends don't mourn for me
For I'm gone to eternity:
Make sure of Christ while life remains
And death will be eternal again

Parents
Thomas Fairbank 1707–1791
Dorothy Carter Fairbank 1710–1784

Spouse
Relief Houghton Fairbanks 1726–1795

Siblings
Joseph Fairbank 1741–1813
Mary Fairbanks Kendall 1744–1827
Oliver Fairbank 1751–1829

Children
Nahum Fairbanks 1753–1827
John Fairbank 1755–1830
Benjamin Fairbanks 1759–1836
Ephraim Fairbank 1765–1844
Rhoda Fairbanks Crosby 1766–1850
Parnee Fairbanks Warren 1770–1855

Notes

Colonial War Rolls.
Married I, Relief Houghton, July 10, 1751; II, Mrs. Tabitha White, daughter of Josiah and Tabitha (Howe) Carter, of Leominster, Dec. 15, 1796. She was born Dec. 30, 1747.

Reference

[1] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71604307/john-fairbanks

[2] https://familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L8QW-B5C FamilySearch Genealogy

[3] https://www.geni.com/projects/SmartCopy/18783 SmartCopy: Oct 18 2019, 10:04:13 UTC