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Achsah Fairbanks (Houghton)

Also Known As: "Goeth", "Gorth. Goett"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Bolton, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts
Death: 1809 (84-85)
Berlin, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
Place of Burial: Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Jonathan Houghton and Thankful Houghton
Wife of Ephraim Fairbanks, Esq.
Mother of Achsah Whitcomb; Ephraim Fairbanks; Jabez Fairbanks; Keziah Fairbanks; Caleb Fairbanks and 5 others
Sister of Thankful Whitcomb; Mary Sawyer; Jonathan Houghton; Azubah Whitcomb; Rufus Houghton and 1 other

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About Achsah Fairbanks

Achsah Goeth Houghton Fairbanks

  • BIRTH 16 Jan 1724 Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
  • DEATH 1809 (aged 84–85) Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
  • BURIAL Old South Burying Ground, Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
  • MEMORIAL ID 102751802

Achsah Goeth, name has also been spelled as Gorth. Spelled GOETT. "Achsah was the daughter of Jonathan Houghton and Thankfull White both of Lancaster were married by Rev Mr John Preneice on 6 Nov 1712 in Lancaster MA Achsah Goeth Fairbank died 1809, and in that year her estate was distributed to her son Ephraim, her daughter Keziah Goddard, and seven other children. [2-6]

Spouse Ephraim Fairbank b: 1724 in South Parish, Bolton, Worcester, MA d: 18 NOV 1799 in Bolton, Worcester, MA m. 1745 in Berlin, Worcester, MA

Children
Achsah Fairbanks Whitcomb 1751–1796
Ephraim Fairbanks 1753–1831
Jonathan Fairbanks 1761–1847
Keziah Fairbank Goddard 1763–1848
Manaseh Fairbank 1765–1806
Caleb Fairbanks 1768–1842

Note== details on children

Jonathan FAIRBANKS*** b: 26 FEB 1761 in Bolton, Worcester, MA
d: 27 OCT 1847 in Marlborough, Middlesex, MA
Marriage: Susanna KUHN***
b: 07 MAR 1769 on shipboard, coming from Germany
d: 11 APR 1857 in Marlborough, Middlesex, MA
Married: 07 MAY 1795 in Berlin, Worcester, MA

Thankfull FAIRBANKS
b: 31 JAN 1747 in Berlin, Worcester, MA
(never Married)

Mary FAIRBANKS
b: 14 FEB 1749 in Bolton, Worcester, MA
d: 27 SEP 1765 in Bolton, Worcester, MA

Achsah FAIRBANKS
b: 18 MAR 1751 in Berlin, Worcester, MA
d: 02 DEC 1799 in Bolton, Worcester, MA
Marriage: Jonathan WHITCOMB

Ephraim FAIRBANKS
b: 28 JUN 1753 in Bolton, Worcester, MA
d: 1831 in Newark, Caledonia, Vermont
Marriage: Prudence WILDER
d: 25 MAY 1846 in Newark, Caledonia, Vermont
Married: 21 NOV 1774 in Bolton, Worcester, MA

Jabez FAIRBANKS
b: 22 NOV 1755 in Berlin, Worcester, MA
d: 01 DEC 1795 in Westminster, Vermont
Marriage1: Lucy BAILEY
Married: 27 JUL 1778 in Bolton, Worcester, MA
Marriage2: Betsey BAKER
Married: 19 JUL 1786 in Berlin, Worcester, MA

Hepzibah FAIRBANKS
b: 26 FEB 1758 in Bolton, Worcester, MA
d: in Maine
Marriage: Edward BAKER
Married: 13 OCT 1778 in Bolton, Worcester, MA

Keziah FAIRBANKS
b: 26 APR 1763 in Bolton, Worcester, MA
Marriage: James GODDARD
b: 15 APR 1763 Berlin, Worcester, MA
(son of James GODDARD and Hannah RICE)

Manassah FAIRBANKS
b: 20 DEC 1765 in Berlin, Worcester, MA
d: 11 MAR 1806 in Berlin, Worcester, MA
Marriage: Abigail HOWE
b: 10 MAR 1766 in Berlin, Worcester, MA
(dau. of Silas HOWE and Abigail MOOR)
d: 1838 in Berlin, Worcester, MA
Married: 1785 in Berlin, Worcester, MA

Caleb FAIRBANKS
b: 30 JUL 1768 in Berlin, Worcester, MA
d: 21 APR 1842 in Madrid, St. Lawrence Co., NY
Marriage: Mary Rice GODDARD
b: 14 DEC 1764 Berlin, Worcester, MA
(dau. of James GODDARD and Hannah RICE)
d: 22 JUL 1856 in Madrid, St. Lawrence Co., NY
Married: 10 NOV 1785 Berlin, Worcester, MA

References

[1] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102751802/achsah-goeth-fairbanks

Sources

[2] NSDAR Vol 59. NSDAR Vol.60, page 51; Vol. 80, page 326; Vol. 102, page 270; Vol 32, p 282; Vol 37, p 165 ; Vol 146; Vol 148, p 171; Vol 105, page 45; Vol 91, p.217 2.

[3] Vital Records of Bolton, Massachusetts p.26.

[4] Lorenzo S. Fairbanks, "Genealogy of the Fairbanks Family in America 1633-1897", Boston. 1897. p. 107

[5] New England Historical and Genealogical Register 16:3113 "Real Wife of Epharim Fairbank of Lancaster."

[6] Worcester Probate Records.

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Achsah Fairbanks's Timeline

1724
January 16, 1724
Bolton, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts
1746
January 31, 1746
Bolton, Worcester, Mass
1748
February 4, 1748
Bolton, Worcester, Mass
1751
March 18, 1751
Bolton, Worcester, Mass
1753
June 28, 1753
Bolton, Worcester, Mass
1755
November 22, 1755
Berlin, Worcester, Mass
1758
June 26, 1758
Berlin, Worcester, Mass
1761
February 26, 1761
Bolton, Worcester, Mass
1763
April 26, 1763
Berlin, Worcester, Mass