Benjamin Fairchild

Ruth and Samuel Fairchild Jr. had a son named Benjamin, who was born on March 21, 1721 in Stratford. When he was about 33 years old, Benjamin Fairchild married Melissa Hall, daughter of Joshua Hall of Fairfield, Connecticut. They had seven children: Peter, Ruth, Mary, Benjamin Jr., Joshua, Deborah and Isaac, who was born in 1771 in Stratford. This family lived for many years in Townsend, Norfolk Canada. Allegedly, the reason for Benjamin Fairchild's settling there in the first place was that he was a loyalist (Tory), siding with the English against the American independence. There was an old story about one of his sons, Benjamin Fairchild, Jr. who was taken prisoner by the Mohawk Indians and [many years later] was hired by the British government to interpret for them in doing business with the Indians.

Benjamin's contemporaries in Canada around 1787 included respected Indian chieft of the Mohawk tribe, and white men Moses Mound and Caleb Reynolds.

Benjamin Sr. died in Canada in 1795.

Source: http://ancestor.homestead.com/files/Thomas_Fairchild.htm
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Fairchild, Benjamin (1721-1794/5) and his wife Melissa Hall lived in "The Oblong," Dutchess County, New York during colonial times then moved upstate to the Queensbury Patent north of Albany. During the American Revolution, Benjamin joined the British forces at Fort Edward. Prior to 1792, his sons Benjamin Jr. and Isaac came to Upper Canada and were joined by the rest of the family in that year. Benjamin Jr. settled in Ancaster Township, Wentworth County then in Niagara. Sons Isaac, Joshua and Reverend Peter Fairchild settled in Townsend Township, Norfolk County. Includes ancestors and five generations of descendants in Norfolk, Oxford and Brant Counties, and in Illinois and Michigan and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Post, Smith, Fields, Martin, Midyett, Hensley, House, Graham, Hoover, Roberts, Kinnard, Laird, Peel, Hardy, Wheeler, Broad, Moe, McEwen, Bell, Johnston, Claxton, Kesler

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