Capt. George Fairbanks

Capt. George Fairbanks

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=29941598

Male, #263, (28 November 1619 - 10 January 1682)

Capt. George Fairbanks was christened on 28 November 1619 in Shelf, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England.1,2,3 He was the son of Jonathan Fairebanke and Grace Smith.1,4,2 Capt. George Fairbanks emigrated with Jonathan Fairebanke and Grace Smith in 1633 from Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England.4,5,2 On 26 August 1646 George, at age 26, married Mary Adams, daughter of Henry Adams and Edith Squire, in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.1,2 Or on 26 October 1646 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, George married Mary Adams, daughter of Henry Adams and Edith Squire.6,4 Capt. George Fairbanks became a freeman about 1651 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.4 He moved in 1657 to Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, He was one of the early settlers in Sherborn, in that part which later became East Medway, then Millis.4 He was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston.4,2 On 1 June 1668 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Capt. George Fairbanks was mentioned in the will of Jonathan Fairebanke.1,7 George drowned on 10 January 1682 in Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, at age 62.4,1,2

Charts Ancestry of Robert Roy

Children of Capt. George Fairbanks and Mary Adams

1. Mary Fairbanks+6,8,1,4,2 (10 Nov 1647 - 9 Jun 1682)
2. George Fairbanks+6,9,1,4,2 (26 May 1650 - 5 May 1737)
3. Samuel Fairbanks6,1,4,2 (28 Oct 1652 - 20 Nov 1676)
4. Eliezer Fairbanks+6,1,4,2 (8 Jun 1655 - 1741)
5. Jonas Fairbanks6,1,4,2 (23 Feb 1656/57 - 28 Nov 1676)
6. Dr. Jonathan Fairbanks+4,1,2 (1 May 1662 - 19 Dec 1719)
7. Margaret Fairbanks+1,4,2 (27 Jun 1664 - 1714)
8. Berry Fairbanks10 (a 1668 - 10 Jun 1683)

Citations

Lawson, Stephen M.. "Fairbanks Ancestory of Stephen Lawson. Online http://sml.simplenet.com/smlawson/fairbank.htm. Printout dated 12 March 1998.

MacKenzie, George Norbury. Colonial Families of the United States of America. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1966.

Joseph, Ruth Fairbanks and and James Swan Landberg. "New England Historical and Genealogical Register", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume 116 (July 2012).

Crane, Ellery Bicknell. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts. New York: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1907.

Fairbanks, Hiram Francis. "Fairbanks Marriages in the Parish of Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire, England From 1538 to 1624", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume LXX (April 1906).

Hanson, Robert Brand. The Vital Records of Dedham, Massachusetts. volume 1: Births and Baptisms. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1989).

Trask, William B.. "Abstracts from the Earliest Wills on Record and on the Files in the County of Suffolk, Mass.",

The New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume XIX (1865).

Lawson, Stephen M. "Daniels - Morse Ancestry of Stephen Lawson. Online http://sml.simplenet.com/smlawson/daniels.htm. Printout dated 12 March 1998.

Adams, Andrew N. A Genealogical History of Henry Adams of Braintree, Mass., and his Descendants also John

Adams of Cambridge, Mass., 1632-1897. Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle Company, 1898.

Ancestral File. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, 1994.

George Fairbanks was the first settler of Sherborn,MA. He drowned 10 Jan 1682 in Medway,and was buried in Old South Cemetery, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.George He was an esteemed citizen, a selectman, and a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company.

"Captain George Fairbanks, son of Jonathan Fairbanks, came from England with his parents, and resided at Dedham until 1657, when he removed to the south part of the new town of Sherborn, afterwards the town of Medway, and now Millis. He was the first settler in the vicinity, and he became a prominent and highly esteemed citizen. He was selectman of Sherborn, and belonged to the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston. The homestead passed down through four George Fairbanks in succession, then two Silas Fairbanks, and went out of the hands of the family about 1820. His was the famous stone house on the northern border of Bogistow Pond, in the eastern part of the town, now in Millis. That which has been more recently known as the Fairbanks farm was the southern part of his large landed estate. The stone house was originally the garrison house built by the residents of Bogistow farms as a place of refuge from the Indians. It was 65 by 70 feet long, two stories high, made of flat stones laid in clay mortar, with a double row of portholes on all sides, and was lined with heavy oak plank. The stones have all been carried away, and there is no trace of the house. In 1662 George Fairbanks signed the first petition for the incorporation of the town of Sherborn. He signed also the second and successful petition in 1674, and he had land granted in Sherborn. He was selectman four years, and on the committee to engage the first minister. He was a man of sterling character. His descendants are widely scattered throughout this country, Canada and Nova Scotia. He married, October 26, 1646, Mary Adams, of Dedham, who died August 11, 1711, at Mendon, probably at the home of her son-in-law, William Holbrook."[9]

GEDCOM Note

Category:Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts Category:Signer of_the_Dedham_Covenant

Biography

George Fairbanks was baptized 28 Nov 1619 in Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England. <ref>Ruth Fairbanks Joseph and James Swan Landberg, "Jonathan Fairbank of Dedham, Massachusetts, and his family in the West Riding of Yorkshire," NEHGS Register, Vol. 166 (July 2012), p. 165</ref>
He was named in his father's will, dated 01 Jun 1668, as his second son.<ref>Lorenzo Sayles Fairbanks, Genealogy of the Fairbanks Family in America 1633-1897 (Boston, MA: pub. by the author [American Printing & Egraving Co.], 1897), pp. 32-33 *Ite I glue & bequeath to George (ffarbanke my secon)d sonne & to his heyers for euer, sixteene pounds the one halle whereof shall be payed to him within the space of one ( .... ) yeare next ensueing after the decease of my said wife; And whereas I haue allready giuen and doe herby confirme to my said sonne George all that my prt in the generaIl deuident (dividend ?) already laid out thro Meadfield & some workinge tooles & such like small things, my will & my mind is, That the said percell of lande and those tooles and other small thing soe giuen shall be all indifferently & Equally aprized and if they shall together amount to the value of eight pounds then it shall be accounted for his first payment.</ref> :Came with his father from England and resided in Dedham until about 1657, the home where he lived is now on the National Register of Historic Places as the oldest surviving timber frame house.<ref>[http://www.fairbankshouse.org/</ref>He later moved to the south part of Sherborn, afterward Medway, and the Millis. George He was the first settler there and was an esteemed citizen, a selectman, and a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company. he was drowned Jan. 10, 1682.<ref>http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~azwdaha/Membershiprolls.htm</ref> On 26 Oct 1646, George married Mary Addams in Dedham, Suffolk County, Mass. Bay Colony.<ref>Don Gleason Hill, compiler, The Record of Baptisms, Marriages & Deaths ... Town of Dedham, MA, 1638-1845 (Dedham, MA: Town of Dedham, 1886), p. 22 "[1646] George Fairebanck & Mary Addams was married the 26 of the 8 mo."</ref> She died August 11, 1711 in Mendon.<ref>"Fairbank, Mary, w. of ____ ["Geo." handwritten in NEHGS online copy], Oct. 11, 1711." Thomas W. Baldwin, compiler, Vital Records of Mendon, MA, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1920), p. 465</ref> He drowned 10 Jan 1682/3 in Medway,<ref>"Fayrebanke, George Sr., drow[n]ed, Jan. 10, [16]82." NEHGS, compiler, Vital Records of Medfield, MA, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1903), p. 210.</ref>and was buried in Old South Cemetery, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.<ref>Findagrave.com, online http://www.findagrave.com Memorial #29941598, citing the Medway Historical Society and an account that George was buried with three of his children in this cemetery.</ref> :"Captain George Fairbanks, son of Jonathan Fairbanks, came from England with his parents, and resided at Dedham until 1657, when he removedto the south part of the new town of Sherborn, afterwards the town ofMedway, and now Millis. He was the first settler in the vicinity, andhe became a prominent and highly esteemed citizen. He was selectman of Sherborn, and belonged to the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston. The homestead passed down through four George Fairbanks in succession, then two Silas Fairbanks, and went out of the hands of the family about 1820. His was the famous stone house on the northern border of Bogistow Pond, in the eastern part of the town, now in Millis. That which has been more recently known as the Fairbanks farm was the southern part of his large landed estate. The stone house was originally the garrison house built by the residents of Bogistow farms as a place of refuge from the Indians. It was 65 by 70 feet long, two stories high, made of flat stones laid in clay mortar, with a double row ofportholes on all sides, and was lined with heavy oak plank. The stones have all been carried away, and there is no trace of the house. In 1662 George Fairbanks signed the first petition for the incorporation of the town of Sherborn. He signed also the second and successful petition in 1674, and he had land granted in Sherborn. He was selectman four years, and on the committee to engage the first minister. He was a man of sterling character. His descendants are widely scattered throughout this country, Canada and Nova Scotia. He married, October 26, 1646, Mary Adams, of Dedham, who died August 11, 1711, at Mendon, probablyat the home of her son-in-law, William Holbrook."<ref>Ellery BicknellCrane, Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts: With a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity (N.Y. & Chicago: Lewis Publishing, 1907), Vol. 4, p. 192| "Page 192" </ref>

Children ==(from #6 on, born Medway)<ref>Ellery Bicknell Crane, Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts: With a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity (N.Y. & Chicago: Lewis Publishing, 1907), Vol. 4, p. 192</ref>

1. Mary, born November 10, 1647; married August 11, 1665, Deacon JosephDaniels.
   
2. George, born May 26, 1650.
3. Samuel, born October 28, 1652; died November 20, 1676.
4. Eliesur, born June 8, 1655.
5. Jonas, born February 23, 1656/7; died November 28, 1676.
6. Jonathan, born May 1, 1662; died December 18, 1719.
   
7. Margaret, born June 27, 1664; married William Holbrook, of Mendon.

Sources ==* NEHGR Vol 166 "Jonathan Fairbank of Dedham, Massachusetts, and His Family in the West Riding of Yorkshire" by Ruth Fairbanks Joseph and James Swan Landberg July 2012 p 165;* Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, (Boston, Mass., 1903), p 210.

<references />

Contributors

• DeMarco-12 | Regina DeMarco. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Regina and others.* S-314 | Elizabeth S. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Elizabeth and others.* Knowlton-382 | Laura Mittler. See the Changes page forthe details of edits by Laura and others.

  ---

GEDCOM Note

drowned

GEDCOM Note

GEDCOM Source

@R-1196578217@ God's infinite variety, an American Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations Inc 1,25151::0

GEDCOM Source

1,25151::202

GEDCOM Source

@R-1196578217@ Millennium File Heritage Consulting Ancestry.com Operations Inc 1,7249::0

GEDCOM Source

1,7249::10224859

GEDCOM Source

@R-1196578217@ U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Yates Publishing Ancestry.com Operations Inc 1,7836::0

GEDCOM Source

Source number: 760.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: GCH 1,7836::395760

GEDCOM Source

@R-1196578217@ U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations Inc 1,3824::0

GEDCOM Source

Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700 1,3824::48600

GEDCOM Source

@R-1196578217@ Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775 Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 1,61175::0

GEDCOM Source

1,61175::35208

GEDCOM Source

@R-1196578217@ U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Ancestry.com Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi.Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi. 1,60525::0

GEDCOM Source

1,60525::104828364

GEDCOM Source

@R-1196578217@ North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 1,61157::0

GEDCOM Source

Book Title: Genealogy of the Fairbanks family in America, 1633-1897 1,61157::1205837

GEDCOM Source

@R-1196578217@ Millennium File Heritage Consulting Ancestry.com Operations Inc 1,7249::0

GEDCOM Source

1,7249::10224859

GEDCOM Source

@R-1196578217@ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 1,2204::0

GEDCOM Source

Volume: 247 1,2204::1103438

GEDCOM Source

@R-1196578217@ U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations Inc 1,3824::0

GEDCOM Source

Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700 1,3824::48600

GEDCOM Source

@R-1196578217@ Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775 Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 1,61175::0

GEDCOM Source

1,61175::35208

GEDCOM Source

@R-1196578217@ U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Ancestry.com Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi.Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi. 1,60525::0

GEDCOM Source

1,60525::104828364

GEDCOM Source

@R-1196578217@ U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Ancestry.com Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi.Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi. 1,60525::0

GEDCOM Source

1,60525::104828364

GEDCOM Source

@R-1196578217@ North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 1,61157::0

GEDCOM Source

Book Title: Genealogy of the Fairbanks family in America, 1633-1897 1,61157::1205837

GEDCOM Source

@R-1196578217@ Millennium File Heritage Consulting Ancestry.com Operations Inc 1,7249::0

GEDCOM Source

1,7249::10224859

GEDCOM Source

@R-1196578217@ U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Yates Publishing Ancestry.com Operations Inc 1,7836::0

GEDCOM Source

Source number: 760.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: GCH 1,7836::395760

GEDCOM Source

@R-1196578217@ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 1,2204::0

GEDCOM Source

Volume: 247 1,2204::1103438

GEDCOM Source

@R-1196578217@ U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations Inc 1,3824::0

GEDCOM Source

Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700 1,3824::48600

GEDCOM Source

@R-1196578217@ Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775 Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 1,61175::0

GEDCOM Source

1,61175::35208

GEDCOM Source

@R-1196578217@ U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Ancestry.com Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi.Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi. 1,60525::0

GEDCOM Source

1,60525::104828364

GEDCOM Source

@R-1196578217@ God's infinite variety, an American Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations Inc 1,25151::0

GEDCOM Source

1,25151::202

GEDCOM Source

@R-1196578217@ Ancestry Family Trees Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.

GEDCOM Source

Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=74642411&pid...

Name may also be presented as Fairbanks or Fairbanke, Captian, Captain, cause of death is drowning

NOTE: The date above is his baptism date, rather than his birth date.

He first settled in Dedham, and was at Medfield in 1657.

He married Mary Adams on Oct 26,1646(o.s.).

Children: Mary Fairbanks Daniels, George Fairbanks Jr, Samuel Fairbanks, Eliezur Fairbanks, Jonas Fairbanks, Jonathan Fairbanks, and Margaret Fairbanks Holbrook Thayer(second wife of Josiah Thayer).

• Reference: Find-A-Grave