Joshua Fairchild

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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