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Fairbanks, Sergeant James (again)[1]
1756 - 1836 (80 years)-
Name Fairbanks, James Prefix Sergeant Suffix (again) Born 7 Mar 1756 Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States 
Gender Male FamilySearch Id K2TB-G3P Died 16 Dec 1836 Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Person ID I1380 USA Last Modified 12 Sep 2016
Father Fairbanks, Lieutenant Joseph, b. 9 Oct 1717, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States , d. 13 May 1801, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States (Age 83 years) Mother Farrington, Ithamar, b. 18 Nov 1717, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States , d. 7 Oct 1796, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States (Age 78 years) Married 7 Dec 1747 Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Family ID F872 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Blake, Betsey, b. Abt 1752, Wrentham, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States , d. 31 Oct 1798, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States (Age ~ 46 years) Married 16 Nov 1780 Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Notes - Massachusetts Town Marriage Records:
FAIRBANKS, James Betsey Blake Nov. 16, 1780 Wrentham
Children 1. Fairbanks, Sophia Charlotte, b. 2 Mar 1782, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States , d. 4 Jan 1849, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States (Age 66 years)2. Fairbanks, Clarissa Drayton, b. 26 Jan 1784, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States , d. 3 Nov 1847, Holliston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 63 years)3. Fairbanks, Joseph, b. 18 Sep 1786, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States , d. Aft 1835, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States (Age > 50 years)4. Fairbanks, James Jr, b. 26 May 1788, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States , d. 26 May 1788, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States (Age 0 years)5. Fairbanks, James Jr (again), b. 3 Jun 1790, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States , d. 6 Jul 1843, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States (Age 53 years)6. Fairbanks, Betsy Blake, b. 30 Aug 1796, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States , d. 19 Aug 1833, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States (Age 36 years)Last Modified 5 Aug 2021 Family ID F869 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Farrington, Susanna, b. 12 Dec 1767, < Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States > , d. 3 Nov 1800, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States (Age 32 years) [2] Married 17 Nov 1799 Children 1. Fairbanks, Susan Farrington "Susey", b. 26 Oct 1800, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States , d. 9 May 1870, Holliston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 69 years)Last Modified 5 Aug 2021 Family ID F870 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 3 Blackinton, Alice, b. 8 May 1775, Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States , d. 18 Aug 1855 (Age 80 years) [2] Married 9 Jul 1802 Children 1. Fairbanks, George Blackinton, b. 23 Aug 1803, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States , d. 15 Jan 1878, Chillicothe, Ross, Ohio, United States, United States (Age 74 years)2. Fairbanks, Willard Wolcott, b. 24 Jan 1805, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States , d. 4 Jun 1878, Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, United States (Age 73 years)3. Fairbanks, Addison Metcalf, b. 30 Oct 1809, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States , d. 22 Jan 1896, Wickford, North Kingstown, Washington, United States, Rhode Island, United States (Age 86 years)Last Modified 5 Aug 2021 Family ID F871 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Since the father's surname ends in s, all the siblings have been changed to match that spelling.
Probably the Jam Fairbanks listed in the 1790 Massachusetts census at Wrentham with 1 adult male, 2 juvenile males and 3 adult females in the household (adult=>16)
29 Jan 1776enlsited
Served as a Private with Capt. Samuel Cowell's Co. Col. L. Robinson's Regt.
8 Dec 1776 17 days with Capt Lemuel Kollock's Co. Col Wheelock's regt
21 Apr 1777 Became a Corporal in Capt. Samuel Fisher's Co. Col Ephraim Wheelock's Regt.
25 Sep 1777 Served with Capt. Samuel Cowell's Co. Col Benjamin Hawes Regt.
30 Oct 1777 From Sept. to October went on a secret expedition
26 Jul 1778 Served with Capt Samuel Cowell's Co. Col Benjamin Hawes Regt. thru August
12 Sep 1779 discharged
28 Jul 1780 Company marched to Rhode Island on an alarm
7 Aug 1780 discharged
17 Nov 1799 married second wife Susanna Farrington
9 Jul 1802 married third wife Alice Blackinton
- Since the father's surname ends in s, all the siblings have been changed to match that spelling.
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Sources - [S16] Genealogy of the Fairbanks Family in America 1633-1897, Lorenzo Sayles Fairbanks, A.M., Late Counsellor at Law, (Boston: The American Printing & Engraving, Company, 1897), reprinted by the Fairbanks Family in America 1991 3rd ed.., page 81 (under father) & page 135-136.
99. JAMES FAIRBANKS, of Wrentham, Mass.
(42), Joseph V, Joshua IV, John III, John II, Jonathan I.
Born in Wrentham, Mar. 7, 1756; resided there; was a farmer; died Dec. 16, 1836.
He was a Revolutionary Soldier, enlisting as a private, Jan. 29, 1776, in Capt. Sam'l Cowell's Co. of Col. Lemuel Robinson's Reg't. Reenlisted in Apr. 1777, as a Corporal, and was soon promoted to be a Sergeant. See Mass. War Rolls.
Married I, Nov. 16, 1780, Betsey Blake, who died Oct. 31, 1798; married II, Nov 17, 1799, Susanna Farrington, who was born Dec. 12, 1767, and died Nov. 30, 1800; married III, July 9, 1802, alice Blackington, who was born May 8, 1775, and died Aug. 18, 1855. - [S16] Genealogy of the Fairbanks Family in America 1633-1897, Lorenzo Sayles Fairbanks, A.M., Late Counsellor at Law, (Boston: The American Printing & Engraving, Company, 1897), reprinted by the Fairbanks Family in America 1991 3rd ed.., page 135.
- [S16] Genealogy of the Fairbanks Family in America 1633-1897, Lorenzo Sayles Fairbanks, A.M., Late Counsellor at Law, (Boston: The American Printing & Engraving, Company, 1897), reprinted by the Fairbanks Family in America 1991 3rd ed.., page 81 (under father) & page 135-136.