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Fairbanks, Benjamin[1]

Male 1711 - Bef 1780  (< 68 years)


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  • Name Fairbanks, Benjamin 
    Born 5 May 1711  Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    FamilySearch Id L7ZG-W12 
    Died Bef 13 Mar 1780 
    Person ID I1431  USA
    Last Modified 12 Sep 2016 

    Father Fairbanks, Lieutenant Joshua,   b. 18 Mar 1682, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Oct 1742, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Mother Ware, Hannah,   b. 24 Sep 1686, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jun 1730, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years) 
    Married 20 Dec 1709  Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F835  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Holbrook, Anna,   b. 1710,   d. 9 Feb 1749/1750, Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years)  [2
    Married 17 Aug 1731  Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Fairbanks, Hannah,   b. 27 Dec 1732, Norton, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1750, Of Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 19 years)
    Last Modified 5 Aug 2021 
    Family ID F868  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Fisher, Esther,   b. 7 Dec 1704, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. DNS 
    Married Abt 1750  Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Fairbanks, Hannah,   b. 27 Dec 1732, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 5 Aug 2021 
    Family ID F910  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • May be the Benj Fairbanks listed on page 206 of 1790 Massachusetts census living at Sharon, Massachusetts. There is none listed at Wrentham. If so, the household consisted of 2 adult males and 2 adult females (adult=>16), and if this assumption is correct, there would be a Benj junior also, as one is listed in Sharon in the 1790 census with 1 adult male, 1 juvenile male and 1 adult female.


      Also in macDougall genealogy webfile wga11.html which gives 15 May as birthdate.

      May be the Benj Fairbanks listed on page 206 of 1790 Massachusetts census living at Sharon, Massachusetts. There is none listed at Wrentham. If so, the household consisted of 2 adult males and 2 adult females (adult=>16), and if this assumption is correct, there would be a Benj junior also, as one is listed in Sharon in the 1790 census with 1 adult male, 1 juvenile male and 1 adult female.


      Also in macDougall genealogy webfile wga11.html which gives 15 May as birthdate.

      "May Be" sonds a little "iffish" to me. jww

  • Sources 
    1. [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 57 (under father) & page 80-81.
      41. BENJAMIN FAIRBANKS, of Norton, Mass.
      (18), Joshua IV, John III, John II, Jonathan I.

      Born in Wrentham, Mass., May 8, 1711. He lived in Norton and probably elsewhere. His will was probated in Taunton, Mass., Mar. 13, 1780. See vol. 33, lib. 502, Prob. Rec.

      He was in the Colonial War Service. See Colonial War Rolls, Appendix.

      Married I, in Wrentham, Aug. 17, 1731, Anna Holbrook, who died in Norton, "February ye 9th 1749-50."

      Married II, Esther Fisher, daughter of Daniel Fisher, whose will was probated in Suffolk Co., Mar. 30, 1756. The estate was divided Apr. 13, 1762, and she took a share. She was born Dec. 7, 1704.

    2. [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 80.