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Fairbanks, Lieutenant Henry Sweetland[1]

Male 1825 - 1878  (53 years)


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  • Name Fairbanks, Henry Sweetland 
    Prefix Lieutenant 
    Born 13 Sep 1825  Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    FamilySearch Id LWYP-49D 
    Died 1 Dec 1878  Lincoln, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1680  USA
    Last Modified 14 Mar 2015 

    Father Fairbanks, James Jr (again),   b. 3 Jun 1790, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jul 1843, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years) 
    Mother Bates, Nancy widow Sweetland,   b. 11 Sep 1795, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Oct 1856, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Married 27 May 1821 
    Family ID F904  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Simons, Ruth,   b. Abt 1828, Of Tiverton, Washington, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Mar 1876, Lincoln, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 48 years)  [2
    Married 4 Aug 1843 
    Children 
     1. Fairbanks, James H,   b. 21 Sep 1844, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Fairbanks, Crawford Merritt,   b. 28 Aug 1847, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Fairbanks, Arabella E.,   b. 20 Mar 1849, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Mar 1851, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 2 years)
    Last Modified 5 Aug 2021 
    Family ID F1067  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • 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 267 (under father) & page 493.
      518. LIEUT. HENRY SWEETLAND FAIRBANKS, of Lincoln, R. I.
      (233), James VII, James VI, Joseph V, Joshua IV, John III, John II, Jonathan I.

      Born in Attleboro, Mass., Sept. 13, 1825; resided in Smithfield, R. I., now Lincoln. Was a mechanical Engineer. He, with his brothers, when young, were put to work in a cotton factory. He worked himself to the head of the Foundry and Machine Co., and, at the time of his death, was at the head of the largest file factories in the world.

      He was twice elected to the Rhode Island General Assembly, and was twice appointed by Gov. A. E. Burnside, as Lieutenant of the State Militia. He was reared in the country, where he had limited school privileges, and was called a self-made man. Died Dec. 1, 1878.

      Married Ruth Simons, of Tiverton, R. I., Aug. 4, 1843. She died Mar. 25, 1876.

    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 493.