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Fairbanks, Asa Jr[1, 2]

Male 1758 - 1803  (45 years)


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  • Name Fairbanks, Asa 
    Suffix Jr 
    Born 3 Jun 1758  Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 29 Aug 1803  Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1862  USA
    Last Modified 12 Sep 2016 

    Father Fairbanks, Captain Asa,   b. 30 May 1731, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Oct 1809, Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Pond, Sarah,   b. Abt 1732, of Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jul 1801, Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 69 years) 
    Married Bef 1756  Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1111  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Metcalf, Julitta,   b. Abt 1761, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Oct 1843, Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 82 years)  [3] 
    Married 23 Nov 1784  Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Fairbanks, Julitta,   b. 10 Apr 1788, Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Fairbanks, Jerusha,   b. 6 Jan 1786, Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 May 1863, Warren, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     3. Fairbanks, Caroline,   b. 25 Sep 1791, Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jan 1858, Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     4. Fairbanks, Abigail,   b. 12 Nov 1793, Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Sep 1848, age 54 - unmarri, Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
     5. Fairbanks, Asa III,,   b. 24 Jul 1795, Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jun 1876, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     6. Fairbanks, Sarah,   b. 1 May 1804, Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Oct 1840, Medway, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 36 years)
    Last Modified 5 Aug 2021 
    Family ID F1110  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Possibly the Asa listed in the 1790 Massachusetts census in Franklin, Massachusetts Page 201 with 2 adult males, 3 juvenile males and 1 adult female or page 203 with 1 adult male and 5 adult females. The former is more likely:

      SUFFOLK COUNTY, MA 1790 CENSUS File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Peg Buckman ======================================================================= USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages CANNOT be reproduced in any format for profit or any other presentation. Permission from the submitter is required before this file can be used in any other format or system. ======================================================================= Heads of Families, Massachusetts SUFFOLK COUNTY 1790 Legend: Columns: 5=All Free White Females 1=Name of Head of Family 6=All Other Free Persons 2=First Name 7=Slaves 3=Free White Males over 16 8=City/Town 4=Free White Males under 16 9=Page #

      Fairbanks Billi 1 2 1 Franklin Town 201
      Fairbanks Asa 2 3 1 Franklin Town 201
      Fairbanks Asa 1 5 Franklin Town 201

  • Sources 
    1. [S33] Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors of the War of the Revolution, vol 5, page 459.
      Volume 5 page 459
      Fairbanks, Asa, Wrentham. Capt. John Boyd's co., Col. John Greaton's regt.; order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Cambridge, Dec. 23, 1775; also, Bombardier, Capt. Perez Cushing's co.; return sworn to Dec. 7, 1776, for travel allowance from home to camp at Boston where company joined Col. Thomas Crafts's (Artillery) regt.; also, Corporal, Capt. Perez Cushing's (9th) co., Col. Thomas Crafts's (Artillery) regt.; joined Nov. 1, 1776; service to May 8, 1777, 6 mos, 7 days.

    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 134 (under father) & page 264-266.
      232. CAPT. ASA FAIRBANKS, of Franklin, Mass.
      (98), Asa VI, John V, John IV, John III, John II, Jonathan I.

      Born in Franklin, June 3, 1758.

      From 1784 to 87 he was prominent in the "new meeting-house party," which consisted of those who had for years been agitating the subject of building a new church. January 7, 1788, the pews in the new house were sold at public vendue. The highest price --17 [pounds], 16 s. 8 d.--was paid by Asa Fairbanks, Jr., and James Metcalf.

      He was a soldier of the Revolution. See War Rolls. Died Aug. 29, 1803.

      Married, Nov. 23, 1784, Julitta, daughter of Col. James and Abial (Haven) Metcalf. She died Oct. 9, 1843, in the 82d year of her age.

    3. [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 264.