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Fairbanks, Captain Asa[1, 2, 3]

Male 1731 - 1809  (78 years)


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  • Name Fairbanks, Asa 
    Prefix Captain 
    Born 30 May 1731  Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 8 Oct 1809  Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1873  USA
    Last Modified 12 Sep 2016 

    Father Fairbanks, John IV,   b. 28 Feb 1706, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 May 1754, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years) 
    Mother Ware, Jane,   b. 16 Dec 1710, < Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States > Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jun 1788  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 30 Jul 1729  Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Boston Marriages:
      Out-Of-Town Marriages From Court Record.

      Spouse1: John Fairbanks
      Location:
      Comments:
      Spouse2: Jane Ware
      Location: Wrentham
      Comments:
      Married By: Jona. Ware J. P.
      Date: 30 Jul 1729
    Family ID F1116  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 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)  [4] 
    Married Bef 1756  Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Fairbanks, John,   b. 6 Jan 1755, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Oct 1796, Machias, Maine, United States, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years)
     2. Fairbanks, Billings,   b. 24 May 1756, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1808  (Age 51 years)
     3. Fairbanks, Asa Jr,   b. 3 Jun 1758, Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Aug 1803, Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years)
     4. Fairbanks, Mellicent,   b. 18 Mar 1760, Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1808  (Age 47 years)
     5. Fairbanks, Caroline,   b. 1 May 1762, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Apr 1776, Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 13 years)
     6. Fairbanks, Gideon,   b. 29 Apr 1764, Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Nov 1781, Fishkill, Dutchess, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 17 years)
     7. Fairbanks, Olive,   b. 1 Mar 1767, Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Fairbanks, Nathan,   b. 23 May 1769, Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Sep 1776, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 7 years)
     9. Fairbanks, Elisha Lld,   b. 6 Jun 1771, Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Aug 1824, Alstead, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years)
     10. Fairbanks, Willard,   b. 20 Oct 1773, Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Sep 1836, Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
     11. Fairbanks, Otis,   b. 22 Jun 1776, Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Sep 1776, Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    Last Modified 5 Aug 2021 
    Family ID F1111  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Hepzibah,   b. 1735, < Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States > Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 5 Aug 2021 
    Family ID F1113  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Commanded a company at the Lexington and Rhode Island Alarms NSDAR Vol 22 page 50 puts birth year as 1730 DAR: Abijah Allen was a minute man under Capt. Asa Fairbanks at the Lexington Alarm and turned out at various alarms during the war. The old homestead is still standing at Franklin, where he died (meaning Allen). Listed in 1790 Massachusetts census at Franklin either entry with 2 adult males, 3 juvenile males and 1 adult female in household, or 1 adult male and 5 adult females in household (more likely of the two):

      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. [S34] DAR Vol 22, DAR Vol 22, page 50; DAR Vol 111 page 48.
      Commanded a company at the Lexington and Rhode Island Alarms. Vol 111 gives birth as 1730

    2. [S33] Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors of the War of the Revolution, vol 5, page 460.
      Volume 5
      page 460
      Fairbanks, Asa, Wrentham. Captain of a company which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service to May 2, 1775, 13 days; also, Captain, 8th co., Col. Ephraim Wheelock's (4th Suffolk Co.) regt. of Mass. militia; list of officers chosen in said regiment dated Wrentham, April 8, 1776; ordered in Council April 23, 1776, that said officers be commissioned; reported commissioned April 21, 1776; also, Captain, Maj. Metcalf's regt.; entered service Dec. 8, 1777[6]; service to Dec. 21, 1777[6], 13 days; company marched from Wrentham to Providence and Warwick, R. I., Dec. 8, 1777[6], on an alarm at Rhode Island; roll endorsed "Col. Wheelock's regt.;" also, Captain, 4th Suffolk Co. regt. of Mass. militia; list of officers appointed to march with reinforcements raised to serve for 3 months; commissioned Dec. 30, 1776; also, return of officers and men in Col. Solomon Lovell's regt. who marched to reinforce the Continental Army for 3 months [year not given]; also, Captain of South co. in 2d Precinct in Wrentham, Col. Benjamin Hawes's (4th
      Suffolk Co.) regt. of Mass. militia; list of officers [p.460] chosen by the respective companies in said regiment dated Wrentham, Sept. 26, 1777; said Fairbanks and officers of his company elected Sept. 22, 1777; ordered in Council Sept. 27, 1777, that said officers be commissioned; reported commissioned Sept. 27, 1777; also, Captain, same regt.; service from Sept. 30, 1777, to Oct. 31, 1777, 1 mo. 2 days, at Rhode Island; also, Captain, Col. John Daggett's regt.; entered service Aug. 24, 1778; discharged Sept. 3, 1778; service, 11 days, at Rhode Island; also, Captain, Maj. Seth Bullard's regt.; marched July 27, 1780; discharged Aug. 7, 1780; service, 14 days, travel included; company marched to Rhode Island on the alarm of July 27, 1780; roll dated Franklin; also, Captain; return dated Medfield, March 2, 1781, made by Capt. Sabin Mann, of officers and men detached from companies in Col. Seth Bullard's regt., by order of His Excellency John Hancock dated Feb. 28, 1781, to march to Tiverton, R. I., and there serve for a period not exceeding 40 days, under Capt. Samuel Fisher and Capt. Amos Ellis; 1 Subaltern, 1 Sergeant, and 8 rank and file, detached from said Fairbanks's co. of Franklin.

    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 80 (under father) & page 134-135.
      98. CAPT. ASA FAIRBANKS, of Franklin, Mass.
      (40), John V, John IV, John III, John II, Jonathan I.

      Born in Wrentham, Mass., May 30, 1731. He was a prominent officer in the Revolutionary War. See War Rolls, Appendix. He was a selectman of the town of Franklin in 1780. Died Oct. 3, 1809, in the 79th year of his age. His will, dated Mar. 30, 1804, was probated Dec. 5, 1809. Norfolk P. R., No. 6430.

      Married Sarah Pond, of Franklin, who died July 2, 1801, aged 69 years.

    4. [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.