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Fairbanks, John[1]

Male 1755 - 1796  (41 years)


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  • Name Fairbanks, John 
    Born 6 Jan 1755  Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 16 Oct 1796  Machias, Maine, United States, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1887  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

  • Notes 
    • Probably the John Fairbanks listed in the 1790 Massachusetts living at Wrentham with 2 adult males, 1 juvenile males and 4 adult females living in the household (adult=>16).

      Possibly the following:

      Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution (17 Vols.)

      Volume 5
      page 455
      Fairbank, John. Private, Light Infantry co., Col. Putnam's regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1780, to Dec. 31, 1780.

      One file has death as 28 Nov 1794 at Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts.

  • 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 134.
      1. John, born Jan. 6, 1755; died Oct 16, 1796, in Machias, Me. He was a Revolutionary soldier; marched in his father's company on the Lexington Alarm, and was in the Miscellaneous Service during the war. See War Rolls.