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Fairbanks, Joshua[1]

Male 1796 - 1865  (68 years)


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  • Name Fairbanks, Joshua 
    Born 23 Dec 1796  Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 27 Oct 1865  Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2837  USA
    Last Modified 14 Mar 2015 

    Father Fairbanks, Ebenezer Jr.,   b. 5 Jan 1758, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Nov 1832, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Hammond, Mary,   b. 1756, < Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States > Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jan 1843  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 3 Mar 1777 
    Family ID F1467  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Bird, Clarissa,   b. 1795, of Stoughton, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Married 22 Jun 1816 
    Children 
     1. Fairbanks, Nancy,   b. 29 Aug 1817, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Fairbanks, Susan Ellis,   b. 8 Jan 1821, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Fairbanks, Harriet Sophia,   b. 3 Feb 1823, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Feb 1869, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years)
     4. Fairbanks, Calvin (again),   b. 21 Oct 1824, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Feb 1837, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 12 years)
     5. Fairbanks, Rebecca,   b. 18 Nov 1827, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1897, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 71 years)
    Last Modified 5 Aug 2021 
    Family ID F1488  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 157 (under father) & page 300-301.
      NOTE. Ebenezer, junior, bequeathed the homestead to his wife, who by her will directed that it should be divided among her four children, Prudence, Sarah, Nancy, and Joshua, the house going to the daughters for their home during life, a part of the land being given to Joshua. The three daughters lived there unmarried till they died at the ripe old ages above mentioned, when the property came into the possession of Rebecca, daughter of their brother Joshua, who is now the sole owner [1897].

      273. JOSHUA FAIRBANKS, of Dedham, Massachusetts
      (112), Ebenezer VI, Ebenezer V, Joseph IV, Joseph III, John II, Jonathan I.

      Born Dec. 23. 1796; died Oct. 27, 1865.

      Lived in Dedham near the old homestead, of which he inherited a part.

      Married Clarissa Bird, of Stoughton, June 22, 1816.

    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 300.