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Fairbanks, Deacon Elias[1, 2]

Male 1760 - 1818  (57 years)


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  • Name Fairbanks, Elias 
    Prefix Deacon 
    Born 7 Aug 1760  Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 17 Apr 1818  Francestown, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3707  USA
    Last Modified 14 Mar 2015 

    Father Fairbanks, Corporal Israel,   b. 28 May 1723, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Feb 1809, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Whiting, Elizabeth,   b. 20 Jun 1730, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Dec 1788, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years) 
    Married 30 May 1751  Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1670  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Billings, Elizabeth,   b. 24 Aug 1761, Canton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Dec 1816, Francestown, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)  [3] 
    Married 8 Feb 1786  Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Fairbanks, Jabez,   b. 24 Feb 1788, Francestown, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 May 1874, Newport, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     2. Fairbanks, Elizabeth,   b. 30 Aug 1789, Francestown, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jul 1852, Francestown, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
     3. Fairbanks, Sally,   b. 3 May 1791, Francestown, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Apr 1876, Francestown, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     4. Fairbanks, Joel,   b. 27 Jan 1793, Francestown, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Dec 1878, Cameron, Steuben, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     5. Fairbanks, Susan,   b. 9 May 1795, Of Francestown, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Feb 1861  (Age 65 years)
     6. Fairbanks, Polly,   b. 1 May 1800, of Francestown, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1833, Londonderry, Windham, Vermont, United States, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years)
    Last Modified 5 Aug 2021 
    Family ID F1810  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Entered the army when only seventeen and was with his regiment when Burgoyne
      surrendered at Saratoga.

      There is an entry in the Vital Records of Vital Records of Medway, Massachusetts.
      " [p.283] FAIRBANK, Charles, son Elias and Mary, Apr. 22, 1789.

      Despite appearances, this is a death notice." Perhaps Elizabeth was also called Mary, and they had a child born abt Jan 1787, d 22 Apr 1789?

  • Sources 
    1. [S33] Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors of the War of the Revolution, vol 5, page 462.
      Volume 5
      page 462
      Fairbanks, Elias, Dedham. Private, Capt. Ebenezer Battle's co., Col. William McIntosh's regt.; service from Dec. 11 to Dec. 30, 1776, 19 days, under Lieut. Col Weld at Castle Island; also, Capt. Aaron Smith's co., Col. Benjamin Gill's regt.; enlisted Aug. 15, 1777; discharged Nov. 29, 1777; service, 3 mos. 27 days, travel included; company marched to reinforce Northern army.

    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 86 (under father) & page 153-154.
      109. DEA. ELIAS FAIRBANKS, of Francestown, N. H.
      (46), Israel V, Joseph IV, Joseph III, John II, Jonathan I.

      Born in Dedham, Mass., Aug. 7, 1760. When only eleven years old he went to live with his uncle, Zachariah Whiting, in Francestown. After a few years he returned to Dedham, but subsequently made for himself a home in Francestown. While very young he became a soldier (See War Rolls), and when but a youth of seventeen he witnessed the surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga. "He was," says a contemporaneous authority, "a useful and excellent man." He was a deacon of the Congregational Church from 1799 to 1813, and was also Town Clerk for several years, beside many times filling the office of selectman. He died Apr. 17, 1818.

      He married Elizabeth Billings of Canton, Mass., Feb. 8, 1786. she died Dec. 10, 1816.

    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 153.