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Fairbanks, Dorcas[1, 2, 3]

Female 1768 - 1852  (83 years)


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  • Name Fairbanks, Dorcas 
    Born 3 Dec 1768  Douglas, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    FamilySearch Id KT7V-5ZC 
    Died 22 Jul 1852  Boston, Erie, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4767  USA
    Last Modified 12 Sep 2016 

    Father Joshua,   b. 5 Apr 1727, Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jul 1783, Douglas, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Mother Ellis, Lidia,   b. 19 Feb 1734, Medway, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Mar 1814, Douglas, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 26 Nov 1753  Medway, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Notes 
    • NSDAR Vol 114 shows marriage as 1752.

      NSDAR Vol 114 shows marriage as 1752. [5]
    Family ID F773  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Whiting, Timothy N,   b. 1 Apr 1768, Douglas, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Aug 1847, Boston, Erie, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 6 Dec 1784  Douglas, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Whiting, Amos,   b. 7 Oct 1790, Douglas, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Dec 1842, Boston, Erie, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)
     2. Whiting, Betsey,   b. 2 Apr 1785/1786, Douglas, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Whiting, Lynda,   b. 25 May 1788, Douglas, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Whiting, Sally,   b. 3 Dec 1792, Douglas, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jun 1794  (Age 1 years)
     5. Whiting, Sally (again),   b. 7 Sep 1795, Douglas, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Whiting, Timothy Newell,   b. 12 Feb 1797/1798, Douglas, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Nov 1867, Spring Valley, Fillmore, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
     7. Whiting, Joel Chapin,   b. 20 Sep 1800, Douglas, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Apr 1876, Bluffton, , Wisconsin, United States, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     8. Whiting, Ellis Fairbanks,   b. 18 Apr 1803, Douglas, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 May 1891  (Age 88 years)
     9. Whiting, Annie,   b. 18 Oct 1805, Douglas, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Feb 1877, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     10. Whiting, Ami,   b. 18 Oct 1805, Douglas, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Feb 1877  (Age 71 years)
    Last Modified 5 Aug 2021 
    Family ID F531  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Possibly the Dorcas Fairbanks mentioned in Colonial Families of the United States of America, Vol. 2, page 262

      Possibly the Dorcas Fairbanks mentioned in Colonial Families of the United States of America, Vol. 2, page 262

      1850; Census Place: Boston, Erie, New York; Roll: M432_500; Page: 13; Image: 27.
      180/181 Ami Whiting 44 male farmer $5000 Massachusetts
      Claucy 43 fem New York
      Mark 12 male New York attended school
      Jane 08 fem New York attended school
      Dorcus 81 fem Vermont
      Joseph Rech 14 male New York attended school

  • Sources 
    1. [S19] DAR Vol 109, DAR Vol 109, p 198; Vol 153, p 47. Vol 109 gives the birth and death years.

    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 97.
      Married Timothy Whiting of Douglas, and went west.

    3. [S62] Anders, Carol Whiting (genforum).
      Posted by Carol (Whiting) Anders on October 22, 1998 at 13:12:30:

      I am looking for info on Dorcas Fairbanks, b. 23 Dec 1768 d. 22 July 1852. Her Parents Were Joshua and Lydia (Ellis) Fairbanks. She married Timothy Whiting 6 Dec. 1784 and they had 9 children. I have very little on their children like birth and death dates. Would appreciate any info you may have. Thank you Carol

    4. [S37] Vital Records of Medway, Norfolk, Massachusetts.
      (p. 139) ELLIS, Lydia and Joshua Fairbanks [int. Fairbank], Nov. 26, 1753.
      FAIRBANKS, Joshua [int. Fairbank] and Lydia Ellis, Nov. 26, 1753.

    5. [S46] Medway Vital Records to the year 1850.