Jonathan Fairbanks

Male, #260, (1595 - 5 December 1668)
Jonathan Fairbanks|b. 1595\nd. 5 Dec 1668|p260.htm|George Fairbanke|b. 2 Aug 1562|p1914.htm|Mary Farrer|b. 1581|p5453.htm|George Fairbanke|b. 1530|p5438.htm|Cibella Waide|b. 1532|p256.htm|Richard Farrer||p5287.htm|Margaret Blackburn||p5286.htm|
The Fairbanks House
     Jonathan Fairbanks was born in 1595 in Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England.2 He was the son of George Fairbanke and Mary Farrer.1 On 20 May 1617 in Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England, Jonathan married Grace Smith, daughter of Samuel Smith and Grace Gawkroger.2,3,4 Jonathan Fairbanks and Grace Smith emigrated in 1633 from Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England, He settled in Dedham, Massachusetts where he built a home that is still standing. It is known as the "Fairbanks House."5,4 Jonathan Fairbanks became a freeman on 23 March 1637/38 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.5 He joined the church on 14 August 1646 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.5 He left a will on 1 June 1668 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.3,6 He died on Wednesday, 5 December 1668 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, at age 73 years.7,5 Jonathan's will was proved with the inventory valued at £300 on 26 January 1668/69 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.3,6
Charts
Ancestry of Robert Roy

Children of Jonathan Fairbanks and Grace Smith

Citations

  1. Hunt, John G.. "Notes on Families of the Parish of Halifax, Yorkshire - Farrer, Deane, Platts, Fairbank, Prescott", The American Genealogist volume XL (1964).
  2. Torrey, Clarence Almon. "The English Ancestry of Jonathan Fairbanks of Dedham, Massachusetts", The American Genealogist volume XXXVII (1961).
  3. Lawson, Stephen M.. "Fairbanks Ancestory of Stephen Lawson. Online http://sml.simplenet.com/smlawson/fairbank.htm. Printout dated 12 March 1998.
  4. Fairbanks, Hiram Francis. "Fairbanks Marriages in the Parish of Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire, England From 1538 to 1624", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume LXX (60) (April 1906).
  5. Crane, Ellery Bicknell. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts. New York: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1907.
  6. Trask, William B.. "Abstracts from the Earliest Wills on Record and on the Files in the County of Suffolk, Mass.", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume XIX (1865).
  7. Hanson, Robert Brand. The Vital Records of Dedham, Massachusetts. volume 2: Deaths. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1989).
  8. Harris, Luther Metcalf. "Metcalfe Family", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume VI (1852).