Jonathan Fairbanks^[1]

1594 - 1668  (74 years)

• Name	Jonathan Fairbanks  [2]
  Birth	3 May 1594	Sowerby, Yorkshire, England   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Arrival	1633
  	Arrived in New England from West Riding, Yorkshire, England.
  Death	5 Dec 1668	Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA   [3]
  Burial	Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I1574	Master
  Last Modified	1 May 2023

  
  

  Father	John Fairbanke,   b. 3 May 1547, Thaigh Craven, Thornton, West Yorkshire, England d. 1625, Thornton-In-Craven, North Yorkshire, England (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Isabella Stancliffe,   b. 8 May 1556, Sowerby, Yorkshire, England d. 9 Jul 1597, Thaigh Craven, Thornton, West Yorkshire, England (Age 41 years)
  Marriage	6 Aug 1593	Sowerby, Yorkshire, England
  Family ID	F214	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Grace Lee Smith,   b. 6 Jan 1597, Sowerby, Yorkshire, England d. 28 Dec 1673, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	20 May 1617	Halifax, St John the Baptist, Yorkshire, England   [4]
  Children	+ 1. John Fairbanks,   b. 15 Feb 1618, Halifax, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England d. 13 Nov 1684, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 66 years) + 2. George Fairbanks,   b. 28 Nov 1619, Halifax, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England d. 10 Jan 1683, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 63 years) + 3. Mary Fairbanks,   b. 12 Apr 1622, Halifax, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England d. 4 Jun 1684, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 62 years) + 4. Jonathan Fairbanks,   b. 1623, Sowerby, Yorkshire, England d. 28 Jan 1712, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 89 years) + 5. Jonas Fairbanks,   b. 8 Mar 1625, Sowerby, Yorkshire, England d. 10 Feb 1676, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (Age 50 years) + 6. Susan Fairbanks,   b. 23 Dec 1627, Halifax, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England d. 8 Jul 1659, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 31 years)
  Family ID	F48	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Mar 2021

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 3 May 1594 - Sowerby, Yorkshire, England Marriage - 20 May 1617 - Halifax, St John the Baptist, Yorkshire, England Death - 5 Dec 1668 - Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Burial - - Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos

  Fairbanks House The Fairbanks House in Dedham, Massachusetts, in the 1890s and 2021. Built around 1641 and subsequently expanded over the years, it is the oldest known wood-frame house in North America. It was originally the home of Jonathan and Grace Fairbanks, and it would remain in their family for many generations, until the turn of the 20th century. The house was nearly demolished in the 1890s, but it was ultimately preserved. It is now owned by the Fairbanks Family in America, and it is open to the public as a museum. Historic image courtesy of the Library of Congress.

  
  

• Notes

  FAIRBANK. Jonathan Fairbanks or Fairbank, immigrant ancestor, was born in England before 1600, and came to Boston with his family in 1633. He remained there about three years, then settled in Dedham, where he was pioneer, and a signer of the Dedham convenant. His house is still standing in Dedham, and is now owned by the family association, having been occupied to the present time by Jonathan and his lineal descendants. He was a town officer, and died December 5, 1668. He married Grace Lee, who died December 28, 1673. Children: 1. John. 2. George. 3. Mary. 4. Susan. 5. Jonas, mentioned below. 6. Jonathan. (II) Jonas, son of Jonathan Fairbanks, was born in England and came to Dedham with his parents. He signed the covenant in 1657, and March 7, 1659, became one of the fathers of the town. He was a farmer and believed to be a carpenter also. In 1652 he was fined for wearing great boots, not being worth two hundred pounds, the amount of wealth prescribed by the laws of the colony, in 1651, to suffice for men who could lawfully wear great boots. He removed to Lancaster in 1657. There he met his death in the assault by King Philip and fifteen hundred warriors, February 10, 1675/76. Some fifty persons were slain that day, including Joshua Fairbanks, son of Jonas. Jonas Fairbanks married, May 28, 1658, Lydia Prescott, born in Watertown, August 15, 1641, daughter of John Prescott, who came from Sowerby, Halifax, England, the English home of the Fairbanks family. she married (second) Ellis Barron, of Watertown, Groton and Lancaster. Children: 1. Marie. 2. Joshua. 3. Grace. 4. Jonathan. 5. Hazadiah. 6. Jabez, mentioned below. 7. Jonas. (III) Captain Jabez, son of Jonas Fairbanks, was born at Lancaster, January 8, 1670/71, and settled there after the war. He died March 2, 1758. He was a very efficient soldier and officer in the Indian War, and was no doubt incited to heroic exploits by the massacre of his father and brother in 1676, and of his only surviving brother in 1697, during a raid on the town. At the time his brother Jonathan and one of his children were killed, Captain Jabez was the means of saving a garrison and perhaps many lives, including that of his little son Joseph. Twenty-one persons were killed this raid, two were wounded, and six carried off captives, of whom five were ransomed later, including the wife of Jonathan Fairbanks. In 1700 Jabez Fairbanks had land granted him on both sides of the brook above Thomas Sawyer's sawmill. This site was the homestead of Jabez and his descendants for a hundred years. He was deputy to the general court in 1714-21-22-23. He married (first) Mary wilder, who died February 21, 1718, in her forty-third years, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Houghton) Wilder. He married (second) March 25, 1719, Elizabeth Whitcomb, who died May 11, 1755, aged about eighty years. Children of first wife: 1. Joseph. 2. Jabez. 3. Elizabeth. 4. Jonas. 5. Thomas, mentioned below. 6. Abigail. 7. Jonathan. 8. Grace. 9. Joshua. 10. Anna. (IV) Deacon Thomas, son of Captain Jabez Fairbanks, was baptized in Lancaster in 1708, died February 10, 1791. He was sentinel in Captain Josiah Willard's company in the Indian War, June 3, to November 10, 1725. He was also a soldier in Captain Ephraim Wilder's company, Colonel Sam-

  
  

• Sources

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