FAIRCHILD Family History
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09-Nov-1994 Family Group Sheet
Husband: Thomas FAIRCHILD
Born: 1610 in: High Laver, Essex, England
Died: 14 DEC 1670 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
Ref: Occupation: Merchant
Father: William FAIRCHILD
Mother: Susan FAIRCHILD
Thomas FAIRCHILD
Sources of Info: Ila Huffman 310 Bellevue SW,
Grand Rapids, MI 49548-3011; Gerald Weaver, Boyne City, MI 49712;
Jean
Fairchild Gilmore. Early Fairchilds in America.
Baltimore:
Gateway Press, Inc. 1993; The East Kentuckian,
1982; J. Percy Crayon.
ROCKAWAY RECORDS OF MORRIS COUNTY... Rockaway
Publ. Co., 1902;
Opal Howey/458 St.Paul Ave/Brantford, Ontario
N3R 4P2; Samuel
Orcutt. HISTORY OF STRATFORD & BRIDGEPORT, CT.
Fairfield County
Historical Society, 1886; Walter B. Plume. THE
FAIRCHILD
GENEALOGY. This is a handwritten ms. compiled
c1900-03; Trumbull,
"History of Fairfield County, CT"; Robert L.
Ward "English Clues:
Tyng, Coley, Cooley and Seabrook." The American
Genealogist, 58
(1974) 92-96.
1612 Thomas Fairchild was born at High Laver,
Essex, England
Thomas Fairchild married 1/w Sarah Seabrook in
England.
1638/1639 Came from Warwickshire, England or
Barnstable, Devonshire,
England to America with Sarah Seabrook's
father, Robert Seabrook, &
three of her sisters.
1639 Settled at Stratford, FairfieldCo,CT.
Thomas Fairchild was a merchant who did well in
the New World; he owned extensive lands.
Owned home on what is now Elm St, Bridgeport,
CT.
Raised his own company during the Narragansett
War
Sat as both Representative & Deputy in the
colonial legistlature.
1658/1659 Sarah (SEABROOK) FAIRCHILD died.
Thomas FAIRCHILD returned to England.
December 15, 1662 Thomas FAIRCHILD married 2/w
Catherine
CRAIG/CRAGG (widow) in St. Stephens Coleman
Street, London,
England. The marriage was witnessed by a Mr.
Throgmorton
(Throckmorton).
[Ref. "Marriage Allegations in the Registry of
the Vicar-General
of the Bishop of Cantebury," Vol 23, pg 59
(published 1892).
(LDS-GS film 0,416,726)]
Wife: Emma SEABROOK
Married: 1639 in: ENG
Born: 1600 in: Wingrave,BKM,ENG
Baptized: 28-Dec-1600 in: Tring, Hertfordshire, ENG
Died: 1658 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
Ref: Gilmore Occupation:
Father: Robert SEABROOK
Mother: Alice GOODSPEED
F Child 1 Faith FAIRCHILD
Born: 1640 ca in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
Died: in:
Buried: in: d/o/Thomas/Emma
Ref: cd Occupation:
M Child 2 Samuel FAIRCHILD
Born: 31 AUG 1640 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
Died: Jan 1704 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
1
Spouse: Mary WHEELER
Married: 13 SEP 1655 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
F Child 3 Sarah FAIRCHILD
Born: 19-Feb-1641 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
Died: in:
Ref: TEK Occupation:
Spouse: Jehiel PRESTON
Married: 1662 in:
M Child 4 JOHN FAIRCHILD
Born: 1-May-1644 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
Died: young in:
Ref: TEK Occupation:
M Child 5 THOMAS FAIRCHILD age: 40
Born: 21-Feb-1646 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
Died: 26-Mar-1686/7 in: Woodbury, CT
Ref: TEK/cd Occupation:
F Child 6 DINAH FAIRCHILD
Born: 14-Jul-1648 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
Died: in:
Ref: TEK Occupation:
Spouse: Benjamin COREY
Married: in:
M Child 7 Zechariah FAIRCHILD age: 51
Born: 14-Dec-1651 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
2
Died: 23-Jun-1703 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
2
Ref: Jacobus/Gilmore Occupation: blacksmith
Spouse: Hannah BEACH
Married: 3-Nov-1681 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
2
F Child 8 EMMA FAIRCHILD age: 78
Born: 23 OCT 1653 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
Died: 25-Feb-1732/3 in: Woodbury, CT
Ref: TEK/cd Occupation:
Spouse: Harkaliah PRESTON
Married: in:
Wife: CATHERINE CRAIG
Married: 15-Dec-1662 in: St. Stephens, London, England
Born: 1616 in: of London, England
Died: May 1706 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
Ref: TEK/Gilmore Occupation:
Father: Unknown CRAIG
M Child 1 Joseph FAIRCHILD age: 49
Born: 5 APR 1664 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
Died: 25 JUL 1713 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
Ref: TEK/cd Occupation:
M Child 2 JOHN FAIRCHILD
Born: 8 JUN 1666 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
Died: in:
Ref: TEK Occupation:
F Child 3 PRISILLA FAIRCHILD
Born: 20 APR 1669 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
Died: in:
Ref: TEK Occupation:
1 Other sources (Weaver) place his death in Queensbury,
WashingtonCo, NY or in
Barbados.
2 Vital Records - CT
Family Group Sheet
Husband: Samuel FAIRCHILD
Born: 31 AUG 1640 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
Died: Jan 1704 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
1
Father: Thomas FAIRCHILD
Mother: Emma SEABROOK
SAMUEL FAIRCHILD
Source of info: Ila Huffman 310 Bellevue SW,
Grand Rapids, MI 49548-3011; Gerald Weaver, Boyne City, MI 49712;
Jean
Fairchild Gilmore. Early Fairchilds in America.
Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc. 1993.
31 Aug 1640 First white child born at
Stratford, CT
13 SEP 1655 Samuel Fairchild married Mary
WHEELER (dau. of Moses
& Miriam (HAWLEY) WHEELER.
Wife: Mary WHEELER age: 91
Married: 13 SEP 1655 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
Born: 13 SEP 1655 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
2
Died: 17-Aug-1747 in: Wallingford, New HavenCo, CT
2
Ref: GilmoreGrimmett Occupation:
Father: Moses WHEELER
Mother: Miriam HAWLEY
M Child 1 Robert FAIRCHILD
Born: 1681 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
Died: BEF 1716 in:
Ref: Gilmore Occupation:
M Child 2 Samuel FAIRCHILD
Born: 1682 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
Died: 28 FEB 1761 in: Redding,FairfieldCo,CT
Buried: in: Christ Church Cemetery
Spouse: Ruth BEACH
Married: 3 JAN 1705 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
Spouse: Dinah BURWELL
Married: 24 JAN 1722 in: New Haven, CT
F Child 3 Anna FAIRCHILD
Born: 1684 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
Died: in:
M Child 4 Edward FAIRCHILD
Born: 1685/1686 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
Died: 1747 in: Newtown, CT
Ref: Gilmore Occupation:
Spouse: Elizabeth BLAKEMAN
Married: 25-Jan-1710 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
M Child 5 Jonathan FAIRCHILD age: 80
Born: 10 OCT 1692 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
Died: 28 NOV 1772 in:
Ref: Gilmore Occupation:
Spouse: Eleanor WHITING
Married: 1717 in:
1 Other sources (Weaver) place his death in Queensbury,
WashingtonCo, NY or in
Barbados.
2 Vital Records - CT
Family Group Sheet
Husband: Samuel FAIRCHILD
Born: 1682 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
Died: 28 FEB 1761 in: Redding,FairfieldCo,CT
Buried: in: Christ Church Cemetery
Father: Samuel FAIRCHILD
Mother: Mary WHEELER
Samuel FAIRCHILD
Source of info: Ila Huffman 310 Bellevue SW,
Grand Rapids, MI 49548-3011; Gerald Weaver, Boyne City, MI 49712;
Jean
Fairchild Gilmore. Early Fairchilds in America.
Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc. 1993.
3 Jan 1705 Samuel Fairchild married Ruth BEACH
(born in
Stratford, CT)
Wife: Ruth BEACH age: 37
Married: 3 JAN 1705 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
Born: 4 OCT 1683 in: Wellington, CT
Died: 2 JAN 1721 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
Buried: in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
Ref: Gilmore/Jacobus Occupation:
Father: Thomas BEACH
Mother: Ruth Hale PECK
F Child 1 Anna FAIRCHILD age: 15
Born: 12-Oct-1706 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
Died: 9-Feb-1722 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
F Child 2 Mary FAIRCHILD age: 94
Born: 27-Oct-1708 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
Died: 28-Aug-1803 in: Litchfield, CT
Ref: Gilmore Occupation:
Spouse: Samuel ADAMS
Married: 7-Mar-1728 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
M Child 3 Samuel FAIRCHILD
Born: 3-Feb-1710 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
Died: in:
Ref: Gilmore Occupation:
M Child 4 Ephraim FAIRCHILD
Born: 28-Aug-1713 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
Died: in: Weston, CT
Ref: Gilmore Occupation:
F Child 5 Abigail FAIRCHILD
Born: 15-Dec-1715 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
Died: BEF 1790 in: Huntington, CT
Ref: Gilmore Occupation:
Spouse: John JUDSON
Married: in:
F Child 6 Eunice FAIRCHILD age: 3
Born: 20-May-1718 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
Died: 21-Aug-1721 in:
Ref: Gilmore Occupation:
M Child 7 Benjamin FAIRCHILD age: 73
Born: 31-Mar-1721 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
Died: 18-Jun-1794 in: Charlotteville, Ontario, Canada
Spouse: Melissa HALL
Married: 1796 in: New Jersey
Wife: Dinah BURWELL
Married: 24 JAN 1722 in: New Haven, CT
Born: 28 OCT 1694 in: New Haven, CT
Died: 8 MAY 1769 in: Redding,FairfieldCo,CT
Buried: in: Christ Church Cemetery, Redding, CT
Ref: Gilmore Occupation:
Father: Samuel BURWELL
Mother: Rebecca BUNNELL
M Child 1 Oliver FAIRCHILD
Born: 1724 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
Baptized: 28-Jun-1724 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
Died: in: Stamford,FairfieldCo,CT
Ref: Gilmore Occupation:
M Child 2 Stephen FAIRCHILD
Born: 1726 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
Baptized: 25-Sep-1726 in:
Died: 31 JUL 1802 in: Georgia, VT
Ref: Gilmore Occupation:
M Child 3 Peter FAIRCHILD
Born: 1729 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
Baptized: 27-Apr-1729 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
Died: in:
Ref: Gilmore Occupation:
Spouse: Hannah BETTS
Married: 1751 in:
Spouse: Mary LOCKWOOD
Married: 1768 in:
M Child 4 Andrew FAIRCHILD
Born: 1729 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
Baptized: 27-Apr-1729 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
Died: 1806 in:
Ref: cd Occupation:
Spouse: Abigail HILL
Married: in:
M Child 5 Josiah FAIRCHILD
Born: 1732 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
Baptized: Aug 1732 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
Died: in:
Ref: Gilmore Occupation:
M Child 6 Charles FAIRCHILD
Born: 1736 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
Baptized: March 1736 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
Died: 1783 in: Redding, CT
Ref: Gilmore Occupation:
Spouse: Naomi
Married: in:
Family Group Sheet
Husband: Benjamin FAIRCHILD age: 73
Born: 31-Mar-1721 in: Stratford,FairfieldCo,CT
Died: 18-Jun-1794 in: Charlotteville, Ontario, Canada
Father: Samuel FAIRCHILD
Mother: Ruth BEACH
Benjamin FAIRCHILD
Source of info: Ila Huffman 310 Bellevue SW,
Grand Rapids, MI 49548-3011; Gerald Weaver, Boyne City, MI 49712;
Jean
Fairchild Gilmore. Early Fairchilds in America.
Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc. 1993.
March 1721 Benjamin Fairchild was baptized.
1792 Settled in Ontario, Canada.
1796 Benjamin Fairchild married Millicent HALL.
Wife: Melissa HALL
Married: 1796 in: New Jersey
Born: 1734 in: Fairfield,Fairfield,CT
Baptized: 24 NOV 1734 in: Redding,FairfieldCo,CT
Died: in: ON,CAN
Ref: Weaver Occupation:
Father: Joshua HALL
Mother: Deborah WILLIAMS
M Child 1 Samuel FAIRCHILD
Born: 1750 in:
Died: in: Queensbury, WashingtonCo, NY
Ref: Weaver Occupation:
M Child 2 Peter "ELDER" FAIRCHILD
Born: 1756/1760 in: DutchessCo, NY
Died: 25-Jun-1828 in: Townsend Township, Ontario, Canada
Buried: in: Townsend Township, Ontario, Canada
Ref: Occupation: yeoman/pastor
Spouse: Sarah FULLER
Married: 1780 in: New Jersey
F Child 3 Ruth FAIRCHILD
Born: Sep 1763 in: New York
Died: in:
Ref: Hovey/Gilmore Occupation:
M Child 4 Isaac FAIRCHILD age: 89
Born: 1-Nov-1769 in: New York
Died: 9-Jan-1859 in: Brant County, Ontario, Canada
Buried: in: family burying ground on the farm
Ref: Gilmore Occupation: fur trader/farmer
Spouse: Lucy KILBOURNE
Married: 1797 in:
M Child 5 Benjamin FAIRCHILD
Born: 1750/1770 in:
Died: in: BrantCo,ON,CAN
Buried: in: captured by Indians.+
Ref: Weaver Occupation: Indian Interpreter
Family Group Sheet
Husband: Peter "ELDER" FAIRCHILD
Born: 1756/1760 in: DutchessCo, NY
Died: 25-Jun-1828 in: Townsend Township, Ontario, Canada
Buried: in: Townsend Township, Ontario, Canada
Ref: Occupation: yeoman/pastor
Father: Benjamin FAIRCHILD
Mother: Melissa HALL
PETER FAIRCHILD
Source of info: Ila Huffman 310 Bellevue SW,
Grand Rapids, MI 49548-3011; Gerald Weaver, Boyne City, MI 49712;
Jean
Fairchild Gilmore. Early Fairchilds in America.
Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc. 1993.
1756/1760 Peter Fairchild was born in
DutchessCo, NY
Peter FAIRCHILD listed his occupation as a
yeoman.
1780 Peter FAIRCHILD married Sarah FULLER in
New Jersey.
Twelve children (8 daughters and 4 sons) are
known to have been
born both in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut
and Canada.
1792 They settled in the wilderness about three
miles northeast
of Boston, Townsend Township, Norfolk County,
Ontario, Canada
when the province of Upper Canada was only
about three years old.
It was several years before they had a
neighbor.
17 May 1802 Peter FAIRCHILD petitioned for
land, probably a
loyalist government land grant. He was granted
400 acres in Lot
17, Concession 1, and Lot 18, Concession 2
northeast of Simcoe,
Townsend Township, Norfolk County, Ontario,
Canada.
1804 They had two neighboring families, the
CORLISs and BEALs.
These three families got together and started
the organization of
the Boston Baptist Church, the first church
built by whites in Ontario.
1806, elder Peter FAIRCHILD became the pastor
of Boston Baptist
Church in Townsend Township, Norfolk County,
Ontario, Canada for
the next 14 years.
1828 Sarah (FULLER) FAIRCHILD probably died
before 1828 as in his
will she is not mentioned.
25-Jun-1828 Peter Fairchild died in Townsend
Township, Ontario,
Canada.
Wife: Sarah FULLER
Married: 1780 in: New Jersey
Born: 1760/1763 in: New Jersey
Died: 1817 in: Townsend Township, Ontario, Canada
Buried: in: Old Boston Baptist Ch
Cem,Norfolk,ON,CAN
Ref: Weaver/Owen Occupation:
Father:
Mother:
M Child 1 Benjamin FAIRCHILD
Born: 1780 in:
Died: in:
Ref: Gilmore Occupation:
Spouse: Elizabeth HAVILAND
Married: in:
F Child 2 Elizabeth "Betsy" E. FAIRCHILD
Born: 1785 in: CAN
Died: 1860 in: KentCo,MI
Buried: in: KentCo,MI
Spouse: Jesse SMITH
Married: May 1810/1811 in: CAN
F Child 3 Esther FAIRCHILD
Born: 1788 in: New York
Died: in:
Ref: Gilmore Occupation:
Spouse: John HAVILAND
Married: in:
F Child 4 Rachel FAIRCHILD
Born: 1780/1790 in:
Died: in:
Ref: Weaver Occupation:
F Child 5 Ruth FAIRCHILD
Born: 1780/1790 in:
Died: in:
Ref: Weaver Occupation:
F Child 6 Rebecca FAIRCHILD
Born: 1791 in: New York
Died: 29-Nov-1864 in: Port Burwell, Ontario, Canada
Ref: Gilmore Occupation:
Spouse: Joseph MERRILL
Married: BEF 1811 in: Ontario, Canada
F Child 7 Mary FAIRCHILD age: 76
Born: 19-Apr-1793 in:
Died: 22-Dec-1869 in: Boston, Ontario, Canada
Ref: Gilmore Occupation:
Spouse: Abraham NELLES
Married: in:
F Child 8 Sarah FAIRCHILD
Born: 26-Mar-1794 in: Townsend, Norfolk
Died: in:
Spouse: Willets POST
Married: in:
M Child 9 Peter FAIRCHILD
Born: 1810 in: Canada
Died: in:
Ref: Gilmore Occupation:
M Child 10 Cornelius FAIRCHILD
Born: 1817 in: Townsend, Norfolk, Ontario
Died: in:
Ref: Gilmore Occupation:
M Child 11 Abiel FAIRCHILD
Born: 9-Feb-1819 in: Townsend, Norfolk, Ontario
Died: in:
Ref: Gilmore Occupation:
M Child 12 Israel FAIRCHILD
Born: 1824 in: Townsend, Norfolk, Ontario
Died: in:
Ref: Gilmore Occupation:
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