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     Helen Fairbank was baptized on 29 May 1599 at Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England.² She was the daughter of John Fairbank and Ellen Parker.¹ Helen Fairbank was buried on 3 Jun 1599 at Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England.²

     Hugh Fairbank was baptized on 16 Aug 1550.¹ He was the son of Gilbert Fairbank and Jennett (?).¹ Hugh Fairbank married Jane Mitchell on 28 Mar 1578.²

     Jeremy Fairbank was baptized on 23 Oct 1608 at Carlton in Craven Parish, Yorkshire, England.¹ He was the son of John Fairbank and Ellen Parker.^1,2 Jeremy Fairbank was buried on 29 Aug 1637 at Colne, Lancashire, England.¹

     Johanna Fairbank was baptized on 19 Jan 1544.¹ She was the daughter of Gilbert Fairbank and Jennett (?).¹

     John Fairbank was born s 1560.^2,3 He was the son of George Fairbank and Sibyl Wade.¹ John Fairbank married (1) unknown wife (?) b 22 Sep 1583.⁴ John Fairbank married (2) Isabel Stancliffe on 6 Aug 1593 at Halifax, Yorkshire, England.^5,6 John Fairbank married (3) Ellen Parker in 1598 at Burnley, Lancashire, England.⁷ John Fairbank died in 1625.⁸ He was buried on 7 Aug 1625 at Thornton, Craven, Yorkshire, England.⁹
     When Ruth Fairbanks Joseph and James Swan Landberg wrote an article to examine the Fairbank descent of Jonathan Fairbank, immigrant to Dedham, they accepted the line from William (b. ca. 1455) to George, Sr. (b. say 1530) but showed that it should be continued through this John rather than George (bapt. 1562) as had been presented by Torrey. To do so, they examined three imporrtant documents in detail^10,11,12. The conclusion is that Torrey was wrong and that John (b. say 1560) as the father of the immigrant Jonathan of Dedham.¹³
     In 1599 John Fairbanke and Elena his wife and George Fairbanke and his wife Johanna [John's father and stepmother] sold property in Skircote.¹⁴ This transaction supports the identification of John^A as the son of George^B. John left a will on 4 Aug 1625 at Thaigh, Parish of Thornton in Craven, York, England.
     "In the name of God amen The Fourth daye of August in the first year of the raigne of our most gratious and Soueraigne Lord Charles by the grace of God king of England Scotland France & Ireland defender of the faith etc Anno Dmi 1625 I John Fairbanke of Thaige within the parrish of Thornton in Craven in the Countie of Yorke yeoman being of good and perfect memorie (thanks be to God) not withstanding some weakness and imbecilitie of bodie doe make ordeine and declare this my final testament conteining herein my whole and last will concerning my goods and Chattels in manner and form following That is to saie first and Princiipalle I Commend my soule into the hands of almighty God my most loueing and mercifull beleueing to have full and free remission and forgiueness of all my sinnes and offences through the death and passion of his sonne Jesus Christ my sauiour and redeemer and my Bodie to be buried att the Parrish Church of Thornton aforesaid amongst the bodies of the faithful trusting with them to haue a joyful resurrection And concerning my worldlie goods which God of his great goodness has blessed me in this world It is my will and mynde that first and above all things my true and lawful debtes which I owe to anie person or persons in right and Conscience and be truelie paid and discharged forth of my whole goods and secondly that I bee honestlie be brought forth of my said goods according to my degree and calling in the discretion of my Executors hereafter named Alsoe it is my will and meaning that my said goods shall be devided into three equal parts whereof the first Parte belongeth unto myselfe and the second unto Elline my louing wife and the third part belongeths unto Jonathan Fairbanke Marie Fairbanke Suzanna Fairbank and Abigail Fairbanke sonne and daughters of the said John Fairbanke Now touching my third part of goods It is my will and mind and I doe give and bequeath thereof unto Sara Crooke daughter of James Crooke my sonne in lawe the some of Fortie pounds to be paid unto herthe said Sara (by my Executor hereafter named) when she shall accomplish her full age of twentie and one yeares if she be then liuing And it is my will that Ellin my wife shall haue th[sic] education and bringing uppe of the said Sara until shee shall come to her said age of one and twentie yeares Provided always that if it shall fortune that the said Sara to decease before she shall accomplishe her said age of twentie and one yeares then it is my will and mynde and I doe hereby give and bequeath the said some of Fortie poundes unto the said Marie Fairebank Susanna & Abigail Fairebank equallie amongst them or soe many of tham as shall be then liuing. Thr[sic] rest of my partie of goodes I give totalllie and wholie unto Eline my said wife Alsoe it is my will and mynde that the said Ellin my wife shall have the rule governement education Custodie and bringing upp of my children Marie Fairebank Suzanne and Abigail and of their seueral portions and Childs part of goodes until they seuerallie accomplishe their full age of twentie and onr[sic] yeares And it is my will and mynd that if said Ellin shall fortune to die before my said Childred shall haue accomplished their full age of twentie and one yeares Then it shall be lawful for the said Ellin my wife by her last will and testament in writing or by anie other her Act in writing executed in her lifetime to assigne and appointe the education Custodie and bringing up of my said Children Marie Fairebanke Susanna and Abigail Fairebanke and of their seueral portions to anie person or persons until they shall they shall have accmplished their said age of twemtie and one yeares As my wife shall in her discretion shall thinke conuenientie and necessarie And it is my will and mynde that George Fairbanke Michael Fairbanke and Jeremie Fairebanke my sonnes shall haue noe part of my goods for that I haue and do intend sufficientlei to preferred them with my lands And of this my last will and testament I doe make the said Ellin my wife sole Executrix trusting and desiring her that she shall trulie execute and performe the same according to my true intent and meaning and hereunto I have putt my hand and seale the date and year above said Witnesses hereof John Blakoy Lawrence Hartley and William Illingworth."¹⁵
     "Thornton in Craven, mentioned in this article, is a small parish close but not adjacent to Hakifax, to the northwest on the Lamcashire border. Although Thornton in Craven is now in North Yorkshire it was in the West Riding of Yorkshire in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries."¹⁶

     John Fairbank was baptized on 3 May 1547.¹ He was the son of Gilbert Fairbank and Jennett (?).¹

     John Fairbank was born c 1480.¹ He was the son of William Fairbanke.¹ John Fairbank died in 1551.¹
     Torrey abstracts some land records which show connections for John Fairbank.
"1504. 19th Henry VII. Edmund Fairbanke surrendered one rood of land with the buildings thereon, lately taken from the waste, in Soureby, to the use of John Fairebanke son of William Fairbanke, and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten.
"1506, 22nd Henry VII. William surrendered all his estate and term of years not yet elapsed which he held in 17 a. of land and meadow called Brigbothame, and one croft called Pigilcroft in Soarbie to the use of John Faerbaink, son of said William and his assigns during the term.
"1524. John Fairbanke, one of the 'feofees' of the will of John Wodde."¹

     John Fairbank was baptized on 7 Aug 1586 at Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England.^3,4 He was the son of John Fairbank and unknown wife (?).^1,2

     Joseph Fairbank was baptized on 2 Aug 1590 at Halifax, Yorkshire, England.¹ He was the son of John Fairbank and unknown wife (?).^1,2

     Joseph Fairbank was baptized on 29 Jun 1600 at Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England.¹ He was the son of John Fairbank and Ellen Parker.¹ Joseph Fairbank was buried on 12 Jul 1600 at Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England.¹

     Maria (Mary) Fairbank was baptized on 18 May 1558.¹ She was the daughter of George Fairbank and Sibyl Wade.¹

     Mary Fairbank was baptized on 30 Nov 1600 at Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England.¹ She was the daughter of George Fairbank and Mary Farrer.¹ Mary Fairbank was buried on 11 Dec 1620.¹

     Mary Fairbank was baptized on 22 Sep 1583 at Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England.^2,3 She was the daughter of John Fairbank and unknown wife (?).¹
     "Her children were left forty shillings in the 1650 will of her brother, George Fairbank."¹

     Mary Fairbank was born c 1605.¹ She was the daughter of John Fairbank and Ellen Parker.^1,2

     Michael Fairbank was baptized on 3 Jul 1549.¹ He was the son of Gilbert Fairbank and Jennett (?).¹ Michael Fairbank was buried on 14 Sep 1549.¹

     Michael Fairbank was baptized on 25 Oct 1603 at Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England.¹ He was the son of John Fairbank and Ellen Parker.^1,2

     Robert Fairbank was baptized on 8 Dec 1566.² He was the son of George Fairbank and Sibyl Wade.¹

     Susan Fairbank was baptized on 5 Jun 1569.¹ She was the daughter of George Fairbank and Sibyl Wade.¹

     Susan Fairbank was baptized on 18 May 1595 at Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England.¹ She was the daughter of John Fairbank and Isabel Stancliffe.¹

     Susanna Fairbank was born on 5 Jan 1611/12 at Carlton in Craven Parish, Yorkshire, England.¹ She was the daughter of John Fairbank and Ellen Parker.¹

     William Fairbanke was born c 1455.¹ He died in 1518.¹
     In his article on a Fairbank line, Torrey has relied on "Parish Registers of Halifax and Heptonstall, Yorkshire; Probate and Land Records (Feet of Fines); also a pamphlet by Henry Fairbanks, entitled Fairbanks Family, published in 1892, which furnishes information about the first three generations." He says: "Owing to the importance of the records and the rarity of the pamphlet, its account of the early history of the family is repeated in this paper."¹
     The new clue which allowed Torrey to link the English and American portions of the Fairbanks family "was found in the will of of a George Fairbanke of Sowerby, Halifax, England, made May 28, 1650. A copy of the will was sent to Jonathan [Fairbank] stating it was George Fairebank's 'last Will and Testam^t ffor Lovinge Cusen Jonathan Fayrebancke in new Ingland" [See, for this, New England Hist. and Gen. Register, 7:303-304; and for Jonathan's marriage, Ibid., 60:153.] At the end of the article, Torrey includes a diagram showing that George (1588 - 1650), the testator, and Jonathan (c. 1595 - 1678), the immigrant, were grandsons of George Fairbank and Sybil Wade.²
     At several points in this article, Torrey uses "double dates" of the form 1573/74 which refer to a time before the introduction of the Gregorian calendar. I have not repeated that form here -- the year in use at the time was 1573 (which I have used), although we would now call it 1574. Unfortunately, Torrey does not always use double dates for the early months of these years, which leaves some doubt and, not for this reason alone, the original registers should be examined.
     "1492. 8th Henry VII. William Fairebank took land of the soil and waste of the lord, in Sourby to hold according to the custom of the manor."
"May 18, 1498, 13th Henry VII, William Fairebank, a tenant, surrendered a close called Wynlufroide in Warley into the hands of the lord. And in 1503 'one messuage and 22 acres of land to John Turnour."
"1514. 6th Henry VIII, Johannis Haldeworth et Willelmus Fairebanke electi sunt ad officium prepositi."³

     Eliesur Fairbanks was born on 8 Jun 1655 at Dedham, Massachusetts.^1,2 He was the son of George Fairbanks and Mary Adams.¹
     He "lived in Sherborn. He drew a home lot in 1679 of eighteen acres on the main street in Sherborn, adjoining Peter's Hill; was selectman in 1703."³

     George Fairbanks was born at England.¹ He was the son of Jonathan Fairbanks and Grace Smith.² George Fairbanks married Mary Adams on 26 Oct 1636.^3,4 George Fairbanks died on 10 Jan 1682.⁵
     "George, the second son of Jonathan, resided in Dedham till about the year 1657, when he removed to Medfield (now Medway). In 1648 he owned some land and a dwelling house in Dedham. In that year he was granted a small parcel of land "as it lye against the side of his own yard for an enlargement and to set a Barne vpon it.
"He had acquired some interest in lands in Medfield prior to the death of his father, as appears by an item in the latter's will, which see...
"He established in Medfield, afterward Medway, a homestead which remained in the family for several generations. It was held in whole or in part by four Georges in succession, then by Silas and his son Silas, the last of the name who lived on it, about the year 1820. He was undoubtedly the first to settle within the territory of Medway. His dwelling was the famous stone house near the northern border of Bogestow Pond in the eastern part of the town, which is now included within the limits of the town of Millis, incorporated in 1885. That which has been more recently known as the Fairbanks farm was the southern portion of his large landed estate. The Inventory of his estate mentions three hundred acres adjacent to his homestead, and a small lot lying between that tract and the homestead.
"The stone house occupied by him was originally a garrison house, built by the residents of Bogestow farms unitedly as a place of refuge and defence, to which they could flee in times of danger from the attacks of hostile Indians. It was sixty-five or seventy feet long, and two stories high. The walls were built of flat stones laid in clay mortar. It had a double row of port holes on all sides, and was lined with heavy oak plank. The stones have all been carried away, and there is now nothing left to mark the spot where the building stood.
"In 1662 George, with thirteen of his neighbors, signed the first petition for the incorporation of Sherborn. Again, in 1674, he and twelve others signed a second petition which was successful, and by an Act of the General Court, the petitioners and twenty more of such as they might consent to receive as inhabitants were constituted a proprietor of lands now comprising Sherborn, Holliston and large districts of Framingham and Ashland. After the formation of the town he seems to have been an active citizen, engaged in public affairs. For four years he was selectman, and was chosen on a committee to engage and settle a minister. His sudden death by drowning in 1682 was a great loss in the new settlement."⁶

     George Fairbanks was born on 26 May 1650 at Dedham, Massachusetts.¹ He was the son of George Fairbanks and Mary Adams.¹ George Fairbanks married (1) Rachel Adams on 1 Dec 1671 at Medfield, Massachusetts.^2,3
     "Inherited the southerly part of his father's farm and lived upon it; died in 1737; will proved May 3, 1737. See Vol. 33, folio 177, Suffield Probate Records.
"Medway was incoporated Oct. 24, 1713, the town of Medfield being divided, and the part on the west side of Charles River, being made into a separate town, and named Medway.
"Mr. Fairbanks was one of the founders of the new town. . . .⁴ "

     John Fairbanks was the son of Jonathan Fairbanks and Grace Smith.¹ John Fairbanks married Sarah Fiske on 16 Mar 1641.² John Fairbanks died on 13 Nov 1684.^3,4
     He left a will, made on 10 Nov 1684. It was probated 19 Feb 1684 (O. S.) and can be found in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Probate Records, Lib. 6, Folio 487.⁵

     Jonas Fairbanks was born on 23 Feb 1656 at Dedham, Massachusetts.¹ He was the son of George Fairbanks and Mary Adams.¹ Jonas Fairbanks died on 28 Nov 1676 at age 20.^1,2

     Jonas Fairbanks was born at England.³ He was the son of Jonathan Fairbanks and Grace Smith.² Jonas Fairbanks married Lydia Prescott on 28 May 1658.⁴ Jonas Fairbanks died on 10 Feb 1676.⁵
     Jonas "came to Dedham with his parents; removed to Lancaster [Mass.] in 1657; signed the covenant March 7, 1659, and was 'one of the fathers of the town.' He was a farmer, and, it is believed he was also a carpenter.
"In 1652 he was fined for wearing great boots before he was worth L200, which was contrary to a sumptuary regulation of the government of Mass. ordered in 1651. He was killed, with his son Joshua, by the Indians Feb. 10, 1676, during a raid upon the settlement."³

     Jonathan Fairbanks was born on 1 May 1662 at Medway, Massachusetts.¹ He was the son of George Fairbanks and Mary Adams.¹ Jonathan Fairbanks married (1) Sarah (?).² Jonathan Fairbanks died on 18 Dec 1719 at age 57.¹
     "Resided in Sherborn (afterward Medway) probably in the old stone house near Bogestow Pond. Was the first physician in Sherborn, a selectman for several years, and town clerk. He was drowned Dec. 19, 1719, by falling through the ice while attempting to cross the river, from Medfield, in the night.²

     Jonathan Fairbanks was born c 1594 at England.^3,4 He was the son of John Fairbank.² Jonathan Fairbanks married Grace Smith on 20 May 1617 at Halifax, Yorkshire, England.^5,6 Jonathan Fairbanks died on 5 Dec 1668 at Dedham, Massachusetts.^7,8
     "b. either ca. 1592 to the first wife --- or to Isabella Staincliffe before or after 18 May 1595 when her daughter Susan was baptized."⁹ The uncertainty in John's birth date and the death date of John first wife or marriage to his second makes it impossible to assign Jonathan's maternity on this basis.
     "FAIRBANKS, Jonathan (1629 - 1665) & Grace SMITH; ?Warley, in Eng. 20 May 1617; Halifax, Dedham "
NB: He could not have been born in 1629 and married in 1617.¹⁰
     "Jonathan Fayrbanke to Grace Smith (Warley), 20 May 1617
"(This is the marriage of Jonathan Fayrbanke who came to New England in 1633, and settled at Dedham in 1636. All his children were baptized in the great parish church of Halifax, most of them having been born in Warley, which adjoins Sowerby, although Mary and George were born in Shelf, which is to the northeast of Halifax. All of these townships are in the parish of Halifax. George Fayrbanke of Sowerby, who was church warden in 1612, and who died in 1620, was evidently a near relative of this Jonathan, for all his children had the same names as those of the emigrant. . . ."¹¹
     "Jonathan Fairebanke (Fairbank, Faribanks) came from Sowerby in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, to Boston, Mass., in the year 1633, and in 1636 settled in Dedham, Mass., where he built the noted "Old Fairbanks House" which is still standing as an ancient landmark, the oldest dwelling house in New England that, for the same period of time, has been continuously owned and occupied by the builder and his lineal descendants. Only a few houses, or parts of houses of the same age remain, and most of these are in ruins."
...
"He had a family consisting of his wife and six children, four sons and two daughters, namely, John, George, Mary, Susan, Jonas and Jonathan, who were all bom in England. Of the ages of his children when he arrived here we can judge only by circumstances. The dates of their births, except one, have not been ascertained. Mary was bom, according to a descendant of the Metcalf family, Apr. 18, 1622. If she was the third child, we may judge approximately of the ages of the rest ; but the places of the daughters, as given in the table, may not be correct. In 1638 John was appointed, with John Rogers, to survey the Charles River, and he was married in 1641. George was married in 1646 ; Jonas in 1658 ; and Jonathan, the youngest son, about 1653.
"The town of Dedham was established and named by the General Court the '10^th of y^e 7 Moneth, 1636,' upon a petition signed by twenty-two persons, in connection with a grant of land in addition to a 'grante formerly made of a Plantacion above the Falls,' with 'Immunitie from publike Charges' for three years. Thereupon the 'Dedham Covenant' was drawn up and signed by the petitioners and others."
Jonathan signed the Dedham town covenant on 23 March 1637. "Jonathan Fearbanke being p'sented by John Dwite was accepted and subscribed." Both before and after this date, Jonathan Fairbanks was granted some specific lots of land in the town, both meadow and swamp.
"The following unique record appears on the books of the First Church:
"'Jonathan Fairebanke notw^thstanding he had long stood off fro' y^e church upon some scruples about publike p'fession of faith & y^e covenant yet after divers loving conferences w^th him ; he made such a declaration of his faith & conv'sion to god & p'fession of subjection to y^e ordinances of Xt in this X y^t he was readily & gladly received by y^e whole church : 14^d 6^m 1646.¹²' "
     Jonathan Fairbanks left a will on 1 Jun 1668 at Dedham, Massachusetts.
     "In the yeare of our Lord one thousand sixe hundred sixty and eight, the first day of the fourth month, com'only called June; I Jonathan ffarbanke of dedham in the Countie of Suffolke Senio^e, Being sicke and weake, And expecting that the day of my desolution is drawing neere doe in the name and feare of God ordaine and make this my Last will & Testam^t for the disposeing and settling of the things of this life, with which the Lord hath at p^rsent Intrusted me in manner & forme as followeth ; viz first I commit my soule to God that gaue it, Trusting in the alone Righteousnes & mediation of Jesus Christ my Redemer & aduocate, & my body to the earth whence it was taken, to be after my decease Desently buried therein in christian buriall at the discr^etion of my Executo^r. In prim^s I giue & bequeath vnto grace my Deere & well beloved wife, All and Every p^rt & p^rcell of my whole moueable Estate whatsoeuer as well within dores as without, namely all my household stuffe, of all & Euery sort & kinde as allso all my cattell of all kinds all my corne cartes ploughs workeing tooles & vten^sils of husbandrye all debts due to me & whatsoeuer Ells come within the denomination of moueable Estate & all this I giue and Bequeath to my said wife, to despose of when And to whom shee shall at any time see meete. And more I giue to grace my said wife an Annuitie of Eight pounds p^r Annn^m to be paid to her or her assignee to her vse yearely & euery yeare, in two equall p^rts. * * Ite[^m] I giue & bequeath to George (ffarbanke my secon)d sonne & to his heyers for euer, sixteene pounds the one halfe whereof shall be payed to him within the space of one ( - - - -) yeare next ensueing after the decease of my said wife ; And whereas I haue allready giuen and doe herby confirme to my said sonne George all that my p^rt in the generall deuident (dividend ?) already laid out thro Meadfield & some workinge tooles & such like small things, my will & my mind is, That the said percell of lande and those tooles and other small thing soe giuen shall be all indifferently & Equally aprized and if they shall together amount to the value of eight pounds then it shall be accounted for his first payment. * * * And I giue & bequeath to my daughter Mary the wife of Christopher Smith the sume of sixteene pounds, which sixteene pounds I giue to my said daughter in p^rticuler, And distinct from her husbans Estate & to be allwayes at her dispose, this sixteen pounds to be payed in two equall (sum'es ?) of Eight pounds. * * * Ite^m More I giue to my said daughter Mary Three pounds to purchase her a suite of aparrell to be paid within the space of three months next after my decease. Ite^m. I giue and bequeath to Jonas ffarbanke my third sonne & his heyers for euer the like sume of sixtene pounds to be allso payed in two equal sumes. * * * Ite^m I giue & bequeath to Jonathan ffarebanke my yongest sonne & to his heighers the like sume of sixteene pounds, to be paid allso in two Equal Sum'es. * * * Ite^m I giue and bequeath to Sarah the Eldest daughter of my sonne John ffarebanks one young beast betwixt one and two yeares of age, & more three pounds to be payed by my Executor when she shall attaine lawfull age, the young beast before mentioned I Reserue out of the cattell bequeathed to Grace my wife; Ite^m I giue & bequeath to my sonne in lawe Ralph Dayeffourty shillings to be payed within six monthes after my wives decease ;
"Ite^m. I giue & bequeath to each of the foure Children of the said Ralph which he had by my daughter Susan his late wife the sum'e of ffourtie shillings to be payd them seuerally as they shall attaine lawfull age p^ruided all my other Legacies to my three sonnes & my daughter be first payed in manner as is aboue Expressed ; Ite^m my mind and my will is that all these my legacies aboue bequeathed, the specie or kind of payment whereof is not named shall be all payed in current Contrey payment at price then Currant In ded (ham I giue & bequeath) To John ffarebanke my Eldest sonne all my houses & lands whatsouer, not being foremerly aboue (mentioned? togeth)er with all my common Rightes & towne p^ruiliges whatsoeuer, to haue posses & injoy the same ( - - - -) & his heyers (- - - - to) enter vpon all my lands forthwith after my decease ; and all my houses and yardes at the end of foure mo'nthes n(ext followin)g the same; Ite^m I doe nominate apoint and ordayne John Fairebancke my afforesaid Eldest Sonne, To be my sole Executor to whom I committ all nessary trust & power Requisite for the due and full p^rformeance & Execution of this my last will as it belongs or is necessary for an Executor to doe in all & euery p^rt as is aboue expressed ; Ite^m I allso name & intreate my very loueing friends Eleazer Lusher & Petter Woodward Sen^e to be ouerseers to the performance of this my present will & to be assisting to my aboue named Executor therin as themselues shall see cause, & I doe hereby reueoke & make null & voide all other or former wills whatsouer by me formerly made ; & doe auouch & decleare this p^rsent wrighting, as is aboue herein entered, to be & contayne my true onely & last will & testemant.

"In wittnss whereof I the said Jonathan ffarebanke Sen^e haue herevnto subscribed my hand & affixed my seale the day & yeare first aboue written."

"This a true copy of the will of Jonathan Faycrbank senyore,
"as attest Daniell ffiisher.
"Wiliam Avery."¹³

     Jonathan Fairbanks was born at England.² He was the son of Jonathan Fairbanks and Grace Smith.¹ Jonathan Fairbanks married Deborah Shepard.³ Jonathan Fairbanks died on 28 Jan 1711/12.^4,5
     "Born in England; admitted townsman in Dedham 'ye 1 of ye 11: 1654,' and signed the covenant. Resided in Dedham. ... He was a soldier in King Phillip's War, serving in the first or Mt. Hope campaign in 1675, also in several subsequent campaigns."²