The Washington herald., 1906-12-02
Genealogical Descent of Vice Presi-
dent Fairbanks.

Jonathan Fairebanke came from
Sowerby, Yorkshire, England. to Bos-
ton. Mass. in 1888. and in 1886 settled
in Dedham, Mass. On the fourteenth Of
August. 1916, the following entry was
made in the records Of the COngrega-
tiOnal Church In the latter place.
Jonathan Fairebanke. notwithstand-
ing he had long stood of fro ye
church upon some scruples about
"pUblike p'fession OF faith & ye cove
"naut yet after divers loving confer
"ences with him, he made such decla-
ration Of HIS faith & convsion to god
* p'fessiOn OF subsection 70 ye or
'dinances Of X IN this X Vt he was
readily < gladly received by ye whole
church"
The name OF his wife was Grace Lee.
lie died December >. 1865. They had
six chiIdren-John. died November 13.
1851; George. died January 10. 1925;
Mary. horn April IS. 1922; Suszn.
died July s. 1853; Jonas, died February
20. 1916; and Jonathan. died January IS
l71I-12. One or the above:
Jonas Fairbank removed from Ded-
ham TO Lancaster Mass. IN 1857. and
was "one Of the fathers OF the town.
ne " GS q 4aI il4eAB anu dS - SupEGcCGs
also carpenter In 1852 he was suc-
iected 70 q fine for wearing great boots
before he was worth goo, which was
contrary 10 the Massachusetts law Of
1851 He was killed during an Indian
raid on the 10th Of February. 1876. He
married May 2S. 1865. Lydia Prescott,
daughter OF John Prescott, who came
from Sowerby, Parish of Halifax. Eng
land. She was born in Watertown,
Mass, August 10, 1641. They had seven
children -four sODs and three daugh-
ters) between 1853 and 1873, one of
whom
JabeE Fairbank resided in Lancaster,
and, according to his tombstone. died
march ., 175S, aged about 81" He
deservedIy bore the title of Captain
and was an exceptionally efficient off
Ger In the Indian wars. He was a mem
ber of the Massachusetts colonial legis-
iature in 17l4. 1921. 1922. and 1923. He
married. first. Mary Wilder, daughter
OF Thomas Wilder and Mary Houghton),
who died February 81, I71S, in the
forty-third year of her age. and.
secondly, March %. 1719. Elizabeth
WhitcOmb, who died May Il, 1888, aged
so years and months. He was the
father OF six children -four sons and
two daughters), by his first wife, and Of
four ehildren Ctwo sons and two daugh-
ters) by his second wife Of the
latter
Deacon JOskua Fairbank was bap-
tized March IS. 1714, and resided in
Lancaster, Mass. where he died Novem-
Der 25. 1859. He was soldier in the
French and Indian wars. He married
Eunice Wilder December Z. 1881 They
had eleven children (seven sons and
four daughters) between 1893 and |
1851, one Of whom
Captnin Luther Fairbank was born In |
Lancaster. and was baptized there July |
IS. 1865. He died In Barnard. Vermont, /
S, 1895. He was by occupa- |
tion a farmer and blacksmith, and, /
while residing in Northfeld, Franklin I
County, Mass, volunteered in the Con- |
tinental army, when the British troops /
on Concord, and, upon his ar /
rival at Cambridge he enlisted for the /
siege Of Boston as sergeant. In Septern- /
ber, 17T5, he volunteered as sergeant /
under CAPT. Jonas Hubbard for Bene- I
diet Arnold's expedition against Que /
bee. At the unsuccessful assault upon
that city by Gen. Montgomery, Capt /
Fairbank was taken prisoner while at 1
tempting to scale the fertilization, and /
was confined In jail until September |
lT76, when he was paroled and soon 1
exchanged. He subsequently, partici- !
pated In the battles at Saltwater, and /
not long thereafter was made Wagon /
Conductor General in tho Quarter /
Department to the brigade /
by Gen. Patterson. He mar /
ried. first, Thankful; Wheeloek IN Lam |
caster, March 8, 1T77i and, secondly, /
Anna -. who died in castieton, /
Vermont, june 90, 1s4s. Between IT'S /
and 1900 he had ten children, all by hlA /
first wife Give sons and Ave daugh- |
ters), one of whom
Luther FairbRnkS was born Ia Swan /
sey, n, H., September 10, 1880, He re. /
moved tn infancy with his parents 10 /
Barnard, Vermont, and afterward set,
lied IN Ohio, He was a farmer, a moms
ber OF the Congregational Church, and |
2 man OF sterling worth, He died