Jonas FAIRBANKS

Male - 1676


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  • Name Jonas FAIRBANKS  [1
    • Born in England; came to Dedham with his parents; removed to Lancaster 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, 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. [1]
    Birth England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 10 Feb 1676  [1
    Person ID I71728  Main Tree
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2013 

    Father Jonathan FAIREBANKE,   b. Bef 1600, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Dec 1668, Dedham, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Grace ?   d. 28 Oct 1673 or 19 Mar 1676 
    Family ID F29050  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lydia PRESCOTT,   b. 15 Aug 1641, Watertown, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 28 May 1658  [1
    Children 
     1. Jonathan FAIRBANK,   b. 7 Aug 1666, Lancaster, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Sep 1697, Lancaster, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 31 years)
    +2. Jabez FAIRBANK,   b. 8 Nov 1670, Lancaster, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Mar 1758 (Age 87 years)
    Family ID F29047  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2013 

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  • Sources 
    1. [S5073] Lorenzo Sayles Fairbanks, A.M., "Genealogy of the Fairbanks Family in America 1633-1897", (Boston: Printed for the Author by the American Printing and Engraving Co., - 1897).