Dea. Joseph FAIRBANK

1693 - 1772  (79 years)

• Name	Joseph FAIRBANK  [1]
  	At a meeting of the first church of Lancaster, held Sept 9, 1733, "the brethren present by vote Discovered ye willingness that Joseph Fairbank, Henry Willard, Peter Atherton, and Elijah Whitney, all of harvard, should joyn with others in said Town in forming of Church there." He was a selectman in harvard in 1733, '5, 1743, '5 and 1745-52, and was Town Treasurer, 1736-40. He was in 1740 the choice of his townsmen for their first representative to the Great and General Court, but modestly declined to serve, and Peter Atherton was chosen. He was prominently identified with the stirring events that preceded the Revolutionary War, as a leading man in all the public meetings. He served on most of the town committees that were appointed to protest against and resist the encroachments of the British parliament upon the rights and liberties of the colonies. He was one of the Committee to whom was referred the consideration of the Form of Government sent from the General Court to the several towns and plantations in the state for their approbation. He was a deacon of the church and one of its strongest supporters In 1750, after some additions had been made to the seating capacity of the meeting house, it became necessary to reseat the people, and a committee was appointed for this purpose, with instructions to "seat the two foremost seats below, Respecting men for Age as well as Pay, and all other seats and persons to be seated on dignity according to what they payed to the minister, real and personal estate the three last years passed." The report of the committee named ten persons to occupy the "fore seat below." Dea. Joseph Fairbank was the ninth in order. In march 1766 the people were agin reseated by a committee under similar instructions. Thirteen persons were seated in the "Fore Seat Below," Dea. Joseph Fairbank being the first in order. Capt. Joseph Fairbank, Jr., his son, was assigned to the third seat below. The first Fairbank homestead in harvard is that now owned and occupied by Andrew Fairbank and his son. The house is very old, though most signs of its age are concealed under modern improvements. It was built, probably about 1720, by Dea. Joseph Fairbank. [1]
  Title	Dea.
  Birth	1693	Lancaster, Massachusetts   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Dec 1772	Harvard, Massachusetts   [1]
  Person ID	I71735	Main Tree
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2013

  
  

  Father	Jabez FAIRBANK,   b. 8 Nov 1670, Lancaster, Massachusetts d. 2 Mar 1758 (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Mary WILDER,   b. Abt 1675   d. 21 Feb 1718 (Age 43 years)
  Family ID	F29046	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary BROWN,   b. Abt 1700   d. 14 Nov 1791 (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	21 Apr 1718  [1]
  Children	1. Amos FAIRBANK,   b. 21 Apr 1737, Harvard, Massachusetts d. 14 Jan 1809 (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F29051	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2013

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1693 - Lancaster, Massachusetts Death - 6 Dec 1772 - Harvard, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [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).