Jabez FAIRBANK

1670 - 1758  (87 years)

• Name	Jabez FAIRBANK  [1, 2]
  	Born in Lancaster, 8:11:1670(?) and lived there, "died March 2, 1758, aged abou 84," according to the inscription on his tombstone, which would make his birth later than 1670. He was a very efficient soldier and officer in the Indian wars, and was no doubt incited to heroic exploits by the massacre of his father and brother, in 1676, and of his only surviving brother in 1697. During the raid upon the town in 1697, when his brother Jonathan and one of the latter's children were slain, he was the means of saving a garrison and perhaps many lives, including that of his "little son," probably Joseph. In all, outside the garrison, twenty-one persons were killed, two wounded, and six were carried away as captives, of whom five returned. Among the captives returned was the wife of Jonathan....."See marvin's History of Lancaster" "First in the order of time of our military heroes, in these dys of trial, " says marvin, "was Lieut. afterwards Capt. Jabez Fairbank. he was a famous scouting officer, and traversed large sections of the country to the north, east and west, in search of prowling Indians. More than sixty parties were engaged in this service. Some of names of the men under his command, between 1721 and 1724, were the following: Edward Hartwell, Ephraim Wheeler, Daniel Osgood, Isaac Farnsworth, Isaac Lancain, John Bennett, Joseph Wheelock, Ezra Sawyer, Moses Willard, John Eams." Gov. Dummer immediately sought the services of Fairbank to enlist men. He offered him the choice of the office of sergeant, if he remained at home in Lancaster, or that of Lieutenant, if he wer willing to serve at Groton or at Turkey Hill. He chose the latter, and at once entered the service. He reported directly to the Governor during the war, and the published correspondence between them furnishes many interesting chapter of history. (See Mass. Archives and Marvin's History of Lancaster; also History of Groton) In the year 1700 he had lands laid out to him "on both sides of danes Brook above Thomas Sawyer's Sawmill." This site became the home of the Fairbanks, and so remained for a hundred years or more." He was elected as a representative to the General Court in 1714, 1721, 1722 and 1723. [1]
  Birth	8 Nov 1670	Lancaster, Massachusetts   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	2 Mar 1758  [1]
  Person ID	I70045	Main Tree
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2013

  
  

  Father	Jonas FAIRBANKS,   b. England d. 10 Feb 1676
  Mother	Lydia PRESCOTT,   b. 15 Aug 1641, Watertown, Massachusetts
  Marriage	28 May 1658  [1]
  Family ID	F29047	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary WILDER,   b. Abt 1675   d. 21 Feb 1718 (Age 43 years)
  Children	1. Dea. Joseph FAIRBANK,   b. 1693, Lancaster, Massachusetts d. 6 Dec 1772, Harvard, Massachusetts (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F29046	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2013

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth ?,   b. Abt 1675   d. 11 May 1755 (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	25 Mar 1719  [2]
  Family ID	F28308	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2013

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 8 Nov 1670 - Lancaster, 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). [S5072] Charlotte Whitcomb, "The Whitcomb Family in America": A Biographical Genealogy, (Minneapolis, Minnesota - October 1904).