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 1666 - 1697 (31 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. | Jonathan FAIRBANK was born on 7 Aug 1666 in Lancaster, Massachusetts; died on 4 Sep 1697 in Lancaster, Massachusetts. Notes:
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"Fairbanks Genealogy": He was one of the first four soldiers of Lancaster who went on long expeditions; and shared the hardships and misfortunes of Sir William Phip's ill-fated expedition to Canada in 1690. He was killed by the Indians, with one of his children, in the massacre of Sept. 11, 1697, and his wife was taken captive and carried to Canada, but was afterward rescued or ransomed by the government. She was received at "Cascoe Bay, ye 17 january, 1698-9, aboard the Province Gally," and returned home to her surviving children.
Jonathan married Mary HAYWARD on 24 Aug 1688. Mary was born in abt. 1667; died on 5 Jan 1734. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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