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Maj John Fairbank Jr.

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Maj John Fairbank Jr. Veteran

Birth
Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
20 Oct 1830 (aged 75)
Rouses Point, Clinton County, New York, USA
Burial
Rouses Point, Clinton County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Marriage Record:
"Athol July the 16, 1780 John Fairbanks junior and Fanny Kilton was married by me...James Humphrey"

Children:
Rueben 1781-1842 m Lucinda Fish
Asa 1784-1842 m Polly Leonard and Mary Oliver
Lydia 1787-1875
Malinda 1791-1885 m Daniel D. Johnson
Frances (Fanny) 1796-1856 m Emerson B. Lewis
John H. 1798-1880) Mary Sayers (Sha-gon-aush-equay)
Warren Calvin 1801-1872 m Sarah Ann Steans
Lorenzo 1804-1842 m Polly A.

Revolutionary War Veteran. Age 75 at time of death. PVT Revolutionary War with Capt Dexter (uncle of Daniel D. Johnson, husband of his daughter, Malinda Fairbanks) Col. Woodbridge's Reg. Mass. Moved to Champlain, NY after 1804.

From "Northern New York" pages 130-131
VI) Major John (2), son of John (1) Fairbank, was born in Lancaster, May 6, 1755. He removed with his parents to Athol, and in 1790 to northeastern New York, then called "The Chazy." He died at the home of his son, Warren C. Fairbank, October 20, 1830. He was a soldier in the revolution and his name appears on the coat rolls. He was eight months in 1775 in Captain Ichabod Dexter's company, Col. Woodbridge's regiment; two months and twenty days from September 1, 1777, in Capt Thomas Lord's company. Colonel Cushing's regiment, in the miscellaneous militia service, and spent a hard winter at Valley Forge. His dwelling in New York, on the border of Canada, was the scene of a conflict between Capt Mayer's company and Forsyth's riflemen, during the war of 1812, the family taking refuge from the shot in the cellar. His teams were pressed into drawing baggage on the invader's way to Plattsburgh. His son John, a lad of considerable spirit, drove his ox-team; he objected to his load, but was ordered forward, when he upset the cart on the road; his objections were then heeded.
Marriage Record:
"Athol July the 16, 1780 John Fairbanks junior and Fanny Kilton was married by me...James Humphrey"

Children:
Rueben 1781-1842 m Lucinda Fish
Asa 1784-1842 m Polly Leonard and Mary Oliver
Lydia 1787-1875
Malinda 1791-1885 m Daniel D. Johnson
Frances (Fanny) 1796-1856 m Emerson B. Lewis
John H. 1798-1880) Mary Sayers (Sha-gon-aush-equay)
Warren Calvin 1801-1872 m Sarah Ann Steans
Lorenzo 1804-1842 m Polly A.

Revolutionary War Veteran. Age 75 at time of death. PVT Revolutionary War with Capt Dexter (uncle of Daniel D. Johnson, husband of his daughter, Malinda Fairbanks) Col. Woodbridge's Reg. Mass. Moved to Champlain, NY after 1804.

From "Northern New York" pages 130-131
VI) Major John (2), son of John (1) Fairbank, was born in Lancaster, May 6, 1755. He removed with his parents to Athol, and in 1790 to northeastern New York, then called "The Chazy." He died at the home of his son, Warren C. Fairbank, October 20, 1830. He was a soldier in the revolution and his name appears on the coat rolls. He was eight months in 1775 in Captain Ichabod Dexter's company, Col. Woodbridge's regiment; two months and twenty days from September 1, 1777, in Capt Thomas Lord's company. Colonel Cushing's regiment, in the miscellaneous militia service, and spent a hard winter at Valley Forge. His dwelling in New York, on the border of Canada, was the scene of a conflict between Capt Mayer's company and Forsyth's riflemen, during the war of 1812, the family taking refuge from the shot in the cellar. His teams were pressed into drawing baggage on the invader's way to Plattsburgh. His son John, a lad of considerable spirit, drove his ox-team; he objected to his load, but was ordered forward, when he upset the cart on the road; his objections were then heeded.


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