"Agur Fairchild was born in Connecticut, married there and before 1800 came to Remsen township and located in that section called "Fairchild Corners" or "Fairchild," about two miles northeast of the village. His children were Diana, Betsy, Martha, Barbara, Charlotte, Ingersoll, French and Samuel. The first two never lived in Remsen. Mr. Fairchild died here January 1, 1940, aged ninety years and Amy, his wife, died April 17, 1839, aged eighty-five years. French Fairchild married Anna, daughter of Gershom Hinckley. They had two sons, Rev. Gershom Fairchild, a Wesleyan minister, born in Remsen in 1909 and as late as 1896 living at Nankin, Wayne county, Mich.; and French Fairchild, Jr., who married Mary Tanner of Deerfield, N.Y., by whom he had six sons and one daughter. He removed to Liverpool, N.Y., was a successful farmer and died there. Ingersoll Fairchild removed to western New York before 1820. Samuel, married Eleanor, daughter of William R. Roberts, of Remsen and removed with his family to Monoa county, Iowa, where he died about 1866." from "A Narrative History of Remsen, New York, 1914, by Millard F. Roberts"
"Agur Fairchild was born in Connecticut, married there and before 1800 came to Remsen township and located in that section called "Fairchild Corners" or "Fairchild," about two miles northeast of the village. His children were Diana, Betsy, Martha, Barbara, Charlotte, Ingersoll, French and Samuel. The first two never lived in Remsen. Mr. Fairchild died here January 1, 1940, aged ninety years and Amy, his wife, died April 17, 1839, aged eighty-five years. French Fairchild married Anna, daughter of Gershom Hinckley. They had two sons, Rev. Gershom Fairchild, a Wesleyan minister, born in Remsen in 1909 and as late as 1896 living at Nankin, Wayne county, Mich.; and French Fairchild, Jr., who married Mary Tanner of Deerfield, N.Y., by whom he had six sons and one daughter. He removed to Liverpool, N.Y., was a successful farmer and died there. Ingersoll Fairchild removed to western New York before 1820. Samuel, married Eleanor, daughter of William R. Roberts, of Remsen and removed with his family to Monoa county, Iowa, where he died about 1866." from "A Narrative History of Remsen, New York, 1914, by Millard F. Roberts"
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