Husband of Anne Sherwood Trowbridge Fairchild, father of Hezekiah, Sarah, Matthew, Joseph, Samuel, Gershom, Ebenezer, Mehitable, Ezra and Abner Fairchild, and step-father of David Trowbridge and Ann Trowbridge Wakelee. Died during a small pox epidemic that also claimed the lives of his wife Anne, and son Ezra.
"ALONG THE WIPPANONG: A HISTORY OF HANOVER TOWNSHIP"
By Elizabeth R. Myrose and Claire B. Kitchell
"But the mills and forges were the lure that would bring settlers from the east and the north, and which would finally give Whippany (then part of Hanover) its reputation. The mills also produced the leading families of the township. The first of these were the Fairchilds. The family patriarch, Caleb Fairchild, arrived in Whippany in 1735, with his wife Anne, and established a gristmill and a saw mill on the tract of the original forge and property now occupied by the International Paper Co. (now since gone). A member of the Presbyterian Church in Hanover for a number of years, he and Anne were also founding members of the Morristown First Presbyterian Church in Morristown. Caleb also served as Morris County Sheriff from 1746 to 1748. He died on May 1, 1777 at 84 years of age."
∼According to church records, Caleb Fairchild was buried on 3 May 1777. (Presbyterian Historical Society; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Book Title: 1768 – 1812. 52.)
"ALONG THE WIPPANONG: A HISTORY OF HANOVER TOWNSHIP"
By Elizabeth R. Myrose and Claire B. Kitchell
"But the mills and forges were the lure that would bring settlers from the east and the north, and which would finally give Whippany (then part of Hanover) its reputation. The mills also produced the leading families of the township. The first of these were the Fairchilds. The family patriarch, Caleb Fairchild, arrived in Whippany in 1735, with his wife Anne, and established a gristmill and a saw mill on the tract of the original forge and property now occupied by the International Paper Co. (now since gone). A member of the Presbyterian Church in Hanover for a number of years, he and Anne were also founding members of the Morristown First Presbyterian Church in Morristown. Caleb also served as Morris County Sheriff from 1746 to 1748. He died on May 1, 1777 at 84 years of age."
∼According to church records, Caleb Fairchild was buried on 3 May 1777. (Presbyterian Historical Society; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Book Title: 1768 – 1812. 52.)
Husband of Anne Sherwood Trowbridge Fairchild, father of Hezekiah, Sarah, Matthew, Joseph, Samuel, Gershom, Ebenezer, Mehitable, Ezra and Abner Fairchild, and step-father of David Trowbridge and Ann Trowbridge Wakelee. Died during a small pox epidemic that also claimed the lives of his wife Anne, and son Ezra.
"ALONG THE WIPPANONG: A HISTORY OF HANOVER TOWNSHIP"
By Elizabeth R. Myrose and Claire B. Kitchell
"But the mills and forges were the lure that would bring settlers from the east and the north, and which would finally give Whippany (then part of Hanover) its reputation. The mills also produced the leading families of the township. The first of these were the Fairchilds. The family patriarch, Caleb Fairchild, arrived in Whippany in 1735, with his wife Anne, and established a gristmill and a saw mill on the tract of the original forge and property now occupied by the International Paper Co. (now since gone). A member of the Presbyterian Church in Hanover for a number of years, he and Anne were also founding members of the Morristown First Presbyterian Church in Morristown. Caleb also served as Morris County Sheriff from 1746 to 1748. He died on May 1, 1777 at 84 years of age."
∼According to church records, Caleb Fairchild was buried on 3 May 1777. (Presbyterian Historical Society; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Book Title: 1768 – 1812. 52.)
"ALONG THE WIPPANONG: A HISTORY OF HANOVER TOWNSHIP"
By Elizabeth R. Myrose and Claire B. Kitchell
"But the mills and forges were the lure that would bring settlers from the east and the north, and which would finally give Whippany (then part of Hanover) its reputation. The mills also produced the leading families of the township. The first of these were the Fairchilds. The family patriarch, Caleb Fairchild, arrived in Whippany in 1735, with his wife Anne, and established a gristmill and a saw mill on the tract of the original forge and property now occupied by the International Paper Co. (now since gone). A member of the Presbyterian Church in Hanover for a number of years, he and Anne were also founding members of the Morristown First Presbyterian Church in Morristown. Caleb also served as Morris County Sheriff from 1746 to 1748. He died on May 1, 1777 at 84 years of age."
∼According to church records, Caleb Fairchild was buried on 3 May 1777. (Presbyterian Historical Society; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Book Title: 1768 – 1812. 52.)
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