The Fairbanks (Fairbank ) family is a noted American and Canadian family of English origin. The family descends from colonist Jonathan Fairbanks , who emigrated to Boston , Massachusetts in 1633 with his family, settling at Dedham, Massachusetts three years later.[ 1] There he built the Fairbanks House , today the oldest surviving verified timber-frame house in the United States.
The Fairbanks family later became one of the Second Families of the United States with the election of Charles W. Fairbanks as the twent-sixth vice president of the United States in 1905. The Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska ; Fairbanks, Alaska ; Fairbanks, Minnesota ; Fairbanks, Oregon ; and Fairbanks Township, Michigan all take their names from him.
The Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University is named after a member of the family, John King Fairbank . The American manufacturing company Fairbanks-Morse was founded by another member of the family, Thaddeus Fairbanks .
The following genealogical tree illustrates the links between the more notable family members:[ 1]
Family tree
Jonathan Fairbanks (c. 1595–1668) m. Grace Smith (c. 1600–1673)[ 2]
John Fairbanks I (1618–1684) m. Sarah Fiske (c. 1620–1683)[ 2]
Joseph Fairbanks I (1656–1734) m. Dorcas ? (c. 1660–1738)[ 2]
Joseph Fairbanks II (1687–1753) m. Abigail Deane (1694–1750)[ 2]
Samuel Fairbanks (1728–1812) m. Mary Draper
Samuel Fairbanks (1753–1825) m. (1). Rachel Lovett (1755–1806); 1807 (2). Joanna Gilmer (d. 1812); 1812 (3). Martha Legg (d. 1838)
Jasan Fairbanks (1785–1875) m. Mary Massey (1796–1882)
George Fairbanks (1619–1682)
Eleazer Fairbanks (1655–1741) m. Martha Lovett
Eleazer Fairbanks (1690–1741) m. Martha Bullard
Eleazer Fairbanks (1716–1782) m. Prudence Cary
Abel Fairbanks (1754–1842) m. Hannah Hobbs (d. 1840)
Harvey Fairbanks (1787–1877) m. Lois Hall (1792–1872)
Charles Hall Fairbanks (1835–1916) m. Amelia A. Williams (1836–1926)
Herbert Charles Fairbanks (1859–1932) m. Ellen E. Hammond (1857–1920)
Frank Latta Fairbanks (1884–1939) m. Helen McClellan Hart[ 3]
Ebenezer Fairbanks (1734–1812) m. Elizabeth Dearth (1743–1818)
Joseph Fairbanks (1763–1846) m. Phebe Paddock (1760–1853)
Erastus Fairbanks (1792–1864) m. Lois Crossman (1792–1866)
Thaddeus Fairbanks (1796–1886) m. Lucy Peck Barker (1798-1866)
Henry Fairbanks (1830–1918) m. 1862 (1). Annie S. Noyes (1845–1872); 1874 (2). Ruthy Page
Rufus Fairbanks (1759–1842) m. Ann Prescott (1766–1850)
Jonathan Fairbanks (1662–1719) m. (1). Sarah ? (1666–1713)
Samuel Fairbanks (1693–1756) m. Susannah Watson
Samuel Fairbanks (1720–1790) m. (1). Hannah Corbin; (2). Lucy Smith (d. 1802)
Jonas Fairbanks (1747–1825) m. (1). Mary Carter; 1782. (2). Freelove Stanley (1760–1831)
Ebenezer Fairbanks (1776–1848) m. Abigail Cobb
Henry Fairbanks (1825–1909) m. Esther Palmer (1832–1910)
Charles Fairbanks (1857–1935) m. Sarah Palmer (1860–1954)
Louis Byron Fairbanks (1885–1961) m. Henrietta Herron
Jonas Fairbanks (1625–1676) m. Lydia Prescott
Jabez Fairbank (c. 1670–1758) m. (1). Mary Wilder (c. 1675–1718)
Joseph Fairbank (1693–1772) m. Mary Brown (c. 1700–1791)
Joseph Fairbank Jr (1722–1802) m. (1). Mary Willard (1722–1748); 1749 (2). Abigail Tarbell (1721–1798); 1801 (3). Mary Willard
Joseph Fairbank III (1743–1784) m. Asenath Osgood
Joseph Fairbank IV (1778–1847) m. Polly Brooks (1780–1860)
David Fairbanks (1810–1895) m. Susan Mandeville (1819–1899)
John Boylston Fairbanks (1817–1875) m. Sarah Van Wagoner
John Fairbanks (1855–1940) m. (1). Lilly Huish (1857–1898); 1917 (2). Florence Gifford
Jonas Fairbank (1703–1792) m. Thankful Wheeler (1711–1795)
Josiah Fairbank (1734–1798) m. Abigail Carter (d. 1815)
Manesseh Fairbank (1765–1848) m. Octavia Taylor (1771–1866)
Stephen Taylor Fairbank (1794–1850) m. Mehitable Kellogg
Ephraim Fairbank (1770–1837) m. Sarah Chandler (1776–1844)
John Barnard Fairbank (1796–1873) m. Hannah M. Crissy
Rev. Samuel B. Fairbank (1822–1898) m. 1846 Abby Allen (d. 1852); 1856 (2). Mary Ballantine (1836–1878)[ 1]
Rev. Henry Fairbank (1862–1926) m. Ruby Elizabeth Harding (1860–1906)[ 1] [ 5]
Samuel Ballantine Fairbank (1887–1959) m. Helen Leslie Martin[ 6]
Rev. John Barnard Fairbank (1831–1910) m. 1859 (1). Emily P. Mack (d. 1860); 1863 (2). Ruth A. Boyce (d. 1889)
Arthur Boyce Fairbank (1873–1936) m. Lorena King (1874–1979)
Thomas Fairbank (1707–1791) m. Dorothy Carter (1710–1784)
John Fairbank (1731–1817) m. (1). Relief Houghton; 1796 (2). Tabitha White
John Fairbank (1755–1830) m. Fanny Kelton (d. 1847)
Asa Fairbank (1784–1842) m. 1827 (1). Polly Leonard (d. 1827); 1829 (2). Mary Oliver (d. 1870)
Joshua Fairbank (1714–1769) m. Eunice Wilder
Calvin Fairbank (1753–1836) m. (1). Jenny Ayers (1755–1803)
Chester Fairbank (1788–1849) m. Betsey Abbott (1787–1882)
Luther Fairbank (1755–1836) m. 1777 (1). Thankful Wheelock (1757–1820); (2). Anna ? (d. 1842)
Luther Fairbank (1780–1857) m. (1). Lucy Lewis (1785–1842); 1849 (2). Miranda McLenathan (d. 1850)
Loriston Monroe Fairbanks (1824–1900) m. Mary A. Smith
Charles W. Fairbanks (1852–1918) m. Cornelia Cole Fairbanks (1852–1913)
Richard Monroe Fairbanks (1884–1944) m. Louise Hibben (1889–1912)
Richard Monroe ("Dick") Fairbanks (1912–2000) m. (1). Mary Caperton (d. 1967); 1968 (2). Virginia Nicholson Brown (d. 2007)[ 8]
References
^ a b c d Fairbanks, Lorenzo Sayles (1897). Genealogy of the Fairbanks family in America, 1633-1897 . Boston: American Printing and Engraving Company.
^ a b c d "The Fairbanks House: The House" . The Fairbanks House . Retrieved July 24, 2021 .
^ "Fairbanks, Frank Latta" . Cornell University Library . Cornell University. 1939. Retrieved July 22, 2021 .
^ "FAIRBANKS, CHARLES RUFUS". Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 7 . 1988.
^ Anon (1927). Obituary records of Yale graduates 1926-1927. Bulletin of Yale University (PDF) . pp. 324– 325.
^ a b Meyer, Horst; Cabrera, Blas; Michelson, Peter (2011). "William Martin Fairbank Sr" (PDF) . Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences : 2– 20.
^ May, Gary. (1998). Hard oiler! : the story of Canadians' quest for oil at home and abroad . Dundurn. p. 98. ISBN 978-1-4597-1312-3 . OCLC 1127560811 .
^ "The Legacy of Dick Fairbanks" . Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation . Retrieved July 21, 2021 .
^ "Richard M. Fairbanks, III (February 10, 1941–February 6, 2013)" . Yale College Class of '62 Obituaries . Yale College. 2013. Retrieved July 21, 2021 .