Susanna (Brooks) Fairchild (1768 - 1825)

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Biography

Susanna was born in 1768. She passed away in 1825.

Research Progress

It is highly improbable that this individual was Abiud Fairchild's 2nd wife as this individual not supported by any census records. In 1800, Abiud was still married to Rebecca Jackson. She had died before 1810 and the only females enumerated in that year do not match the estimated ages that Susanna would have qualified for (1810 - 1768 = 42 years). The oldest female listed in 1810 was 16 to 25 years old. Likewise there is no enumerated individuals in Abiud's household besides Abiud in 1820.

Census records of Abiud Fairchild

1800 United States Federal Census Record of Ashe County, North Carolina^[1]

The Household of "Biud FARCHILDS" in Ashe County, North Carolina in 1800 contained individuals within the following age brackets:

1 Free White Male Aged Between 25 to 45 Years

Tentative Researcher's ID: Abiud FAIRCHILD - estimated age of 38 years

3 Free White Females Aged Under 10 Years

Tentative Researcher's ID: Hannah FAIRCHILD - estimated age of 8 years

Tentative Researcher's ID: Susannah FAIRCHILD - estimated age of 6 years

Tentative Researcher's ID: Rebecca FAIRCHILD - estimated age of 4 years

3 Free White Females Aged Between 10 and 16 Years

Tentative Researcher's ID: Sarah FAIRCHILD - estimated age of 16 years

Tentative Researcher's ID: Phoebe FAIRCHILD - estimated age of 13 years

Tentative Researcher's ID: Mary FAIRCHILD - estimated age of 11 years

1 Free White Female Aged Between 25 and 45 Years

Tentative Researcher's ID: Rebecca (JACKSON) FAIRCHILD - undetermined age, but born before 1769. She died in 1801.

1800 United States Federal Census Record of Ashe County, North Carolina^[2]

The Household of "Biud FARCHILDS" in Ashe County, North Carolina in 1800 contained individuals within the following age brackets:

1 Free White Male Aged Between 25 to 45 Years

Tentative Researcher's ID: Abiud FAIRCHILD - estimated age of 38 years

3 Free White Females Aged Under 10 Years

Tentative Researcher's ID: Hannah FAIRCHILD - estimated age of 8 years

Tentative Researcher's ID: Susannah FAIRCHILD - estimated age of 6 years

Tentative Researcher's ID: Rebecca FAIRCHILD - estimated age of 4 years

3 Free White Females Aged Between 10 and 16 Years

Tentative Researcher's ID: Sarah FAIRCHILD - estimated age of 16 years

Tentative Researcher's ID: Phoebe FAIRCHILD - estimated age of 13 years

Tentative Researcher's ID: Mary FAIRCHILD - estimated age of 11 years

1 Free White Female Aged Between 25 and 45 Years

Tentative Researcher's ID: Rebecca (JACKSON) FAIRCHILD - undetermined age, but born before 1769. She died in 1801.

After Rebecca (JACKSON) FAIRCHILD's death about 1801, it is thought that Abiud FAIRCHILD sold his land and moved his young family. Perhaps spending time with his father in law, William JACKSON who had bought and moved about 1794 to what became Carter County, Tennesee, but was then Washington County. Tennessee did not become a state until 1796. However by 1810 he is listed in Washington County, Virginia and was probably in the process of moving his family to Kentucky.

1810 United States Federal Census Record of Washington County, Virginia^[3]

The Household of "Abiud Farchid" in Washington County, Virginia in 1810 contained individuals within the following age brackets:

1 Free White Male Aged Under 10 Years

Tentative Researcher's ID: Asa J. FAIRCHILD - estimated age of 9 years

1 Free White Male Aged of 45 Years and Upwards

Tentative Researcher's ID: Abiud FAIRCHILD - estimated age of 48 years

1 Free White Female Aged Between 10 and 15 Years

Tentative Researcher's ID: Rebecca FAIRCHILD - estimated age of 14 years

3 Free White Females Aged Between 16 and 25 Years

Tentative Researcher's ID: Mary FAIRCHILD - estimated age of 21 years or Phoebe FAIRCHILD - estimated age of 23 years. [see conflicts]

Tentative Researcher's ID: Hannah FAIRCHILD - estimated age of 18 years.

Tentative Researcher's ID: Susannah FAIRCHILD - estimated age of 16 years.

Conflicts with known family information that may conflict with Tentative Research ID's for this family.

The individual listed in this household who is believed to have been Mary FAIRCHILD is in question. This is because she is believed to have been the mother to 3 children before she married George Washington BLAIR. Mary FAIRCHILD is believed to have been married around 1813 to George Washington BLAIR. But she is also believed to have been the mother to 3 children, the youngest two, Enoch FAIRCHILD (Born: abt. 1806) and Celia FAIRCHILD (Born: about 1810), could have been living in their grandfather's household. It is not believed that George Washington BLAIR was their father. The other child, Lowry FAIRCHILD was not born until about 1813. One researcher pointed to a possible surname of the father of these 3 children as being DUGGARD, but no additional information is known. The question being if Mary FAIRCHILD was listed in her father's household and these 3 children were indeed her children where were they in 1810. At the very least the first child should have been enumerated as he had been born about 1806, but the column is not noted to have a free white male under the age of 10 except for the one attributed to Asa J. FAIRCHILD. So the question remains who was this female if it was not Mary and if it was Mary, where is her son Enoch? If Enoch was the young male child, where was Asa FAIRCHILD who should have fallen in that age bracket as well.

Missing from his household were his wife, Rebecca JACKSON who died between the birth of Asa J. FAIRCHILD and the 1810 census record. Some researchers state her death occurred 24 January 1801 in Ashe County, North Carolina.

His daughter, Sarah FAIRCHILD, had married James CURTIS about 1802 and had 2 children by him before he deserted her. She had another child, Anna (b. abt. 1806) by another man (presumably Absolum SMITH as that is the name of the father listed on the daughter's death record) and met and married John COLVIN before 1810 as she is believed to have been enumerated within his household in this year.

His daughter, Phoebe FAIRCHILD was married James Albert Sewell on 28 May 1806 and as such should be listed in his household for this year.

1820 United States Federal Census Record of Floyd County, Kentucky, Household of Abind FAIRCHILD^[4]

The Household of "Abiud Farchid" in Washington County, Virginia in 1820 contained individuals within the following age brackets:

1 Free White Male Aged 45 Years and Upwards [only individual enumerated in household]

Tentative Researcher's ID: Abiud FAIRCHILD - estimated age 58 years

1 Individual Engaged in Agriculture. No other free white individuals or Slaves enumerated.

Researcher's Notes:

In 1820 Census record, Abuid Fairchild is the only person in his household. He is listed as age 45 and older which agrees with our calculated age of 58 years of age. It appears that the census taker left out the column that showed the number of foreigners not naturalized and placed the column after that in the census enumeration. Thus Abuid Fairchild is listed as being involved in agriculture.

Note: Unable to find any land records for Abiud Fairchild that would be in Floyd County, Kentucky before 1838 and that would have been too late to list this individual as his wife.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR8-FY7 : accessed 24 March 2020), Biud Farchilds, Morgan, Ashe, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 78, line 15, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 29; FHL microfilm 337,905.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR8-FY7 : accessed 24 March 2020), Biud Farchilds, Morgan, Ashe, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 78, line 15, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 29; FHL microfilm 337,905.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2Y-1Q3 : accessed 24 March 2020), Abind Farchell, Washington, Virginia, United States; citing p. 213, line 20, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 71; FHL microfilm 181,431.
4. ↑ 1820 U. S. census, Floyd County, Kentucky, population schedule, [no division stated], p. 35 (penned), line 30, entry of Abiud Fairchild; database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLN-TTY : accessed 29 October 2017); citing National Archives microfilm publication M33, roll 22; Family History Library microfilm 186,182.

• This is early research, at this point. More research is needed and is ongoing.