Thomas served during the American Revolution with Patriotic Service as a member of committee of correspondence, 1774, and as a member of the 3rd provincial Congress, 1775.[2]
Thomas died at the age of 83 on 10 February 1791 in Sterling, Worcester, MA.[3]
Sources
↑Birth: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZKB-C8P : 10 February 2018), Thomas Fairbank, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0547550 IT 1. (accessed before 20 June 2011)
↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 4 March 2024), "Record of Thomas Fairbanks", Ancestor # A038486.
↑Death: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 08 November 2019), memorial page for Thomas Fairbank (29 Aug 1707–10 Feb 1791), Find A Grave: Memorial #62274365, citing Fairbank Burial Ground, Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Bradley Moody (contributor 47097169) . (accessed before 20 June 2011)
See also:
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCSC-SMS : 3 November 2017), Thomas Fairbanks and Dorothy Carter, 24 Apr 1729; citing Marriage, Lancaster, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966
==Acknowledgements==
Acknowledgments
Profile Fairbanks-109 was created through the import of HART, Elizabeth - WIKITREE.ged on Jun 20, 2011 by Betty Patterson.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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Deacon Thomas Fairbanks was the son of Capt. Jabez Fairbanks and Mary Wilder. Mary is the daughter of Thomas Wilder and Mary Houghton. Jabez is the son of Jonas Fairbanks and Lydia Prescott.