Beulah (Sherman) Fairchild (abt. 1725 - 1786)

Born about 1725 in Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of John Fairchild — married 12 Oct 1749 in of N. Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 11 Apr 1786 at about age 61 in Shelton, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Her will is dated 23 February 1786 and recorded in court on 17 November 1791, shortly after her husband, John Fairchild died, since by law, and by her last will her property at the time of her death was his for his natural life. She mentions her husband, John Fairchild, and her children, Ephriam Thompson, Curtiss Fairchild, Alijah Fairchild, Nathan Fairchild, John Fairchild, Sarah Johnson, Bulah Fairchild, Mary Fairchild, and Ruth Fairchild.^[1]

Her inventory was completed on 18 November 1791 in Stratford.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ “Probate records v. 1-2 1782-1795”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-B36C : 17 November 2022), FHL microfilm 007627132, image 370, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 2, 1788-1795, Pages 281-282.
2. ↑ “Probate records v. 1-2 1782-1795”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-B36P : 17 November 2022), FHL microfilm 007627132, image 386, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 2, 1788-1795, Pages 312.

• Orcutt, Samuel, Rev. (1886) A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Part II Genealogies. Published by the Fairfield County Historical Society, Vol. 2, page 1200
• Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
• Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920
• Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
• Early Connecticut Marriages