Eleanor (Whitney) Fairchild (1693 - 1777)

Born 27 Jan 1693 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Jonathan Fairchild — married 13 Oct 1717 in Norwalk, Conn

Descendants

Died 25 Jan 1777 at age 83 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut

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Biography

Eleanor (Whitney) Fairchild was born on 27 Jan 1693 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, daughter of John Whitney (~1645 - ~1720) and Elizabeth (Smith) Whitney (1655 - 1741).^[1]

Her siblings were:

1. John Whitney (1677 - 1713)
2. Joseph Whitney (1678 - >1741)
3. Henry Whitney (1680 - 1728)
4. Elizabeth (Whitney) Keeler (~1684 - 1763)
5. Richard Whitney Sr. (1687 - ~1734)
6. Nathan Whitney (~1690 - )
7. Anne (Whitney) St. John (~1691 - ~1773)
8. Sarah (Whitney) Smith (1697 - 1720)
9. Josiah Whitney (~1700 - ~1750)

Eleanor married Jonathan Fairchild (1692 - 1772) on 13 Oct 1717 in Norwalk.^[2] Their children were:

1. Thomas Fairchild (1718 - >1779)
2. Abraham Fairchild (1720 - 1803)
3. Daniel Fairchild (1727 - 1765)
4. Eleanor Helen (Fairchild) Betts (1730 - 1825)
5. Samuel Fairchild (1733 - 1820).

Eleanor died on 25 Jan 1777 in Norwalk aged 83.

Sources

1. ↑ Phoenix, Stephen Whitney. The Whitney family of Connecticut, and its affiliations; being an attempt to trace the descendants, as well in the female as the male lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1649 to 1878. New York: Priv. Print. [Bradford press], 1878
2. ↑ New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial, William Richard Cutter, editor, 1913, page 21